"Ebony & Ivory" bass?

beefandbones · Post by **beefandbones** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:18 pm

Touche!

But what mindless product it is... When I have nothing better to think about, I wonder how Paul managed to ever write some of those songs - they're so intuitive and he obviously didn't spend too much time editing his lyrics, it's like Andre Breton taught the Sugar Plum Fairy how to write songs. A substantial portion of Paul's solo lyrics are sublimely ridiculous, and that's what makes them so charming. Sometimes I listen to Wings and I laugh, not derisively, but because of the sheer cheek it takes to put such peculiar words with such good music.

There's a lot of 'pop product' out there that's not nearly as funny, fun, or good natured as Paul's, and I think that elevates Paul above, say, Christina Aguilera or N*Sync or whoever.

Well, that and personal preference...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:58 pm

Well said. I think your perspective is a healthy one and will try to remember it everytime I find myself getting irritated at one of Paul's lyrical shortcomings.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:47 am

The associations we form with others sometimes save us from ourselves...I've always believed in the following equation:

Paul McCartney minus John Lennon equals Leo Sayer...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:55 am

Zing!

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:23 am

Friends don't let friends write "Silly Love Songs"...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:45 am

The lyrics are deplorable. The tune would have made:

a) a great dog food commercial
b) BMI change what its acronym stood for
c) Odysseus run screaming with his hands covering his ears
d) Khatchaturian krumble

Answers on a postcard, please...

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:51 am

But those who think the lyrics are "deplorable" dont see that the lyrics are a joke in itself

"silly love songs"
....Its supposed to be silly

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:05 am

Thanks, Alex.

I get it now.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:11 am

Oh, it's that, alright...

...but do you really think all 1,000,000 copies of it were sold to people who appreciated it for it's jokiness? Would that it were such a world...

I believe it was H. L. Mencken who said, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public"...or was it Simon on American Idol?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:23 am

Thanks, Dane.

I get it now.

It was substantially more than a mere million, regretably.

And Mencken was far, far ahead of his time.

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:32 am

Yeah, I would love to see him as an 'Idol' judge.

Or you, for that matter, Paul...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:54 am

Dane, to have you sitting Maharshi-style on the judge's table, surrounded by lilies, with Paula Abdul at your feet...

That would be worth millions...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:45 am

Then we're agreed...it's you, me and Paula next season.

I may never have played bass for Journey, but I feel as though I have...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:47 am

...my problem is: I can take it, but I can't dish it out...

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:15 am

Well, I'm the opposite...