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Absolutely Stan. I respect your opinion. No worries man!

Seriously though, if I were Paul...well, I think he probably loves to write and record. So, even if he knew his best work was behind him, why not give it another whirl anyway? Legacies are for dead people.

As for me, I have a negative balance that proves I'm not all about keeping money...!

I don't think Paul thinks his best work is behind him. That's what I dig about him and that's why I keep buying his stuff and hoping his best work is truly coming. And I still like the album.

Wouldn't that be fine? A Beatle puts out an album in the 21st century that everyone goes crazy over? I would love that.

But talk about your tough act to follow...

How could any of them, or anyone who was ever in a great band, ever top what the great band did?

A huge amount of credit goes to the band. It was true with Elvis (Presley and Costello,) Elton...you name it.

Even if you're one of those guys, you're never going to find another group of guys who have that kind of chemistry. How many guitar players has Macca played with since? How many drummers, etc?

While McCartney may still have his best work ahead of him, highly doubtful, but plausible, it would be a major rarity. I can't think of any significant musician, who some thirty plus years or more after his breakthrough material, ever topped his/hers first few original works.
Mark's right about legacies being for dead people. But McCartney already has a living legacy, it's just some of his latter works which some critics and consumers have performed a post-mortem on.

Glen has a valid point, the band. Definitely an integral part of any work.

I'm still hoping.

I love Paul, yet with sadness, I have to agree about the hits and great melodies having past him now.

He's one of the great melodists ever, but really, he hasn't been able to write a number one hit in over 20 years. Since then, only a few songs have been mildly popular. "My Brave Face" comes to mind, but it was by no means a world-beater.

I think composers are like athletes, as they get older, they are unable to produce the quality of performance that they once could. Nothing wrong with that, just the passing of time.

Seems that way when you look at rock musicians. But I wouldn't have said that about Bach or Beethoven...not sure I'd say that about Duke Ellington...and on into the other arts, there are lots of artists who got better and better until they passed. Da Vinci never stopped his high functioning bad self.

But pop music comes from somewhere else. It comes from youthful exuberance and a certain amount of natural rebellion. As people age, most of us mellow out. The really dazzling ideas just don't seem to jump out anymore. Paul could possibly keep making pretty good albums for another couple decades...but I wouldn't expect anything earth-shattering. Just pretty good.

But in the end, I'm with Simer: I'm hoping.

I'm also with the SI-MAN. However, I'm not expecting the next "Band on the Run," I just love to hear what Paul wants to show us. I like this album. I have no shame in supporting him. He has inspired me and a lot of us, and in my mind I owe it to him to support him. Everybody here has gotten something out of The Beatles, good or bad. Beatle fans only have two more left, and I will show love and support for Paul as long as he is around.


P.S. Mick, I can't belive you and I have the same opinion about "Only Mama Knows." LOL

Kind of like getting a nice letter from an old friend. Yeah, I'd better go out and buy one.

I like the album very much. Better than "Chaos," which I liked better than anything he has done since "Flowers in the Dirt." How many 65-year-olds do you know who can still summon that "Helter Skelter" voice? Granted, it's not quite the same as his 25-year-old voice. And he still has the gift of melody and wonderful bass lines. I like the band sound as opposed to the DIY sound of "Chaos." I don't know how loud you folks are playing this music, but I didn't hear too much distortion. For me, a little distortion is fine. And I have to think that if there is distortion on the track, that's the way Paul wanted it. All in all, a fine effort. I love the guy and always will, but I'm not afraid to say that something like "Press to Play" was, at least to me, awful.

Just saw the TV ad for this thing...I was moved!...and now I understand I can purchase it at WalMart: even better!...and the best part is, if I want to hear it in it's entirety before committing to owning it, all I have to do is go and loiter for awhile at any Starbuck's on the planet! What could be more convenient?

(There are just a couple of problems with that for me personally, but hey: Let The Party Commence!)

I didn't like the iTunes samples but I will go out and get it because I am sure there is one or two tunes I will like.

Ringo has been making better Rock Music than Paul for years !

Really?????? Hmm.....