ES-SAY #129

New Vinyl- Why Does It Cost So Much?

This Standard Version LP Copy Of "Egypt Station" came out later than expected(Photo Credit:Amazon.com)  

Vinyl. It's something I collect. However, I've had enough of seeing new vinyl for sale.  However, I caved in and purchased Red Rose Speedway(two LP version) to play on my new suitcase record player. It's half price at HMV for £19.99. (I also was shocked to find out that Wings Over America cost £53.99 in the same rack. Keep your album. I'll survive.)

Lately, I don't understand how the recording industry works when they are putting so much time into promoting new vinyl and trying to avoid releasing CDs. The physical copies released are favouring vinyl over CDs and making streaming services the places to listen to music-on-the-go. Modern times that favour vinyl, simply because it's been advertised in rainbow colors is not how I picture(uh, I meant "Picture Disc-ed) the future of buying music.

Upon purchasing the two disc version of Red Rose Speedway, it turned out to have a disadvantage. It was missing nine bonus tracks. Songs like Cmoon and Live and Let Die are nowhere to be heard. Here is the track list(left) compared with my 2-CD version that I bought last year(right)-

  I think I got "snookered." I also took the time to get to my partners computer after receiving this message(below) when I tried to get the MP3 tracks on my phone-

It didn't take very long to get the .ZIP file but then I got both confused and concerned that my head might be on a platter if I didn't bury the 18 individual files in an unobvious place(again, not my computer). This version of the album can't be streamed online but since it's a mishmash anyway, I'm not interested finding it even if it was on Spotify.

The vinyl also wasn't a gatefold and these are the records and booklet(without lyrics, CD version has lyrics).

 19.99 for this version was not what I expected but I'm glad I didn't pay full price. LPs, in my opinion, 180 grams or not, should cost as much as the CD versions. £10 a platter, sounds reasonable as I don't even think it's going to be collectable to a point that justifies the £20+ price tag here-

 It's no mystery but I predict that places like HMV where I bought Red Rose Speedway are not moving inventory very well and prices may come down even lower. I have yet to see people in the shops, like even the local supermarket specifically buying new vinyl. The sales are pretty much coming from places like Amazon.com. Paul McCartney's vinyl releases for Egypt Station was a confusing mess as only one version costing around £40 was available at HMV on release day though several versions were announced. (I cancelled the green vinyl version as it was taking to long after the albums September release to come out).

"New Vinyl Vs Old Vinyl" is no contest for me. I'm all about collecting old vinyl and paying less. As much as I was disappointed in the Red Rose Speedway double LP, as a new LP release, I will take better care in the future.

BTW, Record Store Day is coming up on the 29th of November. Paul is coming out with an LP release of two songs exclusive to RSD. I don't think I have a chance in hell of finding it in a record store, so I will see what it's being sold for on Ebay, later in that day. The Streaming copies will be available a week earlier, so I'll commit to buying those copies instead. You can't go wrong with Egypt Station outtakes(I assume that's what they are...) for £1.98 as compared to the sludge of queuing up outside a Record Store and paying 23.99?!. Record Store Day is fine for some but I've learned my lesson. If you want the Vinyl, don't bother trying to get a Beatles/Paul title at RSD. Do what I did, buy a RSD release years later in a foreign country and then flip out when finding out  TheBeatles.com is selling it online.  

Oh, the joy of new vinyl, it's so shiny!

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ES-Say #128

The Blog With No Point And Little Thought

                         A photo for my website back in 2014 when I started the blog.

Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney(The Blog) has returned, yet there is little to write about since real life had taken precedent. Almost an entire year of personal heath problems that took my focus about music and Paul McCartney in general to take a back seat. I feel less motivated to promote my website so I expect low readership for this post because I'm only going to post the link on my facebook pages. 

 

To be fair, I pretty much have been following what Paul has been up to lately. "Hey Grand Dude!" seemed to have a great publicity campaign but I was unable to get the information out on time(despite earlier posting the pre-order that was announced last year, before my decline in health). I haven't felt that I've got the motivation to keep up and a bit of technology(new phone, old phone, loss of passwords...) is letting me down as well.

I do feel like packing it in, but I'm not going to do that. This blog started due to my Beatles collecting and a distraction to another private matter. I started planning and writing the blog in Florida, USA before continuing in London, UK. I feel as my health has declined but improved, maybe it will inspire myself to go back to the blog's original content.  That's right, the life and times of a Woman who collects Bootleg CDs and doesn't appreciate being "Schooled"(or nicely explained) by other people that I don't know much about The Beatles or Paul McCartney. The Beatles have been part of my life before I officially got to become a "Second Generation" fan. Had my mother not had a crate of Beatles records, a memorable poster, or the fact that I got to perform Beatle songs on stage at Carnegie Hall at age 11, I may not have become the crazy fan I am today. (BTW- Yoko Ono did not break up The Beatles, there are too many other examples to support why Apple collapsed and the band disbanded.)

 

I want to gripe about the Linda McCartney photo tours in Glasgow, Liverpool, and Osaka, Japan not coming to London. This is not my main priority at the moment. I'm still disappointed and have tried to forget that due to illness, I could not attend the Liverpool and London 2018 Paul McCartney concerts. This is all water under the bridge. I'm also in no condition to travel for the next several months, so a part of me hopes there will be no upcoming UK tour.

When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping! I will say I got a great partner(AKA THE FOOT) because he bought me the issue of Radio Times with The Beatles on the cover promoting the 50th Anniversary of The Abbey Road Album. As a magazine collector, it ticks all the boxes- great cover, great article, and announcement about a pop-up Beatles radio station that I heard a bit of. I would have listed longer had my portable DAB radio worked better(kept cutting out), but interesting and got me crying a bit. (Due to illness, crying was due part to my frustration to being unwell, Eleanor Rigby made me lose it for a short time).

When I was able to return to my own home after returning from the hospital, my collection is in a bit of a state. I tried to buy some new magazine racks online but I'll start crying again as I can't assemble the pieces("Return To Sender, Address Unknown"-thanks Elvis!). I'm basically stacking my magazines but I'll need to replace the current files which are made with cheap cardboard and can be described best as "Buckling."

I really want a copy of the Linda McCartney: Polaroid Diaries. I asked for a review copy but I've received nothing. I wished that I'd be able to comment on recent releases. So.....let's see....

1. Linda McCartney: The Polaroid Diaries- Samples of the pictures have been released. I'm still waiting for the review copy or to get it as a Christmas gift.

2. Hey Grand Dude- Not Paul's first children's book. I don't have the other one and I'm not seeing a copy of the new book a the library(probably too popular).

3. Abbey Road 50th Anniversary- On the Christmas List, listened to it on Spotify. I have a Holland version from years back which sounds better and I'm not so impressed with the remastered version. The vocals seem stretched out, I can't really explain the reason why this is.

