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Post by pennylane on Jul 26, 2005 8:00:19 GMT -5
McCartney channels spirit of Harrison
26/07/2005 - 13:54:44
Paul McCartney has suggested late Beatles bandmate George Harrison helped him write a song for his latest album from beyond the grave.
Paul said he wrote Waiting For Your Friends To Go with help from George Harrison, who died in 2001.
He says: "I was like George, writing one of his songs. It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it."
He said he remained unsure about the meaning of the song's lyrics, but that the song was one of his favourites on his new album Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, which is due out in September.
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Post by pennylane on Jul 26, 2005 8:03:22 GMT -5
McCARTNEY AIRS NEW SONG 'WRITTEN' WITH HARRISON
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY claims he wrote a song for his new album with the help of GEORGE HARRISON - even though his former BEATLES bandmate died from cancer in 2001.
The 63-year-old felt Harrison's presence with him when he pieced together WAITING FOR YOUR FRIENDS TO GO so strongly, he still doesn't feel like he wrote the track by himself.
McCartney says, "I just got this feeling, this is George. I was like George - writing one of his songs. It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it.
"I thought, OK, the 'waiting on the other side' is also a little bit loaded, it can be crossing the river Jordan or whatever, that sort of thing. There's a little bit of double meaning there.
"It was funny, particularly the second verse - 'I've been sliding down a slippy slope, I've been climbing up a slowly burning rope'. I just thought - it's a George song."
McCartney's new album CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACK YARD is scheduled for release this autumn (05). 26/07/2005 01:52
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Post by JoJo on Jul 26, 2005 11:38:32 GMT -5
Oh my... NO COMMENT ;D
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Post by missvagabond on Jul 26, 2005 12:32:28 GMT -5
McCartney channels spirit of Harrison
26/07/2005 - 13:54:44
Paul McCartney has suggested late Beatles bandmate George Harrison helped him write a song for his latest album from beyond the grave.
Paul said he wrote Waiting For Your Friends To Go with help from George Harrison, who died in 2001.
He says: "I was like George, writing one of his songs. It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it."
He said he remained unsure about the meaning of the song's lyrics, but that the song was one of his favourites on his new album Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, which is due out in September. Well, I'm sure Bill meant it in a kind of nostalgic way. Like, when people say they feel the presence of a long-lost loved one. Maybe he just borrowed a little "unconscious" inspiration from George's songwriting style...then realized later on what he'd done. Maybe it's a confession? He's admitting that he's run out of ideas, so he's scavenging old Beatles CD's and George's solo records for great ideas. If he comes out with a song called: "While My Green Tea Gently Steeps", you know there's gonna be trouble. What next? A carefully crafted and well-disguised double-whammy (Mega-deja-vu lawsuit in the making) version of "My Sweet Lord (He's So Fine)"? Or how about "Cheer Up (Not Down)". It could even be that he was listening to some of George's songs, then he unintentionally borrowed a little here, a little there..then presto! A new song. Wow! Maybe George should sue, Bill...I dunno. Do they allow that in Heaven? George could file a lawsuit and have it delivered to a court on Earth. How that'll work, I dunno. I'm guessing that God himself would act as George's attorney..in which case, Bill is gonna lose big-time. But really, I think that Bill just meant it as an observation. Nothing too odd. It's probably not meant to be taken overly seirously. People say things like that all the time and really mean it. It shouldn't be read into too much. Some people shalt though..I'll leave it at that. What JoJo said ^ ;D
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Post by eyesbleed on Jul 26, 2005 15:38:19 GMT -5
McCartney channels spirit of Harrison
Hmmm, maybe Billy has been hangin' out a TKIN after all! ;D
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Post by JoJo on Jul 26, 2005 15:41:13 GMT -5
Whacha trying to say there Bill? ;D LOL! ;D ;D My laugh of the day, thanks Miss V! Anyway, all kidding aside, Bill has said similar things before in interviews, that the material comes from the subconscious, or that he's not sure where it comes from, etc. I'm sure he's not the first artist to make a comment like that, or believe it to be true on some level.
