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Post by lenmac on Sept 22, 2008 23:25:24 GMT -5
September 22, 2008 -- NME Is Paul McCartney 'firing' at old label EMI? Promo sleeve prompts speculation the Beatle is taking aim Paul McCartney has promoted speculation he is attacking his old record label on his new album. The former Beatle left EMI last year, branding the company "boring", and it's been suggested that the sleeve for promotional copies will be another comment on the label. The artwork (pictured) shows what seems to be a fragment of the sleeve, spelling out what could be EMI, leading some commentators to believe it will be a further attack. However a more plausible suggestion might be that the "E" and "M" actually belong to the word Fireman. McCartney released a couple of albums in the 1990s with producer and ex-Killing Joke man Youth, and the duo are said to be working together again. NME.COM will have the full image in the next coming days, so stay tuned to find out the meaning behind the legend's message.  |
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Post by lenmac on Sept 23, 2008 15:08:36 GMT -5
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Post by JoJo on Sept 23, 2008 17:20:17 GMT -5
Is this a Phoney account? (PauIMcCartney)
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Post by lenmac on Sept 24, 2008 0:22:39 GMT -5
i think so sorry about that. the person who sent me the link thought it was from paul. But there is a web site for the album: www.thefiremanmusic.com/not much there yet |
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Post by lenmac on Sept 29, 2008 12:35:53 GMT -5
September 29, 2008 -- NME Paul McCartney to release new dance album as The Fireman New release also quashes rumours McCartney was attacking EMI Paul McCartney is to release a new album this November under his dance music alter-ego The Fireman. 'Electronic Arguments' is released on November 17(UK) 18 (USA). The album has 13 tracks (all written by McCartney), and is the first album by The Fireman to feature vocals. The release seemingly extinguishes recent rumours suggesting McCartney had launched an attack on his former record label EMI. Promotional sleeves of the album showing what looked like the letters 'E', 'M' and 'I' were distributed last week (September 22), leading some commentators to believe McCartney was using the sleeve to make a comment about the label. However, as predicted by NME.COM, the release of 'Electronic Arguments' indicates that the word actually being spelt out is actually E, M and part of the A from 'Fireman'. McCartney, alongside Killing Joke member and The Verve producer Youth, has been making music under the name The Fireman sporadically since 1993. The duo's last official album was 1998's 'Rushes'. CLICK to pre-order from Amazon.com (USA) CLICK to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk (Europe) The full tracklisting for 'Electronic Arguments' is: 1. 'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight' 2. 'Two Magpies' 3. 'Sing The Changes' 4. 'Travelling Light' 5. 'Highway' 6. 'Light From Your Lighthouse' 7. 'Sun Is Shining' 8. 'Dance 'Til We're High' 9. 'Lifelong Passion' 10. 'Is This Love?' 11. 'Lovers In A Dream' 12. 'Universal Here, Everlasting Now' 13. 'Don't Stop Running' The album was recorded in 13 days over a period of nearly a year, with each individual track being written and recorded in the space of just one day. 'Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight' is set to be premiered tonight (September 29) on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 @ 7pm GMT (2pm EDT) show. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  The cover picture |
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Post by lenmac on Sept 30, 2008 1:04:48 GMT -5
MORE from Paul McCartney.com
The Fireman Finds His Voice With Brand New Album "Electric Arguments"
Album Release Date: 17th November 2008 (UK) 18th USA
The Fireman are back after a ten-year break and this time they have something to sing about. For the first time ever the The Fireman have found their voice, Electric Arguments is their first release to feature vocals. Electric Arguments is their third and brand new studio album and it's not the album people might expect from the mysterious duo
"Ambient dreams in rainbow arches describe the circles of The Fireman", is how the duo described their music in a rare interview around the release of their last album 'Rushes' in 1998. Their first album 'Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest', released in 1993, was a solid ambient dance album heavy on electronics. Around this time the identity of The Fireman was unknown until the press exposed the duo as none other than Paul McCartney and Youth. The now defunct music bible Melody Maker heaped praise on the project, "Paul McCartney has discovered dance music the results are staggeringly brilliant. They (The Fireman) take a melody and, with dexterous genre-hopping through ambient, trance and house, evolve a number of breathtaking variations."