4. New Linda McCartney Frozen Foods product "Fish Cakes." Tastes like salmon, crispy and good. I miss the "Fish Scampi" product and the "Lasagne" but you can't win them all. 

5. Beatle Calendars- I've ordered a day planner diary for £7(includes shipping). It's probably unofficial. I've seen about 5 different calendars online(2 are probably official). best to wait for 2020 when the price reduces but I'm still on the look out in the shops. The Works, a bookstore/Arts & Crafts, retail store has one on their website but I found it at HMV(see photos).

        
6. The Beatles Singles Collection- Vinyl Release. Something like 20+ new 7" 45rpm of all the Singles. I'll start a "go fund me page" because there is no way in hell I'm spending £187.99. I don't buy box sets anyway for this reason

McCartney On A Budget

The last four CD reissues from Capital from Paul's back catalogue. I wound up with two of them- "Paul is Live"(1993) and the Russian covers album ('88) . I cherry pick my purchases usually but I have standards. For example, I said I don't buy box sets. (There is no major Broad Street release since 1993 Holland reissue, I plan to throw money at that Box Set if it ever sees the light of day). Standards? I meant "bang for bucks." £187.99? (Amazon is asking £194! Not on my radar, sorry!).

             CHOPA B CCCP(1988) is missing- Noooooooooo! I'm looking everywhere

Online, I ordered a "questionable release" of McCartney studio demos. It was a CD I would buy if I had seen it at a an official Record Fair. I can't say if I have all of these tracks from Rude Studios in 1980 but the price was right- Under £20. I have no idea what the quality of the release will be. I can tell what kind of transfer copy it is when I see it. A CD-R it could very well be.

Did I mention how much I miss Jewel CD Cases as well. The modern day cardboard wrinkles up. It's pathetic; it's annoying; it's time to leave you with the question-

Where is my Paul McCartney 1988 Capitol Reissue CD? I need to complain about it's terrible cardboard packaging once I find it....

 

      

 

  

      

 

ES-Say #127

Linda McCartney Retrospective Opens In Glasgow

Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum(above, Photo Credit:goodfreephotos.com)
The McCartney Family with Sarah Brown, have curated a new retrospective gallery showing of Linda McCartney's photographic archival works. It opened today in Glasgow, Scotland at the Kelvingrove museum. Paul McCartney spoke with Radio Scotland to discuss the new event, in a new interview, taped last month, that aired last night. The full Rick Ross Meets...interview is available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006q83

The interview revealed many sentimental reflections concerning Linda McCartney as a Photographer, Animal Activist, Mother, and Wife. Paul and Linda were married for thirty years until her passing in 1998 from Breast Cancer. The McCartney's connection to their farm in Aryll, Scotland combined with their love of Glasgow was of significance to choose Kelvingrove to feature her photography.

You might recall that "Mull of Kintyre" was the hit Wings song based on their home in Aryll. The observational-styled phototography that Linda took around the farm of her family, is displayed alongside with her 1960s photo journalism of Rock Musicians. The scope of her work is also featured in Polaroids and contact sheets. Even though some of these photos have previously been printed in books, and magazines(Linda's photo of Eric Clapton appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone, was the first time the magazine used a female photographer), it is refreshing to re-examine her collection that will be available at the Kelvingrove until January 2020.

Glasgow is a wonderful city, and the Kelvingrove Museum is one of its best tourist attractions. Not to be missed and further information of the Linda Retrospective can be found at https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/
       

In other Linda McCartney news, her 1998 compilation album, Wide Prairie will be released in August on Vinyl and Streaming Download. A Limited Edition, Coloured Vinyl Edition can be purchased now at the Kelvingrove Museum. Unfortunately, the album will not be coming out as a physical copy on CD. (It could be rare to own the original run of the album from 21 years ago.)
This no-CD trend might continue after the July 12th CD Re-Releases of four of Paul's back catalogue albums on MPL/Capitol/UMe. Time will tell, but vinyl maybe ditched in the future as streaming services offer albums conveniently at lower prices and have been favoured over physical copy releases for sometime now.

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ES-SAY #126

The Case of The Missing ES-Says- A Polite Notice

Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney would like to be Frank. You can be whomever you want, but I'm "Frank." Or you might know me by my birth name. I'm too tired to ask if you actually know my name, but I'm definitely not male. I am a grown woman who is extremely angry that three years of my blog is missing.

How could this possibly happen? I blame myself due the fact I didn't know what was going on when it came to this blog. This blog has been visited at least 23,000+ times since 2014, so I feel that I owe it to my actual readers(maybe 13,000 Americans with internet access) to be honest about why I have dropped the usual topics of the ES-Says. When I realised that many blogs had been deleted, I assumed I deleted it. I had returned from a hospital stay and was making many snap decisions.

I'd like to thank Tracey from Australia for agreeing to moderate in my absence. I couldn't ask for a better moderator. But, I know she knows I have the final say on Facebook Group content on "Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney 'Fun Club'"

I created a second facebook group, you might want to check it out, it's called "Paul McCartney Fan News London." It took about 20 mins to decided on that name but I have decided what specific content is appropriate to appear in each of these groups. Each group also has a separate Facebook Page and all falls under my made-up company, RA LTD.

Rhodes Abode, Limited was started unofficially in 1999. I taught myself HTML around that time and created my first website at Brooklyn College, using a free web hosting site called "GEOCITIES."(A very popular platform at the time. The website was called "Glamour Tiger Baby Junkie" and was a photo heavy website featuring Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon. I even had time to create two other sites within a couple years- "Duran Fanland" and "Tigger Taylor"(for John Taylor fans).

Yes, I had three Duran Duran related sites running all at the same time. I created subpages and all the other required links to get traffic to my sites. If you type "What Does GTBJ stand for?" on Google. The top website result from "The free dictionary" says "Glamour Tiger Baby Junkie(blog)" So, Rhodes Abode, LTD must have done something right.

"Duran Fanland" was taken down after an unpleasant comment on the site told me to "drop dead." I was about 23 years old when I got cyber bullied and decided to focus more attention on GTBJ Blog (1999-present, third version). For awhile, I was the only website in the world that had successfully cornered the market on every time Nick or Simon farted. It was definitely up-to-date, original, and respected in the fan community. The band, however, allowed myself, through typing letters to their publicist to ask for permission to use and credit photos that I found online. They have not let this publicity person go but she eventually used to just send blank emails that just said either "OK" or "YES." This communication never lead to any official acknowledgement on the main official Duran Duran website links section, but it was created in the first place to have a visual experience to feature my favourite pictures of Nick and Simon.

Tigger Taylor is long gone, simply because I wasn't that into John Taylor, the default fan favourite or the "Paul McCartney" member of Duran Duran during the second American British Invasion. IMHO, stands for IM[A]HO or "In My Humble Opinion," Duran Duran were the most successful early 1980s band simply down to looks and ability to play instruments. They were christened by the press as "The Fab Five" and the other british groups could not be as commercial successful but got grouped into the new wave scene. Duran Duran had healthy competition from Culture Club, Wham!, and The Eurythmics but they had a stronger fan base that insisted on plastering their walls with more photos of Duran Duran than most of the other groups. There are still fans to this day who claim they in fact are the "True Duranies" despite anyone telling them differently.

