Concord signs Paul McCartney

[sidewinder]

ya'll wanna talk leather & wood,

Ah, now CRICKET!!!!!

MG

[JSngry]

I remember when Harry Kalas did the Houston games.

Oh yeah!

[BruceH]

*Yawn*

[randyhersom]

Speaking of 'stros and Phillies, Harry Kalas came to Philly and joined Richie Ashburn and By Saam.

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During a game in St. Louis, he was doing play-by-play, a Cardinals player homered. By Saam said, "Here's a ground ball to shortstop." Richie Ashburn was frantically signaling that it had been a home run. Saam added, : "And it's outta here." Another time, a San Diego player hit a double and Saam said that it was a "slide into second, a stand-up double." Then there's his first visit to the Astrodome, an indoor stadium. By remarked, "What a beautiful night for baseball. The flags are hanging limp. There's no breeze at all."

(we now return to our regularly scheduled topic)

While JSngry and I arrived at jazz about the same time, he was a few years earlier than me as regards the rock scene. Band on the Run was a high school favorite as was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I didn't check out the Righteous Brothers until a few years later, but edc, if you can't hear that Unchained Melody, my sympathy to ya.

Edited March 26, 2007 by randyhersom

[GA Russell]

Thanks for those photos Jim!

[Kari S]

Is this the McCartney Hate Club in session? I just came to say that I like "No More Lonely Nights" from 1984.

[chris olivarez]

Speaking of 'stros and Phillies, Harry Kalas came to Philly and joined Richie Ashburn and By Saam.

(next paragraph courtesy of google search)

During a game in St. Louis, he was doing play-by-play, a Cardinals player homered. By Saam said, "Here's a ground ball to shortstop." Richie Ashburn was frantically signaling that it had been a home run. Saam added, : "And it's outta here." Another time, a San Diego player hit a double and Saam said that it was a "slide into second, a stand-up double." Then there's his first visit to the Astrodome, an indoor stadium. By remarked, "What a beautiful night for baseball. The flags are hanging limp. There's no breeze at all."

(we now return to our regularly scheduled topic)

While JSngry and I arrived at jazz about the same time, he was a few years earlier than me as regards the rock scene. Band on the Run was a high school favorite as was Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. I didn't check out the Righteous Brothers until a few years later, but edc, if you can't hear that Unchained Melody, my sympathy to ya.

Randy-Another play by play guy that comes to mind for that sort of thing is Jerry Coleman. A prime example of a Colemanism-"Rich Folkers throwing up in the bullpen". Once again-back on topic.

[GA Russell]

Here's a review of the new McCartney album from a gossip columnist (!) on the Fox News website:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270434,00.html

Masterful McCartney

I told you last week in my exclusive first review that Paul McCartney's "Memory Almost Full," due on June 6 from Starbucks' new Hear Music label, is better than anyone could have expected.

Here are a couple of other thoughts about a song called "The End of the End," the penultimate track on the album. I think McCartney's written a lyric here that stands up to anything during his time with the Beatles or since. It's a sad song, for sure, maybe a result of Paul's bad year and marriage break-up.

But it's also so lovely that I think people are going to be using it as an elegy for years to come. Here's a verse:

"On the day that I die / I'd like jokes to be told / And stories of old / To be rolled out like carpets / That children have played on / And laid on while listening / To stories of old."

There's really nothing like "Memory Almost Full" available right now from a contemporary singer-songwriter. It's quite amazing that we're depending on artists in their late 50s and early 60s to fill an artistic void. Amazing, and sad.

Last year, Paul Simon's wonderful "Surprise" album was totally ignored, however, even though it was the best CD of the year by miles. I hope that doesn't happen this time around to McCartney. "Memory Almost Full" is too good.

[RDK]

Would that this were McCartney's "Blood on the Tracks."