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Post by pennylane on Jul 26, 2005 17:28:04 GMT -5
Hmmm, maybe Billy has been hangin' out a TKIN after all! ;D
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Post by Jai Guru Deva on Jul 26, 2005 18:06:30 GMT -5
I wasn't sure I ever wanted to bring this up, but I think it fits in with this thread. McCartney Multimedia is Ruth and Angie's marketing agency. Anyway, I found a very strange site connected with M.M. called "The Ouija Source". I would guess the webmaster is Ruth's husband Martin Nethercutt, because one of the emails on the site begins "martinn@...". "The Ouija Source" is about using an ouija board. Whether or not they ever tried to contact Paul is something we can only speculate about, but I wouldn't be surprised. www.mccartneymultimedia.com/ouijasource/main.htm
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Post by JoJo on Jul 26, 2005 18:35:07 GMT -5
Ruth being Paul's stepsister, and Angie being his stepmother. (well, I had to look it up, it's been a while)
It's a little odd, somewhat new agey, not so unusual these days, but interesting nevertheless.
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Post by DarkHorse on Jul 26, 2005 18:41:57 GMT -5
I wasn't sure I ever wanted to bring this up, but I think it fits in with this thread. McCartney Multimedia is Ruth and Angie's marketing agency. Anyway, I found a very strange site connected with M.M. called "The Ouija Source" and I would guess the webmaster is Ruth's husband Martin Nethercutt, because one of the emails on the site begins "martinn@...". "The Ouija Source" is about using an ouija board. Whether or not they ever tried to contact Paul is something we can only speculate about, but I wouldn't be surprised. www.mccartneymultimedia.com/ouijasource/main.htm Btw, JGD, have you seen our new section? invanddis.proboards29.com/index.cgi?board=connection
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Post by Doc on Jul 26, 2005 20:26:45 GMT -5
McCARTNEY AIRS NEW SONG 'WRITTEN' WITH HARRISON
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY claims he wrote a song for his new album with the help of GEORGE HARRISON - even though his former BEATLES bandmate died from cancer in 2001.
The 63-year-old felt Harrison's presence with him when he pieced together WAITING FOR YOUR FRIENDS TO GO so strongly, he still doesn't feel like he wrote the track by himself.
McCartney says, "I just got this feeling, this is George. I was like George - writing one of his songs. It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it.
"I thought, OK, the 'waiting on the other side' is also a little bit loaded, it can be crossing the river Jordan or whatever, that sort of thing. There's a little bit of double meaning there.
"It was funny, particularly the second verse - 'I've been sliding down a slippy slope, I've been climbing up a slowly burning rope'. I just thought - it's a George song."
McCartney's new album CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACK YARD is scheduled for release this autumn (05). 26/07/2005 01:52 I think I know what he means. And, from that one lyric mentioned---I see the comparison with Harrison. Oops. Anyway, maybe Harri was hovering........who knows howall that works. Sister Mary Abbey should be alerted to this. This is an area she attends to.
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Post by Doc on Jul 26, 2005 20:48:53 GMT -5
George could file a legal desist up in Heaven, and have it all handled by cosmic proxy.
I guess that would make it an "angel tort(e)"!
Sing it:
"...and he's writ-ing Bill-- a Codicil---from Heavahn.........."
Sorry.
Tee-hee.
I know that nobody thought I could get any worse........
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Post by Doc on Jul 26, 2005 20:59:15 GMT -5
You're right, miss vaggie, I feel as well that, really, Sir Paul was eulogizing his friend in those remarks. I don't know what the sleeping spirits can do; no one really does. If George could whisper inspiration down to help Macca write a song, I think he would, I'll hazard that idea. But-----as long as we live---we won't exactly know about those things. Well, most of us. I guess there may be a few who have experienced rare glimpses. Pragmatically, no. It must have just been a sweet idea.
