The first few seconds of Paul McCartney's upcoming single "Ever Present Past" brought to mind the opening to The Bob Crewe Generation's "Music To Watch Girls By". Very sixties. Paul always has cool song titles from "Helter Skelter" and "Fool On The Hill" to in your face titles like "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" and "Here Today". They're almost always poetic in title alone.
Of interesting note, his latest single is distributed by Concord instead of Capitol, which has been his American home label for a long time.
We've been giving his song a few spins today on the radio and found the studio lines were split in the middle. Half of the callers loved it and the other half didn't care for it. Not a super scientific method considering that we only got seventy-two calls. You can listen for yourself to see if Paul has got another song to wet your musical appetite for his next album.
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You have GOT to be friggin' kidding me. This clip has been played 103 times, and I'm the first comment? Whassup, people? OK, one vote here for the "love it" group. No surprise, as I am one of the biggest Macca boosters on MOG (not always an easy job!). I've been reading about this single on the Audities list and am THRILLED to hear he has another CD coming out so soon. I also think the reference to the "ever present past" is a stroke of genius, like the bridge he wrote to "Free As A Bird". Thanks so much for posting this, TM.
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Capitol is no more. It's good McCartney which seems to come easy to him.
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It is weird that 400+ listens get so few responses. I'm kinda torn first listen..Ok, I'll go with like. Seems a bit peppy for Starbucks (Concord's bizness partner).
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Good, catchy pop-rock from ol' Paul.
I'm interested enough that I would be willing to give the album a spin.
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I love the textures of the two different guitars. I always thought that musicians don't age well--there are a few exceptions, and Sir Paul is one of them.
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I don't mind it, but it doesn't really do much for me either. He's certainly produced better work, but I wouldn't mind hearing this on the radio from time to time. Maybe it'll grow on me.
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I was always more of a Ringo Starr and George Harrison fan and I think the whoooo could of been a bit better, rather a lot better! And I hate 2 let U all down that think Paul looks good, but he has had plastic surgery! Lets face it Pauls wanting 2 stay in the limelife and he'll have 2 give his divorce lawyers some big bucks! Probably his Ex-2! starpoet
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I must confess, huge Beatle fan but a sometimes fan of Paul McCartney solo. There were definite gems. I was a bit leary of what the 'new' song would sound like. It's good, poppy, sounds like he's talking about his past year and I give it a thumbs up. I'm curious for more on his new album.
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Sounds like McCartney is back to his old ways. Remember 'Coming Up' ? The song is catchy, fluffy and poppy. Back in the early 80's this might have been a hit but you won't hear this song on the major radio. They don't have time for veterans...even legendary ones. It's a sad comment on today's music when this song will be ignored yet the next Britney Spears single will go straight to #1.
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I used to love Paul. I was listening for hours and hours, younger, much younger, the album with Linda, I still like it, but I don't think this new one has much, much to offer, I agree with "Another Horne" maybe it 'll grow in me, lot of songs, music, usually do, they need their time..I hope he'll go well, because, regardless, i still love Paul..one cannot forget where he comes from..
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Amen...
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This tune is a little too vacuous for me, but at least he's still experimenting and not just giving us what we might expect. I actually saw him at Yale's graduation ceremony this past May. He was given an honorary doctoral degree in music, so now he is Dr. Sir Paul. Unfortunately, he did not perform, but he definitely garnered the most applause from the audience. I ran into him later that night as he was coming out of the British Art Museum where he'd been having dinner with Tony Blair. It was pretty crazy. A huge crowd of people descended upon him, but he graciously welcomed them and signed as many autographs as he could. In any case, it's hard to judge him too harshly these days. The fact that he's creating anything at all is pretty damn impressive.