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11.36am
4 December 2010
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About a month ago we had a discussion on here and concluded that Wingspan is an awful greatest hits collection. Can we do any better?
Pick your favourite 14 Paul post-Beatle songs (so solo, duets, and Wings all count) and make an album out of them. You can choose more songs if you wish, of course.
One rule: no more than three tracks from any one album.
Here’s my attempt:
1) Fine Line
4) Jet
5) Man We Was Lonely
6) Friends To Go
8) Venus And Mars (Rockshow)
9) Smile Away
10) Live And Let Die
11) Looking For Changes
13) Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (clean outro)
14) Maybe I’m Amazed
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2.24pm
10 August 2011
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Walrus, great topic indeed. You might want to blend this into the “Best Post-Beatle McCartney Songs” thread (bottom of Page 2 in the McCartney section)
All McCartney aficionados agree that his work is a mix of fabulous and insipid – but there’s very little agreement on which songs fit into which categories.
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6.22pm
26 March 2012
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Morse Moose and the Grey Goose
Let ‘Em In
Oo You
Bogey Music
The Pound Is Sinking
Love Is Strange
Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
Crossroads Theme
Tomorrow
Well, maybe not, but it would certainly open people’s mind up to the bizarre and eclectic sides of Paul’s songwriting which many never seek out.
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3.22am
1 December 2009
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I must’ve missed that “Wingspan” thread – I surely would’ve added my $0.02 worth of complaints! Like how it stupidly used the single version of “Junior’s Farm” that edited out an entire verse, the one about Nixon.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
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10 August 2011
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My personal “best of” includes:
Maybe I’m Amazed Every Night Junk
Another day Live And Let Die Heart Of The Country Dear Boy
Monkberry moon delight Junior’s farm 1985
Deliver your children Don’t let it bring you down Big barn bed One more kiss
Venus And Mars Listen to what the man said (live version)
San Ferry Anne Rockestra Summer’s Day Song
Winter Rose Daytime nighttime suffering
Take it away Dress me up as a robber Say Say Say
My brave face Put it there Hope of deliverance
The lovers that never were Good times coming Footprints
Lonely Road The world tonight Somedays
Back on my feet Most of Chaos and Creation.. Sing the Changes
But if I had to arbitrarily make a list of 14-15 songs to take with me on a long trip:
1985
Junior’s Farm
Junk
Deliver Your Children
Rockestra
Summer Day’s Song
Hope of Deliverance
The Lovers That Never Were
Lonely Road
Sing the Changes
Jenny Wren (interchangeable with many others from Chaos …)
Close behind would be Maybe I’m Amazed (Live), Somedays,
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4.57am
19 September 2010
Offline Even tho I’m exhausted, going on vacation in 10 hours, and really ought be asleep, I’ll do it.
1) Band On The Run (it was my first introduction to McCartney’s solo work, and it is a fabulous start to a fabulous album.)
2) Jet (I’ve always loved the way these two go together – and it’s a kick ass song to boot!)
3) Maybe I’m Amazed (Beautiful. Need I say more? No.)
4) Getting Closer (an underrated beaut, I’ve always had a thing for this song)
5) Pipes Of Peace (his best song on an album with a few great songs. Great message.)
6) Let Em In (I remember the first time I heard this song, trying to guess who everyone was. It still never gets old)
7) Dress Me Up As a Robber (the person who explains to me the point of this song will be a hero. Until then, I’ll love it unaware.)
8) Riding to Vanity Fair (that piano makes me so… calm. Beautiful)
9) Ram On (a nice little ditty- love the spooky aspect to it and the whistling!)
10) Love in Song (even though I can’t stand the album, I love this song!)
11) London Town (I bought this album because of rave reviews for a certain Forumer, and the title track made me realise it was worth it)
12) Waterfalls (if this hadn’t been released on McCartney II – which is generally hated on – this would be famous)
13) You Want Her Too (Paul’s best duet. Coupled with the fact I’m kinda loving Elvis Costello right now, this has to be on here.
14) 1985 (the ending may be his best album ending ever)
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5.59am
5 November 2011
Offline This probably wouldn’t be too good of a greatest hits, but if I didn’t have all his albums already I would buy it.
3. Tomorrow
4. Jet
5. Magneto and Titanium Man
8. Arrow Through Me
9. Old Siam Sir
10. Dress Me Up As A Robber
11. Calico Skies
12. Too Much Rain
13. Mr. Bellamy
14. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
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3.27pm
12 April 2012
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I can’t choose a greatest hits collection by paul, i think allmost all songs by paul are great
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3.41pm
26 March 2012
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3. Getting Closer
4. Love In Song
5. Tomorrow
6. Little Lamb Dragonfly
8. Let ’em In
9. Jet
10. Fine Line
12. Wanderlust
13. Daytime Nighttime Suffering
14. Band On The Run
15. Back Seat of My Car
16. Nineteen-Hundred and Eighty Five
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1.06am
13 August 2012
Offline My picks would be
1. Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney)
2. Man We Was Lonely (McCartney)
3. Too Many People (Ram )
4. Oh Woman Oh Why (Single)
5. Tomorrow (Wild Life )
6. Getting Closer (Back To The Egg )
7. Let Me Roll It (Band On The Run )
8. 1985 (Band On The Run )
9. Picasso’s Last Words (Band On The Run )
10. With A Little Luck (London Town )
11. Temporary Secretary (McCartney II )
12. Run Devil Run (Run Devil Run )
**I could go on but figured it would be safer to pick 12 of what I find were good songs by Paul McCartney , as a solo artist, member of Wings, or in collaboration
7.41pm
14 December 2009
Offline The Walrus said
About a month ago we had a discussion on here and concluded that Wingspan is an awful greatest hits collection.