Due to their embracing MTV as a new way to sell music and blow up the radio station request line throughout the entire 50 states of America. The young audience went ballistic for the five lads from Birmingham. These fans were at an age where their hippie parents on camera, told the public "It's like Beatlemania all over again" It is argued that the Second British Invasion never led to a Third Invasion(Unless you count Blur and Oasis) mostly due to modern day teen sensations being strictly singing sensations. Spice Girls, One Direction, JLS, N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, and now in 2019, BTS are not known for any proficiency in playing instruments and are not organic. Many of the hottest groups since Oasis were cherry-picked from reality television or created by management teams. (Speak to the people who are the actual "Milli Vanilli" they will explain the singing trickery better than I can).

Right- So as I consider myself to be a Second-Generation Beatle fan. I decided to start Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney as a blog that would feature reviews, opinions, and other various topics that involved Paul McCartney's career from a fans perspective. Recently, the blow of losing my ES-Says has had me take inventory as to what I want to do going forward.

As a general rule, my website is usually family-friendly to read but we do not talk about children related to Sir Paul under the age of 18. (I've had this policy with all of my blogs due to wanting appropriate content to be a main focus. Same policy goes for not featuring the Paparazzi photos unless the person is aware that they are being photographed*)

HTML and I have parted ways, but I am considering creating other projects in the future.

I hope you will come along with our journey into the unknown. Come Rain or Come Shine, something is definitely "Coming Up."

PS. If anyone can tell NSATPM why "The Paul McCartney" bought shares in the Green Bay Packers this month after being the fourth only big concert event to play in the Football Stadium this month, we would be greatly appreciative...

* If you remember that Paul McCartney flipped the bird to the Paps while on vacation earlier this year, that would be an example of photos allowed to be shown.

ES-Say #125

"Scrambled" Comedy About McCartney's "Yesterday"

Sky Arts Controversial Series tells a mysterious Beatles story

Urban Myths Series 3, Episode 7, explains the humourous creation of Yesterday and premiered on 22/5/19. The half hour series had been previously blasted publicly for its Michael Jackson episode from another series. This might explain why the "Paul Is Dead" myth wasn't even considered. The creation of this "safe" episode turns out to be decent. It is a bit one note because it assumes that Paul, in November 1963, dreaming up "Yesterday" was an overwhelming problem to the point of annoying anyone he spoke with for at least the month.

The program opens with the actor playing McCartney to look similar, in a side view profile, to Paul in the opening shot when sat at the piano to test out the chords he's dreamt up. However, by the time we realise that he is living with The Asher family, as the character goes to wake up girlfriend, Jane, promising no funny business, the rest of the show goes from intriguing to increasingly boring. How else can we explain how a Beatles mini biopic that has one notible actor, Hugh Dennis, as Jane's father, features no one else with known acting credits, except how to emulate Beatles?  The show even decides Jane's brother and Paul's friend Peter Asher should be uncasted and their little sister has higher priority to be included as "Zelda."(Clare is the actual name of the youngest Asher).

The comedy only seems to come from about three sources- Puns revealing titles of future Beatles compositions, the other three Beatles being sour at Paul, mostly for not living in the same London home as them, and Paul's persistent interest in asking, well, anyone(Including the 15 Beatles Fans at the doorstep of the Asher's), "Have you heard this song before?" It is funny when he calls both Cliff Richard and Mick Jagger to play guitar over the phone, but the rest is bland comedy.

Yes, the actor playing Paul turns out to nail down his early 60s voice but is no way more good looking than the other actors playing John, Ringo, or George(whom is portrayed as a Gigolo...seriously!). It does manage to get John and Paul to have a heartfelt talk about their writing partnership but until this scene happens near the end, most of the characters have already moaned that Paul has, in fact, wrote an original composition. Jane Asher seems the most irritated with Paul's song obsession and he agrees he can enjoy the holiday away she wants after his John chat scene ends.

There is a bit of fact checking to consider in this program but nothing outstanding inaccurate. However, It won't be getting any awards for its England depiction of Beatlemania in 1963(surely a predecessor to the upcoming British Invasion should have been shown their day-to-day schedule of playing in concert or on the road most days.)

It's a 3 out of 5 star review from us. Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney would like to have gotten back that 1\2 hour back in our lives but it was worth reviewing. Visit us on Facebook for updates on the current West Coast leg of the Freshen Up Tour.

ES-Say #124

Egypt Station Explorer's Edition Ate My Homework

Editor's Note- Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney is back after a six month hiatus. It seems that we were either hacked or deleted about 60 blogs, and only our 1st 60 blogs can be accessed. What has happened is not a tragedy but maybe a fresh start. ( Rather, a fresh start for a fresh mouth. ) But, what would you expect us to write about a repackaged 2019 Egypt Station which technically charted for five weeks before dropping off the US and UK charts when released in September of 2018?

This morning, I woke up early and discovered that the Egypt Station Explorer's Edition had been released. I found the album available on Spotify(I have a monthly 9.99 subscription). Now, since the February 2019 announced "Traveller's Edition" has been presumed to be released last week, and it's a £400 investment with payment instalment options, we will not be discussing that ludicrously priced limited edition box set. Instead, I would like to moan about the Explorer's edition because I don't understand what the motivation was for releasing a few B-sides and Live tracks along with the original album. This is a pricing problem and a quality problem. This release is a disappointment due to the physical copies not offering enough bonus material to reflect the sale price.

The album is available in 2-CDs(£21), SHM-CD(Japanese £40+), and three vinyl discs for £74.28(Amazon UK) or £51.99(Paul's UK website store). It's probably wise to not get a physical copy and get a streaming copy from ITunes(£12.99), Google Play(£9.99), or Spotify. There is no video material so it really isn't a major release to go broke for.

CD1- Original September 2018 Egypt Station

CD2- The one that got me so hopped up to wake up the Foot(our blog nemesis who dislikes Paul) and start cursing about animal-testicle high prices.

Fine, I said "Monkey Balls" but that's very immature and flippant, so I'd better explain the content of CD2 with the B-sides and Live material that made me wake a person up.

CD2 is officially called "Egypt Station II" and my review of the songs included in the track listing.


Egypt Station II

1 Get Started- HMV/Target exclusive released with September 2018 physical copies-
2 Nothing For Free- HMV/Target exclusive released with September 2018 physical copies

Two decent B-sides, that are musically stronger that some of the song lyrics. These are catchy tunes.

3. Frank Sinatra's Party

I suggest you listen to Bananarama's Robert De Niro's Waiting instead of this name-dropping, goes nowhere song about a fictional party Paul may have attended.

