Raised on Radio #41- Paul McCartney
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bedsitter23It has been a year and a half since I last posted about this, but I have tried to post some of the songs I loved as a kid. Some are obvious (a lot of those well known 80s one hit wonders), but I tried to find a few that have been a bit lost to time (Saga, Tony Carey, Moving Pictures).
I already spent time on the Beatles. In high school, I fell in love with the Blue and Red (Greatest Hits) albums, and that led to Revolver and Rubber Soul, which I was discovering right along with Bowie and the Smiths.
I did mention that one of my favorite songs in the preteen years was the original "With a Little Help from My Friends".
I bring the Beatles up because I heard a song I hadn't heard in years and was one of my absolute favorites at the time, and now is all but forgotten.
Discriminating fans tend to say Lennon was the most creative of the bunch. While I think "Imagine" gets a bit overblown, I do think a lot of John Lennon. Specifically, he had a great run of singles. If he had waited until 1970 to record anything, he will still be deserving of the title legend.
McCartney isn't as hip, though I think it's a bit unfair. Always with great medleys looming over him like the one from Abbey Road and the two songs in one "Day of a Life", I think Macca always wanted to duplicate that. For my money (and ears), though they are so seeped in the 70s, I absolutely love Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey and Band on the Run. They are timeless songs that I never get tired of. Macca these days is generally tagged as the "Silly Love Songs"/ "Wonderful Christmas Time" guy while Lennon is the genius of "Imagine".
Well, I still haven't gotten to my point.
McCartney of the 80s is largely remembered for a string of duets that everyone knows by heart- one with Stevie Wonder "Ebony and Ivory" and two with Micheal Jackson - "That Girl is Mine" and "Say Say Say" (Cheesy as it may be "Say..." is a fantastic song).
During that time, one of his albums was called "Tug of War" and my mom had it on 8 track. It was 1982 and I was 8.
He also had a song called "Take it Away" which managed to go all the way to #10 on the US charts.
It was one of my absolute favorite songs of mine at that time.
It suffers just a bit from Macca's penchant for overproduction, but still actually holds up pretty well.
Oh, and "Spies Like Us" isn't so bad either.
I already spent time on the Beatles. In high school, I fell in love with the Blue and Red (Greatest Hits) albums, and that led to Revolver and Rubber Soul, which I was discovering right along with Bowie and the Smiths.
I did mention that one of my favorite songs in the preteen years was the original "With a Little Help from My Friends".
I bring the Beatles up because I heard a song I hadn't heard in years and was one of my absolute favorites at the time, and now is all but forgotten.
Discriminating fans tend to say Lennon was the most creative of the bunch. While I think "Imagine" gets a bit overblown, I do think a lot of John Lennon. Specifically, he had a great run of singles. If he had waited until 1970 to record anything, he will still be deserving of the title legend.
McCartney isn't as hip, though I think it's a bit unfair. Always with great medleys looming over him like the one from Abbey Road and the two songs in one "Day of a Life", I think Macca always wanted to duplicate that. For my money (and ears), though they are so seeped in the 70s, I absolutely love Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey and Band on the Run. They are timeless songs that I never get tired of. Macca these days is generally tagged as the "Silly Love Songs"/ "Wonderful Christmas Time" guy while Lennon is the genius of "Imagine".
Well, I still haven't gotten to my point.
McCartney of the 80s is largely remembered for a string of duets that everyone knows by heart- one with Stevie Wonder "Ebony and Ivory" and two with Micheal Jackson - "That Girl is Mine" and "Say Say Say" (Cheesy as it may be "Say..." is a fantastic song).
During that time, one of his albums was called "Tug of War" and my mom had it on 8 track. It was 1982 and I was 8.
He also had a song called "Take it Away" which managed to go all the way to #10 on the US charts.
It was one of my absolute favorite songs of mine at that time.
It suffers just a bit from Macca's penchant for overproduction, but still actually holds up pretty well.
Oh, and "Spies Like Us" isn't so bad either.
