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Post by fourthousandholes on Apr 14, 2007 9:09:08 GMT -5
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Post by fourthousandholes on Apr 14, 2007 9:26:34 GMT -5
beatlies wrote:
"Also, wasn't the old "Bill/Phil Ackrill" Faul 2.0 replaced with a different, rounder-headed Faul 3.0 last year?"
I doubt it. Can you post a pic or two?
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Post by JoJo on Apr 14, 2007 10:59:36 GMT -5
www.thebearrocks.com/node/510317By: Howie Edelson
Several supposed tracklistings to the upcoming Paul McCartney album, called Memory Almost Full, have made their way onto the Internet. The most notable was posted on the online blog starbucksgossip.typepad.com, which listed 12 song titles, gave a thumbnail description of each song, and even printed the lyrics to the album's opening and closing tracks.
McCartney's producer David Kahne told the McCartney fan website maccareport.com that the information is bogus, stating that, "This is a fake tracklisting. It has nothing to do with the album, pretty funny, though."
A new tracklisting has been making the rounds with a 13 song lineup, with notes from a fan who purports to have heard the yet-to-be released album several times. The notes, which seem quite believable due to their detail which cross-references McCartney's solo work, could only be written by someone who is familiar with McCartney's catalogue.
Fans are confused as to what to believe. In the past McCartney has been known to release the track listings, along with advance promotional copies of his new work well in advance of its release date. The June 5th release of Memory Almost Full will be his first away from longtime label Capitol/EMI, so no one knows whether the new Hear Music label is actually letting insiders hear the new work or whether the reports are only an online "in-joke."
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Post by Doc on Apr 14, 2007 15:42:40 GMT -5
Doc wrote: "Don't judge me, I am a wild man as I approach my birthday.
Can you say, mid-life birthday crises? But I'm okay really.....
ARRRGHHHHRGHHH!!!!!!
I turn 50, Elton just turned 60 and he looks better than I do at 50."[/b] (Sez who?)  !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! (GASP!) Hey Everybody! Doc is going to be the big 50!
Party at Doc's! (If he doesn't pickle himself first!)  [/quote] heh-heh-heh! nice...... Well, when you get here, don't douse me or shake me, just roll me over in whatever layer of hurl there is, and continue the party yourselves though I may be "in my own world"....I leave the bar fully stocked though someone may wish to bring orange juice, olives, cranberry, and straws and napkins. I'm running low on those. |
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Post by Doc on Apr 14, 2007 15:43:59 GMT -5
www.thebearrocks.com/node/510317By: Howie Edelson
Several supposed tracklistings to the upcoming Paul McCartney album, called Memory Almost Full, have made their way onto the Internet. The most notable was posted on the online blog starbucksgossip.typepad.com, which listed 12 song titles, gave a thumbnail description of each song, and even printed the lyrics to the album's opening and closing tracks.
McCartney's producer David Kahne told the McCartney fan website maccareport.com that the information is bogus, stating that, "This is a fake tracklisting. It has nothing to do with the album, pretty funny, though."
A new tracklisting has been making the rounds with a 13 song lineup, with notes from a fan who purports to have heard the yet-to-be released album several times. The notes, which seem quite believable due to their detail which cross-references McCartney's solo work, could only be written by someone who is familiar with McCartney's catalogue.
Fans are confused as to what to believe. In the past McCartney has been known to release the track listings, along with advance promotional copies of his new work well in advance of its release date. The June 5th release of Memory Almost Full will be his first away from longtime label Capitol/EMI, so no one knows whether the new Hear Music label is actually letting insiders hear the new work or whether the reports are only an online "in-joke." Ah, so. We've been had---- AGAIN!Well, the waiting will just have to continue along then. Dang nab it! |
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Post by Doc on Apr 14, 2007 15:55:04 GMT -5
A search for pizza and fairy tales only give results of the said track listing leak, leading me to doubt its credibility. But there are two lists. Which one is the false leak (feak?) and which one is the actual leak? What if they are both true leaks and there are two albums to be released? A DOUBLE release of ONE album with TWO different sets of songs.......i.e. Bill's Sir Paul's McCartney album, and Williams' James Paul's McCartney album? Follow? What I suggest is that one might be an album conceptualized as a 60's James Paul kind of flow, the other, conceptualized more as a 70's Wings kind of flow? OK, probably not but we always hash through the possiBILLities first. |
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Post by Paul Bearer on Apr 14, 2007 17:38:24 GMT -5
Who says he's going to die soon? He's 64 years. I'm sure he's just getting rather introspective as he ages. Uhhh..he's about 74 actually. |
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Post by Paul Bearer on Apr 14, 2007 17:41:44 GMT -5
Quite possibly, both lists of tracks are true, one list for each album, thought the Russian-sourced one sounds like it has a whole lot more depth to it.
