Paul McCartney

From RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/11/2012 20:22 | #35023

His musicianship alone gets him so far. He can play so many instruments, knows so much about music, and is very diverse with what he does. I think he is slightly a better musician than John and George. From the Beatles to his solo rock or Wings period to the few albums he tried with electronica/or symphonic music, he was amazing. Plus he wrote Helter Skelter, the hardest rock song of his age, and possibly the first "metal" song ever.

From Shadow23 01/13/2013 13:12 | #61309

Paul McCartney, the king of bass guitar. Founding member of The Beatles, frontman in Wings and an impressing solo career.

Best albums (excluding Beatles): Band on the Run, London Town, Driving Rain, Flaming Pie

Undeniable genius in every sense of the word. Madonna once said: "Talent like this only comes along once in a century". This man has the best melodic sense as anyone in the history of recorded music and he never stops. I have been a fan since I was a child (born in 1970) and heard the song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey". My mother told me that I would dance, jump and laugh every time I heard the song. I still to this day love it. I don't know if I could name his best songs (including beatles' tunes) because he has so many but I will give it a try.

Best songs:
"Yesterday"
"Let It Be'
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Blackbird"
"Here There and Everywhere"

Best records:
"Hey Jude"
"Let It Be"
"Band on the Run"
"The Long and Winding Road" (movie take)
"Silly Love Songs"


but as soon I write this, I start thinking of others.

I always maintained that Lennon had the knack of wordplay and McCartney had the knack of melodic songcraft. I very much believe that they were equals to each other , but equal to no one else. They were the yen and the yang of pop music. McCartney challenged and was challenged by the likes of Brian Wilson, whereas Lennon would be challenging and challenged by the likes of Bob Dylan.

It's really hard to disect "Lennon/McCartney". My brain has been doing this ever since I first heard "The Beatles" aka "White Album". After listening to that album many, many, many, times, I have concluded that Lennon acknowledged that McCartney won through nothing more than determination, but McCartney didn't know there was competition. He was trying to learn and grow from the best.
As silly as this may sound (drinking vodka) I believe that the movie "Rocky" was based on Paul McCartney, ("He doesn't think it's a damn show; He thinks it's a damn fight"). There is even a picture (refererred to in movie context as "the gun on the wall") of the beatles just behind Sly Stallone when he is sitting on the couch begging Adrian to come sit next to him in his apartment.

In a league of his own.

while most artists his age have long become stale (what was the last decent album made by the stones?), McCartney still makes great, relevant music.
I agree, along with the late great Bowie and Zappa, a league of his own.