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Post by beatlies on Jun 23, 2011 10:11:09 GMT -5
Paul slept with his eyes open? This means what...? "Paul" has epilepsy? Paul goes into hypnotic trance states? Paul is taking LSD? Paul has remote-control electrode brain implants? Paul is/has __________? Also, sometimes people asleep, in dream states (RapidEyeMovement) have their eyes half-open, sometimes with the eyelids fluttering. It's normal, and I've seen someone sound asleep do this myself. That being said, there has been much speculation for other reasons that this moptopFaul had relatively mild epilepsy and/or Bell's Palsy (indicating some brain damage). There's the famous droopy eye too. |
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Post by artemis on Jul 16, 2011 8:06:07 GMT -5
Oh, dear!
"A Gentle Reminder of Paul McCartney’s Survival and Vitality
The cheerful, childlike doggerel of “Hello Goodbye” — ”I don’t know why you say goodbye/I say hello” — struck an unexpected note as Paul McCartney sang it on Friday night to start his two-night stand at Yankee Stadium. “Who is this Derek Jeter guy?” Mr. McCartney joshed. “Somebody said he’s got more hits than me.”
At 69, Mr. McCartney is not saying goodbye but touring stadiums and playing marathon concerts. Friday’s set ran two-and-a-half hours, with Mr. McCartney constantly onstage, and it had 35 songs, not counting a few additional excerpts. He played half a dozen instruments (though he didn’t show off his drumming), sang with only a few scrapes in the voice that’s familiar worldwide, and looked like he was having a boyish romp as he navigated what endure as some of rock’s oddest hits. His hair grew more tousled with every song.
The set drew on Mr. McCartney’s various outlets from the 1960’s on: the Beatles, Wings, his solo albums and his once-pseudonymous project The Fireman.
His concerts now are a gentle reminder of his survival and vitality. He paid tribute to John Lennon — with his lovely, imagined afterlife conversation, “Here Today” — and to George Harrison, starting out Mr. Harrison’s “Something” by playing it on a ukulele Mr. Harrison gave him. The exultant “Back in the U.S.S.R.” has outlasted not only the corporate name B.O.A.C., the airline mentioned in the lyrics, but the U.S.S.R., as well.
As always, melody let Mr. McCartney put across musical and verbal non sequiturs few other songwriters could get away with: songs such as “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five,” with its sudden interlude of Beach Boys harmony, or “Let ‘Em In,” which switches from piano bounce to military tattoo, with whistling, and has lyrics that juxtapose Martin Luther and Phil and Don (the Everly Brothers?). Melody easily carried Mr. McCartney through idiom after idiom: toe-tapping country in “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” hard rock in “Helter Skelter,” lilting ballad in “I Will,” something like ska in “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and the quasi-Slavic oompah in “Mrs. Vandebilt” (Mr. McCartney announced that they loved it in Ukraine).
There was more than a little familiarity to the concert for anyone who attended Mr. McCartney’s 2009 shows at that other new ballpark, the Mets’ Citi Field, or listened to and watched the resulting live album of CDs and DVD, “Good Evening New York City” (Hear Music). Once again, he wore suspenders over his white shirt. Two-thirds of the songs were the same, often in similar groupings and with the same arrangements and first-time surprises, like appending Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” to “Let Me Roll It,” or segueing “A Day in the Life” into “Give Peace a Chance” — a V-sign waving epiphany for the crowd — or explaining that the civil-rights movement inspired “Blackbird.”
But through his career, Mr. McCartney has been reluctant to tamper much with arrangements from his albums. And it’s unlikely he’d want to deprive a full stadium of the chance to sing along with the “na-na”s of “Hey Jude,” or that he’d skip the pyrotechnics and fireworks display for “Live and Let Die,” or that he’d omit songs like “Yesterday,” “Let It Be” and “Band on the Run” (performed with video footage from the photo session for the album cover).
For freshness, Mr. McCartney tossed off a Beatles song that, he announced, he had never performed live: “The Night Before,” with its skiffle bounce and barbershop harmonies. And some of the songs that weren’t on the Citi Field set lists were the most vital ones: particularly “Maybe I’m Amazed,” from his newly reissued 1970 solo debut album “McCartney” (MPL/Hear Music), with its startling harmonic swerves and a vocal that fervently illuminated the song’s affection, happy incredulity and deep need.
Mr. McCartney has a trouper’s ability to make the routine look and sound spontaneous. His voice reveled in the songs, hinting at little improvisatory variations; after them, he raised his instruments overhead in a mixture of exuberance and pride in musical craftsmanship. (When he sang “I’ve Got a Feeling,” the video screen didn’t show a heart — it showed pulsating speakers.) He perseveres, and entertains, by directly reconnecting to his songs across the decades and still having fun."
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Post by fauxster on Jul 16, 2011 13:33:51 GMT -5
Mr. McCartney tossed off a Beatles song that, he announced, he had never performed live: “The Night Before” > guess that was a response to PID Truthers. lol At least, they're paying attention  I think it's funny how they keep making Faul pretend to be 24 year old Paul - doing the same thing until he's 70+. Would Paul have been doing the same thing? Probably not. I guess we'll never know what he could have ultimately achieved  |
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Post by artemis on Jul 16, 2011 14:35:57 GMT -5
Im 100% positive that the real Paul wouldnt have got to make himself look like a fool (on the hill, lol). He would have had the decency to retire when necessary. Its not the case with this ridiculous puppet - FAUL.
