McCartney mix tape – He's only human
There’s no denying that Paul McCartney is a rock legend. He has written countless of songs that will continue to be played and enjoyed for generations to come. Having said that, I also have to point out that he has released some utter crap as well. No one can really say if it’s because of some sort of lack of motivation on his part or sheer vanity in thinking he could shit gold, but the fact remains that he has written just as many duds as there are classics in his catalog. so, for today’s RetroBlog mix tape, I thought I’d highlight some of Sir Macca’s lowlights. enjoy.
1) Rockestra Theme – OK, this is actually Duane Eddy’s remake of the Wings song from 1979 with Paul McCartney producing as well as playing on the track. The original song really didn’t merit a remake. It’s a mind-numbingly simple instrumental with the inexplicable vocal line – “Why didn’t I have any dinner?” huh?
2) Press (the Hugh Padgham mix) – McCartney’s 1986 album Press to Play holds a special place in my heart but really, did he actually think this song would be a successful single? come on – “Oklahoma was never like this? oh it was never like this!” groan. Is this really the man that wrote “Yesterday”?
3) Vanilla Sky – this is Macca just being lazy. He ripped off his own minor chord progression from his 1993 single “Biker Like an Icon”. Biker was just plain horrid. and so is this song. I guess Cameron Crowe didn’t have the balls to tell Macca that this song was shit.
4) Spies like Us (the Art of Noise Mix) – ouch. The record label commissioned numerous remixes for this song. obviously they were hoping one of the remixers would know what to do with this song. I think the Art of Noise did a pretty good job considering the source material.
5) Freedom – It was great seeing Macca being so supportive with the rebuilding/healing efforts after 9/11 but he should have spent more time on this song before releasing it. He probably spent less than five minutes writing this lil’ ditty. it’s painful to listen to now.
6) P.S. Love Me Do – yeah, you know dance music and Macca go so well together. not. So recording a dance version of “P.S. I Love You” and “Love Me Do” was an obvious choice, right? right? Bueller? Bueller?
as always, all tracks are hosted on savefile.com. they will only be available for a limited time. so, grab ‘em while you can.
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