Still at #4

I know I'm going to get flack for this but if I hear that Mccartney ditty one more time I think I'll punch the tv screen. If anyone else had brought that out it would have been slated as garbage.

 

 

I have to agree, the first time I heard this was on TV I was half asleep and thought it was some old country 70's song, some second rate film track, it was only after I complained that it was getting on my nerves with its repetative lyrics that my partner informed me it was an exclusive play of McCartneys new single- as said if anyone else had come up with this they would have ben laughed off stage. I caugth Jools when Paul Mc was on and he looked a bit embarrassed playing it, and rightly! Jools was smarming over him but if he honestly rates the song he is a fool. Even McCartney looked as if he was making excuses for the song, saying he wrote it in the kitchen for him and family to sing at parties..that figures! awful rubbish. I havent seen one person collar him and actually have the guts to say it is a bit of a pup of a song.

Still at #4

oh ok. thanx for that

I-Tunes Update (From Yesterday)

 

1 (1) Rihanna - Umbrella (Also at #29)

2 (2) Enrique - Do You Know (Ping Pong Song)

3 (4) Calvin Harris - The Girls

4 (5) Kelly Clarkson - Never Again

5 (4) Lee Mead - Any Dream Will Do

6 (6) Reverend & the Makers - Heavyweight Champion Of The World

7 (7) Kelly Rowland - Like This

8 (9) Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

9 (8) White Stripes - Icky Thump

10 (10) Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold

11 (11) Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors

12 (13) Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone

13 (22) The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray

14 (12) Mutya - Real Girl (Also at #66)

15 (14) Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet

16 (16) Chemical Brothers - Do It Again

17 (15) Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat

18 (17) Fray - How To Save A Life

19 (18) Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

20 (21) The Twang - Either Way

 

Selected Others

 

23 (25) My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

26 (30) Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

27 (29) Cherry Ghost - People Help The People

31 (51) Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight

33 (32) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

36 (43) Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned

38 (41) Air Traffic - Shooting Star

46 (54) Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate

49 (New) Scouting For Girls - It's Not About You

50 (New) Jack Penate - Torn On The Platform

57 (57) Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent

59 (63) Gwen Stefani - 4 In The Morning

60 (64) Paramore - Misery Business

69 (67) Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing

71 (72) Pendulum - Blood Sugar

74 (85) Robin Thicke - Lost Without U

82 (New) Hewitt Jones & Foggitt - On The Facebook

84 (79) Mark Ronson ft Lily Allen - Oh My God

89 (94) Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make a Memory

91 (74) Quantic & Nickedemus - Mi Swing Es Tropical

94 (92) Maximo Park - Books From Boxes

99 (96) Mika - Lollipop

Can't somebody please get a member of Paul McCartney's family to sign him into the Ronald Reagan Home for The Perpetually Bewildered - because he hasn't been able to write a decent tune in the last 25 years. And this latest effort is just absolute and complete, utter pants!!!!!!

 

Kathy

What is with Gwen?

It's on TV every frickin 5 minutes or so yet it's doing nothing at all.

I thought it would at least make low top 10 but looks like it'll flop altogether now :(

Natasha's now at #44.

What is with Gwen?

It's on TV every frickin 5 minutes or so yet it's doing nothing at all.

I thought it would at least make low top 10 but looks like it'll flop altogether now :(

Yeah, I'm thinking Top 30 now :(

Can't somebody please get a member of Paul McCartney's family to sign him into the Ronald Reagan Home for The Perpetually Bewildered - because he hasn't been able to write a decent tune in the last 25 years. And this latest effort is just absolute and complete, utter pants!!!!!!

 

Kathy

 

Well you are clearly in the minority regarding his new album as his new album has received some very good reviews:

 

All Music Guide

***** (10 out of 10)

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

 

Allusion to the digital world though it may be, there's a sweet, elegiac undercurrent to the title of Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full, an acknowledgement that it was written and recorded when McCartney was 64, the age he mythologized on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, released almost exactly 40 years before Memory. Certainly, McCartney has mortality on the mind, but this isn't an entirely unusual occurrence for him in this third act of his solo career. Ever since his wife Linda's death from cancer in 1998, he's been dancing around the subject, peppering Flaming Pie with longing looks back, grieving by throwing himself into the past on the covers album Run Devil Run, slowly coming to terms with his status as the old guard on the carefully ruminative Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. But if that previous record was precise, bearing all the hallmarks of meticulous producer Nigel Godrich, Memory Almost Full is startlingly bright and frequently lively, an album that embraces McCartney's unerring gift for melody. Yet for as pop as it is, this is not an album made with any illusion that Paul will soon have a succession of hit singles: it's an art-pop album, not unlike either of the McCartney albums. Sometimes this is reflected in the construction —- the quick succession of short songs at the end, uncannily (and quite deliberately) sounding like a suite — sometimes in the lyrics, but the remarkable thing is that McCartney never sounds self-consciously pretentious here, as if he's striving to make a major statement. Rather, he's quietly taking stock of his life and loves, his work and achievements.

