McCartney
by Paul McCartney

From Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/10/2017 23:46 | #194043 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

FINDING YOUR HOME

But tonight I just want to stay in
And be with you,
And be with you - Every Night

The right girl (or boy) can make all the difference. When she comes along it’s like all of a sudden a huge weight is lifted from your shoulders. From your spirit. You suddenly feel at peace. You realize that unconsciously you had felt somehow incomplete. And this incompleteness caused a striving to make things right. To correct that imbalance. And we unconsciously try to correct that incompleteness with all sorts of stuff - bad tv, drugs, becoming a workaholic, what have you! It's different for everyone. But we are trying to fill a void we didn’t even know was there. And there all kinds of ways to fill that emptiness. Like making charts. lol. Or collecting things fanatically. There’s this pressure of more and more. And then all of suddenly the right girl comes along and BAM… this huge weight is lifted. A weight you didn’t even know you were carrying. And this weight makes us feel that something’s not right. , It makes us hurried. Rushing about our day. Not settled. And when that weight is lifted, you feel this incredible sense of peace and comfort. That you are exactly in the right place and the right time. There is no where else we need to be. Nothing else we need to do. That finally you are in the right place. That you are at home.

There’s a Feeling that you can do - ANYTHING! And she will still love you. Because she knows you. Really, really, knows you. And accepts your for what you are - quirks and all. Especially those quirks. She’s your cheerleader. She’s got you’re back. When you’re with her you have nothing to worry about. And that’s what this album is really all about. And what really tips it off are those instrumentals.. Tracks like “Valentine Day” and “Momma Miss america.” McCartney just doesn’t give a fuck. He’s free. Loose. Just ready to rip and have some fun. Embracing life like we all should. And it’s easy when you’re with the right girl. God knows I’ve been there. So if you find one. Find a girl that truly loves you. Someone who laughs at your jokes, can nurture you when your sick and really looks at you when you’re talking to her. That makes you feel like you’re at home. Embrace it, brothers. Settle down and make a home. Because you’re already there.

WARNING!: Don’t get spoiled. Don’t expect that every woman is going to love you like that. I was blessed to be in several great relationships. Girls who loved me even when I was sick. And I took it for granted. Got those old wandering eyes. Gouge them out, brother. Gouge them out. lol.

Grade: A. This album is a fun, boisterous romp through young love. It instantly brightens my day. It’s care free and easy. Because McCartney didn’t have a care in the world at this point of time. The huge pressure of expectations that were the Beatles had been lifted. He with the love of his life - “The Lovely Linda” - living on a country farm free to do whatever he wanted. And his happiness and confidence fill this record. And fill me when I listen to it. Instantly bringing in the summer and the sun. And like a wild flower after a heavy rain it shoots up my chart to number 17.

Dedicated to my boy, NoisyBeast and his “Lovely Linda.” You guys are the greatest! (Edited)

Paul McCartney's solo debut is a true solo effort. He performs all the instrumentation himself and took complete control over his music after the Beatles had obviously ended just before its release. This album is a grower. Maybe I'm Amazed is one of McCartney's best solo songs if not the best. I do feel like the album is a bit uneven, but I find that adds to its charm somehow. Critical opinion on this one has strengthened over the years. (Edited)

From Mother Nature's Son TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/01/2014 16:21 | #125958 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Very much McCartney indeed. Almost single-handedly recorded by himself with a few vocals provided by Linda McCartney, which in itself of course is very impressive, but compared to pretty much any Beatles album, perhaps even "The White Album", it comes with a very stripped down and sparse sound.

The tracks more or less go in two directions: one that with tracks like "That Would Be Something", "Hot as Sun/Glasses" and "Man We Was Lonely" preludes the delightful joy which pretty much filled up his whole next album, "Ram", and one that seems to be Paul McCartney just killing time with some skilled enough, but ultimately, if you ask me, filler and mostly instrumental jamming.

Then of course, there is a song like "Maybe I'm Amazed", which easily could have been on "Abbey Road". Not only because it's a well-written composition, but also because its chiming guitar sound and McCartney's powerful rock vocals are very reminiscent of what's found on that album.

Another track that sticks out is the fragile "Junk", both the one with vocals and the singalong version. Musically, more than any other track on the album, it seems to deal with the melancholy of The Beatles' then-forthcoming break-up. I guess, if you want to, you can over-analyse and choose to hear the "buy buy" and "why why" in the chorus as him actually saying "bye bye" and asking "why why?"!

A mostly delightful collection of innocent tunes, that overall lacks the same group dynamic of The Beatles. No doubt the "happiest" solo album that year from either of the Beatles members, especially compared to how John dealt with the whole split-up, yet it's definitely not without its bittersweetness. (Edited)

From indieshins 05/13/2023 07:48 | #296927 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

A bit of a hodge podge, but enjoyable. Two absolute stunners in Maybe I'm Amazed and Junk, and then some solid tracks and some forgettable tracks. A somewhat inauspicious solo debut for McCartney, but in its way that's pretty radical considering what people must have expected from a Beatle. Definitely charming! (Edited)

McCartney, was thought of as a disappointment at the time, and in some ways you can understand where the critics were coming from, but time and tide has been a lot kinder to the album, as it is now looked upon a classic lo-fi record. It's got that spontaneous homemade feel to it, and though, on first listen, the album seems like a lot of musical doodling thrown together, repeated plays brings out the quirkiness of the songs/tracks. Off course, maybe I'm amazed, is the one true bona fide McCartney classic, in a way it feels slightly out of place, being so fully formed. Every night, is a lovely cut, and, man we was lonely, has that typical McCartney rock feel to it. Junk, originally attempted at the, let it be/get back, sessions, is beautiful, and, that would be something, another good song. Teddy boy, another Beatles cast off, is enjoyable, even the throwaway opener, the lovely Linda, seems like a perfect fit to the record, on it's own off course, it's nothing, but it works here. One of McCartney's top five, in my opinion. (Edited)