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I don't think he's a good singer. They were good as a group but not individually
23:34 Tue 13th Dec 2016
Colverjo - //As we're talking about PM, he's a terrible songwriter. Almost everything he's written without John Lennon has been quite appalling. //
I assume you are referring to Mr McCartney's solo output?
Because let's not forget, as a general guide, which ever Beatle sand that lead vocal on any of their songs was the main songwriter - and if you trawl through the output on which he is the vocalist, and therefore main writer, you'll see that it is not at all bad.
I assume you are referring to Mr McCartney's solo output?
Because let's not forget, as a general guide, which ever Beatle sand that lead vocal on any of their songs was the main songwriter - and if you trawl through the output on which he is the vocalist, and therefore main writer, you'll see that it is not at all bad.
NellieMay - that's unfortunate, because all the artists you mention, and nay other artist from 1963 onwards, would not have a career in music without Mr McCartney and colleagues.
Seismic changes in the culture of the planet are as rare as they are important - The Beatles created one of those, and Paul McCartney was a driving musical force in that band.
You can dislike every single one of his songs, but you cannot ever underestimate his talent and the influence he has had on popular music around the world.
Seismic changes in the culture of the planet are as rare as they are important - The Beatles created one of those, and Paul McCartney was a driving musical force in that band.
You can dislike every single one of his songs, but you cannot ever underestimate his talent and the influence he has had on popular music around the world.
NellieMay - if what I was offering was an opinion, you could of course disagree - but what I am offering is a fact, and therefore your disagreement is invalid.
If you listen to 'I Saw Her Standing There', you will hear a youthful Mr McCartney counting in "One Two Three Four!" followed immediately by just under three minutes of the most galvanising passionate rock and roll performances ever committed to vinyl which helped to motivate an entire generation to pick up guitars and / or sing, delivered in one od the greatest rock and roll voices ever heard anywhere.
By all means dislike it, but to say, as you do, that it lacks 'a distinctive voice, musicality, and real talent' simply flies in the face of not only audible evidence, but historical change.
If you listen to 'I Saw Her Standing There', you will hear a youthful Mr McCartney counting in "One Two Three Four!" followed immediately by just under three minutes of the most galvanising passionate rock and roll performances ever committed to vinyl which helped to motivate an entire generation to pick up guitars and / or sing, delivered in one od the greatest rock and roll voices ever heard anywhere.
By all means dislike it, but to say, as you do, that it lacks 'a distinctive voice, musicality, and real talent' simply flies in the face of not only audible evidence, but historical change.
dannyk13 - It is not because I believe it that it is a fact, it is because it is a fact that it is a fact.
The Beatles revolutionised popular music around the world, and caused seismic changes in youth culture, the effects of which are still felt today.
That is a fact.
Paul McCartney was a major driving force in The Beatles, and in that change.
That is also a fact.
It has nothing to do with my particular taste in music, because taste is not the issue here.
NellieMay posts that Mr McCartney does not have 'a distinctive voice, musicality or real talent' and that is simply not true, on any level.
The Beatles revolutionised popular music around the world, and caused seismic changes in youth culture, the effects of which are still felt today.
That is a fact.
Paul McCartney was a major driving force in The Beatles, and in that change.
That is also a fact.
It has nothing to do with my particular taste in music, because taste is not the issue here.
NellieMay posts that Mr McCartney does not have 'a distinctive voice, musicality or real talent' and that is simply not true, on any level.
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dannyk13 - //You were suggesting that Paul Mc Cartney was an instigator of rock and roll and that is where I disagree with you.As I said there were great rock and rollers long before the Beatles era. //
That is not what I said.
What I said was that Paul McCartney wrote a fabulous and influential rock and roll song, and sung it with a fabulous and influential rock and roll voice.
Nowhere did I suggest that he was being original - he, and certainly anyone who knows anything about pop history, acknowledges his debt to people like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and so on.
That is not what I said.
What I said was that Paul McCartney wrote a fabulous and influential rock and roll song, and sung it with a fabulous and influential rock and roll voice.
Nowhere did I suggest that he was being original - he, and certainly anyone who knows anything about pop history, acknowledges his debt to people like Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and so on.
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