'Scuze me, y'all. I hear Mama Cass's voice(again) from down the darkened hallway, a song about "words of love", or somesuch. I gotta get up and go to see what she's hollarin' about tonight! Always something!
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Post by jpm4266 on Jul 27, 2005 2:35:03 GMT -5
"It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it."
It's just a normal situation for Geoffrey/Billy.
He "channelled" Denny, Elton, Tony and so many others before...
George was in Geoffrey/Bill house before he died.
As a pro-thief Geoffey/Bill has stolen George's last song too...
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Post by JoJo on Jul 27, 2005 4:17:04 GMT -5
George was in Geoffrey/Bill house before he died. As a pro-thief Geoffey/Bill has stolen George's last song too... And let's not forget to hate Bill..I don't see how that helps.. That's a strong accusation to make based on the fact that Bill and George were together before he died. (Bill said that in an interview soon after I believe) Perhaps some artists have thrown Bill an uncredited song over the years, that's their right to do so. Bill has to maintain the fiction that he's the composer Paul McCartney, whether.. he wants to or not, it's a machine at this point.
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Post by missvagabond on Jul 27, 2005 4:30:25 GMT -5
"It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it."It's just a normal situation for Geoffrey/Billy. He "channelled" Denny, Elton, Tony and so many others before... George was in Geoffrey/Bill house before he died. As a pro-thief Geoffey/Bill has stolen George's last song too... Ummm, who's Geoffery again? Is that supposed to be Bill's real name? Or just a friend of his who was in the house at the time George was also. I don't believe that Bill is going around stealing other artists songs. No matter what people in the music industry believe about who he really is, if he was "stealing" material from an artist, he'd get sued. George himself was found gulity of "unconsciously" taking something from "He's So Fine". If Bill was doing it outright and taking from other artists, he'd be sued left, right and center. No matter how successful or admired he is, other artists wouldn't put up with that. They'd know what he's done and everyone would hear about it. So, can you give specific examples of songs Bill's ripped-off and exactly how he did it... and where, when and why? Oh, and can I please have my response in the form of a straight answer, as opposed to a cryptic, spooky and nonsensical one...thanks soooo much!
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Post by pennylane on Jul 27, 2005 4:30:41 GMT -5
"It just wrote itself very easily because it wasn't even me writing it."It's just a normal situation for Geoffrey/Billy. He "channelled" Denny, Elton, Tony and so many others before... And you know this how? As a pro-thief Geoffey/Bill has stolen George's last song too... Insolent much? Care to back that one up? Oh that's right... YOU CAN'T
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Post by missvagabond on Jul 27, 2005 4:55:07 GMT -5
Whacha trying to say there Bill? ;D Anyway, all kidding aside, Bill has said similar things before in interviews, that the material comes from the subconscious, or that he's not sure where it comes from, etc. I'm sure he's not the first artist to make a comment like that, or believe it to be true on some level. LOL.. Uh, oh! ;D I've read a ton of books on/about music-artists, bands, and even a few about music producers in the last couple of years. I don't think i've read one where the artist didn't bring up the fact that they have no clue where their song ideas come from. They can't define it, and when they do, they admit they're guessing. Some say that they don't even try to figure it out or force it. When they do, they get writers block or something. I read a book about Female singer-songwriters who spoke about being inspired and what they wrote about, none of them thought that the actual "source" of their songs or melodies could really be defined. They knew what they were writing about, why they wrote it, but not actually where the song truly originated as a living musical entity..it's a total mystery for a lot of them. I've also read that somebody who can explain it totally is either lying, knows something nobody else does, or simply writes really lousy songs. I mean YOU Hilary Fluff! When she even writes her own songs at all, that is.