Last year The Fireman returned to work again to start work on what would become Electric Arguments. The results this time are entirely different.
Earlier this year The Fireman donated a new track, Lifelong Passion, from Electric Arguments, to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield. This new track marked a directional change for The Fireman. Lifelong Passion showcased a new more traditional song based sound with vocals, going against the sound of the first two albums. And so the speculation began. A 'studio source' was quoted in The Times as describing their new sound 'like Arcade Fire meets Led Zeppelin'. So what had The Fireman been up to and what does the album sound like?
Electric Arguments is an eclectic and varied album consisting of thirteen tracks recorded in thirteen days over the period of nearly a year. Each track was written and recorded in the space of one day. The Fireman went into the studio with no plan or clear direction of how they wanted the album to sound. The project took a life of its own and the results will surprise anyone expecting to hear the previous sound of the band.
The album's opener Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight is classic rock and an instant attention grabber. A heavy guitar riff with loud drums and souring vocals, it's like nothing The Fireman have ever done before. The second track, the acoustic driven Two Magpies immediately takes you in a different direction, calming things right down. Then we reach the third song Sing The Changes, a euphoric upbeat song with an instantly memorable melody. Electric Arguments continues in this fashion, keeping the listener intrigued as to where The Fireman will take them next. Each album track has an entirely different personality, yet somehow this collection sits together perfectly. Other standout tracks include 'Light From Your Lighthouse', 'Sun Is Shining' and 'Dance 'Til We're High', all in keeping with the genre-hopping spirit of the first two The Fireman albums. Electric Arguments demonstrates that Paul McCartney is still interested in pure musical possibilities. This is an album set to both surprise and delight the listener. Made with no record company restraints or a set release date to work to, Electric Arguments was made with complete artistic and creative freedom.
Produced By Paul McCartney & Youth
All tracks written by Paul McCartney
Electric Arguments is released on One Little Indian
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Post by faulconandsnowjob on Sept 30, 2008 11:28:25 GMT -5
Any thoughts on Paul being the Fireman & not Faul? Wasn't Paul something of a diplomat - someone who put out fires?
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Post by mommybird on Oct 1, 2008 7:55:40 GMT -5
That he was. If that is the case, one has to wonder why Faul has undertaken this ?
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Post by B on Oct 8, 2008 18:03:18 GMT -5
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Post by faulconandsnowjob on Oct 22, 2008 21:35:14 GMT -5
Now I think Faul is the Fireman. There are some interesting lyrics in "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel, which mentions "British Beatlemania": We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it ... We didn't start the fire, But when we are gone
Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on... artists.letssingit.com/billy-joel-lyrics-we-didnt-start-the-fire-q8lwrhbJust thought I'd throw that out there :-) |
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Post by JoJo on Nov 25, 2008 17:38:53 GMT -5
It came this sticker on the front, thought I'd scan before I unwrapped: No no Sam, it ain't no anagram Hmm..  |
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Post by jarvitronics on Nov 25, 2008 21:46:42 GMT -5
You can listen to the whole Electric Arguments album at the website. Delicious. (Louie agrees). -j |
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Post by JoJo on Nov 27, 2008 22:16:36 GMT -5
New official video for "Sing The Changes": www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcfiViHa1F4&fmt=18Youtube of late uses widescreen, and this video makes good use.. please have a look. Ya know, this video makes you want to go frame by frame.. What's this?  |
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Post by B on Nov 29, 2008 19:36:56 GMT -5
There's nothing you can see that isn't shon?
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Post by JoJo on Nov 29, 2008 21:49:03 GMT -5
There's nothing you can see that isn't shon? Hah, could be, or keep the noys down? Nah.. But it's one of those readable upside down/right side up things again. |
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Post by sunsoflight on Nov 30, 2008 12:37:16 GMT -5
Since we are going out on a limb trying to make since of what it says, let me throw one out for a laugh. If you rotate the image 90 degrees to the left, the first letter could be a "M" partly hidden by the letter "a" then followed by a "l" and "S" and there you have it, Mals.  |
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