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Paul McCartney On Music In the Digital World
Rachhpal writes "Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney will release his new album today — it's called 'Memory Almost Full.' In an interview with the L.A. Times, he talked about ending his long-time relationship with EMI and making the new album fully downloadable through his new relationship with Starbucks' Hear Music label. Some of his comments on the music industry: 'I was bored with the old record company's jaded view,' McCartney says... 'They're very confused, and they will admit it themselves: that this is a new world, and they're a little bit at a loss as to what to do. So they've got millions of dollars and X budget... for them to come up with boring ways — because they've been at it for so long — to what they call "market" it. And I find that all a bit disturbing.'"
So they all sucked?
Seriously, Lennon's solo stuff was mostly awful. He had a couple of great songs, but only a handful. Plus he died in 1980, so we don't have John's album that he released when he was 65 to compare it to. Paul's first album after the Beatles broke up ("McCartney") was REALLY good. He also had a bunch of good songs when he was in wings (get the best of album).
By 1980 I'd say that Paul was beating John as far as song quality. Since then of course his quality of songs has dropped dramatically. He just writes albums and releases them, very very quickly. This is his TWENTY SIXTH album.
I always imagine him picking up a guitar, playing 8 random chords in a row and saying "I am PAUL MCCARTNEY!!" I can do no harm! I am a genius, hence these 8 chords are genius!" Then he follows it up with the same technique for lyrics. They all sound like the first draft of a song.