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Post by eyesbleed on Jul 27, 2005 5:33:02 GMT -5
'Scuze me, y'all. I hear Mama Cass's voice(again) from down the darkened hallway, a song about "words of love", or somesuch. I gotta get up and go to see what she's hollarin' about tonight! Always something! Well damn.... the only spirit I keep gettin' around here is Mr.Greenjeans from Capt Kangaroo. ...Not very useful for composing aggressive punkrock!
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Post by Doc on Jul 27, 2005 8:23:53 GMT -5
'Scuze me, y'all. I hear Mama Cass's voice(again) from down the darkened hallway, a song about "words of love", or somesuch. I gotta get up and go to see what she's hollarin' about tonight! Always something! Well damn.... the only spirit I keep gettin' around here is Mr.Greenjeans from Capt Kangaroo. ...Not very useful for composing aggressive punkrock! You gotta love the late Bob Keeshan. That was the Captain. I never knew what Mr. Greenjeans' name was......
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Post by missvagabond on Jul 27, 2005 15:48:42 GMT -5
You're right, miss vaggie, I feel as well that, really, Sir Paul was eulogizing his friend in those remarks. I don't know what the sleeping spirits can do; no one really does. If George could whisper inspiration down to help Macca write a song, I think he would, I'll hazard that idea. But-----as long as we live---we won't exactly know about those things. Well, most of us. I guess there may be a few who have experienced rare glimpses. Pragmatically, no. It must have just been a sweet idea. 'Scuze me, y'all. I hear Mama Cass's voice(again) from down the darkened hallway, a song about "words of love", or somesuch. I gotta get up and go to see what she's hollarin' about tonight! Always something! Interesting. ;D Mama Cass, she was with the Mama's & Papas..I know that group. They were really great singers. They have really great harmonies and sing some nice songs on their CD's. Ummm..will you be doing an acapella remake of "Monday, Monday" any time soon, Doc?
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Post by eyesbleed on Jul 27, 2005 22:16:39 GMT -5
Ummm..will you be doing an acapella remake of "Monday, Monday" any time soon, Doc? .....by a chorus line of heavy-metal-screamy-growler guys! Now that would be interestin'!
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Post by missvagabond on Jul 28, 2005 17:58:10 GMT -5
Ummm..will you be doing an acapella remake of "Monday, Monday" any time soon, Doc? .....by a chorus line of heavy-metal-screamy-growler guys! Now that would be interestin'! "Monday, Monday,... To he*l with that day!" *** Insert 15 minute guitar solo here. Then go on to second line in the song ***
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Post by Valis on Jul 28, 2005 18:09:31 GMT -5
Miss Vagabond,
You are very right about artists having no clue about where their stuff is coming from. Once in a while I make a lot of poems, and it siriusly is not me who writes them, I become feverish and the words just come through. I'll post some of my stuff on the "off topic"forum and I hope you like it.
All Love Jan
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Post by missvagabond on Jul 28, 2005 19:38:32 GMT -5
Miss Vagabond, You are very right about artists having no clue about where their stuff is coming from. Once in a while I make a lot of poems, and it siriusly is not me who writes them, I become feverish and the words just come through. I'll post some of my stuff on the "off topic"forum and I hope you like it. All Love Jan I like what I've read so far, Jan. There are some very creative people here, I think. So having a creativity board for personal expression through poetry makes sense. What little experience I have with writing lyrics and poetry really makes me feel that it's all true about "going somewhere" within yourself.. when writing songs or poems -- stories even. It does seem like you're not writing it consciously, but unconsciously. OT: I'm listening to MACCAradio on Shoutcast right now, it's amazing. I'm hearing all kinds of great Beatles songs and solo stuff as well. I know George, Paul and John (And even Bill) have talked in the past about the great "Mystery" of songwriting. John esp'. If they've said that's how it is...I'd take their word for it. I think they all had some idea of what they were doing as far as writing songs go. ;D
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