Now, if someone could just leak the lyrics...
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Post by JoJo on Apr 14, 2007 22:02:55 GMT -5
Ah, so. We've been had---- AGAIN!Well, the waiting will just have to continue along then. Dang nab it! Remember the 'Bushie Tushie' song that was supposed to be on C&C? Not to mention the album title of same was supposed to be 'Timelines'? Who is the joker who plants these stories, hmmm.. (I have a suspicion, but I don't wanna point any fingers..) The tracklist from the Russian site sounds credible, we'll see soon enough. |
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Post by JoJo on Apr 16, 2007 12:06:56 GMT -5
He likes anagrams it would seem: LINKThe title of Sir Paul McCartney's upcoming album contains a cryptic message to the singer's late wife Linda.
Memory Almost Full, due to be released this summer, is a perfect anagram of 'for my soul-mate LLM' – a reference to the animal right campaigner's full-name Linda Louise McCartney.
Linda McCartney died in aged 56 in 1998 after a long battle with breast cancer.
A source told the Sunday Mirror that Sir Paul had been planning to release an album entitled Memory Almost Full prior to his first wife's death and that the record would include songs based on the break-up of his marriage to Heather Mills.
"It is a title Paul has had on his mind for a long time, even before Linda died. He'd never have used it if things were going well with Heather," the source said.
"But this record is very much the break-up album. It's an homage to the woman who remains the true love of his life - and his soul-mate." |
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Post by That Latvian Guy on Apr 16, 2007 12:52:06 GMT -5
He likes anagrams it would seem "My new album will be called MAF, including songs TBS, MAF, BTD, LHMT, ROS, CITE, BMF and others. And call my OP, RS, about DPITRSMCD." |
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Post by JoJo on Apr 20, 2007 18:01:15 GMT -5
The mystery of the track listing has been solved: LINKThe first single from Paul McCartney's upcoming album Memory Almost Full will be released to radio on Friday (April 20th). The news of the single, called "Ever Present Past," was posted on the chat board for studio technician Steve Hoffman's website. It was on Hoffman's site that the tracklisting and description of the upcoming album was first leaked.
The track was described on the website stevehoffman.tv as being, "Musically quirky -- McCartney II (album) fans will love this one -- hooky and clever with great lyrics, addictive robotic rhythm, nifty distorted guitar riffs and terrific double-tracked vocals. Fully realized top-drawer 'Macca Pop' in every respect, (with the) opening line: 'I've got too much on my plate -- I've got no time to be a decent lover.' A+" Steve Hoffman ForumAnd for those who are curious, the song: Ever Present Past |
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Post by fourthousandholes on Apr 20, 2007 19:12:39 GMT -5
Well Dick, I kind of like it, and you can dance to it, so I'll give it an 8.
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Post by JoJo on Apr 20, 2007 20:41:33 GMT -5
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Post by Mellow Yellow on Apr 21, 2007 4:08:33 GMT -5
I like it. I just hope it stays closer to McCartney II and away from Press to Play (terrible, terrible album).....
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Post by fourthousandholes on Apr 21, 2007 15:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by -Wings- on Apr 21, 2007 20:05:54 GMT -5
As someone who really adores Chaos and Creation, I was wincing a bit listening to that new track. It sounded rough and uninspired.
An hour and a half later and I'm still humming it. Damn you, McCartney (whoever you are).
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Post by JoJo on Apr 21, 2007 20:25:12 GMT -5
Yeah his songs grow on ya, I had the same reaction of not liking it much right away. Agree about Press to Play for the most part, there were a couple of songs that weren't too bad.
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Post by Doc on Apr 22, 2007 0:08:49 GMT -5
As someone who really adores Chaos and Creation, I was wincing a bit listening to that new track. It sounded rough and uninspired. An hour and a half later and I'm still humming it. Damn you, McCartney (whoever you are). ....uhm......well.....actually......I.....I, uhm,.....well, I like it from the get-go............ |
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Post by Mellow Yellow on Apr 22, 2007 3:36:42 GMT -5
Well I actually did like one song on Press to Play, Once Upon a Long Ago. However, I think that it was only included as a bonus in the re-released version.
