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Results for Paul McCartneyIt is foolhardy to presume to precis the life and achievements of Sir Paul in one short paragraph. Instead, trace his fame through the four p's: pop, papa, peer and patriarch. The acclaimed "cutest" Beatle, a guitar and sweet songwriting talent, was first Quarry Man then Beatle who rode the pop music tsunami with John, George and Ringo from Ed Sullivan's stage into America's living room and history. Submerged were the lingering sounds of dance band and R & R, and revealed was a landscape fertile for new music and future McCartney inventions. Post-Beatles came children with soul mate Linda Eastman and new-venture Wings followed by solo stints, duets, collaborations and tours both modest and monster. 1997 saw McCartney's elevation to knighthood, a noble gesture that stated the obvious to hoi polloi. Now patriarch of a genre and era, always inventing and refining, graceful in triumph, unbowed by tragedy, McCartney may be the best British export of the 20th century....more
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by John Mendelssohn•August 20, 2008•
At the apogee of Beatlemania, Paul McCartney was asked at a press conference how long the Beatles would last: "Dunno," he replied, "but I can’t picture us still being Beatles when we’re 30 years old." Everyone smirked knowingly. Little did McCartney imagine that he and many of his fellow titans of ’60s pop would still be rocking not only at 30
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by Keith Altham•August 6, 2008•
The most significant influence in popular music today, since the emergence of that well-known Lennon-McCartney firm, seems to be the mini-sized music-maker Paul Simon, who arrived on a five-day private visit to England last Monday to find no less than three of his songs in the NME Top 20. They are, of course, the Bachelors' “Sound of Silence” (4), the Seekers' “Some Day One Day” (16), and the number he sings
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by Mike Conklin•August 6, 2008•
Some day, I too hope to sue Taco Bell, then settle for a lifetime supply of cinnamon twists.
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by Max Mobley•June 25, 2008•
Paul McCartney said to me recently, “My god, you know more about our material than anyone else does simply because your work has been more recent.”
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by Jocelyn Hoppa•April 23, 2008•
"Newcombe takes another stab at 'singing'"
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9/19/2007
Two other leftys who play guitars strung in the right handed manner are Glenn Burtnik (Styx)and Paul Raymond (UFO). Don...
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6/21/2007
Well Peter my response is not from listening to some old bootleg lp's, I was there.The first time was in 1969 at the...
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5/17/2007
[quote user="Peter H"]
I'd be interested in seeing someone compare LZ song credits on the original vinyl
with CDs...
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2/21/2007
I also had lots of fun in the late 60's and early 70's but thankfullly knew when to stop and did not get unfairly dosed...
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12/14/2006
I was very suprised there was none of The Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney. ect. at all. Shocking to me. One step at...
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