mccartney ii is sick

Great essay by Taylor Parkes. I do like the sound of Paul's 70s life-style: happy family life, a sympathetic soul mate who he could make music and go horse-riding with, and being cheerfully bonged out at all times.

I think this might have been one of his happiest times. I remember seeing an interview where he was saying that in the late 70s the Beatles hysteria had died down in the UK - enough that he could get the train from Sussex to Charing Cross and walk to his office in Soho Square without much hassle. One John died the hysteria started up again and that free and easy moment disappeared forever.

Loving these outtakes so far. Thanks!

Wow, "Blue Sway" sounds like Ashra. It even has a tempo change.

I do love the Coming Up video, classic Paul. and a nod to the Sparks even

never been a huge fan of this record ... and yet i'm considering downloading the double lp version on the octaner blog ... paul is sometimes at his best when he's at his most tossed off.

I'm just kidding. Mostly. A few years ago he came into the radio station my mom works at and was flirting with her, but she was recently divorced and didn't see the signs. She's got some of it recorded. He sang her happy birthday.

That's awesome.

lol

Re: the (incredibly irritating) video for "Comin' Up", could someone please tell me who the drummer is Macca is impersonating? Bugged me for years - he looks like a cross between David Bellamy (Americans are advised to google here) and Levon Helm.

Oh right... Wiki tells me it's supposed to be Ginger Baker but it still looks more like David Bellamy meets Levon Helm to me

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― jaxon, Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:13 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

anyone else download from this site but not get track 11?

I got track 11, but my Temporary Secretary was all glitchy.

Strange that those are both tunes from the official release.

couple of good songs on this and it's always fun to check out a weird record that actually charted, but as far as strange home-baked home recordings go, 20 times over I will reach for r. stevie moore's 'phonography'

brilliant mutants trying their hardest vs. famous people coasting, make your choice life is really short

np: 'pipes of peace'

ha ha np: 'lunchbox / odd sox'

ok yeah, even on auto-pilot, pretty lovable

this thread needs a photo of jaxon's mom for completion

np: 'daytime nighttime suffering'

Listened to this for the first time last night - holy shit, this is SICK!!! Why haven't people been drooling over this for years? Completely unlike anything you'd expect from Macca. Reminds me of Ariel Pink somehow... I love "Coming Up" - was it a single or something, cos it sounds very familiar?

Honestly man they have been!

COMING UP!!!

So pleased about this thread and this album. Not least because most of these tracks would've most likely been seen as cackhanded garbage in their day, but it's such a surprise to hear Macca doing a kind of electric psychobilly/new wave party record - never thought he had it in him.

yeah "Coming Up" was a single

The B-side, the live Wings version of "Coming Up", became a #1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit in June 1980. The A-side, the McCartney solo version, reached #2 in the UK.

also the video is upthread dl, it is a traet

I can't get Bogey Music out of my head. I love the little story about how it's an exploitation record for Fungus the Bogeyman.

so someone played the radio slave mix of temporary secretary out a couple weeks ago and it was p much a banger. still cant get into this album but i 'got' it for a second there.

Two-disc and four-disc remaster/expanded versions coming out:

http://thequietus.com/articles/06165-paul-mccartney-reissues-due-in-june

Nice for you guys. I am looking more forward to "Tug Of War", which is his masterpiece. :)

u crazy 4 this one geir!

Is that everything ?

I should add it is his masterpiece as a solo act......

that reissue looks dope EXCEPT it is shiiiiitty to put an edit of Check My Machine on the regular bonus disc and the full-length only on the extra-bonus one, and apparently w/ Band On The Run the 3-disc cost US$20 and the 4-disc cost US$100?!??!??!?!??!?!wtf

amazon lists the deluxe of this at $60 which means it will be less than that. I'm excited, love this album.

wasn't the 4th disc 'much the same' as the extra disc of a few years ago?

I will check this machine....

I don't care about "Check My Machine" (which is rubbish, frankly), but the album may benefit from the remastering if they do a good job. It doesn't sound very convincing on the current version.

"Darkroom" is so great sounding on the original vinyl! Super hot, warm, great separation.

yeah man there are like 5 records i miss owning and this is absolutely one of them, "Summer's Day" sounded SO good with a beer in hand

X-Post: The aesthetic in 1993, when the album was remastered, and also around the original CD release of the album, was very much pro-little separation. Separation has become more fashionable again lately, and that is one thing I really long forward to. The separation is also one of the most important improvements of the current Queen remasters, and they were originally reissued around the same time as the McCartney ones.

Btw. I suppose these will get the same design as the Lennon remasters and Badfinger remasters, with the Apple logo on the back and all.

no, because it wasn't an apple release

(mccartney ii anyway)

i listened to basically nothing but paul mccartney's solo career up until like age 11 or 12

ii is good but not sure if it's better than tug of war. press to play is the one that shouldn't be overlooked imo

mccartney ii boxset is sick

hi craig

paul is dead

(Yo, Jaxon. I've been a deadbeat ex-Chim for a while now--I just logged onto Robots.in.heat for the first time in forever; kudos for evidently keeping the poststream steady, though. I need to jump back in there.)

Anyhoo, some real nice pix/interviews in this ultra-deluxe book/box. Giant reel box reproductions/multitrack rundown sheets, arrangement lead sheets for "Coming Up" and "Waterfalls", and a little bit of synth pron via shots of his Yamaha CS80 and Jupiter 4.

mccartney ii boxset is sick

special edition - €15
deluxe edition - €56

get fuuuuuuuucked

do dig "Temporary Secretary"

I seem to recall that the "Coming Up" video was debuted on SNL.

couple of good songs on this and it's always fun to check out a weird record that actually charted, but as far as strange home-baked home recordings go, 20 times over I will reach for r. stevie moore's 'phonography'

brilliant mutants trying their hardest vs. famous people coasting, make your choice life is really short

np: 'pipes of peace'

― Milton Parker, Friday, July 2, 2010 2:49 AM (11 months ago) Bookmark

I read this thread today and then found out r stevie moore is playing here tonight, too bad I'm busy cause that is some world class synchronicity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdWVdpiB5IQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN6xOkHEzjs

I keep seeing this thread and thinking "Poor mccartney ii".

alex is killing it at the moment

very fun video!

I wish paul would play “temporary secretary” live again. it’s great that he did it in 2015 but he may not know just how big it still is now. the people have spoken!

Picked up a vinyl Beach Boys Love You today, and upon revisiting I feel it is the Pet Sounds to McCartney II's Sgt. Pepper.

xp It looks like he played it one time in 2022, but that was during a VIP soundcheck set. Other than that he hasn't played it since 2017. I'm still futilely hoping he'll whip out "Secret Friend" one of these days...

secret friend is mr bellamy to temporary secretary's fuh you

weird spacey mccartney is so much more fun than creepy horny mccartney and I don't know why that song has caught on so much lately other than the wtf is this the silly love songs guy factor (which you can get with other better songs)