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Post by fourthousandholes on May 1, 2007 10:21:08 GMT -5
music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=260710>1=7702"McCartney Says New CD Is Retrospective May 1, 5:21 AM EST The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Paul McCartney says his upcoming album, "Memory Almost Full," looks back to the past. "In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone," the 64-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday in a statement. "The album is evocative, emotional, rocking, but I can't really sum it up in one sentence," he said. "Memory Almost Full," McCartney's 21st solo album, will be released June 5 in the United States. It is his first for Hear Music, Starbucks' new music label. A medley of five songs on the 13-track disc is "purposely retrospective," said the legendary singer-songwriter. "I thought this might be because I'm at this point in my life, but then I think about the times I was writing with John (Lennon) and a lot of that was also looking back." Film director Michel Gondry has directed a music video — starring Natalie Portman — for the opening track "Dance Tonight," but McCartney said he's "not going to give the plot away." McCartney last released the acclaimed "Chaos And Creation In the Backyard," in 2005. "
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Post by JoJo on May 20, 2007 18:14:20 GMT -5
An interesting thread at the Maccacentral board: This review focuses upon the masterful Memory Almost Full piece of musical art from Macca and it's relationship to his dominating role in the classic: Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band from 1967.
Many excellent reviews have appeared in various threads here- which focus upon the music, songs and sounds in MAF. The songs and "meanings" of these are valid and interesting. The brilliance of these lyrics are their abiility to be seen as both individual songs as well as a thematic longer poem of musical literature described below.
An over-view of the album follows. It is an over-arching look at the total theme of the album - utilizing themes of songs, Beatles-lore, Macca's personal history and the statement he is making in this CD.
"Sgt. Pepper?"
"Huh?" Read the rest. |
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Post by Valis on May 20, 2007 19:11:04 GMT -5
I've only heard the whole album once, so it's too soon to judge, but I'm a bit disappointed by it.
Especially after the great Chaos and Creation.
It sounds a bit too frivolous, like him doing the easy route again.
After reading the reactions on here and especially on the link Jojo just gave I am starting to get the feeling I may have to give it a few more listens.
All Love Jan
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Post by Valis on Jun 25, 2007 8:19:33 GMT -5
Here's a review I completely agree with. It's from a blog I visit most daily since it's describing the downfall of the musicindustry in a great way All Love Jan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ More Memory Almost Full This record is positively AWFUL! I’m surprised there aren’t SUICIDES at Starbucks. That baristas haven’t offed themselves rather than endure this piece of crap all day long. Anybody who says this album is good has no ears. Maybe literally. Certainly was never exposed to Paul’s previous solo work. Have you revisited "McCartney"? Famous for "Maybe I’m Amazed", even the MINOR tunes contain magic. Really, all these years later, listen to "Teddy Boy", even "Kreen-Akrore", never mind "Every Night". Seen as slight at the time, minor in comparison to the Beatles’ work, it’s Paul’s second best solo album, after "Band On The Run". It’s not like Paul hasn’t misfired before. Did you buy "Wild Life"? That was just about as bad as "Memory Almost Full". And to say "Ram" was spotty would be charitable. Ditto with "Red Rose Speedway", with the saccharine monster hit "My Love" yet the infectious "Big Barn Bed". "Venus and Mars" was a disappointing follow-up to "Band On The Run", but it was playable throughout. "At The Speed Of Sound"…that heralded the great decline. Paul lost it. Oh, he regained the magic occasionally, with such sublime work as the title cut of "London Town". But then paying attention was too depressing. The disappointment made one reevaluate Paul’s great prior work, and you didn’t want to allow yourself to feel that way. Oh, he still killed live, but his albums? Not exactly dreck, but UNMEMORABLE! So now we’ve got this piece of crap. Paul’s entitled to work, Paul’s entitled to sully his career. But it’s not necessary for us to laud him, give him a pass on everything he does now BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID BEFORE! I’d only sampled the CD previously. Yup, that’s enough. Not only for me, but you. If you need to live with a record that long to get it, then you just want to be BRAINWASHED into digging it. And for those albums that revealed themselves over time, at least they had some intriguing elements to begin with, that made you want to spin them again, like Roxy Music’s "Avalon". One listen to "Memory Almost Full" and you feel like you’re in Guantanamo Bay, being tortured. You’ll do ANYTHING to get off the island. That’s how I felt when I sat down tonight and really tried to listen. This is the emperor’s new clothes. Nobody had the balls to tell Paul McCartney "Memory Almost Full" sucked. That he was polishing a turd. Maybe Paul’s too fucked up to listen. But I’ll tell you, when you approach a legendary artist or businessman and just kiss his ass, your sycophantic ways are dismissed. But if you engage them in a substantive discussion, engage their reasoning in discussions, they come