The Fireman and Youth Paul McCartney - Electric Arguments
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Free Music Review: Quite simply, McCartney's very best record
Hit: 5 Stars
At 62, and with his catalogue behind him, it would be easy enough for McCartney to sod the trouble. But, and this is really the whole thing with him, his solo career didn't properly begin and take on its own identity until Flowers In The Dirt. And apart from the mis step of the follow up to that CD, McCartney has been on a trajectory, going from strength to strength. Securing an incendiary backing band at the turn of the century, all the schmaltz of his early solo and Wings CDs, his questionable collaborations with Wacko, and a sort of phoned in creativity have all been displaced by a man on a mission. Working on teh anthology with and then losing George and orchestrating the concert for NYC post 9/11 no doubt reminded him time is running short. His has been an exciting and creative resurgence that none of his peers, save maybe Bowie and Fripp, have effected with any conviction.
And this is the best of the lot. From the primal and pitch perfect delta blues of the opener through the ambient conclusion, this is a masterpiece. His pop sensibilities are dead on without being saccharine, his romantic side is adult and unaffected, his chops are positively impressive. It's as though he has reasserted just who the feck is the best bass player ever in rock. Youth no doubt was smart enough to know when to let the fuse burn with McCartney. Apparently most of the disc was recorded in a single session, not that he hadn't prepared (after all this is not Neil Young). Both Youth and mCC knew they hat tapped a vein and they just kept right on at it. The electric argument made here is that with commitment, all the rules change. Add a creativity and sense of both experiment and melody like those in the heart and soul of McCartney and you have a disc as worthy as any in his Beatles repertoire. Get this CD. Money is tight this year. This is the one.
Free Music Review: Wow!
Hit: 5 Stars
"I said I love you, I thought you knew, the last thing to do, was to try to betray me" -this a line line from first track "Not Too Much Just Out of Sight," a wonderfully loud, howling and angry rocker that is your first indication that this is not a typical Paul McCartney album. It is a stunning song - I don't think that I have ever heard Paul McCartney this angry (I think we all know who he was signing about)- and it is great. To be honest, I passed on buying this CD when it first came out. Having heard that is was an "experimental" album of "electronic" music, I figured it was another of the weird and ecentric pet projects that Paul (and the other Beatles) had released over the years. However, last week I really enjoyed Paul singing two of the album's songs at his Washington, DC concert (the fabulous rocker "Highway" and the uplighting and spiritual "Sing the Changes")and decided to give it a chance. Good thing that I did - I have been playing it ever since. There are so many great songs on this album - I think that my favorite is "Two Magpies," an accoustic track that could easily fit on The Beatles White Album. I could go on talking about each song. Suffice to say, this is no pet project - it is a major artistic statement. It also may be Paul's best solo album since Band on the Run (and I am a person who likes most of Paul's solo work). Give the CD a chance, I think that you will be pleasantly surprised.Free Music Review: Paul McCartney Spreads His Wings
Hit: 5 Stars
No one can dispute Paul McCartney's talent. He's a master of melody, of pop sentiments and pithy phrases. He's definitely the 'cute one.' However, over the course of his solo career, something's often been missing. That something is a strong collaborator. McCartney's always been at his best with a strong songwriting partner (Lennon, of course, or Elvis Costello), a strong producer like George Martin, or highly individual musicians who both rein in his excesses and elevate his strengths (the Beatles, of course, and occasional solo releases). In The Fireman, his collaboration with musician/producer/presumed co-writer Youth, he has all three.
From the heavy opener "Nothing Too Much, Just Out of Sight," which wouldn't sound out of place on a Zeppelin album, through the transcendent pop of "Sing The Changes" all the way through experiments like "Light from Your Lighthouse" and the closer "Don't Stop Running," Electric Arguments veers all over the map from the gentle whimsy ("Two Magpies") to neo-psychedelic blues (the aforementioned opener, "Highway"), and yet is never mere imitation, but rather is always unmistakably a showcase for Paul McCartney. His more adventurous side shines through this release with each and every moment, and it's the most exciting he's been in a very long time.
It's nice to see McCartney truly spread his wings. Highly reccomended.
Free Music Review: The Fireman frees McCartney to be McCartney without the baggage of his career
Hit: 5 Stars
It must be hell being Paul McCartney when it comes to creating a new album. Alwasys in the shadow of The Beatles, John Lennon and his own prolific body of work. His latest collaboration with Youth The Fireman's "Electric Arguments" frees McCartney from being McCartney and allows him to create one of his best albums.
Mixing elements of ambient, bluesy rock with a tad of influence from Brian Eno, Moby and other artists allows McCartney in collaboration with his Fireman cohort Youth to create one of his most compelling albums. Every song here from "Sing the Changes" to the blues infused vocal of "Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight" are a terrific change of pace for McCartney allowing him to create some of his most unique music of his solo career.
Take a listen to the samples. I should warn you this sounds very little like Wings, very little like the music that McCartney made in from the 80's through the 90's. That's a good thing. It's McCartney rediscovering his muse and tackling the type of stuff he really hasn't tried since the White Album.
Highly recommended.
Free Music Review: MACCA'S Inspiring Masterpiece !
Hit: 5 Stars
Electric Arguments is indisputably the most surprising and inspiring CD of the year. Paul McCartney surfaces with a masterpiece of experimental music and great vocals that fuse ambient, hard rock, blues, trance, ballads and electronic music. Producer Youth was integral to this CD. It contains arguably the greatest medley of Paul's songs ever commencing with "Sing The Changes," "Travelling Light," "Highway", " Light From Your Lighthouse," "Sun Is Shining," and "Dance 'Till We're High,". MACCA and Beatles fans will love this trippy and psychedelic CD becuase it has vintage tracks similar to great songs off the White Album, Ram and Paul's other masterful Fireman CD the cosmic"Rushes" wherein he expertly played several guitars, cymbals and resplendent keyboards. MACCA'S roaring, soaring and refined vocals and ambient virtuosity at age 67 are priceless. This is the most vindicating CD of MACCA'S career because it showcases his virtousity as a vocalist, musician, composer and lyricist ! It's safe to say that Lennon would have been impressed by this amazingly creative CD.