Give My Regards To Broad Street
by Paul McCartney

From Brad1770 03/14/2023 13:46 | #295012

So I did it. I actually watched this movie in its entirety and the bad reviews were warranted as we spend a day with Macca having various dream sequences and playing seemingly random performances unconnected to the “plot” (ha ha) which is something to do with a missing master tape which (spoiler alert) is ultimately found at a train station situated on . . . . Ta Da Broad Street. To demonstrate just how bad this movie is there’s a scene which has Macca driving a car (remember this is 1985) and whilst doing so he’s talking to his agent on an actual Telephone, one of the really old ones with dials. Telephones in cars 1985 - I don’t think so. But its not all bad - seeing Macca was pretty cool, as was the many Ringo and Linda scenes. And the movie gives us full versions of the soundtrack songs, unsurprising considering how wafer thin the plot is

But I digress - this soundtrack is really great and highly recommended, especially a 10 minute reimagining of “Elenor Rigby” worth the price of admission alone

This is actually a very enjoyable Paul McCartney album. Sure, the film was awful, but that shouldn't deter you from listening to this LP. The most controversial aspect of this record is the fact that McCartney covers himself, or the Beatles anyway. Surprisingly, these are great, the medley of, yesterday, here,there and everywhere, and, wanderlust,(originally on, tug of war), is beautiful. For No one, good day sunshine, and, Eleanor Rigby, don't work so well, but they're certainly not bad. No more lonely night's, basically the theme song, is one of McCartney's great 'latter day' recordings, featuring a nice guitar solo from David Gilmour. McCartney also 'covers', the long and winding road, on which he does exactly the same thing that Phil Spector did that made him so irate all those years ago, in fact McCartney makes it even more sickly. There are some enjoyable rockers here on, no values, and, not such a bad boy. All in all, nothing great(apart from that medley), but thoroughly enjoyable for any McCartney fan.