Back Seat Of My Car; Maybe I'm Amazed; Lady Madonna and Hey Jude.

macca has spent over half his life living off past glories and soon to be remastered past glories.

the frog chorus and being 5 is the target audience for it, she was even gracious enough to laugh when I sang the deep bass frog bits the other day. I'm not going to gain say someone with such a winning smile.

Thought not.

they're from the band The Beatles could have been.

Let 'Em In

Maybe I'm Amazed

and one of his best bass lines

Maybe this is a well known theory but humour me. Track 8 on the rather excellent 1969 (make a note of that date) self-titled LP by one Boz Scaggs is called 'Spare me a dime' and runs for over 12 minutes. Quite the thing of beauty it is too. I have only dicovered this gem in the last week and couldn't help but think i'd heard it before somewhere. By chance my iPod threw up the Floyd's 'Shine on you crazy diamond' from 'Wish you were here' (recorded and released in 1974) and a lightbulb went off above my head. Have Mr Scaggs lawyers been in contact or am I imagining similarities that just aren't there? I think we should be told.

"His signature song, "Somebody Loan Me a Dime" (1974) was covered by Boz Scaggs, but attributed to Scaggs himself, resulting in legal battles."
Fenton won.
What's this to do with Paul?

the line - "meeting a man from the motor trade"

That he recorded this(and played everything)in under an hour..

and post-fabs..

I've always had a soft spot for London Town and this track in particular.

Never on Greatest Hits. It tails off a bit but the first half is great.

An oddity but a goody

There was a documentary / live session he did at Abbey Road with Nigel Godrich when he released "Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard" that was pretty good. The version he did of "I've Got A Feeling" was awesome. How it was intended.

And there's a remix of his song "Temporary Secretary" that came out on a (*cough*) Uncut magazine in 2002 that's really good too.

and in full on You Tube starting here

all things considered

Live ...

And ... a B-side ...

And for me these linked tracks somehow summ up his strengths and his fallibilities at once.

Incidentally, great version by Jazz legend Freddie Hubbard

Good Day Sunshine: happiness in musical form
You Won't See Me: effortless pop perfection
The Fool On the Hill: 2nd best song on "Mystery Tour"
For No One: one of the most poignant and mature songs the Beatles ever did
Penny Lane: happiness in... (part 2)
Lady Madonna: wonderful words as well as a great tune

Solo/Wings (apart from those mentioned already):
Junk
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Hi Hi Hi
Junior's Farm
(I'm sure some more will occur to me soon, but it's been a long day...)

Also Things We Said Today, I Will and I always had a soft spot for this one...

...then the question is more what WASN'T great. Solo, granted, the highlights thin out, but off the top of my head...Letting Go, from Venus & Mars. No one ever seems to mention it. Give it a shot. Oh, and Ballroom Dancing, from Tug of War. Paul at his unashamedly corny best. To this day I can't understand why it wasn't an absolutely colossal hit single.

Happy Birthday Macca...

Can I nominate the guitar solo on Taxman?

The boy is a genius...

just...great. No ifs. No buts.

But what Macca does best - a silly love song

As Paddy McAloon once pointed out - Paul McCartney is the hippest thing in pop music. If hip means a kind of effortlessness, look no further than 'Arrow Through Me' from Back to the Egg.

Coming Up
Wanderlust
Girls School
Hope and Deliverance

The Macca and Freelance Hellraiser team up is worth tracking down, 'Twin Freaks' an album of officially endorsed beatleg-remixes and mac-ups

And didn't Prince rework these lyrics for TLC's Waterfalls

for me would be when his olive oil is tempered by Lennon's lemon juice, as George Martin said, or, to put it another way, his sweetness is cut through with some acid, as in 'We Can Work It Out' where Lennon's contribution combines to make greatness. Of course, often it's a case of McCartney making it happen where it wouldn't have happened without him, Beatles-wise, which is a lot to be thankful for. Still though much of his works I find too schmaltzy and superficial, especially in the lyric department. But even by himself, sometimes the sheer pop sensibility of the man is irresistible nevertheless. For example 'Listen To What The Man Said' - love that tune. 'Got To Get You Into My Life' also pleases me greatly. I don't see the appeal of 'Helter Skelter' so much though. Bit like trying too hard. Sometimes his best efforts are when not so blatant and noticeable, he does occasionally tend to come on like a misguided clutz and mess up a good song - Hey Jude?

great bass ...

He hasn't written anything better. I doubt he will.

Another from back to the egg

http://thequietus.com/articles/01922-paul-mccartney-the-beatles-wings-th...

Good to have Mr Parkes back on the scene.

Just great. Happy birthday, old fruit.

Do you think Macca got him in because he sounded a bit like Penny Lane and looked a bit like Lennon - just a thought.

I love the old Mac man. Although the fu**er does produce straight from the hip nonsense like 'Freedom'. I love all of 'Ram' just because it's over-produced , has the greatest backing vocals in 'Long haired lady', and is Paul being a mad cu*t. Long may he play...ooh, check out Kicked Around No More on a b-side somewhere...

But I'd just like to add "Let Me Roll It" from Band on the Run.

For that lovely ditty called English Tea. It makes me smile.