4 Sixty Second Street- This is another themed or recycled "Come On To Me". Sweet, yes, original, no. I get it he's looking for a hook up but this was already clearly established on "Come On To Me"

5 Who Cares [Full Length]- Longer version of the song with instrumental extension after the 3min mark. This is a good extended version.

6 Get Enough- The Auto-Tuned, dropped early this year single track has now gained automatic advancement to a quality McCartney track as it's not as poor as tracks 3 & 4. Get Enough has a unique sound and beautiful theme that the auto-tune actually is welcomed.

7 Come On To Me [Live At Abbey Road Studios]
8 Fuh You [Live At The Cavern Club]
9 Confidante [Live At LIPA]
10 Who Cares [Live At Grand Central Station]

Tracks 7-10 are mixed to have the audience cheers lower in background during these soundboard recordings to focus strictly on the stage performance.

"Confidante" was the best of these live tracks and presumably rarer to include as LIPA, aka Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, was given less attention when compared to the Spotify promotion of Grand Central Station(should still be easily available to hear the NYC show)

Next week, Paul start his American West Coast May/June tour. This seems as the explorer edition and the recent  Professor Longhair recording CDs could be sold with new merchandise.

Stick to getting a t-shirt and consider a Spotify account. I'd hate to meet the people who shelled out £50-£70 for vinyl. Capitol Records has failed Paul when it comes to repackaging his vinyl releases for Egypt Station. Nothing less than too late and too expensive to push albums for a new 16 date USA tour. The recent South America and UK tours did not have additional music releases on sale. Missed opportunities and low physical copy(mostly vinyl) promotion have back burned Egypt Station.

This is probably the biggest sales problem, pushing vinyl that is not selling at reasonable price points. I would hope the next release is of better material and stays in the charts longer, but ultimately cheaper to physically purchase and stick to better release schedules. (Colour vinyl versions and standard Egypt Station LPs weren't released to HMV when the 2018 version came out)

Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney is changing. Try and keep up but we promise to never use "monkey balls" to describe any Paul McCartney album again.

ES-Say #65 My Temporary Secretary- Switching To Weekend Blogging

                                             Cheer Up! It's Not All That Bad..
Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney, your favourite blog, the one you read religiously, is now forced to update ES-Says on the weekend. (Pause a moment to throw a tantrum...I'll count to ten...)

BETTER NOW????

OK, so your demanding an explanation and I'm prepared to give you a bunch of info. It is simple, I now have switch working from Part-Time to Full-Time so I can continue to spend all my earnings on Paul McCartney! This will surely allow Paul to thank me by performing a private concert in my living room, so I'm really looking forward to throwing more money at him!

But, any gratitude from Paul from my support of income will have to take place between Friday nights and Sunday evenings. I've already mentioned I will have to use the weekend to update this blog. I don't know if Paul is prepared to stop singing "Til There Was You" repeatedly to me, directly playing from my couch, because I need quiet times to write on a Saturday morning. I'm prepared to ask Paul to sing loudly outside my house "Fixing A Hole" during these times to attract a builder. (I've given up waiting for anyone to rebuild the side of my the house that a car drove through...true story)

Paul McCartney will be allowed to return to his normal work schedule on a Monday when I no longer require his serenading services. However, during the week, our Facebook Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney Blog "Fun Club" Group and Twitter feed(as seen on the blog) will be updated when necessary.

I am sad to report that the home collection of various Beatles/McCartney stuff will be neglected! It is assumed that my "Goodnight Tonight" LP 45' collection is going to become pathetic without the constant digging through vendor boxes to find them. I want all the international copies. Heck, I keep saying I'll get a tattoo on my ankle that says "Adios A La Noche" in homage yet I fear chickening out. (Tattoos apparently hurt...like heck).

To be a fan only on weekends has become tedious already. You try fast forwarding through a three-hour fundraising program from the day before just for some revival skit that Paul is possibly in for 30 seconds. In the olden days, when working part time, I would've seen it live on a Friday night during a day off. Being off on the weekends only now, means that everything has to be condensed into "highlights of the week". It feels like jumping from being "the first to know" to "the last to know." I can't even participate in "Fan Art Friday" feature from PaulMcCartney.com.

This is going to stink, but I hope you'll stick around for all the weekend drama I hope to write about. Maybe my dream of "Scribe Saturday" can become a reality on PaulMcCartney.com.

We know I can't draw a picture...at all.

ES-Say #64 When I'm 64, I'll stop doing audio blogs.


Due to either being busy, writer's block or extreme dumbness, I decided to make this ES-Say in a YouTube video. I was going to just make it an audio stream for Soundcloud, but everytime I tried to upload the audio, it would not work. I gave up after several hours and then waited another day to create a YouTube Video. This is what I winded up posting.

My G-D. I've GOT to get back to writing, but I need some ideas. You might even feel inclined to suggest one. I'm sure you were entertained from this new audio blog, but it took more time than I wanted to take. That's why this video looks rushed. But, I think for ten minutes, you might be mildly amused.  Here, below, was a photo from 2009's Good Evening New York City CD booklet that I had originally planned to use for a regular written entry. The album will be discussed in the audio video thingy.
Let's hope I don't cop out by not writing a proper ES-Say for "ES-Say #65-What The Heck Happened to ES-Say #64"***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ***Title to change, just waiting for the next pressing topic.

 

 

 

 

 

ES-Say #63 Can't Recognise Ringo? Me Either...

 

                                                Time to chat about Mr. Conductor....
Recently, The National Enquirer newspaper has decided to publish a story concerning Paul McCartney dealing with a "Alzheimer's Horror". I didn't read the article, because I was too busy reading legitimate press about Paul possibly touring this year. In fact, I thought the headline on the cover said "Can't Remember Ringo" in which I thought was the funniest thing I've seen in months. I thought it would be perfect to blog about how I, myself, can't remember Ringo. Then I found out, I hadn't paid attention and the headline was about NOT recognizing Ringo and it was- "Can't remember words to songs." 

I really don't think it matters if Paul ever forgets the words to a song like "Hey Jude," because everyone at recent McCartney concerts continues to sing this song for at least a hour long during the show. The audience would still attend Paul shows no matter how old or frail he may become. Last time I checked, that day hasn't arrived and Paul, ever the showman, can continue to be the best musician we all enjoy to experience live.

Now, let's talk about Ringo. Firstly, I do not dislike Ringo, but he is my least favourite solo artist. Why? Aside from the fact that I like most of his Beatles output with songs like "Don't Pass Me By" and "Boys," I really have no love for own career. The All Star Band? Sounds good to me. Am I going to get OTT about it? Not likely.

