It won't have escaped your notice that Paul McCartney is on the cusp of releasing a new solo album (his 18th, if you're still counting). It's called The Boys of Dungeon Lane - to be found in the environs of Speke, Liverpool L24 - another soon to be destination hotspot when you climb aboard the Beatles bus tour around the city. Or as we did a few years back in a Tuk Tuk.
Will it be any good, I hear you ask? To be honest with you I think the time for ranking Macca's solo output has probably long passed. He has sporadic moments of late career genius, for sure (I think I aluded to it here - probably around the time when me and countless others were hoping he'd call time on his seven decade musical journey). But he's not showing signs of pulling stumps anytime soon. They'll be carrying him off the stage feet first.
Me getting on a bus in Liverpool City Centre: "Id this bus going to Speke?"
ReplyDeleteDriver: "Unlikely, it never has before"
Admittedly it works better when spoken
Ernie - I've said it before and I'll say it again: you need a new gag writer.
DeleteWe've been re- watching Anthology and Paul comes across as a bit, um, arrogant. I mean I know he was in The Beatles and therefore an air of arrogance is probably par for the course but his faux humble 'we were just a good little band' rubs me up the wrong way.
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George seems lovely.
Ringo's a bit of a knob but I guess he always felt like the 4th Beatle. John- I dunno, he's John isn't he? Think he coped with it all the least well.
Paul - Yes, he can be.
DeleteGeorge - He is.
Ringo - Black & white Ringo was better.
John - I think you're right.
Feel a bit like that was a peevish comment- apologies.
ReplyDeleteNot at all, they were all truth bombs. No apology required.
DeleteI have a little bit of insider info from someone who lived near us (sadly no longer with us) who was very closely connected to them at one time, that George was indeed absolutely lovely!
ReplyDelete'Days We Left Behind' has a fragile beauty about it. I truly hope the album has a few of those sporadic moments of late career genius you mention.
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