tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post5154040734901863427..comments2023-10-22T01:48:27.712-07:00Comments on AtMoSpHeRiC RuMiNaTiOnS...: Lil ol' me...http://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-89467122715325464522008-05-15T20:29:00.000-07:002008-05-15T20:29:00.000-07:00I don't like the PRODUCTION of McCartney's newest ...I don't like the PRODUCTION of McCartney's newest music...it's all flat...McCartney's trying his best to sound like one of the so-called angst-filled performers of today, and I can't help it if I hear him trying to be a totally different-sounding musician these days. I also don't like the way he MASS-markets himself...albums, deluxe versions of albums, and then deluxe-deluxe versions of albums, and what does he expect? Someone to drool over what he does so much that they'll buy every single thing he puts out on the market, no matter how much it duplicates what he's issued before? I firmly believe he can't let himself stop; he can't assume his place in history; he can't be a gracious benefactor of music; I fully expect to see him on Austin City Limits along with the current musical nobodies who seem to fill up that program...Paul has lost a certain 'ebullience' in his approach, which fits right in with the mechanical, gloomy, wan, detached sort-of sound that seems to be so commonplace these days. We not only see things differently, we obvious hear them differently as well. Paul doesn't need to appear on Oprah or 'Today'; but He Has appeared on Oprah before (in 1996)...and he's certainly not above that. He's trying to sound current; why else would he hire young producers who seem to specialize in a sub-U2 dark gloomy sound that seems to be encroaching on his music? "Oh, McCartney's now being produced by so-and-so, so I'll bet he now sounds as good as 9 inch nails!!!", today's young music buyers must be thinking to themselves. In a way, I kinda think Paul is selling out.Lil ol' me...https://www.blogger.com/profile/05375131775477058146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16751830.post-39327855475406928462008-05-10T10:21:00.000-07:002008-05-10T10:21:00.000-07:00Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, b...Well, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but I have to disagree. I think McCartney has made some of the best music of his solo career since Linda's death. He has lost none of his "melodic flair" as you describe it (Jenny Wren? Vintage Clothes? Feet in the Clouds?). And yes, his music has become more ruminative and melancholy, but I think that only adds more depth to his work which wasn't there before. And I don't see where you're getting the idea that he's marketing himself to be hip. I haven't seen him on MTV shilling for the TRL crowd, nor have I seen him on big national shows such as Oprah or the Today Show. He also had an opportunity last year to promote Memory Almost Full on American Idol, but he turned it down (unlike other aging stars such as Neil Diamond, Prince, and Bon Jovi). It seems to me his marketing has been pretty modest compared to the standards of contemporary, "hip" artists. Oh well, I guess we just see things differently.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493370249227057066noreply@blogger.com