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Paul McCartney Rekindles The Fireman

Posted on October 01, 2008

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After surviving threats from Islamic extremists before his recent gig in Israel (where he played for 40,000 fans), former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, 66, announced his electronic music project with famed producer Youth (Killing Joke/The Orb/The Verve) will release its third album, Electric Arguments, on November 18.

The album comes after 1998’s Rushes which preceded 1993’s Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest. According to a statement, McCartney and Youth went into the studio with no master plan or clear direction and recorded the album in just 13 days scattered over the course of a year. Unlike their prior albums that were focused on instrumental electronic music, the new album will contain vocals for the first time and rockier songs, "yet is in keeping with the genre-hopping spirit of the first two the Fireman albums." The album's first single, "Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight," made its debut on the BBC. What do you think?

 

Comments

  • Gene Jenkins
    Gene Jenkins posted on Oct 1 - 2008 09:04:28 PM

    Paul is always an interesting "listen". Sometimes I have to listen more than once to get into his songs. Often I have to listen more than once to like songs like this and,yes, it happened again. I do like it, upon several plays. This is what makes him so unique, his sense of "genuineness" in his musical composition and great performance ability. To those that don't get it, listen again!