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Hya Boys.

It's been while, hope all is well.

I would like to post a thread on our top 5 McCartney solo songs.

My List. In No order.

1) London Town
2) Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
3) Warm and Beautiful
4) Beautiful Night
5) Get on the Right Thing

For pure Paul McCartney melodic genius, I'd say these 5 are on par with any of his elite Lennon/McCartney work:

Mull of Kintyre
Maybe I'm Amazed
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Band on the Run
Live and Let Die

I'm considering these without taking into consideration that most of them have been overplayed to the hilt. Still, though, they show McCartney's sheer brilliance & command of the pop/rock genre.

Junk
Too Many People
Monkberry Moon Delight
Live and Let Die
Junior's Farm

Richard,
I forgot to mention that I listened to London Town today. I've always loved the song and album. The song is so smooth and gentle---great one.

How do I choose only five?

I would think about his strange or harder rocking things like "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Hi Hi Hi"; "No Values" is a favorite, as is "Only Mama Knows". "Mumbo" stands out in my memory too. "Junior's Farm" was already mentioned. There are just so many different great ones.

S**T Completely forgot about No Values........ This was tougher than I thought....... Ok add No Values and Secret Friend off of McCartney II. Just to make Kris Lyons mad.......

and...... The Pound is Sinking

These are mine at a single glance down my itunes library:

These are my five:

Dear Boy
Your way
Maybe I'm Amazed
3 Legs
Big Barn Bed

These were runners up:

Little Willow
Every Night
That Was Me
Heart Of The Country
Hi,Hi,Hi
Let 'em In
Silly Love Songs
Rock Show

5 - Big Barn Bed - Let me Roll it (tie)

4 - Magneto & Titanium Man (prefer live version)

3 - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

2 - My Love

1 - Maybe I'm Amazed

Here are mine, I've based my choices (rightly or wrongly) on songs I consider good enough to have made it to a Beatles album.

1: Maybe I'm Amazed
2: Band on the Run
3: Every Night
4: Live & Let Die
5: Jet

Yep, all the commercial stuff, but also all the best stuff too IMO

Tough choice! My favourites, but not necessarily his best:

1. Arrow Through Me
2. Listen to What the Man Said
3. Picasso's Last Words
4. My Brave Face
5. Bluebird

1. Junk
2. Maybe I'm Amazed
3. Band on the Run
4. Live and Let Die
5. Listen what the man says



yes, they are all the hits, but I'm not an "in-depth" fan. I do like the album with "Junk" on it very much, though.

kiramdear wrote: How do I choose only five?

I would think about his strange or harder rocking things like "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Hi Hi Hi"; "No Values" is a favorite, as is "Only Mama Knows". "Mumbo" stands out in my memory too. "Junior's Farm" was already mentioned. There are just so many different great ones.

Kira, how about Oh Woman, Oh Why

bottom4 wrote:

kiramdear wrote: How do I choose only five?

I would think about his strange or harder rocking things like "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Hi Hi Hi"; "No Values" is a favorite, as is "Only Mama Knows". "Mumbo" stands out in my memory too. "Junior's Farm" was already mentioned. There are just so many different great ones.

Kira, how about Oh Woman, Oh Why

Yeah, another good one. Hence my difficulty in choosing five - the great ones from him are just so many. There are gems on every album.

I'm not going to list five because I only have a few of his albums, and most of those are recent (which I didn't care as much for), but my favorites are Maybe I'm Amazed and Another Day. Live favorites would be most songs off of Wings Over America