007's Favorite British Singer
One of the most legendary songwriters of all time, Paul McCartney, is coming out with an enormous, 4-disc compilation album called Pure McCartney later this week. Paul has been writing music for many many years and this week I’m gonna look at his music, why it’s amazing and listen in awe his versatility and creativity over the last 40 years. To be specific, it will be music that is primarily performed and written by him in his personal career and or with the Wings. I’m going to skip anything Beatles related, because I’m bound to have a week about them later. Now onto the song! Live or Let Die was written as a James Bond song for the movie also titled Live or Let Die. The song is fast paced and has that strong orchestral edge that most Bond songs do, but the song is split up into call and response sections with very McCartney sounding parts. When listening to the song, the difference in the parts are blatantly obvious and almost little jarring, but refreshing for sure, especially for Bond music. I am pleasantly surprised at how well Paul was able to integrate his signature style into the Bond format of heroic, spy music. This is one of the best examples of McCartney’s abilities in composing full arrangements of powerful music, that he is not just limited to just rock anthems. Come back tomorrow to see one of Paul’s newest song that was made for one of the most popular video games of last year, Destiny.
Originality: 8.5
Instruments: 8.7
Vocals: 8.5
Longevity: 9.3
Red Score: 8.7
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