tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post8631515100630278454..comments2023-07-15T20:50:59.779-07:00Comments on Clicks and Pops: Autotuned OutAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-39299635444665425462009-12-28T20:50:03.030-08:002009-12-28T20:50:03.030-08:00And is it wrong to hope that Paul will someday aga...And is it wrong to hope that Paul will someday again do something as cool as this (starting around 2:32)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UvlKzEhAaEAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-77696790825033133142009-12-27T23:14:14.488-08:002009-12-27T23:14:14.488-08:00Holly, I'd thought that Paul's collaborati...Holly, I'd thought that Paul's collaboration with Elvis Costello might provide some needed musical balance for him... but since that doesn't seem like it's going to happen, your plan seems like a good alternative! :)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-88985930719746168632009-12-27T21:23:21.187-08:002009-12-27T21:23:21.187-08:00Well, I was at that CitiField concert (hey, Shea S...Well, I was at that CitiField concert (hey, Shea Stadium was such a pit, I refuse to try to perpetuate that name). Paul's voice sounded pretty excellent to me -- astounding, really. Not to mention his energy level, which put all of us more-than-30-somethings to shame. <br /><br />I do wish he'd lay off the cosmetic surgery; I wish he'd stop dyeing his hair, too. But I'm still in love with the man, and always will be. I believe all he needs is someone whose honest opinion he values as much as John's once did. I'll wager Paul is surrounded by toadies and panderers and flunkies and sycophants who tell him that everything he does sounds great. In point of fact, 90% of it still does sound great (that Electric Arguments album was fantastic) but the other 10% spoils it all.<br /><br />One of my recurring daydreams is that Paul will read my blog, realize what great musical taste I have, and hire me to review all his music before he releases it, just to prevent occasional lapses like "Wonderful Christmastime" and "Ebony and Ivory." Of course, he'll become so dependent on my approval that he'll then ask me to choose his clothes, vet his public appearances, share songwriting credits, and, oh, maybe marry him....well, a fangirl can dream, can't she?Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-3123516193885866052009-12-27T19:18:30.887-08:002009-12-27T19:18:30.887-08:00Who, you have it completely right (I think) -- the...Who, you have it completely right (I think) -- the competition between Paul and John pushed both of them to heights neither would have reached alone -- and (mostly) helped reign in both of their excesses. You know, I don't want Paul to sit down and shut up either -- and his casual and effortless brilliance at times makes his hokum all the more infuriating. (And the Amoeba show was so good -- imperfect vocals and all -- that it makes it clear how great a performer Paul can be when he's concentrating more on the music and less on pleasing each and every person in each and every stadium seat.)<br /><br />PS: And I like the idea of your alternate universe -- maybe if Epstein saw himself more as a manager of the Beatles career and less as a manager of tours it might have happened.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-89942722070770390512009-12-27T19:01:36.790-08:002009-12-27T19:01:36.790-08:00Well said, Alex! Paul sure can be and often is inc...Well said, Alex! Paul sure can be and often is incredibly frustrating, though of course (I predictably note, lapsing into senile maudlin as I am wont when it comes to the lads) in the end I think it’s clear that he really DID make John a better songwriter and really WAS irreplaceable in creating the Beatles sound. (That all the rest of the Beatles were vital to reigning in Paul’s excess hokum is of course inarguable -- and nearly goes without saying.) Admittedly, part of my tolerance for the old man’s tomfoolery is surely due to my own incredibly old age. What to you youngun’s is plainly just an old man’s sad play at “acting young” can look to an old fart like a peer’s understandable refusal to sit down and shut up.<br /><br />Speaking of which, I’ve daydreamed about how interesting it would have been to live in the alternate universe in which, instead of pushing their ill-fated ‘65 & ‘66 <a href="http://www.dermon.com/Beatles/details/tours.htm" rel="nofollow">summer stadium tours</a>, Epstein had instead encouraged them to continue playing live – and having fun as a group – with unannounced small-club mystery dates while simultaneously developing parallel solo careers with the blessings of all …Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116501776625667465.post-1398151131342443382009-12-27T16:44:49.796-08:002009-12-27T16:44:49.796-08:00#10 -- because he's the cute one? lol#10 -- because he's the cute one? lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com