OK, I think it could be a little better, but “awful”? What makes it so bad?
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
8.22pm
10 August 2011
Offline Ooooo … a new look for Ben Ramon. Is this “Getting Closer” to the real you?
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9.17pm
26 March 2012
Offline Into the Sky with Diamonds said
Ooooo … a new look for Ben Ramon. Is this “Getting Closer” to the real you?
Sorry to say it, but yes… I have started “Letting Go” of myself in recent years.
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11.40pm
4 December 2010
Offline Von Bontee said
The Walrus said
About a month ago we had a discussion on here and concluded that Wingspan is an awful greatest hits collection.
OK, I think it could be a little better, but “awful”? What makes it so bad?
Maybe “awful” is a bit harsh, but my grievances are thus:
1) Way too many songs, and therefore a load of songs that shouldn’t be there.
2) Songs that should be on there criminally overlooked (Monkberry Moon Delight , 1985)
Actually, that’s it.
When it was all the Paul I owned I had to sit through loads of songs I found boring at best in order to get from “Jet ” to “Mull Of Kintyre “, for example. Paulsbass assured me that these songs were not the best songs Paul wrote.
However, I notice that most of the songs I found boring (or worse) have been mentioned by someone on here. So maybe it isn’t all that bad.
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2.00am
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1 May 2011
Offline I never liked the inclusion of the edits, i understand why they were included but didnt like them. And why was No More Lonely Nights selected – and two versions? Not that the song is not worthy of a place but why stop there? Either let it be a greatest hits up to Tug Of War (where a number of the tracks had Denny Laine playing – the main other member of Wings outside of Paul and Linda so fitting into a general Wings feel) or go up to 2001 and include tracks from Flaming Pie , Off The Ground etc. But then you have a few tracks from McCartney (Man Was Lonely? Nice song but should it really be there when you also have The Lovely Linda , Every Night and Maybe Im Amazed). I dont get the concept, why call it Wingspan if its not just to cover his work with Wings?
Truth be told i never cared for the compilation anyway. I found All The Best to be a more enjoyable listen.
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10.13am
15 June 2011
Offline I’ve recently made a 50 song playlist of Paul’s songs (icluding Beatles songs) covering the 50 years of his career (1962-2012). I call it “Paul McCartney : His Ever Present Past” I find it a great collection though it was very tough to choose only 50 songs… I had to leave some really great songs outside… (like The Back Seat Of My Car , Letting Go…)
I separated the collection in 3 CDs:
1) Yesterday : 1962-1969 (although I kinda cheat including Let it Be, that was released in 1970)
2) Band On The Run : 1970-1979
3) Off The Ground : 1980-2012
Since this is about Paul’s solo stuff, these are the 2nd and the 3d cds:
1) Band On The Run
2) Venus And Mars /Rockshow
3) Jet
4) Junior’s farm
5) Rockestra theme
6) Let Me Roll It
7) Live And Let Die
8) Another day
9) With a little luck
10) Listen to what the man said
11) C moon
12) Silly love songs
13) Mull Of Kintyre
14) Uncle Albert /Admiral Halsey
15) Let ’em in
16) 1985
17) Maybe I’m amazed
18) My Love
1) Off The Ground
2) Sing the changes
3) Fine line
4) My valentine
5) Calico skies
6) Say say say
7) Take it away
8) Press
9) Hope of deliverance
10) Ebony And Ivory
11) Ever present past
12) Coming Up
13) Dance tonight
14) No more lonely nights
15) Jenny Wren
16) Little willow
17) Beautiful night
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble.
6.31pm
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14 April 2010
Offline Ben Ramon said
Into the Sky with Diamonds said
Ooooo … a new look for Ben Ramon. Is this “Getting Closer” to the real you?Sorry to say it, but yes… I have started “Letting Go” of myself in recent years.
A cool avatar, that is.
To the fountain of perpetual mirth, let it roll for all its worth. And all the children boogie.
2.42am
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29 August 2013
Offline vonbontee said
I must’ve missed that “Wingspan” thread – I surely would’ve added my $0.02 worth of complaints! Like how it stupidly used the single version of “Junior’s Farm” that edited out an entire verse, the one about Nixon.
That was truly annoying!! Part of the reason I bought it was for that song and a few other non-album singles.
On Wingspan – anyone know if it has the 1993 ‘McCartney Collection’ remasters or a new lot?
Unlike some of the replies here I am also fine with it being 2 CDs, but that History disc should have had more B-sides and not been most of McCartney and Ram .
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8.16pm
8 January 2014
Offline i always though that 1978s “Wings Greatest” was the best compilation album. which in the 80s shouldve just had a Vol. 2. and Make that vol.2 a double album. Look at Bob Dyaln his Vol. 2 was a double album compard to his vol. 1 single album. Anyrate, this should be the track listing released in 1987. 9and for that “Wingspan” show” remaster and release the both “Greatest Hits” albums.
1
LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID
EVERY NIGHT
EBONY & IVORY (With Stevie Wonder)
TOMORROW
2
NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS
HELEN WHEELS
MAYBE I’M AMAZED [Live]
SAY, SAY, SAY (With Micheal Jackson)
3
PRESS
WATERFALLS
C-MOON
TAKE IT AWAY
WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME
4
COMING UP [Live]
GOODNIGHT, TONIGHT
ARROW THROUGH ME
SPIES LIKE US
ONCE UPON A LONG AGO
9.13pm
10 August 2011
Offline Derek, welcome.
Yup, the disparity of opinions when it comes to McCartney songs is striking.
Only Every Night , Say Say Say, and Maybe I’m Amazed would make my ‘best of list’
Some of the other songs are perfectly pleasant but IMO don’t hold a candle to, say, Monkberry Moon Delight or Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five .
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