alive, because they’re confronted with adulation ALL DAY LONG! All those bigwigs you abhor for failing to pay attention to your substandard work, you’d be shocked at the intellectual discussions you can get them involved in. I’ve only met one label head who wasn’t a deep thinker, if you got them on that path. You can imagine who… Point is, everybody treats Paul like a Beatle. Which he IS! But that’s got nothing to do with the entertainment business, where it’s WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? Hell, would people even give George Lucas cash to make a movie? After not only the abortion of "Howard The Duck", but the three new forgettable "Star Wars" flicks? No, he’s lost touch, he seems to be done. And, unfortunately, Paul McCartney seems to be too. Can he be persuaded to recapture the magic? Maybe not. But he made it by either being sweet or rockin’. That sweetness is absent here. And there are only moments of rocking. Play a Little Richard album and then listen to THIS! And I don’t give a shit that this album sucks. It’s what it represents that interests me. This Paul McCartney album is the biggest hype of the year. Imagine if you BOUGHT IT! Yup, imagine taking this turkey home and spinning it. You might NEVER BUY A CD AGAIN! This is one of the reasons we got into this mess. Overpriced albums with only one good track. But there’s not even that ONE GOOD TRACK ON THIS CD! Really, buy "Memory Almost Full" and you’ll GIVE UP ON MUSIC! Think ALL NEW MUSIC SUCKS! The guy’s all over the media. Everybody says it’s a return to form. But you…you think otherwise. So, are you going to trust the media in the future? This business self-immolates. It’s about smoke and mirrors and ripping people off. People have been burned by the music business so many times that they’ve stopped paying attention. Paul McCartney GETS attention because he’s a Beatle, but then he fumbles the ball. Howard Schultz…you’re not making ENOUGH money at Starbucks? If "Memory Almost Full" was coffee beans, you wouldn’t even GRIND them. How come you insist on serving quality coffee, but when it comes to music, you’re willing to foist third rate crap upon your customers? Oh, because he’s a BEATLE! That’s what’s wrong with this whole campaign. That’s not just enough. Give Paul an award at the Kennedy Center. A lifetime achievement Grammy. But don’t promote his crap and tell us it’s good. A Starbucks record label. Yup, it’s American business. Just another way to make money. Or, a way to hang with the rich and famous. Howard Schultz, in a boring business, now gets to hang with Hollywood royalty. He’s a starfucker, just like in that Rolling Stones song. Like every rich businessman you get to invest in your crap. Really, only someone completely out of the entertainment mainstream, who wants in, lays down money for this unwanted junk. If Paul had gone to a traditional label, the employees there, the ones left anyway, would just go through the motions, because they wouldn’t be able to get excited about the music. Able to get excited about Paul, but not what he’s purveying. Rather than go back to Capitol, Paul just found a mark to sell his shit. And don’t tell me about sales. In two weeks they’ve moved a scant 267,414. Yup, scant compared to the number of people traipsing through Starbucks, never mind traditional music retail. Scant compared to the number of people in AMERICA! Just like "Survivor" exploded out of nowhere, and then "American Idol", we’re gonna have an act/record that’s gonna be owned by tens of millions sometime in the future. It will be SO good people will be driven to the Web to acquire it. Yup, that’s where they’ll do it, they won’t pay even 99 cents per track, but they’ll want it nonetheless. There will be mania. Just like we had all those years ago. Why couldn’t Paul have called Don Henley, famous for releasing no music before its time. Laboring over it until he believes it’s not only beyond satisfactory, but GREAT! Sure, the Eagles might have made a deal with Wal-Mart, their Starbucks, but Henley and company are not going to blow their chance. They’re not going to release something subpar like "Memory Almost Full". They wouldn’t do that to their fans. They went on tour without new music. Why put out an album that people don’t want to buy and don’t want to hear live. Make something so good that people WILL embrace it like your old stuff, OR DON’T MAKE ANYTHING AT ALL! Don’t be blind, don’t tell me it’s Paul McCartney. Don’t show me the reviews on Amazon. Just play this album, from beginning to end. You’ll be looking for magazines. Thinking about going to the bathroom. Looking at your watch. Anything but listening. Because you’re a professional, you’re a fan, and you know it’s crap. If you don’t know this is crap, then I don’t care about your opinion. Have you listened to "Let Me Roll It"? Even "Mamunia"? Secondary tracks off of "Band On The Run"? There’s nothing even in the same NEIGHBORHOOD on "Memory Almost Full". I’m sick and tired of people saying to root for the business. Fuck the business, I’m rooting for MUSIC! People who make stuff I’m dying to hear. And "Memory Almost Full" IS NOT IT! lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2007/06/22/more-memory-almost-full/ |
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Post by fourthousandholes on Jun 25, 2007 10:41:53 GMT -5
LOL. Well he does admit at PaulMcCartney.com that he was working on the album when he was called away to do "Chaos and Creation In the Back Yard". The creative juices may have been interrupted somewhat, or Heather's badgering may have adversely affected the final product.  And yeh, JPM he's not.  |
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And yeh, JPM he's not. 