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Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:10:07 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/25/2011 02:10

Measure of greatness 😁

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

mooseboy101 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:19:11 GMT

Author: mooseboy101

Posted: 09/25/2011 01:19

RFNAPLES wrote:

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Oh god naples, you look pretty good for 62.

Re: Measuring "greatness"

RFNAPLES — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 21:17:21 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/25/2011 01:17

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

mooseboy101 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:58:56 GMT

Author: mooseboy101

Posted: 09/25/2011 00:58

How can any kid have any dignity what so ever after posing for something like that?

Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:57:47 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/25/2011 00:57

GREATNESS ❗

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

Hayden — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:43:55 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/25/2011 00:43

GARY wrote:

Hayden wrote:

GARY wrote:

Great.

Then we all agree that the Beatles were the and bestistist band ever �'�

See, no more arguing 😁

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😲

WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH.
HOLDUPTHERE.
NOONEAGREEDTOTHAT.

[-X

I was joking :roll:

😁

Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:30:57 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/25/2011 00:30

Hayden wrote:

GARY wrote:

Great.

Then we all agree that the Beatles were the and bestistist band ever �'�

See, no more arguing 😁

.

😲

WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH.
HOLDUPTHERE.
NOONEAGREEDTOTHAT.

[-X

I was joking 🙄

Re: Measuring "greatness"

Hayden — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:21:04 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/25/2011 00:21

GARY wrote:

Great.

Then we all agree that the Beatles were the and bestistist band ever �'�

See, no more arguing 😁

.

😲

WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH.
HOLDUPTHERE.
NOONEAGREEDTOTHAT.

🫵

Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:59:31 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/24/2011 23:59

Great.

Then we all agree that the Beatles were the and bestistist band ever �'�

See, no more arguing 😁

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

alelsupreme — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:13:58 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 09/24/2011 21:13

Nope, due to the fact my favourite forum ever had many threads which devolved into massive arguments I have a certain fondness for them aswell.

Re: Measuring "greatness"

Necharsian — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:11:16 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 09/24/2011 21:11

😁

Am I a bastard for thinking this topic has become awesome?

My opinions:

Greatness with respect to music is subjective.
The Beatles are great.
Talking about who is the "most influencial" band ever is stupid. Just listen to what you like to listen to, and shut up.

Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:39:42 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/24/2011 20:39

an_outlaw wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

Why can't we all name our charts whatever we want them to be called?

I NOW REMEMBER HOW THIS THREAD BEGAN!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 :o

No, I actually had to go back to page one to find out 🤣

😨

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:37:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/24/2011 20:37

Romanelli wrote:

Why can't we all name our charts whatever we want them to be called?

I NOW REMEMBER HOW THIS THREAD BEGAN!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😮

Re: Measuring "greatness"

RFNAPLES — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:36:48 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/24/2011 20:36

O Sacrilege

Re: Measuring "greatness"

Romanelli — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:32:01 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 09/24/2011 20:32

Why can't we all name our charts whatever we want them to be called?

Re: Measuring "greatness"

kidamnesiac — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:29:47 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 09/24/2011 20:29

how many you all had that radio station which was nationally syndicated or whatever that played walrus for 3 days once a year.

Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:16:27 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/24/2011 20:16

And I have my opinion as well.

The problem is not with Moonbeam. Although I personally don't understand not liking the Beatles for "production values"

For one, SGT. Pepper, love it or hate it, was at the forefront of "production value" when it was released.

Seems like an odd thing for a band to be ridiculed for something that, when they were active, were the standard bearer for 😲

Consider old movies if you will. IMO many of the best films were made in black and white. And one of my personal favorites, Metropolis, wasn't even a talkie. But it's just as good as anything they are putting out today.

My problem is with people who say things like "The Beatles were not good musicians"

BULLSHIT ❗

I do not like Radiohead's music.

But I'm not a moron and going to say that Greenwood has no talent or is not a good musician.

But please, by all means, keep trashing the Beatles for I love defending my all time favorite and greatest band of all time. 😁

It's like talking about hockey and having people say that Wayne Gretzky was just an average player

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Continue, PLEASE ❗

I love to laugh

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An authentic Stradivarius is just an average violin

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Mount Everest is just a big hill

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

alelsupreme — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:18:03 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 09/24/2011 19:18

No problem with what moonbeam is doing, he said why he didn't like them personally, he didn't try and rewrite history while doing so.

Re: Measuring "greatness"

GARY — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:00:31 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 09/24/2011 19:00

itsit wrote:

What are you on about Gary, clearly Captain Beefheart who made songs with very little, if any musical direction and random avant garde nonsense is CLEARLY more talented and the better songwriter!

I assure you itsit, and others, that you got the wrong wrong one in me to shit talk about Sir Paul McCartney 🫵

What makes you think that Paul was "directed" or had training musically ❓

He was IN A BAND AT 15 years old ❗

He taught himself ❗

HELLO!