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Post by treegenus on Jul 20, 2011 14:35:53 GMT -5
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Post by treegenus on Jul 20, 2011 14:38:33 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Jul 20, 2011 14:40:07 GMT -5
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Post by lucy on Jul 21, 2011 15:27:07 GMT -5
Bill's vitality? Does he use Viagra? Do we really want to know? Ewww!
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Post by fauxster on Jul 24, 2011 14:58:49 GMT -5
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Post by treegenus on Jul 25, 2011 13:10:05 GMT -5
Yes, fauxster. That photo so looked "worked on" with the Faul jowls.
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Post by beatlies on Aug 13, 2011 22:19:32 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Aug 17, 2011 20:37:01 GMT -5
Some more early Sylvie/Fylvie Vartan photos and the early Sylvie voice in this slideshow video. Remember, her trademark sleeveless blue dress, legs and torso are on the back cover of Abbey Road with the "JPM" photo mouth and nose appearing in her elbow. And remember the whole TKIN forum brouhaha over Sylvie Vartan and the moptop Paul? www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtdl8lOLc-Y[youtube] www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtdl8lOLc-Y[/youtube]thehistoryofrockmusic.com/images/abbey-road-back-cover-2.jpg Five people are walking in one direction on the front cover of Abbey Road: Fohn, Fingo, Faul and Feorge, and in faint shadow-image on the inside of Faul's flapping jacket, the profile face of Adolf Hitler facing in the same direction as the others. Two people are on the back cover of Abbey Road: Sylvie Vartan walking in one direction, and the faint image-profile face of "JPM" on her elbow, facing in the opposite direction, mouth agape. In shadow image on the wall in the direction that "JPM" is facing is the famous skull-like, mouth-agape, horror and anxiety-wrecked man-image of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. |
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Post by lucy on Aug 18, 2011 19:16:38 GMT -5
Never noticed the mouth shadow on her arm....interesting.
I was watching "HELP" on VHS and happened on "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and there was a shot of "Paul" winking at the brunette and froze the image, and realized it wasn't really JPM but looked like the "Fool on the Hill" Faul from MMT. A longer, thin face that is not that of the real Paul.
I've also noticed in A Hard Day's Night that there were two "John's" used in the film, one with a square jawline and a straighter nose and one that the nose tip pointed downward a bit, not a "beak" but different from the other John.
There indeed has been some switching around during their "heyday". It didn't just happen during the late 60's.
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Post by artemis on Aug 23, 2011 14:05:52 GMT -5
"Paul McCartney signs with Decca label, at last
LONDON (Reuters) - Decca has teamed up with Paul McCartney to release his upcoming ballet nearly 50 years after the record label famously rejected taking on the Beatles in what has often been called one of the music industry's biggest blunders.
The ballet, "Ocean's Kingdom," is the former Beatles' first foray into the world of dance, and has its world premiere at the New York City Ballet on September 22. The Decca recording hits shelves in Britain on October 3.
Decca famously snubbed the Fab Four early in 1962, reportedly saying at the time that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in showbusiness."
The quartet from Liverpool went on to sign with EMI label Parlophone and became arguably the most successful and influential pop band in history.
"Ocean's Kingdom," commissioned by the New York City Ballet, is conducted by John Wilson and performed by the London Classical Orchestra.
When he decided to write a ballet, McCartney visited the Royal Opera House in London and saw "Giselle," meeting the dancers of the Royal Ballet afterward to discuss the work.
McCartney's ballet tells of a love story set in an underwater world where people are threatened by humans. The score lasts an hour and is divided into four movements -- Ocean's Kingdom, Hall of Dance, Imprisonment and Moonrise.
In a statement, the 69-year-old singer/songwriter said he was "trying to write something that expressed an emotion -- so you have fear, love, anger, sadness to play with, and I found that exciting and challenging."
McCartney has written classical music before, including the award-winning choral work "Ecce Cor Meum."
"Has written classical music before", lol... What a joke!
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Post by artemis on Sept 16, 2011 7:34:33 GMT -5
"Beatle McCartney posts notice for third wedding
Former Beatle Paul McCartney could marry New York socialite Nancy Shevell at the same location he tied the knot with his first wife Linda, according to documents disclosed on Friday.
The 69-year-old pop legend has posted notice of his upcoming marriage at an office for civil ceremonies in Marylebone, central London, where he wed for the first time in 1969.
Couples must give 16 days' notice of marriage, which means the couple could marry from next month.
The news suggests that the wedding will be a low-key affair, along similar lines to the Beatle's first marriage and in contrast to his second, lavish 2002 wedding ceremony in Ireland to former model Heather Mills.
McCartney and wealthy heiress Shevell began dating four years ago and announced in May that they were to get married.
According to the documents published Friday, Shevell began living at McCartney's home in the exclusive St John's Wood district of London earlier this month.
Linda McCartney, a photographer and animal rights campaigner, died from breast cancer in 1998 and the Beatles star then wed Mills in 2002 but their marriage ended in a bitter divorce six years later.
Mills was awarded £24.3 million (then $48 million, 30.8 million euros) in an accord finally hammered out after prolonged and acrimonious negotiations.
A spokesman for McCartney refused to comment about the upcoming wedding."
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