Macca’s ticket to Ryde (From This is Hampshire)

Firstly, I want to say that I am a HUGE Beatles fan, including of McCartney's contribution to their musical achievements, which I think has been to some extent (entirely unfairly in my opinion) criticised by the obsessively biased pro-Lennon mob, in a futile attempt to undervalue them. However, that said, I have not been impressed at all with Paul McCartney's voice for a few years or so now. I just think that to be brutally honest, vocally, he's lost it. Very sad to say, but that is my firm view now. I think if he were to carry on too long on the international stage, he will only damage his great artistic reputation and I don't want to see that happen to one of the trully most brilliant musical talents we've ever produced in GB. Still, at the end of the day, if people want to continue seeing and hearing him perform as he is now, then that's their choice and good luck to him for still being able to entertain them. I know though, that I for one, am not prepared to pay to see him.

One has only to hear what performing so far beyond one's best can do to a singer's performance, by listening to the once GREAT Andy Williams' recent efforts.

Now, I would say two examples of performers who can STILL sing to a high quality level, after very long careers in show business are Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey, but I believe them to be rare exceptions. Who knows, maybe it all just comes down to ones' subjective opinion in the end anyway!

Paul sounded fine on letterman..
Still good enough to stop NY City.

Should be Lord Macca!! Come on Liz give 'im a bigger gong than that little cellist fella.

Break a Leg Paul

ps Hi Paul ..any chance of a Song before a Saints game at SMS please?

Well, the Ukraine girls realy knock you out, they leave the west behind.
So true, I have just married my Ukrainian girlfriend of 5 years In Yalta Crimea, and what a do it was, The Jazz band played several beatles songs for me, then I went to Macca, Donalds: Humer.

Have to agree with Scrutineer. Macca sang on one of the X-Factor live shows - insipid and weak, his voice is no longer up to the job. IoW line up is poor this year.

Carpe Diem wrote:
Have to agree with Scrutineer. Macca sang on one of the X-Factor live shows - insipid and weak, his voice is no longer up to the job. IoW line up is poor this year.

Apologies, Scrutinizer, got your name wrong on my first post. Agree entirely with your sentiments though.

Carpe Diem wrote:

Carpe Diem wrote: Have to agree with Scrutineer. Macca sang on one of the X-Factor live shows - insipid and weak, his voice is no longer up to the job. IoW line up is poor this year.

Apologies, Scrutinizer, got your name wrong on my first post. Agree entirely with your sentiments though.

No problem Carpe Diem. I just hate to see one of the all-time great performers way past his best, vocally. No way would I DARE criticise his musical instrument skills! I'm in no position to judge those! But anyway, his guitar and piano playing sound fine to me. No, I'm more worried that exposing his aged voice to a modern audience, will mean that he'll run the risk of being remembered by so many for how (poor) it sounds NOW. You see, I believe many people go to see someone like Paul MacCartney, who is obviously a legend, primarily, not to particulary listen to his voice, but too simply be in his presence as an experience in it's itself. But then of course, that was rather what Beatlemania was much about in the early days anyway! Anyway, hopefully, many contempary and future fans will prefer to listen to his recordings!