Black Diamond's insanely random thoughts and questions

[Gunny]

Also why has Paul McCartney not been able to touch hey Jude and yesterday? Those were essentially his creations. But nothing from wings comes Close to those efforts or anything else the Fab Four did.

He always played Yesterday whenever he felt like it. He played Hey Jude in 2010 for Obama no less. I just crossed THAT song off my list.

I'd say he just doesn't want to play them, not that he can't. A few of is Beatles tunes would pop up over the years. He had some on Wings over America, a double album from their tour of the same name. For the most part it seems he left the Beatles behind unless requested.

[Black Diamond]

He always played Yesterday whenever he felt like it. He played Hey Jude in 2010 for Obama no less. I just crossed THAT song off my list.

I'd say he just doesn't want to play them, not that he can't. A few of is Beatles tunes would pop up over the years. He had some on Wings over America, a double album from their tour of the same name. For the most part it seems he left the Beatles behind unless requested.

I didn't know he played for Obama. I remember him ripping on bush, which pissed me off. It's like who are you ?

But why hasn't he been able to write another song like yesterday or hey Jude?

[del]

[Black Diamond]

My question though is, if yesterday and hey Jude were all his, why didn't he make a couple more great songs either with wings or solo

[Gunny]

I didn't know he played for Obama. I remember him ripping on bush, which pissed me off. It's like who are you ?

But why hasn't he been able to write another song like yesterday or hey Jude?

I'd guess it's by choice. If you look at his music, he pretty-much stayed with pop when he broke away from the Beatles. He was pretty much relevant in pop until the early 80s.

Lennon and Harrison were the ones that tried to keep it "deep".

[High_Plains_Drifter]

@High_Plains_Drifter

why is it Tom and not Thom?

@Black Diamond ... it's actually Jake McCallister

[del]

My question though is, if yesterday and hey Jude were all his, why didn't he make a couple more great songs either with wings or solo

maybe i'm amazed

[Black Diamond]

maybe i'm amazed

That's the closest he ever got. Good call.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

maybe i'm amazed

... and that song sucks.

[Abbey Marie]

... and that song sucks.

I truly love that song! I think maybe when Linda died, he lost his inspiration...

[High_Plains_Drifter]

I truly love that song! I think maybe when Linda died, he lost his inspiration...

I guess I really was never a big Beatles fan to begin with, and even less so when they split up and did their own things.

Believe it or not, I was more into country music.

[Abbey Marie]

I guess I really was never a big Beatles fan to begin with, and even less so when they split up and did their own things.

Believe it or not, I was more into country music.

No!


I don't hear much country, but I really like this one:

[Black Diamond]

... and that song sucks.

I like it. It's the closest he ever got to the Beatles. It has to be the McCartney version though. I don't like the wings over America version
I Think the stuff from McCartney was going to be on the next Beatles album had they not broken up. It would have been refined into something awesome.
I don't like anything by Paul after McCartney. I don't like wings and I hated his collaborations with Michael jackson and Stevie wonder.

[High_Plains_Drifter]

No!


I don't hear much country, but I really like this one:

(He's got a stainless steel ball chain on like mine.)

What they play on the radio nowadays and call it country is a farce, IMO. I don't listen to it, I just can't stand it. It sounds far more like pop than country, and it all sounds the same. I call it COOKIE CUTTER COUNTRY...

I'll tell ya, if it wasn't for Spotify I'd have a hard time finding music I like to listen to, but Spotify is WAAAAAY good at finding it. I've had my Spotify Premium for a couple years now so it's really dialed in to what I like, through the skips and likes and dislikes, every Monday Spot gives me a list of NEW music picked just for me, like 40 songs or so. Some weeks picks are better than others but on average, they find some GREAT stuff I would NEVER have heard if not for them. Just can't beat it for $10 a month. I've only stumped them a couple times looking for a song that they didn't have.

[Abbey Marie]

(He's got a stainless steel ball chain on like mine.)

What they play on the radio nowadays and call it country is a farce, IMO. I don't listen to it, I just can't stand it. It sounds far more like pop than country, and it all sounds the same. I call it COOKIE CUTTER COUNTRY...

I'll tell ya, if it wasn't for Spotify I'd have a hard time finding music I like to listen to, but Spotify is WAAAAAY good at finding it. I've had my Spotify Premium for a couple years now so it's really had some time to learn what I like, through the skips and likes and dislikes, every Monday Spot gives me a list of NEW music picked just for me, like 40 songs or so. Some weeks picks are better than others but on average, they find some GREAT stuff I would NEVER have heard if not for them. Just can't beat it for $10 a month. I've only stumped them a couple times looking for a song that they didn't have.

I totally admit I don't know classic country from pop country. I suppose the song I posted is pop. Do you like it at all? Try the video; it's pretty funny.

I tend to listen to 70s music. Southern rock, pop, r&b.