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topazthecat1000 — 9 years ago(May 01, 2016 09:21 PM)
As The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography "That it's difficult to summarize their career wib68thout restating cliches that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans, to start with the obvious,they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century."
"Moreover they were among the few artists of any discipline that were simultaneously the best at what they did and the most popular at what they did." They also say as singers John Lennon and Paul McCartney were among the best and most expressive in rock.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-beatles-mn0000754032/biography
Also on an excellent site,The Evolution of Rock Bass Playing McCartney Style by Dennnis Alstrand,Stanley Clarke,Sting,Will Lee,Billy Sheehan,George Martin and John Lennon are quoted saying what a great,melodic and influential bass player Paul has always been.
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/paulbass.htm
And Wilco's John Stirratt was asked in Bass Player which bass players have had the most impact on his playing and the first thing he said was, Paul McCartney is one of the greatest bass players of all time,if you listen to what he was tracking live in the studio it's unbelievable." "With his tone and musicality he was a huge influence,he covered all of his harmonic responsibilities really well but his baselines were absolutely melodic and inventive."
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/15716769/windy-city-wingman-john-stirratt-lays-roots-wilco
In this 2010 interview the blogger says that John Stirratt has an affinity for good melodies so it's not surprising that Paul McCartney is one of his musical icons and then he quotes him saying that he's always absolutely in awe of his playing,including Paul's Beatles years.
http://audreeanne.blogspot.com/2010/02/interview-wilcos-john-stirratt-talk.html
And in an online 1977 Eric Clapton interview,Eric Clapton In His Own Words he says that there was always this game between John and George,and he said partly because John was a pretty good guitar player himself http://www.superseventies.com/ssericclapton.html .He played live with John as a member of John's 1969 Plastic Ono Band.
And there is a great online article by musician and song writer Peter Cross,The Beatles Are The Most Creative Band Of All Time and he says that many musicians besides him recognize Paul as one of the best bass guitar players ever.He too says that John and Paul are the greatest song composers and that to say that John and Paul are among 2 of the greatest singers in rock and roll is to state the obvious,and that John,Paul and George were all excellent guitarists and that George is underrated by people not educated about music but that Eric Clapton knew better,he also says that both John5b4 and Paul played great leads as well as innovative rhythm tracks.
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Beatles-are-the-Most-Creative-Band-of-All-Time&id=222245
John Lennon co-wrote,sang and played guitar on one of David Bowie's first hits Fame in 1975 and David invited John to play guitar on his version of John's beautiful Beatles song Across The Universe.Brain May,Ozzy Osbourne,and Liam Gallagher and many more call The Beatles The Greatest Band Ever.'
Also on MusicRadar Tom Petty,Joe Perry and Richie Sambora in What The Beatles Mean To Me all say how cool and great they thought The Beatles were when they first saw them on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964 when they were just teen boys,Richie was only 5.Tom Petty said he thought they were really really great.
Robin Zander of Cheap Trick said he's probably one of the biggest Beatles fans on the planet.Brad Whitford of Aerosmith said that a lot of that Beatles influence comes from Steven Tyler's collaborartion with Mark Hudson both whom are absolute Beatles freaks and he said I guess the goal is to try and emulate probably some of the best music of the last 50 years which has to be The Beatles. -
LaZboyfriend — 13 years ago(September 08, 2012 07:36 PM)
So, I'm an @sshole because I consider it reckless for a person who's a singer, by trade, to spend 50 years of his life damaging his voice smoking pot?
The word you're looking for is not "@sshole"; it's "intelligent".
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willjohn — 13 years ago(November 07, 2012 08:02 PM)
What's the big deal about knighthoods? A conservative premier of the Australian state I live in was selling them for 60 grand each back in the 1970s. A bank clerk before going into politics he died a millionaire.
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Morbius_Fitzgerald — 13 years ago(November 12, 2012 02:11 PM)
I agree about the 2012 olympics, I didn't see the Diamond Jubilee though. His voice sounds so strained from what it was. There is a clear time when a musician should give up music, Paul has passed that time and no longer has anyone with the balls to tell him "Look, man, you need to give up." because who tells a Beatle that they're beep
I also hate his song choice for London. Hey Jude was ALL he could think of? Penny Lane doesn't exist to him anymore? Helter Skelter(my favourite Beatles song)? She Loves You? Well I suppose if he's only going for Hey Jude instead of a real classic than we should be greatful he's not butchering that.
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WakenPayne — 13 years ago(November 13, 2012 12:19 AM)
Paul McCartney, although his performance is bad in my opnion, it isn't anywhere near as bad as Meatloaf. That lead singer is awful in his old age, 5b4but then again that is my opinion (and a lot of other peoples).
And Paul isn't as bad as some of these recent pop stars like Rebecca Black.
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cbartal — 13 years ago(February 21, 2013 07:22 PM)
This being my first post on this thread, I have to get back to lazyboyz contention that Mccartney is not a great singer.
I have the utmost respect for Sinatra, Martin, Bennett, Presley, and the like, but it is astonishing to me that you cannot see the brilliance of Paul Mccartney's voice. Among his myriad of vocal inflections, he was a crooner, a screamer, a rock and roller, a balladist, a pop singer he originated 100 vocal styles, and perfectly payed homage to and extended 1000 more.
And not only his work as a lead singer, but how about the backup vocals he's done with the Beatles?
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Sugarminx — 9 years ago(April 12, 2016 08:12 PM)
it is astonishing to me that you cannot see the brilliance of Paul Mccartney's voice. Among his myriad of vocal inflections, he was a crooner, a screamer, a rock and roller, a balladist, a pop singer
Agreed. Lazyboy's assertions are just plai238n laughable.
Paul had an absolutely beautiful quality to his voice, the timbre was gorgeous. He could do it all. Anyone who's listened to the different kinds of songs he's sung live over the years knows thatunless they really
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have an ear for music
He was extraordinary belting out things like Kansas City and Long Tall Sally - AND he was always on pitch, and then he'd do beautiful soulful tunes like Til There Was You, not to mention the often complex harmonies he did with the other boys.
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StevePiriczki — 10 years ago(June 30, 2015 09:53 PM)
Wasn't the greatest of performances but then again the other artists struggled as well. There is a reason why television broadcasters loathe covering live music. The sound quality and performances just aren't up to scratch for most artists.