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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #25 - May 6^th, 2008 at 11:29pm

Starbuck wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 2:11pm:

no...it's silly love songs and my love. both of them induce extreme amounts of..... Puke all over me (wait that is BLEED)

Where did I read that Springsteen actually LIKES Silly Love Songs? Must have been Goldmine Mag....anyway, he said he didn't "get it" at first--didn't like it. But now, with wife Patti and kids, he understands what Paul was trying to say...... Huh

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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #26 - May 6^th, 2008 at 11:31pm Joey wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 4:20pm: " Heather Mills? evil, EVIL, EVILLLL! She makes small children cry. " Why was Heather a Hooker ?! WHY ?! WHY ?! I think we'll never know.... :youmademecrylikeababy
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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #27 - May 8^th, 2008 at 11:23am

let's call a spade a spade here:

1. macca is an egomaniac.
2. cash bar at mills/mccartney wedding? lame.
3. walking out of grammys when your album doesn't win best album of the year? ghey.
4. silly love songs? ebony and ivory? another day? ghey ghey ghey.

BUT....

1. very few had his voice, ranging from the boyish charm of till there was you to the gritty screaming of helter skelter & i've got a feeling and everything in between.
2. one of best melodic bass players in rock history. his bass lines will make a dead man cum...'
3. skilled on the guitar, drums and piano, making him perhaps the most versatile musician to come out of a decade of incredible, talented and gifted musicians.

in short...you may hate his personality and find him annoying. more power to you. but you can't argue with the fact that he is one of the best overall musicians out there. if you do, you clearly don't know what you're talking about!

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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #28 - May 8^th, 2008 at 11:40am

Starbuck wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 11:23am:

let's call a spade a spade here:

the boyish charm of till there was you to the gritty screaming of helter skelter & i've got a feeling and everything in between.
2. one of best melodic bass players in rock history. his bass lines will make a dead man cum...'
3. skilled on the guitar, drums and piano, making him perhaps the most versatile musician to come out of a decade of

Starbuck, you forgot the biggest thing: his songs! This is the guy that wrote Hey Jude, Let It Be, Penny Lane, Yesterday, For No One, Elanor Rigby, We Can Work it out, Lady Madonna, Long and Winding Road, Helter Skelter, and All My Loving, any one of which another artist could make a career out of. And that's just off the top of my head. Macca is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

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Reply #29 - May 8^th, 2008 at 12:33pm

Starbuck wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 11:23am:

let's call a spade a spade here:
3. skilled on the guitar, drums and piano, making him perhaps the most versatile musician to come out of a decade of incredible, talented and gifted musicians.

No way is he even close to "the most versatile."

My selections for most versatile are either John Paul Jones (when he played with D. Galas, he played pedal steel for 1/2 of the show), or Ry Cooder(where did Joachim learn to play drums, if not from Ry?). And even though I am not a fan of Brian Jones, didn't he play a whole slew of instruments -- banjo, sitar, etc., etc. more than competently?

Even assuming arguendo that McCartney did have technical skills, doesn't the soul-lessness of his solo career tip the scales against him? "Silly Love Songs" and the like are the epitome of easy-listening crap. I'll give him "Jet," "Helen Wheels," "Live and Let Die," and "Helter Skelter." Now will he please go away?

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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #30 - May 8^th, 2008 at 1:01pm He said "perhaps." A qualifier. How about "among" or "right up there." He wrote a few good songs before the soul-less solo career.
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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #31 - May 8^th, 2008 at 1:42pm

fishook wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 12:33pm:

Starbuck wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 11:23am:

let's call a spade a spade here:
3. skilled on the guitar, drums and piano, making him perhaps the most versatile musician to come out of a decade of incredible, talented and gifted musicians.

jonesie is very versatile, i realize....but did he ever sing? vocal prowess is perhaps the most important quality in a band...you can be average musically, but if you sing purty, you'll get the crowds.

are you saying macca is a below average bass player? guitar player? you do know it was macca doing a ton of the leads in the revolver/rubber soul era, don't you? the dude was a good guitar player.