I think I knew Ringo was a Beatle when I was young, as when my little sister was a baby and began watching "Shining Time Station" on Channel 13 WNET(a PBS station). I'm pretty sure the publicity surrounding the program was less about "Thomas The Tank Engine" and more about "Beatle Ringo Starr." Maybe my mother had to sing "Yellow Submarine" to remind me who the guy was but I did realise he did not sound "American". I mean, he had a memorable storytelling voice but was no "Mr Rodgers." I probably lost interest and turned on "Saved By The Bell," while my sister threw a tantrum because I "made Thomas go bye-bye"(even toddlers were less impressed with "Mr Conductor" as Ringo didn't continue long with the program).

While it's impressive that Ringo had a string of solo hits in the early 1970s. I don't own a Ringo Starr solo album and these hits like "It Don't Come Easy" and "Photograph" are pleasant enough, the other three Beatles- John, George, and Paul, have been more meaningful for me to....like them better. Also, radio airplay probably gave me more of a taste with the other solo Beatles. I chose to like Paul best and that's the way it has been. Also, the way things have turned out, I bet one day I might even meet Ringo(Obviously, I don't get to meet Paul, I really can't be bothered to change the name of this blog).

However, I don't think I would start a conversation with "So, you know a talking train!"

We can't fake what we don't remember. I'm sure Ringo will not lose sleep with one less fan of his...

Ladies and Gents, Congratulations, Pee Wee's secret word was "Busy" and that's what you may have realised- I'm too busy to promote ES-Say #63. It's your turn! Join our Twitter or Facebook group, and mention that because your such a big fan of this blog, you read it first and you must send around our link. "What a rat that Meredith Evonne is, too "BUSY"(Chairy is flipping out now, you read the secret word!)...to tell people she blogged because now she is Stella McCartney's best (yeah, right) friend....oh look Cute Beatle Paul!

   
Distractions...like Butterflies are Bussing round our heads- Is that how the song goes????????
 

 

ES-Say #62

ES-Say #62 Saying Anything To Stella McCartney(at Harrods, Spring 2016)

                                        Oh yes, it really happened...and I got free cookies! 

                               "OK, so now that's six Beatle points that you've gained today..."

Since 1834, London's Harrods department store has been a mecca for many things. I don't know what those things are, but it involves expensive clothing on sale from top fashion designers.  Occasionally, you may even meet one of those designers and talk about a gorgeous handbag that is 3-months worth of your paycheck-to-paycheck existence. But, don't cry for me Argentina, for I am fortunate to say that I met the real-life daughter of "The Paul McCartney"(who probably is still best friends with Madonna)- Let's hear it for Stella McCartney!!! Yaaaaaaaay!

Look, I can't entirely understand what the hell happened today, but I can tell you it was much better than what the hell happened at the James McCartney concert in December(ES-Say #50). I say that I'm confused because all my efforts to meet "The Paul McCartney" never have materialised. I actually will strongly tell people, from experience to "forget it" because I have spent no less than eight hours waiting outdoors after being told I should have waited a minimum of two days. I do not listen to my own advice and the "new-unannounced-CD-that-HE-may-or-may-not-do-a-signing-for" clock is waiting to be wound. But, let's not get ahead of ourselves and begin our "The Stella McCartney" story. (Sorry for this Fan Girl start but I had to get it out of my system...)

After two days of preparation(I did my nails), I decided that I would visit Harrods, for at least the chance to enter their contest to win Stella McCartney merchandise. Hundred of pounds of prizes waiting to be won, so why not to me? Even if I never got near Stella, I also knew that classic arcade games and a photo booth were going to be available to the public to have some fun with. I tried to distract myself with good thoughts that didn't involve meeting a celebrity because if I thought to long about it, I would have gone back to bed. Every time I seriously thought about the event(as in meeting Stella), I thought I might forget how to speak so I considered if I did get to Say Anything it would be about her brand of clothing. There was no way I would start a conversation with "so when was the last time you spoke to your dad, The Paul McCartney?" I was thinking sensible and trying to practice using "Falabella" (one of her signature handbags,) in a sentence.

I arrived about an hour before the start time of noon. I was reminded that I get claustrophobic in department stores when I got lost trying to find the first floor. 15 minutes later after passing a Swimwear department that didn't seem to lead to anywhere, I walked passed the event site. Quickly, I had the attention of several Harrods employees as I wrote my name on a contest entry and stuck into an empty clear box. Shortly, a couple other entries were visible. A 1\3 chance to be a winner left me with a smile on my face as I hammed it up in the photo booth. Then, I went to look at the free play coin-opperated style arcade games. 

                                                   Lisa Marie Presley?! Is she here too????

After about five games of playing Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, & Elvis pinball, people began to show up. It quickly became about fifty people filling out contest entries. Well, better luck next time with my odds now increased to lose, I focused on a Stella fan head-to-toe in the McCartney label clothing waiting nearby. I wanted to see if she knew "A Taste Of Honey" but gave that snarky thought up when three actual runway-styled models stood together to show off their Stella line clothing. Three songs began playing on a loop, one which included a lady rap star on vocals. I assumed, from the fourth row that was surrounding a pattened leather(?) bench that something would be starting. (It didn't)

The crowd moved up after the models walked away. I spotted a Harrods security guard pass the bench. Still nothing happened, leaving enough time to delete photos on my camera. By this time I wished the free lemonade servers were going to return because it was getting very warm surrounded by people who's left-hands were replaced with mobile phones. Abracadabra, the flashes went off and I had not realised that "The Stella McCartney" had appeared. But, when I heard her call out something that wasn't "Meredith Evonne" as a contest winner, I knew I missed a trick to be more alert to what was happening around me.

Everyone again started to move up to be in a disorganised mob heading slowly towards Stella. One Harrods employee got the bright idea that the mob should "form a line" which became useful as I was now instantly in the "if you want a photo" line. Stella got the idea fast that she was required to only pose for selfies. I rumaged into my £30 brown bowling bag for a sharpie. "Screw the photo, let me get her autograph!" I thought, as I handed somebody my camera and was now next in the receiving line.

Here's how it went down-

Me: Hello, would you be able to sign for me?
Stella pleasantly taking my Stella McCartney catalogue and marker
(pause for a second of cricket noise)

Me(talking way too fast): The Falabella! I love the spring one with the yellow flowers..bla bla, but it's not here today..
Stella(cool as a cucumber) lets me know that in fact it is available in the collection and even in the bigger version.

(someone wants us to pose for photos with my camera. This guy employee might have been thinking- "wrap it up or face the wrath of the wealthy regular Harrods customers holding up their iphone left hands".)
Me(to Stella): Thank you, it was really nice to meet you.
Stella(smiles or nicely says goodbye)

Exit Stage Left.

As the next receiving line I was waiting on was in a Starbucks, I had a few thoughts. One was hunger(forgot to eat at all that morning), the other was "her personality reminds me of Linda...nice and easy-going." This evening at home, as I ran to wash off the Juicy Couture perfume I rarely wear, I got ready to update the blog I never mentioned to "The Stella McCartney".

"I am starving, what's in the freezer?" I said out loud to nobody. "Frozen Linda McCartney Burgers? Let's go with that..."

