Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney

ES-Say #32 Odd Sox(s) and Ends

Since yesterday, there has been a few McCartney news bits about touring and the upcoming Tug Of War album re-release. It's a lot to think about. Mainly, the realisation that these handful of tour dates announced are definitely a North American Tour. When the first date(Toronto) got announced by itself without other dates for october, it was rumoured more announcements would follow. Since Lollapalooza ended this summer, aside from a private event upcoming(possibly for PETA) nothing else was part of continuing the "Out There" tour. With most musicians, announcing a single random venue for a concert is not a one-off event. In the case of McCartney for this Fall, rumours have correctly predicted a small tour as Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; and Buffalo, NY, have been announced in the last few days.

It's possible that the reason for some dates in October is to coinside with the Tug Of War and Pipes Of Piece re-releases arrival on the 2nd. Well, it makes sense to me. As much as Paul likes to get "Out There" and perform live, publicity wise an artist always should be promoting something. Not for nothing, I strongly believe that McCartney is one of the best in the business of self-promotion and PR in general. This is not a negative thing, at all, since this business sence has equated to a financial empire. His business should be a business model of money management. It sounds like I'm gushing but it's true. I've always had an interest in PR and believe me, usually MPL(AKA McCartney Productions, Limited) is a great example to study.

Speaking of great PR, guess who's been interviewed for the october issue of Uncut Magazine? That's right, a well known 1982 photo of McCartney(aged 40) will be interviewed. (I'm not sure from what year, but it's save to say it's all about the re-releases).

Also, yesterday, an exclusive listen on the Paul McCartney SoundCloud page of "Take It Away" (single edit, 2015), and a YouTube video for it followed. As I thought my complaining was definitely over in ES-Say #30(see entry), I'm sorry to report it's not. This 2015 single edit is 4:05 mins and when I popped on the CD of the 2001 "single edit" (yet another remaster from Wingspan) that too was exactly 4:05. The new single edit(I'm not even sure if it's going on the new box set, maybe not?), did not sound that different from 14 years ago and the accompaning video was clearly rushed. But, let's all enjoy the 5th(or 6th) released version. Rant over. (Besides, to be fair, it is free to listen!)

"It's a tug of war...we expected mooore"- fitting lyric of any of the billion(now assumed) versions of the song, Tug of War. Gotta love it!