Paul McCartney has done pretty much everything one can do in music and he has done it as good as anybody.

He plays numerous instruments very well and is one of the all time great bass players of all time.

Background information
Birth name James Paul McCartney
Born 18 June 1942 (1942-06-18) (age 69)
Liverpool, England
Genres Rock, pop, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, rock and roll, hard rock, classical music
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, film producer, painter, activist, businessman
Instruments Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, organ, mellotron, keyboards, drums, ukulele, mandolin, recorder
Years active 1957–present
Labels Hear Music, Apple, Parlophone, Capitol, Columbia, Concord Music Group, EMI, One Little Indian, Vee-Jay
Associated acts The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Wings, The Fireman, Linda McCartney, John Lennon, Denny Laine
Website paulmccartney.com
Notable instruments
Höfner 500/1
Rickenbacker 4001S
Gibson Les Paul
Epiphone Texan
Epiphone Casino
Fender Esquire
Fender Jazz Bass
Yamaha BB1200 Bass
Wal 5-String Bass
Martin D-28

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles (1960–1970) and Wings (1971–1981), McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles in the United Kingdom.[1]

McCartney gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular songs in the history of rock music.[2] After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman, and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.

BBC News Online readers named McCartney the "greatest composer of the millennium", and BBC News cites his Beatles song "Yesterday" as the most covered song in the history of recorded music—by over 2,200 artists[3]—and since its 1965 release, has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio according to the BBC.[4] Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the United Kingdom, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single.[5] Based on the 93 weeks his compositions have spent at the top spot of the UK chart, and 24 number one singles to his credit, McCartney is the most successful songwriter in UK singles chart history.[6] As a performer or songwriter, McCartney was responsible for 31 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States,[7][8][9][10] and has sold 15.5 million RIAA certified albums in the United States alone.[11]

McCartney has composed film scores, classical and electronic music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and has taken part in projects to help international charities. He is an advocate for animal rights, for vegetarianism, and for music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt. He is a keen football fan, supporting both Everton and Liverpool football clubs. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs,[12] including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is one of the UK's wealthiest people, with an estimated fortune of £475 million in 2010.[13]

Classical albums

991 Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio
(with Carl Davis)

* Released: 11 October 1991

— 177
1997 Standing Stone

* Released: 29 September 1997

— 194
1999 Working Classical

* Released: 1 November 1999

— —
2000 A Garland for Linda
(Various Artists)

* Released: 25 April 2000

— —
2006 Ecce Cor Meum

* Released: 25 September 2006

141 —
2011 Ocean's Kingdom

* Released: 3 October 2011 (UK)
4 October 2011 (US)

Soundtrack albums

Year Album
1967 The Family Way

* Released: 6 January 1967

1983 The Honorary Consul

* Released: 1983

1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street

* Released: 22 October 1984

Other albums

Year Album UK
[1]
1977 Thrillington
(Percy "Thrills" Thrillington)

* Released: 29 April 1977

—
1993 Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
(The Fireman)

* Released: 15 November 1993

—
1998 Rushes
(The Fireman)

* Released: 21 September 1998

—
1999 Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition
(Paul McCartney & Wings)

* Released: 1999

69
2000 Liverpool Sound Collage
(re-mix album)

* Released: 21 August 2000

—
2005 Twin Freaks
(with The Freelance Hellraiser)

* Released: 13 June 2005

—
2008 Electric Arguments
(The Fireman)

