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Paul McCartney and who?

#81
The Mogpipe said:
Huge Macca fan here. Always have been. Evan as a kid lol.
Since Wing's demise in 79 or 80, Paul has worked with a handful of other artists. There was the collaboration with Stevie Wonder, the collaboration with Micheal Jackson. Both of which I saw more as gimmicky, publicity grabs. Then I think there was a collaboration with Elvis Costello. Never paid no attention to it cause I was never a fan of Elvis. Then of course there was Sirvana! With the surviving Nirvana members. That was pretty cool. Abliet a vie for relavence, you gotta admit, that was pretty cool!
In your mind sometimes you pair up favorite your artist with others from the existing echelon of stars. And wonder 'What if...'
Who would you like to see Macca do a collaboration with?
Personally, I've always wanted to have him collaborate with Ray Davies of the Kinks. That would be pretty cool I bet!
McCartney's penchant for old timey music styles. Think 'When I'm 64',
'Your Mother Should Know', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Honey Pie'. Coupled with Davie's historical examinations of British society and nearly equal songwriting abilities, they could prob come up something really interesting.
My question to you, who would you like to have seen Paul work with?
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I'd like to see Paul collaborate in a band with Stewart Copeland, Adrian Belew, and Jeff Lynne.

(...just trying to imagine what that would sound like)
 
#88
Pirate Captain said:
going on record that SPIKE (the collaboration with Elvis Costello) is a high mark for both of their careers. McCartney managed to focus Costello's eclecticism and weld it to solid pop hooks. Costello (like the best of his co-writers) kept McCartney on track instead of his usual "trying to write three songs in one" habit when left to his own devices.
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Agreed. They actually did a significant batch of songs together that have been collected on this boot (it's worth tracking down).

Sorry if I missed, there is this one too, which is a damn solid pop song:



But for a wishlist?

I'd also love to hear him with Brian Wilson. It's a no-brainer. But I think the ship has sailed on that one. For contemporary folks, I think Father John Misty would be an interesting pairing, they seem quite different but Macca and Tillman share a melodic sensibility. Or Mac Demarco, who has made a career out of catchy inanity in the style of the McCartney II album.
 
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#95
Weird, but some years ago I actually had a dream that McCartney formed a supergroup with Phil Collins and Paul Weller. In real life I'd probably leave Collins out, but I do think McCartney and Weller could come up with some interesting stuff together.
 
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Richland123 said:
You answered your question in your thread title.

Paul McCartney & The Who
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The Mod and the Rocker? Revisit Concert for Kampuchea. I think Towser just loves to locate and press Paul's Big Red Buttons.

I'd be interested in seeing something.

Being that Pete used to write with John in mind and Paul seems to make the song better, I'd be in favor.

Seem to remember Paul and John E commenting on each other's playing style. Both spoke reverentially of each other. Would have love to see Chris Squire's comments. He was hilariously dry.
 
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