Can't spell, "Ageing." 0/10.

Is there a Generation Gap in Egypt Station liability? err. Likability?

VC? Viet Cong?

We done this one?

Steviebaby wrote:

Is there a Generation Gap in Egypt Station liability? err. Likability?

Interesting (ish) premise, spends twice the time it takes to explain it, and after he's explained it in full, he's still talking!  

1.98/5

Wears a flat cap. Likes the album. Doesn't view the opinions of young people like me with contempt. 4/5.

Name: Mona
Age: 18
Country: Belgium
Camera: Canon G7X

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Wears a flat cap. Likes the album. Doesn't view the opinions of young people like me with contempt. 4/5.

I think he raises the point that there is a general perception that the post Beatles McCartney work, is a pale shadow of the Beatles, and people are now hearing McCartney raw, they're finding that to be at best, a gross simplification.

I blame the Frog Chorus.

That's what I think anyway.

Steviebaby wrote:

Name: Mona
Age: 18  
Country: Belgium
Camera: Canon G7X

Enthusiastic to a degree that scares me. Fails to like Fuh You. 3/5.

Steviebaby wrote:

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:

Wears a flat cap. Likes the album. Doesn't view the opinions of young people like me with contempt. 4/5.

I think he raises the point that there is a general perception that the post Beatles McCartney work, is a pale shadow of the Beatles, and people are now hearing McCartney raw, they're finding that to be at best, a gross simplification.

I blame the Frog Chorus.  

That's what I think anyway.

I think he had a problem that people wanted any new McCartney album or single to sound like the Beatles and, because he went out of his way to avoid sounding like the Beatles, they felt let down, no matter what he did. By the late 1990s, it had been so long since he'd left the Beatles that people stopped expecting him to sound like them and they could appreciate him in his own right. It also helped that the consistency of his albums improved dramatically.

The death of Linda and of George Harrison also probably changed attitudes, as it made people realise he wouldn't be around forever, and that they'd have to make the most of him while they could.

Also, the world probably caught up to what he was doing. Ram was released at a time before Indie had been invented and seems to have left some people non-plussed. The way music has developed since means it makes more sense to people.

Likewise, his first album was made before Lo-fi became a thing and also left people non-plussed. Now that people are used to the concept, it doesn't sound so baffling.

The same thing happened with McCartney II. At the time of release, it was heard as a bunch of novelty songs and pointless squiggles and noises. Now people keep crediting it with being Gorillaz twenty years before Gorillaz ever existed.

Also, I blame his legendary cover of Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Well, that was quite obviously ironic.



In response to his embarrassing Give Irish Back to the Irish song. I've heard Americans with more of a grasp of the situation, genuine Americans.

Loves the album. Appreciates cowbells. Has sexy hands. 110/5.

Cheekbones: 5/5
general bonhomie: 5/5
Review: GettingBoredOfWatchingReviewsOfAnAlbumI'veNotHeard/5

Double Wacker!





Joi d'vie 6/5

Nice teeth. Canadian. Needs to skip the 'listening' bits.

3.974245682382350583239345r/5

Talks fast, lots of CDs.

Also "bonus":

https://tinyurl.com/r2gmh8z




You know we'll be doing this in the 'The Parlour of Runing Commentary' don't you? Then we can review our reviews.

Then review the reviews of the reviews.

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:

Double Wacker!





Joi d'vie 6/5

Bouncing off the walls with energy. 12/7.

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:

Talks fast, lots of CDs.

Sounds too much like a proper review. 7/10.