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Post by lucy on Jun 5, 2012 19:28:45 GMT -5
Well, the story went that Faul wrote Come and Get It...whether he did or not....doesn't seem like one of Faul/aka "Bill" type of song, as compared to the dorky "Uncle Albert" Silly Love Songs or any of those crappy ditties.
There's many songs attributed to "Paul Mc Cartney" over the decades and the styles don't match that of the real Paul's...so we have a series of phoney "Paul" songs......most of which causes me to cringe when I hear them.
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Post by sherlok on Jun 6, 2012 8:27:44 GMT -5
An example McFartney masterpiece:
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Post by treegenus on Jun 6, 2012 8:59:41 GMT -5
An example McFartney masterpiece: Almost sounds a little Fohn Fennon-y in the voice? |
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Post by artemis on Jun 17, 2012 7:50:55 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on Jun 18, 2012 4:37:30 GMT -5
"Paul McCartney’s plans in 2013
In a new interview with TWiMusic, Paul McCartney's manager Scott Rodger outlined the plans of Macca in 2013.
Paul McCartney will continue to be an active presence on the scene in 2013. New tour dates are expected. We don't know yet where Paul will perform.
According to his manager, the 1976 triple live album 'Wings Over America' will be reissued. This Wings tour is the only tour of America, and the first time McCartney had toured America since the Beatles' final performance at San Francisco’s on August 29, 1966. In addition, the concert film ‘Rockshow’ will be released on DVD for the first time. The DVD will contain all 30 songs that were featured in the theatrical release.
In the interview, the manager explained how the reissue projects go from concept to product, which includes an ongoing process of digitizing McCartney’s vast archives. For two years, ten people have been working full-time scanning and retouching the more than one million photographs in his collection.
The last information but not the least, Paul is also currently recording a new album with a projected release date some time in the first quarter of 2013. No further details were given for the moment."
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Post by artemis on Jun 18, 2012 4:49:44 GMT -5
"Tony Bennett talks Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and why he can’t wait to play the Liverpool Empire
THERE was a moment at Tony Bennett’s last Liverpool concert that will live long in the memory. Demonstrating the excellent acoustics of the Philharmonic Hall, the man who Frank Sinatra called “the best singer in the business” asked for all the microphones to be switched off and he sang a cappella.
“When I am in a beautiful theatre such as the Philharmonic where I know the acoustics are correct and the audience was so responsive that evening that I like to do a song completely acoustically,” says Tony, 85.
This month he’s returning to Liverpool to play the Empire, another beautiful old venue, packed with history – Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Mae West, Laurel and Hardy and a certain Frank Sinatra have all played there.
“I love the theatres that were built in the 1920's – here in the US they were part of the vaudeville circuit and it’s a shame that so many of them have been torn down and insurance companies have been built in their place,” he says.
“Performing in the UK is always something that I look forward to because the public there has been so loyal to me over the years so its very much like a second home to me.
“I’ve been coming here for 50 years. But to be in Liverpool, the city of the Beatles, that’s something special.
“And fortunately we only perform in beautiful theatres where it’s not about who can put the speakers up the loudest.
“I have no desire to sing in large stadiums as I still love to present the art of intimate singing.”
Tony says he’s also looking forward to playing the Empire because of its Beatles connections.
“Funny enough, I presented The Beatles with their first major award back in 1965 for New Musical Express,” he chuckles.
“I remember meeting Paul McCartney and thinking he had ‘it’ and I knew he would have a long career.”
He has gone on to duet with Sir Paul on a number of occasions.
“We have sung together a few times and recorded a beautiful song written by the British composer Ray Noble called The Very Thought of You, in London at Abbey Road Studios,” Tony smiles.
“It was a great session and Paul talked about how much he loved popular standards, especially Cole Porter.”
Tony has spent the last few years working on two collections of duets with his favourite musicians.
Duets I, which was released in 2006, featured performances recorded around the world with Barbara Streisand, Stevie Wonder, George Michael, Billy Joel, Elton John and, of course, Paul McCartney.
Five years later, Tony become the oldest living performer ever to reach number one in the US and have a top five hit in the UK with his Duets II album. Among the highlights are Amy Winehouse’s last recorded track (Body and Soul), which was produced in Abbey Road Studios."
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Post by lucy on Jun 21, 2012 7:50:40 GMT -5
I can't stand Tony Bennett...or Faul.....