 

Unlike latter-day efforts by Johnny Cash or the murky Daniel Lanois-produced albums by Bob Dylan, mortality haunts the album, but there's no fetishization of death. Instead, McCartney marvels at his life — explicitly so in the disarmingly guileless "That Was Me," where he enthuses about his role in a stage play in grammar school with the same vigor as he boasts about playing the Cavern Club with the Beatles — and realizes that when he reaches "The End of the End," he doesn't want anything more than the fond old stories of his life to be told.

 

This matter-of-fact acknowledgement that he's in the last act of his life hangs over this album, but his penchant for nostalgia — this is the man who wrote the sepia-toned music hall shuffle "Your Mother Should Know" before he was 30, after all — has lost its rose-tinted streak. Where he once romanticized days gone by, McCartney now admits that we're merely living with "The Ever Present Past," just like how although we live in the present, we still wear "Vintage Clothes." He's no longer pining for the past, since he knows where the present is heading, yet he seems disarmingly grateful for where his journey has taken him and what it has meant for him, to the extent that he slings no arrows at his second wife, Heather Mills, he only offers her "Gratitude." Given the nastiness of the coverage of his recent divorce, Paul might be spinning his eternal optimism a bit hard on this song, but it isn't forced or saccharine — it fits alongside the clear-eyed sentiment of the rest of Memory Almost Full. It rings true to the open-heartedness of his music, and the album delivers some of McCartney's best latter-day music. Memory Almost Full is so melodic and memorable, it's easy to take for granted his skill as a craftsman, particularly here when it feels so natural and unforced, even when it takes left turns, which it thankfully does more than once.

 

Best of all, this is the rare pop meditation on mortality that doesn't present itself as a major statement, yet it is thematically and musically coherent, slowly working its way under your skin and lodging its way into your cluttered memory. On the surface, it's bright and accessible, as easy to enjoy as the best of Paul's solo albums, but it lingers in the heart and mind in a way uncommon to the rest of his work, and to many other latter-day albums from his peers as well. Certainly a Grammy Album of The Year contender.

 

It has also had the following reviews (out of 100):

 

100 Observer Music Monthly

It's a way more focused album than usual.

 

91 Entertainment Weekly

His best record since 1989's Flowers in the Dirt, Memory is beautifully elegiac and surprisingly caffeinated.

 

90 musicOMH.com

An album full of perfect pop songs, which borrow and rework musical themes and motifs from across 40 years of McCartney's career.

 

80 Hot Press

Missing, thankfully, are the twee Paulie-isms that often insult our intelligence, making Memory Almost Full that rare thing, a modern-day Paul McCartney you can listen to without wincing.

 

Also 4 Stars (8 out of 10) from Blender, Spin, The Word & Billboard magazine.

 

This album has had easily the best reviews he has had in over 30 years. So it hardly suggests he is washed up.

 

As for the single - Dance Tonight was not originally going to be on the album, in fact it was only meant to be a B-side but the records executives who heard the album (bizarrely) felt that not only should it be on the album, but it should be the lead single.

 

On Paul McCartney's Official forum, it is languishing in 9th out of 13th place (out of 70+ voters) in a ranking poll as the best track on the new album.

 

The most popular track is this:

 

Paul McCartney - House Of Wax

Well you are clearly in the minority regarding his new album as his new album has received some very good reviews:

 

All Music Guide

***** (10 out of 10)

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Mate, he gets the reviews because of who he is. Its not seen as acceptable to voice opinions on the work of a 'legend' like Paul if those opinions are that its anything less than brilliant.

Plus, the comment was about the single Dance Tonight, which by all accounts is awful.

I think we were talking about the single thisispop. Can't comment on the album as I haven't heard it. Do you honestly rate the single?

 

The problem that I have is that because of who he is no critic would give him a bad review even when his material is pants. Have none of them the balls to have a different opinion or will he be forever exalted on his past achievements. How can the album be given 10/10 when it includes that awful single.

 

Just seen your post Jark. Looks as if we are I agreement. If anyone else had released that single they would have been totally slated.

Edited June 19, 200718 yr by truly talented

I think we were talking about the single thisispop. Can't comment on the album as I haven't heard it. Do you honestly rate the single?

 

The problem that I have is that because of who he is no critic would give him a bad review even when his material is pants. It was the same as when he opened at Live 8 when I thought he was dire yet he was revered in the press.

 

Out of The Beatles, Paul has suffered from bad reviews all his career because he is not John Lennon. Mind you some of his albums has deserved it.

 

All Music Guide is arguably the most credible music site on the internet. Their reviews are frequently referred to by other sites (such as the BBC, NME) and other music sites.

