Odds and Ends #1

The Paul McCartney series will continue soon - this is just a post, and probably a regular series, to get down some of the random music-related thoughts in my head that don't necessarily merit their own posts.

Paul McCartney post-Beatles - Part 1

When I think of Paul McCartney's post-Beatles oeuvre in the 70s, I think of four songs in particular.  Yes, I know he had more than four hits, and I know that these weren't even necessarily his biggest four hits.  And none of them are any less than 30 years old!  But they're the ones that jump to mind for me immediately.  I was going to cram these all into one post, but this is my blog, dammit, so let's start a four part series!

New Music Aug 1-14 2012

Here's what I've gotten so far this month:

Gaga and lyrics

I wouldn't call myself a "Little Monster", but I do like Lady Gaga's music for the most part.  The Fame had a great front half and a pretty iffy back half -- "Boys Boys Boys" is awful, even as a ripoff of "Girls Girls Girls" by Motley Crüe (which is a much better song), and "Brown Eyes" is booooooring, but "Again Again" has a great rollicking bar sound and "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich" is catchy as hell.  The Fame Monster was overall a more solid album, though not uncoincidentally it was only 8 tracks long.  Born This Way is better than The Fame, though the bonus songs were almost all crap, and it gets tiring to listen to, not so much for its message, but because there are so many layers piled up of different sound effects on so many songs.

What's New, Pussycat?

So let's talk about "What's New Pussycat."