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Post by artemis on Jun 21, 2012 8:55:38 GMT -5
Somehow I can stand FAUL or should I say FAUL's, but BENNETT, no way...
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Post by artemis on Jun 24, 2012 8:23:04 GMT -5
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Post by The Mask on Jun 24, 2012 8:52:42 GMT -5
Somehow I can stand FAUL or should I say FAUL's, but BENNETT, no way... Two very overrated singers. But aren't they all in Hollywood? |
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Post by artemis on Jun 24, 2012 10:09:28 GMT -5
Somehow I can stand FAUL or should I say FAUL's, but BENNETT, no way... Two very overrated singers. But aren't they all in Hollywood? |
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Post by lucy on Jun 24, 2012 23:56:31 GMT -5
Both are untalented crooners....
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Post by beatlies on Jul 1, 2012 0:28:55 GMT -5
An example McFartney masterpiece: Almost sounds a little Fohn Fennon-y in the voice? It sounds like Randy Newman in a studio switching from his Fennon-imitation to a "Paul"-imitation in the same session, not yet fully shaking off the Fennon-traces and stylings. Parts of it sound like 1970-71 "Plastic Ono Band"/"Imagine" album-era Fennon. "Aminals" in the zoo? Faul makes this mistake repeatedly, as if trying to tell us something, or mocking the song narrator, something Randy Newman also does frequently; and it also serves to sabotage the rest of the song lyrics and their pro-ecologist message. Looks like another "Paul is Dead" pictorial clue on that record sleeve, incidentally: Faul is the only one of the four downed and submerged in the water. The title is "Wild Life". |
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Post by artemis on Jul 1, 2012 16:37:47 GMT -5
"Early McCartney-scored film gets rare TV airing this week
The first film to credit Paul McCartney as solo composer away from the Beatles will get a rare airing on U.S. TV this week.
The 1966 British film “The Family Way,” with a musical score by Paul McCartney, will air Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET on Turner Classic Movies.
The movie stars Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett as a young married couple living with his parents who can't consummate their marriage because of distractions from their family and living environment. It was adapted from Bill Naughton's play, "All In Good Time."
"The Family Way" was one of Mills' earliest adult roles away from her G-rated work with the Walt Disney Studios (“Pollyanna,” "The Parent Trap") and includes a nude scene by the actress. The cast also includes her father, John Mills.
The score by Paul McCartney, released while McCartney was still with the group, was one of the earliest breakaway projects by any of the Beatles. It doesn't include any McCartney vocals, relies heavily on brass instruments and includes the film's theme “Love in the Open Air”.
The soundtrack album, with 26 minutes of McCartney music, was produced by George Martin and has been released on CD.
According to Bill Harry's "The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia," McCartney, Jane Asher and George Martin attended the film's premiere in London on Dec. 18, 1966.
In a review in the New York Times in 1966, critic Bosley Crowther wrote, “For the most part it is simply a cunning and somewhat cuddly confrontation of Miss Mills, still looking bright-eyed and girlish, with a pleasant and taciturn young man, played by Hywel Bennett in an agreeably diffident way, amid a clutter of clumsy and clacking Lancashire parents and folksy types.”
The film is available on DVD in the U.S. and in the UK, but includes no special features."
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Post by artemis on Jul 24, 2012 5:23:35 GMT -5
"Morrissey Slams Sir Paul McCartney For Accepting Knighthood From The Queen
Singer Morrissey has taken a swipe at Sir Paul McCartney for accepting a knighthood from HM The Queen.
The famously anti-royal rocker is adamant he would turn down any offer of an official honour from the British Establishment, insisting the awards are intended to make rebellious celebrities "trot into line".
Asked by a journalist from the ZulalMuzik blog about McCartney's description of the British monarch as "fabulous", Morrissey replies, "I think it's silly because she isn't fabulous, and it was Paul McCartney who once sang Give Ireland Back To The Irish, directed at the Queen. She didn't give the six counties back to Ireland and she never will because she wants the ports. That isn't fabulous to me.
"Obviously, when anyone is made 'Sir' or given a royal gong, it quietens them down and they trot into line. I am proud of David Bowie for refusing a knighthood. Albert Finney also refused. The British royals are not royal to me. They are cunning parasites, and it's quite breathtaking that the Queen has gotten away with it for so long."
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