Why does everybody hate Paul McCartney?

[sir.clip]

He was a Beatle.

 

[Dubversion]

I first heard the Beatles in 1962 and have never since wavered in my admiration for them, but Paul was, is and always will be my favourite.

that's surely reason enough?

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Macca has done some appalling crap over the years when he has just indulged himself (Frog Chorus, Mull of Kintyre, Ebony and Ivory) technically brilliant but twee. However when he has worked with others of an equal ability or who have a bit of an ego such as Lennon and Denny Laine he is capable of writing and producing some brilliant stuff. From what I can gather Lennon and McCartney were somewhat competitive to say the least and Denny Laine is a brilliant musican with a huge ego and I get the impression that McCartney Laine really did bounce off of each other musically.

The Back To The Egg album (with Denny Laine) has some stonking tunes and really hangs together well. Listened to this the other week after not hearing it for about 10 years and surprised how well it had held up.

 

[editor]

Oooh yeah, I hate him too.... Peter Gabriel

Come on! How can you hate a guy who used to look like this?

And look! He was goth before goth was born (1974)!

Roll over Peter Murphy and tell the Siouxsie the news.

 

[Groucho]

With that said it was in response to a comment that Lennon made. It was trying to be ironic.

He's still a dick though.

Yeah, Lennon said something like 'You would think that people would have had enough of silly love songs' McCartney replied with Silly Love Songs '..well I look around me and I see it isn't so.' That wasn't irony though.

I prefer Lennon's response to Geoff Lynne's comment that ELO's sound was based on what the Beatle's would have sounded like if they had not split up. Lennon was asked why the Beatle's split and he said because we would have gone on to sound like ELO. He didn't say 'because that McCartney is a wanker.' The Beatles were a tad over-rated though.

 

[William of Walworth]

Paul's just a bit wank. He's not evil like Phil Collins.

 

[William of Walworth]

Piss off with the Peter Gabriel-knocking, folks!!

Yer WOMAD man's a dude compared to Macca ...

I've met Peter and chatted to him, he's dead nice and that, and he has festographic integrity ... and a good lot of his solo stuff is fine .... more than can be said for much of Paul's

 

[metalguru]

Piss off with the Peter Gabriel-knocking, folks!!

Yer WOMAD man's a dude compared to Macca ...

I've met Peter and chatted to him, he's dead nice and that, and he has festographic integrity ... and a good lot of his solo stuff is fine .... more than can be said for much of Paul's

I checked out quite a bit of Macca's solo stuff this weekend. The problem is quality control - too much millionaire noodling. But amongst that, some fine songs.

It'd be possible to put together a strong collection of more obscure solo songs.

 

[northernhord]

Bland shite Maccas stuff

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Mull of kintyre
We all stand together
Ebony and Ivory

And just that he's a sanctimonious cunt.

Is that enough Hollis?

Yeah...he deserves a painful death just for the fucking frog song alone...

 

[tommers]

fuck's sake. I listened to revolver again over the weekend.

yeah, yeah, frog chorus is a bit twat, ebony and ivory is rubbish, whatever. the beatles released a few absolutely brilliant, era defining albums. and for that he should be applauded.

and don't give me that "the beatles were overrated" bollocks either. they were great.

 

[snouty warthog]

slight aside- they are dying in the order that I liked them. my favourite beatle went first.

in which case, if it continues, Sir Paul is next...

 

[Iam]

Not if somebody gets Ringo first...

 

[snouty warthog]

I'd offer you a wager that it's Paul, but it seems a bit sick... besides, I don't want to encourage you...

 

[gentlegreen]

Have you EVER listened to RAM? Have you?

Mull of Kintyre. Nice song Paul and Linda together in Scotland.

And you had to be there ... Dick Emery and Mike Yarwood on the TV FFs !

 

[Iam]

I'd offer you a wager that it's Paul, but it seems a bit sick... besides, I don't want to encourage you...

I think we'll be ok. I haven't shot any rock stars yet...

 

[Hocus Eye.]

While I hate the music of Paul McCartney as I stated above, I equally hate seeing his name distorted to Macca. He was never known as Macca anymore than Princess Diana (I never liked her either) was ever called Di. This is just Sun newspaper babytalk for the benefit of its percieved audience. Bazza, Gazza, Macca are not the real names of anyone.

I don't mind people criticising his dreary music but do call him by his real name please, otherwise it puts us in the same category as the gutter press variously praising and knocking characters they invent, only loosely based on famous real people.

H

 

[Kaka Tim]

He wrote all the shittest twee beatle songs like 'your mother should know' , 'oh bla dee blah blah blah' and 'Michelle'. A suck butting social climber.

Not without talent - his bass playing especially - but he used that talent for evil ends.

Agree that he is not as evil as phil collins, but more evil than peter gabriel.

 

[gentlegreen]

He wrote all the shittest twee beatle songs like 'your mother should know' , 'oh bla dee blah blah blah' and 'Michelle'.

I can't relate to Mozart, but I still know he was brilliant.

 

[soulman]

He wrote all the shittest twee beatle songs like 'your mother should know' , 'oh bla dee blah blah blah' and 'Michelle'. A suck butting social climber.

Not without talent - his bass playing especially - but he used that talent for evil ends.

Agree that he is not as evil as phil collins, but more evil than peter gabriel.

Don't be dragging Peter into this for your own nefarious ends!

 

[pk]

Yeah. Salisbury Hill is nowhere near Solsbury, so don't mess.

 

[snouty warthog]

I hung out with some street drinkers for an hour or so in Hove 2 years ago. They told me this little tale-

They were sitting drinking on the street one day, when they saw Michael Barrymore. “oi Barrymore, ya big puff!” shouts one of them, or something along those lines. Barrymore walks off, only to return a few minutes later with a big crate of beer for them all! Wow! The street drinkers had nothing but good things to say about Barrymore’s generosity…

Not so Sir Paul McCartney… one guy said he saw him on Brighton pier one day. “hey Paul, giz fifty pence for a cup of tea!” and Paul just did his thumbs in the air gesture and says “Rock n Roll!”.

The guy said to me “571 million and he can’t even spare fifty pence for a homeless guy?! And what’s that about, “rock n’ roll”?!”. and I meself would tend to agree…

 

[chainsaw cat]

I don't hate Paul McCartney.

I'm very grateful to him for producing such wonderful and iconic music, some of which was playing (I am told) when I was conceived.

I can forgive him the 'frog chorus' for that.

 

[snouty warthog]

I don't hate him either. I respect him for his veggie campaigning, for letting sheep wander in and out of his house, and for writing 'helter skelter'.

but there is something kind of... irritating about him. I don't know why...

I once saw a photo of him at a british airport, just after he got busted for cannabis in... japan? China? anyway, he looked really fucked off, and I liked that photo. he looked more real somehow, than all his 'thumbs in the air, aren't I a lovable wacky guy?' type of poses...

 

[kins]

coz he's a knob

 

[Kaka Tim]

I can't relate to Mozart, but I still know he was brilliant.

Yes of course, what was i thinking?

The frog chorus and the mozarts symphonys are works of equal genius.

Oh yes - post sept 11th, 'Ive always been a pacifist - until now' statement - made so he could get down with the whole 'lets bomb the buggery out of foriegn places' vibe.

As mark thomas (i think) pointed out - that ethical position is akin to being a vegetarian between meals.

utter cock.