I had to see the olympic ceremonies, to see what crazy stuff they would show, as they do with the super bowl as of late, and other televised events/ceremonies.
this one had some goodies to be seen. I may go into them at length in the future, but for now I wanted to complain about paul mccartney. They seem to drag him out for all these big events. He has been playing beatle's songs for far too long now. They have lost their impact, and are now to me just being pushed as a hollow symbol of once powerful songs/spells that people act like they are relevant.
it has been a disgrace to see him poorly doing these songs, which lost their oomph some time ago (decades). his solo music since the 70s has been so poor, you really have to wonder if this IS THE REAL PAUL, as he was once a great songwriter (though overrated), the fact that he hasn't written good music in OVER 40 YEARS should say something. for what you want to say about the beach boys, brian has been knocking out some fabulous music, even if his range isn't what it used to be. paul's music sounds like a MOCKERY of rock n roll songwriting, and we're supposed to "go along with it", that won't work with me.
so what are we stuck with?
a paul that is doing old songs, not very well, and not with the drummer that was a part of it, that's not right. ringo has been doing great work with great artists for decades now, while paul......
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