Yahtzee! Here at "Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney" we'd like to remind you that if you have any interest in more photos and a video from this event lots of posh people have already done this because they have Instagram. But, we have Twitter and Our NSATPM Facebook Group here which we expect to have updated with "group only" exclusives during this week. If you consider 74 members exclusive because they get to see our full dorky photos, we really can't blame you for laughing(and loudly, for real people to hear).   

ES-Say #61 How VIP Do We Gotta Get To Save My Beatles Collection?

NSATPM'S Beatles\McCartney Vinyl & CD Collection (well, some of it...)

Look, I am well aware that Paul McCartney acted like, well Paul McCartney, when denied access to a Grammy's party. Yet, I really didn't give a toss because I had a huge emergency to deal with. That's right, I was also denied access to a seemingly effortless place to get into-My own home. 

If I learned anything this week, is that even people who are a shoo-ins to gain entry to places, meaning they have every right to be somewhere, might not be 100% allowed to stay inside. 

McCartney dealt with a bouncer, I dealt with the Police. McCartney wasn't allowed to party, I wasn't allowed to sleep in my own bed. (I think your getting the hint, I had a huge problem as I was evacuated due to fears of building collapse). 

Not once, in the four and a half days of being displaced and blocked off from entering my home did I wonder "Hmm, I should have fled with my brand-new T-shirt from PaulMcCartney.com!" Mostly my frustrations started with only having the clothes on my back, no medicines, and possibly 30 dead tropical fish. Who or what the hell is "TYGA"?

As I had access to our NSATPM's Facebook "Fun Club" , I was able to inform others about Paul's social misfortune. I posted this picture first in our hugely popular(yeah, right) club.

Tuesday's Daily Mail(above)which was kindly placed in my lap that day. (didn't save it)

And so, to distract myself from insurance company promises of maybe coming to assess my home for safety & hatching future plans to break into my own house to save Slappy The Catfish, I thought about Paul McCartney for five minutes. "Oh, yes, I've left behind valuable Beatles collectibles of which I have been hoarding for twenty years-crumbs!"

To be honest, about the news reporting about McCartney giving some light jokey retort to a bouncer is amusing, because you can replay the action of the incident by imaging Paul's voice. The fact that Paul has such a well-recognised Beatlely(Ed Note: made up word alert!) voice, it's amazing that "TYGA" wasn't send dead fish wrapped in newspaper..oh wait...

Surprise! All my tropical fish are alive(including Paul Ramon and Slappy). But now that I'm no longer faced with homelessness(a real word), I can get back to worrying about the fate of my entire Beatles collectibles and Paul McCartney's latest laugh riot of the week-"I'M PAUL MCCARTNEY, BIOTCH!" he must of thought....

Did you miss us this week? Share your concern on Twitter(see Wiget) and send us some cute Beatlely Paul photos. You know you want to....

ES-Say #60 OH YEAH! Paul's love is now in (line) for Skype

An Official Paul McCartney "Sticker" for Skype competitor, Line(above)

Popular Microsoft-owned webcam/chat service, Skype, boasts that Paul McCartney has added Mojis exclusively for Valentine's Day. Paul McCartney.com(Paul's official website), has dutifully released a press statement about this project. However cute this idea is- basically new recording of musical love-themed sound effects for Skype users to jazz up their chat discussions with friends, I call a bit of veggie bologna. My argument is not with McCartney, per se, but with the claim on his official Facebook page that " Paul has teamed up with Skype to compose the music for the world’s first Audio Mojis"

World's first Audio Mojis? I don't have the time to check if that statement is true, but even if it is, who cares? We are talking about something that isn't really pioneering enough to stick on a CV. In a way, it's like standing on your head, naked, in your shower, while whistling "Band On The Run". Nobody has done that yet, but they can, and that would be a "World's First" also. Maybe I'm wrong but a couple months ago, using Skype, I found Muppet Mojis on the site. For example, I sent a Miss Piggy one, where for two seconds you hear "Kissy Kissy" and see a short video clip of the Muppet.

Credited as "Love Mojis- Music by Paul McCartney" are found first in the Mojis Skype section. There are ten animated cartoons to choose from, ranging from a bouquet-giving Moose to a Sumo Wrestler Cupid. It's impressive that Paul can be heard vocally & using a Moog synthesizer. Yet, because these Mojis are meant to be presented as sound clips, each one is only about five seconds in length. Technically, it IS "new music" from Paul but the charm of this was the time constraint requirement of the project. In fact, some of it, like the Flirting!(Banana), is basically Paul instrumentally jamming on a few notes. The whole thing feels like a teaser for possible new songs in the future!

                                            A 2015 "Sound Sticker" for the Line App
But, as far as a "World's First" accomplishment for Skype, maybe due to the original animation specially designed for the app, this is something they haven't tried. It isn't the first audio clip(or Mojis) available. Also, who remembers the app recording Paul did for Skype competitor, Line, all the way back, last year? I'll let Paul McCartney.com tell you all how ground breaking that was too. Click Here-Paul Voices New Sound Stickers On Line

Maybe the powers that be, should tweak these "World's First" declarations with Skype to be "World's first audio moijs that are absolutely free!" That's right, despite the several hundreds you spent on your home computer, you no longer have to shell out the £1.49($2.25) for the Asian-based Line Sound(Audio-call it what you like) Paul McCartney in-app stickers! ROCK & ROLL!**

I love that Paul McCartney always wants to be fresh and try new things, but maybe not everything needs a fanfare.

Not Saying Anything to Paul McCartney has a Facebook Group, which you are always welcome to join, it's fun, informative and now nearing 76 members here https://www.facebook.com/groups/854974464528645/

**If you want to spend some money on "Chat with Paul McCartney" on Line-https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/4266/en or test it out the audio absolutely free...

SEE YOU!

ES-Say #59 "Jameson!" Paul on SNL(1993)

The YouTube video(above) features audio of two "Off The Ground"Lp songs from the 13/2/1993 SNL show ("Hey Jude" was the 3rd song included in the show).

It's hard for myself to understand that it's been 23 years since Paul McCartney appeared on Saturday Night Live to promote "Off The Ground". As I was in High School at the time, and recently became a fan of McCartney as a solo artist, due to the single release of "Hope Of Deliverance". I will refer you back to ES-Say #4 in which I discuss how this newfound interest led to a juvenile fight.

Saturday Night Live(SNL), the popular NYC sketch program, was highly popular among my peers. Some of the cast in 1993(like Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, David Spade) would become even more popular in years to come, but SNL was the comedy training ground for up-and-coming actors. The live program came on at 11:35pm that Saturday night. I don't remember the month or date, but I remember hitting "record" on my VCR when host Alec Baldwin began his opening monologue and he paused momentarily for effect to loudly inform the audience that "Paul McCartney Is Here!"

