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Articles tagged "paul mccartney"Mixed MediaNew This Week: Paul McCartney - ‘Good Evening New York City’by Sarah Zupko[17.Nov.09] :. In the year that saw the ambitious remastering and re-release of the entire Beatles catalogue, the Cute Beatle is still going strong. Paul McCartney was always the Beatle that most enjoyed live...  Rest in Pieces: Eulogies of the Past, Present, and Future FeatureA Love Letter from Lisa: To Paul McCartney, My Confessionby Lisa Torem[21.Sep.09] :. As I recall historical events, I can’t imagine a timeline existing without your presence, without your warm smile and those careful words that I’ve heard in interviews and television shows and movies. Rest in Pieces: Eulogies of the Past, Present, and Future Mixed MediaPaul McCartney - “Get Back” / “Sing the Changes” (Live on David Letterman) (video)by Sarah Zupko[17.Jul.09] :. Paul McCartney played the Letterman show this week and played two songs, an expected Beatles classic and less surprisingly a tune from his latest Fireman album. Macca actually played “Sing the... NewsAt Radio City, Paul and Ringo together againby Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)][6.Apr.09] :. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr sang “With a Little Help From My Friends” into the same microphone as part of their most significant collaboration in decades Saturday night at New York... Mixed MediaVarious Artists - Ram on L.A. (MP3s)by Sarah Zupko[2.Mar.09] :. Aquarium Drunkard has just announced a very worthy benefit project for No More Landmines. The site has gathered a number of L.A. bands to record a tribute to Paul McCartney’s RAM (1971).... NewsAs the Fireman, Paul McCartney offers one of his better albumsby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][5.Dec.08] :. As Paul McCartney is at pains to remind the world, it was he - and not his foil John Lennon - who brought the experimental flair to the Beatles psychedelic period, with his fondness for tape loops... The White Album: Side Fourby PopMatters Staff[21.Nov.08] :. The potential breakthrough and the impending breakup, the final side celebrates the Beatles' artistic experimentation -- and the creative contradictions that signaled their eventual end. The White Album: Side Threeby PopMatters Staff[20.Nov.08] :. It's back to basics once again as the band finds the musical muscle memory to mesh all their influences into seven sensational tracks. The White Album: Side Twoby PopMatters Staff[19.Nov.08] :. It's the Beatles 'unplugged' -- from stardom, from pressures, from the friendship that held them together -- while simultaneously reaching inward and outward. The White Album: Side Oneby PopMatters Staff[18.Nov.08] :. It's all guitars and good times as the Fab Four rediscover the joys of jamming -- as well as the hidden pain and problems poised to tear them apart. Birthday: The White Album Turns 40by Zeth Lundy and Bill Gibron[17.Nov.08] :. In the first day of PopMatters' week-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' self-titled double album, Bill Gibron and Zeth Lundy discuss the record's importance and impact, and why it continues to resonate within popular culture some four decades later. The Best Music DVDs of 2007by Ron Hart[25.Jan.08] :. The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet. Paul McCartney – We Believe In Yesterdayby Gary Frenay[2.Jan.08] :. Taken together, Help! and The McCartney Years, show the breadth of an artist's career, warts and all. Few have lived a life as well-documented or as successful as Paul McCartney. Jars of Clay: Christmas Songsby Mike Schiller[5.Dec.07] :. Christmas Songs is refuge from the bombast of the season, a perfectly subtle slice of Heaven. McCartney `trying to create an antidote’ for difficult timesby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][4.Dec.07] :. "I'm from the world of 45's and LP's, then it became cassettes and 8-tracks, then CDs, and now it's downloading. It doesn't make much difference to me." Old rockers go on a DVD rollby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][20.Nov.07] :. Among other accomplishments, it’s often claimed that the Beatles made the first music videos. Even before the band stopped performing live, it was filmed lip-synching and clowning around to the... Help!by Zeth Lundy[2.Nov.07] :. The Beatles' second (and second-best) movie, an absurdist romp with Bond-esque aspirations, gets an overdue clean-up on this new double-disc edition. Reflections of a Renaissance Man: An Interview with Paul McCartneyby Christian John Wikane[25.Jun.07] :. From Astaire to T-Pain, from Little Richard to de Kooning, McCartney talks to PopMatters and covers it all, including his uncertainty about what kind of send-off he'd like. Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmakingby PopMatters Staff[19.Jun.07] :. Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts. Paul McCartney frees himself from yesterday and todayby Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][6.Jun.07] :. Paul McCartney is a musical master, but nobody has ever accused him of bleeding for his art. A tortured artist he is not. McCartney’s lot is to be stereotyped as a remarkable craftsman, not a... Macca’s coffee hangoverby Jason Gross[6.Jun.07] :. The fact that an ex-Beatle would ditch the major label factory to pact with the world’s biggest coffee shop is definitely a sign o’ the times but as far as McCartney’s recorded... Paul McCartney: Memory Almost Fullby Zeth Lundy[4.Jun.07] :. The former Beatle's third studio album of the new century backtracks on the creative revitalization of 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Sgt. Pepper at 40, from A to Zby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][1.Jun.07] :. It was 40 years ago today -- to be precise, June 1, 1967, in Britain, a day later in the former colonies of America -- that the Beatles changed the world. Paul McCartney: Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us [DVD]by Michael Franco[18.Dec.06] :. Buried beneath the excessive adoration and dizzying camerawork is an amazing concert. Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meumby Evan Sawdey[8.Nov.06] :. Unfortunately, there are multiple moments where McCartney sounds less like he's composing a classical work as he is a film score (and one to some lightweight romantic-drama, at that). Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyardby Zeth Lundy[7.Oct.05] :. In collaboration with producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Air), McCartney delivers one of the strongest records of his long and winding post-Beatles career. Paul McCartney: Paul McCartney in Red Square [DVD]by Michael Franco[13.Jul.05] :. For decades, the Beatles' albums were banned from the Russian people, who risked imprisonment if caught owning them. Nearly four decades later, Paul McCartney played Red Square; as this film shows, the night was magical, joyous, and more than a little heartbreaking. Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2002)by Scott Thill[23.Jan.03] :. Even though Sam Phillips recorded many black artists, there are hardly any, aside from Thomas, to be found in the film. Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S. Live 2002by Adrien Begrand[17.Dec.02] :. In 2002, Paul McCartney embarked on his first American tour since 1993, and in the time between tours, Paul’s, er, sorry, Sir Paul’s life has sure had its share of highs and lows.... Paul McCartney: Driving Rain / Mick Jagger: Goddess in the Doorwayby David Zahl[12.Nov.01] :. Whereas experience has reinforced the stubbornness of Paul McCartney's devotion to romantic love, it has humbled Mick Jagger, confronting him with his own frailty, weakness and, ultimately, mortality. A Hard Day’s Night (1964/2000)by Sabadino ParkerA smooth amalgamation of Richard Lester's intricate direction, Alun Owen's hysterical screenplay, and the natural charms of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a film perfectly of its time and perfectly timeless. |
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