* Released: 24 November 2008

79

As producer, composer, or session musician

↓ Album↓ Collaborator↓ Comment
1967 Smiley Smile BEACH BOYS, THE !The Beach Boys The song, "Vegetables" features the sound of McCartney eating raw carrots.
1968 Tadpoles (album) BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND !Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band The song, "I'm the Urban Spaceman" has McCartney under the alias of Apollo C. Vermouth.
1968 James Taylor TAYLOR, JAMES !James Taylor McCartney played bass on "Carolina in My Mind".
1969 Rosetta (non-album single) FOURMOST, THE !The Fourmost McCartney played piano on "Rosetta".
1969 Magic Christian Music BADFINGER !Badfinger Contains "Come and Get It", which was written and produced by McCartney. Also, McCartney produced and played piano on "Rock Of All Ages," and produced "Carry On Til Tomorrow."
1970 Brave New World STEVE MILLER BAND !Steve Miller Band McCartney (credited as Paul Ramon) played bass, drums, and provides backing vocals on "My Dark Hour".
1970 Sentimental Journey STARR, RINGO !Ringo Starr McCartney arranged "Stardust".
1972 No Secrets SIMON, CARLY !Carly Simon McCartney provided back-up vocals on "Night Owl".
1973 Ringo STARR, RINGO !Ringo Starr McCartney wrote, arranged, played piano and synthesizer, and provided backing vocals on "Six O'Clock" and played kazoo (credited as "mouth sax") on "You're Sixteen".
1974 McGear MCGEAR, MIKE !Mike McGear An album by McCartney's brother Michael, who sang lead vocals with Wings as his backing band. McCartney produced the album, composed or co-composed most of the tracks, sang harmony vocal on "The Man Who Found God on the Moon", and played bass, guitar and keyboards (although uncredited as a musician).
1974 Let's Love LEE, PEGGY !Peggy Lee McCartney wrote and arranged the title track "Let's Love".
1974 Walking Man TAYLOR, JAMES !James Taylor Paul & Linda provided backing vocals on "Rock'n'Roll Is Music Now".
1974 Smiler STEWART, ROD !Rod Stewart Paul wrote & provided backing vocals on "Mine For Me".
1974 I Survive FAITH, ADAM !Adam Faith Paul played synthesizer on "Change", "Goodbye" & "Never Say Goodbye" & sang backing vocals on "Star Song"
1976 Ringo's Rotogravure STARR, RINGO !Ringo Starr McCartney wrote and provided backing vocals to "Pure Gold".
1975 Sold Out SCAFFOLD, THE !The Scaffold McCartney produced and Wings was the backing band on "Liverpool Lou"; McCartney also produced and co-wrote the non-album B-side "Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam", performed by an uncredited Wings, with McCartney on bass and keyboards.
1977 Bullinamingvase HARPER, ROY !Roy Harper Paul & Linda provided backing vocals on "One Of Those Days In England".
1977 Holly Days LAINE, DENNY !Denny Laine Produced by McCartney, who also played most of the backing instruments and sang backing vocals on the album.
1980 Japanese Tears LAINE, DENNY !Denny Laine Two songs on the album, "Send Me The Heart" and "Weep For Love", were performed by Wings, with McCartney on bass, keyboards, guitar, percussion and vocals, and McCartney also co-wrote "Send Me the Heart."
1981 Somewhere in England HARRISON, GEORGE !George Harrison McCartney sang backing vocals on "All Those Years Ago".
1981 Stop and Smell the Roses STARR, RINGO !Ringo Starr McCartney wrote, played bass and piano, and lent backing vocals to "Private Property", "Attention", "Sure To Fall" and plays drums on the outtake "Can't Fight Lightening".
1982 Straight Time JUBER, LAURENCE !Laurence Juber The song "Maisie" is performed by Wings, with McCartney on bass.
1989 Spike COSTELLO, ELVIS !Elvis Costello Contains "Veronica" and "Pads, Paws, and Claws", which were co-written by McCartney. McCartney also played the bass on "Veronica" and "...This Town..."
1992 ...Meanwhile 10cc !10cc McCartney co-wrote "Don't Break The Promises"
1995 Mirror, Mirror 10cc !10cc McCartney co-wrote & played rhythm guitar on "Yvonne's the One"; also played strings, electric piano, frogs, crickets, percussion on "Code of Silence".
1996 The Ballad of the Skeletons GINSBERG, ALLEN !Allen Ginsberg McCartney played guitar, drums, hammond organ and maracas on the title track.
1998 Wide Prairie MCCARTNEY, LINDA !Linda McCartney Produced and with songs composed by McCartney. McCartney also played many of the instruments on the album, and some of the tracks featured Wings, including two that were originally attributed to Suzy and the Red Stripes.
1998 Vertical Man STARR, RINGO !Ringo Starr McCartney played bass, lent backing vocals to "La De Da," "I Was Walking" and "What In The World" and appeared in the music video of "La De Da".
2001 Rings Around the World SUPER FURRY ANIMALS !Super Furry Animals "Receptacle for the Respectable" featured McCartney eating celery.[37]
2005 Undressing Underwater ANDERSON, RUSTY !Rusty Anderson McCartney contributes bass, backing vocals, and additional electric guitar to "Hurt Myself".
2009 Roadsinger ISLAM, YUSUF !Yusuf Islam McCartney contributes backing vocals to "Boots and Sand"
2010 Y Not STARR, RINGO !Ringo Starr McCartney plays bass, lends backing vocals to "Peace Dream" and "Walk With You".
Videography

Studio albums

1970 McCartney

* Released: 17 April 1970
* Label: Apple

2 1 3 6 2 4 4 * 13 15

* US: 2× Multi-Platinum[19]
* CAN: Platinum[20]

1971 Ram
(Paul & Linda McCartney)

* Released: 17 May 1971
* Label: Apple/EMI, Capitol

1 2 3 6 2 4 8 * 8 22

* US: Platinum[19]
* CAN: Platinum[20]

Wild Life
(Wings)

* Released: 7 December 1971
* Label: Apple/EMI, Capitol

11 10 3 9 4 6 * * 15 47

* US: Gold[19]
* CAN: Gold[21]