Even if I was well psyched and watched at least half the program live, more than likely, I would have fallen asleep by midnight and watched the rest on Sunday morning. Usually, even if you taped the program or not, by Monday morning at school, you could fill someone in on the main sketches(at least shown up to "Weekend Update").

As the years passed, and YouTube and streaming videos on the internet didn't exist until the next decade, I watched the blank video copy I made of the '93 for a long time until I lost the video years later. (A bootleg DVD may be my only option of recovering the full telecast).

Not surprisingly, the sketch in the program where Paul was "Interviewed" by the late Chris Farley is most fondly remembered("I wasn't really dead!" Paul said assuringly to the nervous character of Farley). Alec Baldwin had memorable moments, as well, in this episode, but he is usually always associated to the "Schwetty Balls" sketch from another episode. However, I think we need to review my recollection of "The Mimic" the first live sketch after the monologue from this McCartney\Baldwin episode. (good luck finding this one clip outside the US or on non-NBC streaming services)

Julia Sweeney and Alec Baldwin in "The Mimic" (SNL Season 18\Episode 13)

"The Mimic" (AKA Mimic See, Mimic Do) featured Baldwin in a spy-spoof character("The Mimic") with a catchy theme song ("TheMimicTheMimic..THE MIM-ICK!). A rich lady(played by Sweeney) invites "The Mimic" to her estate to help solve a mystery(maybe her husband was kidnapped?). "The Mimic" hilariously tries to "Mimic" the rich lady's voice over the phone to the kidnappers which is poorly and unconvincingly imitated.*

The rich lady gets fed up and calls in her butler, Jameson, played by none other than Paul McCartney! Jameson(Paul) walks in and begins to say a line but then waits to speak as, the SNL live audience, cheers loudly for a bit. (Ed. Note-Paul may have walked out once during the scene and comes back during the end, but this will be recalled as one, rather than two scenes)
The rich lady, at this point has had enough of the phony impressions "The Mimic" had originally declared to her were genuine. She get angry and instructs Jameson to "thrown him out". "The Mimic" at this point is mimicking (or mocking) the rich lady's instructions to her butler at the same time.

Paul as Jameson, goes to sort out "The Mimic," who turns his voice(terribly) into a Liverpudlian accent ("you cont get rid of me, eyem yoooou!). The SNL audience, as well as myself watching at home, was inconsolable with laughter as Paul wearing a dark butlers uniform, takes on a serious manner to act as security, to "eject" the fraudster, and the scene ends.

Now that over twenty years have passed some of the lesser known parts of this McCartney episode are forgotten. To me, it was a showcase of Paul's wit(during a few different cameos in other skits) and performance style with the new songs. I grew to love this line up of the full band(including Linda, Wix, and Hamish) during this period. His appearance on the show either got me to buy "Off The Ground" on cassette around this time and I began to be more interested in the Beatles than previously before.

Linda McCartney's whistle solo during "Get Outta My Way" must have been the albums selling point for me, I was still an "impressional" (like "The Mimic") teenager and it was truely unforgetable memory of watching this episode.

If you want to see the official transcript order of the 1993 program Click this link here

*recollections are hazy after 20 years, this is how I think it happened.

ES-Say #58 Australia Still Loves Paul McCartney. Do Not Be Fooled!

There has been a bit of backlash in the press over the Australia Day message that Paul McCartney released on social media last week. Here's an article written about the brouhaha- The Daily Telegraph. To summarize, some comments on Instagram, were less than favourable due to the the photo used for the message. This photo was a press picture from fourteen years ago, promoting his planned tour of the country that was subsequently cancelled. A number of Australian fans, have since complained that the Australia day message is causing them to, (for a better word)  relive the situation surrounding the cancelation.

A rumor has also developed based on this message that Paul hinted at returning for a tour. His message mentioned "Watch Out For Flying Kangaroos!". This could be a cryptic message. Unless he meant the comment literally, there seems that there could be some truth to a tour.

The fact that the media, in recent times, likes to use social media comments of the public to report the overall feelings of a particular issue seems a bit slanted. Unless there is a mob at the British Embassy protesting this message of good will on Australia Day, I can never understand how a sample of comments lean towards generalised facts. While some public comments have not been favourable, I would like to point out that over 36,000 fans liked this message posted on Facebook. I'm not suggesting that the 36,000 are Australian, but it shows that generally not everyone was up in arms.
It doesn't always seem accurate when news stories are created based on a selection of backtalk, especially when Australian fans have had fourteen years to decide to either hold a grudge due to his 2002 cancelation or not give a Kangaroo either way. Everyone has varied opinions, but they can't always be counted as facts to lead news reports.

I found a facebook group called 20 years since Paul McCartney's last Aussie tour is not fair dinkum . 170 people like this group, which hasn't been updated for three months. I don't know what "dinkum" is but as the population of Australia in 2013 was 23.13 million people, I can't really agree that the situation of Paul not touring Australia is "not fair dinkum."

Publicity, good or bad is always good for musicians because it is an example that people are aware of your "brand". Yet, if a negative news story of Paul McCartney in the future is to be reported it would be more helpful for these stories to be edited with accurate data.

They might want to take it to an impartial vote- Dinkum or No Dinkum...

Speaking of social media, do you know we have a Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney Twitter page(see the widget on this page). Also, you can join our Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney "Fun Club" Group on Facebook. (we have way less that 170 members, but I'm not making the outrageous claim that it's the best Paul McCartney facebook group on the internet. That's for you to decide.)      

ES-Say #57 Paul McCartney To Tour, Sometime, This Year...

Same Time Next(or This) Year? Macca Fans Are Waiting For Official Tour Information, not yet forthcoming.

According to a recent Beatles Examiner article , Rolling Stone hinted in a photo caption that Paul would be returning to touring in 2006. Regardless, this isn't new information as PaulMcCartney.com(the official website) is basically telling people to "watch this space." Rumors of countries that will be stops on the not-yet-named new tour(as the three year"Out There" tour has supposedly ended)  have been speculated. The only confirmed date is the Chris Evans charity event in June. The recent David Bowie tribute concert in NYC that was planned rumoured that Paul will attending, but confirmation hasn't materialised.

Are you with me so far? In a nutshell, PaulMcCartney.com hasn't updated their website with any new tour information. For myself, this is not a major concern, as frankly, I'm broke. I don't have money saved up that would support flying to a show or enough for a decent view seat. I can wait until this tour news irons itself out, and I think there's no point refreshing websites to get the latest tour news. I can tell you, it won't be a secret. I'm going to get at least a minimum of about 10 emails when anything is announced. So, unless I stop reading my emails daily, I will definitely hear about tour dates.