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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #32 - May 9^th, 2008 at 9:29am

" 1. very few had his voice, ranging from the boyish charm of till there was you to the gritty screaming of helter skelter & i've got a feeling and everything in between.
2. one of best melodic bass players in rock history. his bass lines will make a dead man cum...'
3. skilled on the guitar, drums and piano, making him perhaps the most versatile musician to come out of a decade of incredible, talented and gifted musicians.

in short...you may hate his personality and find him annoying. more power to you. but you can't argue with the fact that he is one of the best overall musicians out there. if you do, you clearly don't know what you're talking about! "

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fishook Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 26 Chicago Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #33 - May 9^th, 2008 at 11:07am Starbuck wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 1:42pm: vocal prowess is perhaps the most important quality in a band... not for me it isn't.
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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #34 - May 9^th, 2008 at 12:00pm What a band really needs is a top-notch cowbell player.
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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #35 - May 9^th, 2008 at 12:11pm

Zack wrote on May 9^th, 2008 at 12:00pm:

What a band really needs is a top-notch cowbell player.

no, i disagree.

the tambourine...it adds so much to a song. if you don't have a tambourinist, you ain't shit.

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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #36 - May 10^th, 2008 at 12:42am

Paul Mcartney....

Come now. Can there be any bigger wimp? He is the poster child of a chic whipped wimp. Always has been.

When The Stones Painted it Black the Beatles Held Your Hand...(I'm pretty sure I have read this exact line written or posted somewhere before so please forgive me if this appears plagiarized. I will not claim any credit to creating this line. It just fits so well I could not resist).

Paul was singing Silly Little Love Song and The Stones did Miss You.

Band on The Run vs. It's Only Rock N Roll.

Paul is what he is... a sissy. One hell of a Rich sissy but still....quite the sissy.

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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #37 - May 10^th, 2008 at 12:54am

Ian Billen wrote on May 10^th, 2008 at 12:42am:

Paul Mcartney....

When The Stones Painted it Black the Beatles Held Your Hand...(I'm pretty sure I have read this exact line written or posted somewhere before so please forgive me if this appears plagiarized. I will not claim any credit to creating this line. It just fits so well I could not resist).

Ian

I think you can claim that as an original line....

I did read this one "The Beatles want to hold your hand. The Stones want to burn your town." I LOVE that one. Wink

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Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread
Reply #38 - May 10^th, 2008 at 12:57am

fishook wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 12:33pm:

[quote author=Starbuck link=1209954667/25#27 date=1210263838] And even though I am not a fan of Brian Jones, didn't he play a whole slew of instruments -- banjo, sitar, etc., etc. more than competently?

Yes. Yes. Anywhere from 30 -60 musical instruments. He was accomplished on piano, clarinet, harmonica....and add to that all the other instruments, including strange-to-Western-ears world music instruments, it's quite an impressive list. Not to mention that he could pick up ANY instrument and get something good/useful out of it in 30 minutes or less. {Even Keith admitted that, long ago...}

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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #39 - May 10^th, 2008 at 1:09pm Hey, I thought this was the Macca apprecaition thread. Ian, have you ever heard McCartney do Long Tall Sally?
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zooeyglass Rocks Off Regular Offline Seeker of truth and, regrettably, finder of truth Posts: 1,345 USA	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #40 - May 10^th, 2008 at 1:38pm Paul can tear it up with the best of them -- not mentioned yet I believe... Kansas City Drive My Car I'm Down Back in the USSR Birthday Oh Darling
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #41 - May 10^th, 2008 at 2:27pm Zack wrote on May 10^th, 2008 at 1:09pm: Hey, I thought this was the Macca apprecaition thread. Oh yeah....I do appreciate Macca. I really do. Almost as much as I appreciate Brian.
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TenThousandMotels Ex Member Rocks Off Rules You Bastards	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #42 - May 11^th, 2008 at 6:41am Zack wrote on May 9^th, 2008 at 12:00pm: What a band really needs is a top-notch cowbell player. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfhxLWbFJck
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Zack Rocks Off Regular Offline Chiba Face Rules You Bastards! Posts: 1,727 Dakar Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #43 - May 11^th, 2008 at 9:56am TenThousandMotels wrote on May 11^th, 2008 at 6:41am: Zack wrote on May 9^th, 2008 at 12:00pm: What a band really needs is a top-notch cowbell player. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfhxLWbFJck Told you! That rocked.
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Sioux Rocks Off Regular Offline Brian Jones---Foundation Stone--Golden Stone Posts: 4,176 Virginia, U.S.A. Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #44 - May 11^th, 2008 at 3:06pm Oh yeah! That is such a great song...
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BONOISLOVE Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 869 The world Gender:	Re: YES!! The Macca Appreciation Thread Reply #45 - May 11^th, 2008 at 5:32pm Ian Billen wrote on May 10^th, 2008 at 12:42am: Paul Mcartney.... Come now. Can there be any bigger wimp? Ian Ian?? http://youtube.com/watch?v=tlIQAywtlnM
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