1973 Red Rose Speedway
(Paul McCartney & Wings)

* Released: 30 April 1973
* Label: Apple/EMI, Capitol

5 1 1 10 4 6 9 * 13 —

* US: Gold[19]
* UK: Gold[22]
* CAN: Platinum[21]

Band on the Run
(Paul McCartney & Wings)

* Released: 5 December 1973
* Label: Apple/EMI, Capitol

1 1 1 4 1 5 * * 11 15

* US: 3× Multi-Platinum[19]
* UK: Platinum [22]
* FRA: Gold[23]

1975 Venus and Mars
(Wings)

* Released: 27 May 1975
* Label: Capitol

1 1 2 1 1 5 1 * 9 11

* US: Platinum[19]
* UK: Platinum [22]
* CAN: Platinum[21]

1976 Wings at the Speed of Sound
(Wings)

* Released: 25 March 1976
* Label: Capitol

2 1 2 2 2 3 1 7 4 32

* US: Platinum[19]
* UK: Gold[22]
* FRA: Gold[24]

1978 London Town
(Wings)

* Released: 31 March 1978
* Label: Parlophone (Worldwide)
Capitol (US)

4 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 4 6

* US: Platinum[19]
* UK: Gold [22]
* FRA: Gold[24]
* GER: Gold[25]

1979 Back to the Egg
(Wings)

* Released: 8 June 1979
* Label: Parlophone (worldwide)
Columbia (North America)

6 8 3 9 5 11 11 5 7 16

* US: Platinum[19]
* UK: Gold [22]
* CAN: 2× Platinum [21]

1980 McCartney II

* Released: 16 May 1980
* Label: Parlophone (worldwide)
Columbia (North America)

1 3 6 5 5 11 2 5 8 19

* US: Gold [19]
* UK: Gold [26]

1982 Tug of War

* Released: 26 April 1982
* Label: Parlophone (worldwide)
Columbia (North America)

1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 2

* US: Platinum[19]
* UK: Gold [26]
* FRA: Gold [23]

1983 Pipes of Peace

* Released: 31 October 1983
* Label: Parlophone (worldwide)
Columbia (North America)

4 15 9 38 1 11 13 4 5 20

* US: Platinum [19]
* UK: Platinum [26]
* CAN: Platinum [20]

1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street

* Released: October 22 1984
* Label: Parlophone (worldwide)
Columbia (North America)

1 21 10 25 4 24 — 9 6 25

* US: Gold [19]
* UK: Platinum [26]
* CAN: Gold [20]

1986 Press to Play

* Released: 22 August 1986
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

8 30 22 — 8 21 — 17 11 30

* UK: Gold [26]

1988 Снова в СССР

* Released: 31 October 1988
* Label: Melodiya (Μелодия), EMI

63 109 — — — — — — 48 —
1989 Flowers in the Dirt

* Released: 5 June 1989
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

1 21 18 — 1 15 8 2 9 9

* US: Gold [19]
* UK: Platinum [26]
* CAN: Gold[20]
* FRA: Gold [23]
* GER: Gold[27]
* SWE: Gold [28]
* SWI: Gold [29]

1993 Off the Ground

* Released: 1 February 1993
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

5 17 8 4 2 5 15 10 5 2

* US: Gold[19]
* UK: Silver [26]
* AUT: Gold[30]
* CAN: Gold [20]
* FRA: Gold [23]
* GER: Platinum [27]
* SWI: Gold [29]

1997 Flaming Pie

* Released: 5 May 1997
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

2 2 9 23 3 9 23 11 14 6

* US: Gold [19]
* UK: Gold [26]
* NOR: Gold [31]

1999 Run Devil Run

* Released: 4 October 1999
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

12 27 — — 12 53 55 23 30 21

* UK: Gold [26]

2001 Driving Rain

* Released: 12 November 2001
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

46 26 — — 18 — 33 — 27 23

* US: Gold [19]
* UK: Silver [26]

2005 Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

* Released: 12 September 2005
* Label: Parlophone, Capitol, EMI

10 6 33 — 8 5 3 3 19 4

* US: Gold [19]
* UK: Gold [26]
* CAN: Gold [20]
* FRA: Gold [23]
* RUS: Gold [32]

2007 Memory Almost Full

* Released: 4 June 2007
* Label: Hear Music/MPL

5 3 33 — 4 6 13 3 17 18

* US: Gold [19]
* CAN: Gold [20]
* RUS: Platinum [33]

O ya, by the way, he was in the Beatles also. 😁

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Re: Measuring "greatness"

RFNAPLES — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:07:29 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 09/24/2011 16:07

albummaster wrote:

I think people's 'taste' is entirely personal. You can still dislike something, even if society at large has a better opinion of it (and vice versa). It's just part of who you are.

Agree