Do I want to attend a show this year? Most definitely! The only thing I can't stand is quick onsale dates. In other words, a couple days after an announcement, tickets are available for pre-sale. The Foot Bomber(our official blog nemesis) turns into the most angry and possessive Foot, during this time. He will not leave the room or refuse to "give up" the computer about an hour before the nightmare(aka buying concert tickets) starts. Myself, I get tunnel vision and every answer out my mouth is "what time is it?" as all I care about when the box office(or Ticketmaster) opens. You can only imagine how awkward life becomes when one person is taunting the other by repeatedly singing "The Frog Chorus"(The Foot Bomber) and the other, myself, whom strongly dislikes "The Frog Chorus" is yelling "Cut it out! WHAT TIME IS IT!!!"

There is only a sigh of relief and remembering to eat and bathe after securing Paul McCartney tickets. But, I don't feel like skipping meals or showers anytime soon. I would also like some "Peace In The Neighbourhood" with my relationship to The Foot Bomber. Fighting over Paul McCartney is a very silly thing to fight over.

I will try to direct any anger towards Ticketmaster, they do get away with a lot of silly charges!

ED Note: We'd like to thank BeatleLinks.Net (click here) for adding the blog to its index. Much appreciated.     

ES-Say #56 The Year Of The Charity Shops

An example of a recent find from a charity shop- a 1986 music score book for £1.50

That's it! I'm declaring that 2006 is the year where I try to increase my personal McCartney\Beatles collection by adding bargains found from charity shops or collecting through other means. 

Now, don't be confused because I said "other means". I'm just saying that in general, because if, let's say "Back To The Egg"(on vinyl) falls out of a bird's nest and hits me in the head, I'm keeping it. I will not be "stealing" or "cheating" anyone to receive McCartney items(besides, I did that already last year...*). This is a New Year's resolution to try and save money by being thrifty.**

Yes, I'm usually extremely thrifty, but I'm going to make a bigger effort. It is in my best interest to try and work towards an expensive, but worthy goal of going to Liverpool. If going to Liverpool happens in the near future, you might never hear the end of it. As going to Merseyside might take longer to happen then I anticipate, even with cutting down on the collecting, thankful my dear readers have probably eighteen more months of nessary content. Going on and on about Elenor Rigby's headstone will probably lead to the demise of this site. Some people might be pleased about that, but I hope to not turn people off with redundant fan girl drivel.

Usually, I plan trips to record conventions or even far away record stores through out the year. This I plan to limit this year. If it costs more money in expenses(ie. travel, entry fees) than it does to buy a 45 rpm, I want to avoid doing it. I actually enjoy making little effort for a collectable. The photo of the music score(above) for example. To buy that, I rolled out of bed and took a ten minute walk. I used all the collecting skills I normally use- gazing at stuff for long periods of time- and voila! I spent little money, it presumably went to charity, and I continue to have fit legs(from walking).

 

Oh yeah, let's not forget the book! I really like having the music scores because then I can sing out loud proudly to Beatles hits! Besides that, it makes me reflect on the wonderful Wings music score book that I found at The Strand, a famous bookstore in NYC. I paid about $18.00 for it and that includes whatever cheap price the subway was over a decade ago. Currently, I'm not sure where the book is(another redundant story) but it probably is first print and from the 1970s. 

Give me about 18 months to find it, and I can devote an entire blog to that, followed by something about a gravestone...

Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney would like to thank the following people this month- Jorie Gracen, The Macca Report , Our Facebook Fun Group, Our Twitter Page wigetted on the right, people who like horror movies, people that waited like a month for this ES-Say, My mom, The Foot Bomber, THE Paul McCartney(even though I'm not saying anything to him), and David Bowie(RIP).

*I lied, I'm awesome

**Who knows? It's a resolution(rather than a revolution!) 

***Ed Note: ????? We think it's a Beatles pun...typical! 

ES-Say #55 To Stream, Or Not To Stream? A Handy Guide For Streaming The Beatles(& Paul McCartney).

This month, The Beatles albums have been made available to popular music streaming websites, such as Google Play & Spotify. Now, you and your loved ones can download or stream most of the core catalogue of Beatles tunes. Gear Fab, right?

Unfortunately, this streaming opportunity may be confusing as hell for some folks. Not to worry, here is Not Saying Anything To Paul McCartney blog's handy dandy FAQs!

NSATPM's Handy Guide For Streaming The Beatles & Sir Paulie FAQs
Q1- What is streaming?
A1- I don't know how it actually works, sorry...

Q2-But, what does it mean that I can "Stream The Beatles?"
A2-I don't understand how anyone can "Stream The Beatles", but you can now listen to their songs through popular websites.

Q3-What do popular websites have to do with any of this "Streaming" business?
A3- I'm so glad you asked that, well these websites want some more money, so they thought they should offer The Beatles as a option to their subscribers and to attract new customers.  

Q4-OK, fine, now The Beatles are "an option" to stream?

A4- I just basically mean that if you have "Spotify" you are able to listen to The Beatles.

Q5- But, I listen to The Beatles on 8-Track and Reel-to-Reel!

A5- Sorry Mate, I have no clue what Reel-To-Reel is, and I haven't played an 8-Track since 1981. I listen to The Beatles on Internet Radio and on my CDs!

Q6- That's all very well, but aren't we discussing what streaming is???

A6- Streaming is just like YouTube or Broadcasting, but you need to be connected to the internet to access this information. If you downloaded a song your computer would have the whole song available to play, but if you had streaming the internet is allowing you to listen "live" as a song plays back to you.

Q7- I guess that makes sense, but I just viewed a "Magical Mystery Tour" video on You Tube last week! Is that streaming?

A7- Yes, well done, you're getting it!

Q8. Well, then this "internet radio" must be streaming also? So, why do they do this big announcement "The Beatles Are Streaming On Hoopla???"

A8. Hoopla? You mean, Apple Music surely?

Q9- Whatever! Does this mean I have to buy something, like you mentioned earlier?

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Q10- WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED? DO I HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING TO STREAM PAUL MCCARTNEY?

A10- calm down, you can stream a Beatle for free but every once in a while, you have to listen to a commercial, it's not that bad!

Q11- So why did my friend Samantha say it costs her like £9.99 a month on Google Play? That's like £120 a year! I have 8-tracks!

A11. Yeah, that "friend" is my little sister and she has no Beatles records so it's ideal for whippersnappers to shell out some money for unlimited downloads and commercial-free access!

Q12- Sounds like a rip-off! Right?

A12- Of Course It Is! It will only cost me £20 to buy Abbey Road and Let It Be albums and Amazon Prime wants £79 a year to have these LPs on my computer. £20 and I got exactly what I want much easier and with CD jewel cases!

Q13- So, should I just forget about this streaming thingy and look into these Compact Discs?

A13- Sounds like a plan to me!

The Beatles have been added to my Spotify-free service and I'm considering a trial order that can be cancelled if I decided not to pay monthly. However, I just got The Beatles in Mono CD Box Set (2009, Japan) for the holidays. It seems a whole bunch more interesting to complain about this CD collectible then to get stuck in with the soulless computer options that many technically advanced fans(of various ages) seem to prefer.

Apologies to any of your Apple-Windows-Android, I may have offended. It's not you, it's me....