 

4 Stars 1970 McCartney Capital

5 Stars 1971 Ram Capitol

2.5 Stars 1971 Wild Life Columbia

4 Stars 1973 Red Rose Speedway Apple

5 Stars 1973 Band on the Run Capitol

3 Stars 1975 Venus and Mars Capitol

2 Stars 1976 Wings at the Speed of Sound Capitol

3 Stars 1976 Wings Over America [live] Capitol

3.5 Stars 1978 London Town Capitol

2 Stars 1979 Back to the Egg Capitol

3.5 Stars 1980 McCartney II Capitol

4.5 Stars 1982 Tug of War Capitol

2.5 Stars 1983 Pipes of Peace Capitol

2 Stars 1984 Give My Regards to Broad Street Capitol

2.5 Stars 1986 Press to Play Capitol

3 Stars 1989 Flowers in the Dirt Capitol

2 Stars 1990 Tripping the Live Fantastic Capitol

4 Stars 1991 Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) [live] Capitol

2 Stars 1991 CHOBA B CCCP Capitol

2 Stars 1993 Off the Ground Capitol

2 Stars 1993 Paul Is Live Capitol

4.5 Stars 1997 Flaming Pie Capitol

3.5 Stars 1999 Run Devil Run EMI

4 Stars 2001 Driving Rain Capitol

2.5 Stars 2003 Back in the World [live] MPL Communications

4 Stars 2005 Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Capitol

5 Stars 2007 Memory Almost Full MPL Communications

 

As you see his latest album is only the third to get a 5 Star album review in his career, the first since 1973's Band On The Run.

 

You dont have a point there TIP, and AMG are very decent, but Dance Tonight is just rubbish.

You dont have a point there TIP, and AMG are very decent, but Dance Tonight is just rubbish.

Where did I say that that Dance Tonight was good?

 

Where did I say that that Dance Tonight was good?

Kathy P was talking about Dance Tonight and said its 'Utter Pants' to which you replied 'You are a minority with that opinion' ;)

Though i think you have got your wires crossed, and you were referring to the album whereas she wasnt.

TIP - I was referring to the single - which you have to agree is total pants. If the whole album is made up of stuff of the 'quality' of Dance Tonight - then I feel my opinion of the album will be 'double pants'. But I may be proved wrong - and every other track on it may be pure brilliance - they just decided to release the worst track as a first single to test the water.

 

Kathy

In Gods Hands finally makes an Appearance on the Pop 100 at #99 :D

Top 100 Albums:

 

01. White Stripes

02. Amy Winehouse

03. Bon Jovi

04. Traveling Wilburys

 

07. Calvin Harris

11. Enrique Iglesias

18. Rihanna

 

90. Lisa Scott-Lee *New

 

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Top 100 Singles:

 

06. Kelly Rowland (Up from 7)

08. Lee Mead (Down from 6)

10. White Stripes (Down from 8)

 

22. Fergie - Big Girls Dont Cry (Down from 21)

40. Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate (Up from 43)

98. Bon Jovi - Make A Memory

 

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Pop 100:

 

51. Stephanie McIntosh - Mistake

65. Andrea Corr - Shame On You (Up from 78)

 

 

I am afraid reviews mean nothing to me, although I only heard the songs Paul performed on Jules - and I didnt think they were up to much, can we honestly say these reviews would be the same for someone who was uncool..or wasnt a big name?? I don't believe for one minute that music people would give PMc a bad review, because he is an icon and they wouldn't want to look bad for falling out of step.

Edited June 20, 200718 yr by prettyinpink

Loads of new entries!

 

I-Tunes Update (From Yesterday Evening)

 

1 (1) Rihanna - Umbrella (Also at #34)

2 (2) Enrique - Do You Know (Ping Pong Song) (catching up)

3 (3) Calvin Harris - The Girls

4 (4) Kelly Clarkson - Never Again

5 (6) Reverend & the Makers - Heavyweight Champion Of The World

6 (7) Kelly Rowland - Like This

7 (8) Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

8 (5) Lee Mead - Any Dream Will Do

9 (10) Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold

10 (9) White Stripes - Icky Thump (also at #84)

11 (13) The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray

12 (11) Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors

13 (12) Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone

14 (15) Klaxons - It's Not Over Yet

15 (16) Chemical Brothers - Do It Again

16 (14) Mutya - Real Girl (Also at #69)

17 (17) Armand Van Helden - NYC Beat

18 (19) Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

19 (18) Fray - How To Save A Life

20 (50) Jack Penate - Torn On The Platform

 

Selected Others

 

22 (26) Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry

24 (23) My Chemical Romance - Teenagers

26 (31) Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight

29 (27) Cherry Ghost - People Help The People

30 (49) Scouting For Girls - It's Not About You

32 (36) Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned

36 (33) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right

39 (38) Air Traffic - Shooting Star

40 (46) Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate

45 (New) The Enemy - Had Enough

49 (59) Gwen Stefani - 4 In The Morning

52 (57) Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent

55 (60) Paramore - Misery Business

63 (New) Crowded House - Don't Stop Now

65 (74) Robin Thicke - Lost Without U

73 (71) Pendulum - Blood Sugar

74 (69) Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing

82 (New) The Wombats - Kill The Director

89 (84) Mark Ronson ft Lily Allen - Oh My God

95 (New) Jason Donovan - Share My World

97 (91) Quantic & Nickedemus - Mi Swing Es Tropical

98 (89) Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make a Memory

100 (New) Lee Mead - Close Every Door

 

We finally lose Mika! :D