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Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
''Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)'' is a live album of Acoustic music, unplugged performance by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1991. Overview Following the vastness of the Paul McCartney World Tour (1989–1990), captured on ''Tripping the Live Fantastic'', McCartney took the opportunity to strip back his songs and appear on the acoustic-only show ''MTV Unplugged'', which had only been on air for over a year at that point. Subsequently, McCartney was the first in a long line of artists to release an album of their performance on the show. Unlike other artists who appeared on the show with acoustic instruments plugged into amplifiers, McCartney's instruments were entirely unplugged. Microphones were carefully placed close to guitars, pianos, etc. to pick up the sound (this can be seen on the album cover, where a large rectangular microphone is pictured in front of McCartney's acoustic guitar). Using the same line-up that had recently backed him (save for Blair Cunnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and the piano, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One of List of best-selling music artists, the most successful composers and performers in history, McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range and eclecticism in music, musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from traditional pop, pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His Lennon–McCartney, songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history. Born in Liverpool, McCartney taught himself piano, guitar and songwriting as a teenager, having been influenced by his father, a jazz player, and rock and roll performers such as Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He began his career when he joined Lennon's skiffle group, the Quarrymen, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCartney (album)
''McCartney'' is the debut solo studio album by the English rock musician Paul McCartney, released on 17 April 1970 by Apple Records. McCartney recorded it in secrecy, mostly using basic home-recording equipment at his house in St John's Wood. Mixing and some recording took place at professional London studios. In its loosely arranged performances, ''McCartney'' eschewed the polish of the Beatles' past records in favour of a lo-fi style. Apart from occasional contributions by his wife, Linda, McCartney performed the entire album alone by overdubbing on four-track tape. McCartney recorded the album during a period of depression and confusion, following John Lennon's private departure from the Beatles in September 1969. Conflicts over the release of McCartney's album further estranged him from his bandmates, as he refused to delay the album's release to allow for Apple's previously scheduled titles, notably the Beatles' album ''Let It Be''. A press release in the form of a self-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freight Train (folk Song)
"Freight Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century, and popularized during the American folk revival and British skiffle period of the 1950s and 1960s. By Cotten's own account in the 1985 BBC series ''Down Home'', she composed "Freight Train" as a teenager (sometime between 1906 and 1912), inspired by the sound of the trains rolling in on the tracks near her home in North Carolina. Cotten was a one-time nanny for folk singer Peggy Seeger, who took this song with her to England, where it became popular in folk music circles. Pseudonymous British songwriters "Paul James" and "Fred Williams" from a British skiffle band subsequently misappropriated it as their own composition and registered a claim of copyright in the song, adding a murderer-on-the-run storyline. Under that credit, it was recorded by British skiffle singer Chas McDevitt, in December, 1956. Under advice from his manager (Bill Varley), McDevitt then brought in folk-singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Island Line
"Rock Island Line" ( Roud 15211) was originally sung as a spiritual by slaves on the plantations of the Mississippi River Valley, and was first transcribed as a folk song in 1929. The first recording was made by John Lomax, who was traveling among the prisons of the American South to record the spirituals dating from the antebellum South before they were lost forever. Lomax met a remarkable Tenor named Huddie Ledbetter (who later performed under the name Lead Belly) at a prison in Louisiana in 1933 and helped secure Ledbetter’s release from prison. Lomax then traveled with Ledbetter to other prisons, recording the inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in 1934. This recording is sometimes identified as "Kelly Pace and Prisoners". Lead Belly first recorded his own, narrative version of the song in 1937, and numerous top musicians covered that version of the song, which was ostensibly about a train to New Orleans. However, there was a real train by that name that was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Me Tender (song)
"Love Me Tender" is a 1956 ballad song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by "Elvis Presley Music" from the 20th Century Fox film of the same name. Lyrics are credited to "Vera Matson" (though the actual lyricist was her husband, Ken Darby). The melody is identical to the sentimental Civil War ballad "Aura Lea" (sometimes spelled "Aura Lee") and therefore credited to Aura Lea's composer, the Englishman George R. Poulton. The RCA Victor recording by Elvis Presley was No. 1 on both the ''Billboard'' and ''Cashbox'' charts in 1956. The song is also featured in many other films and television shows, including ''The Outlaw's Daughter'', '' FM'', ''Touched By Love'', '' This is Elvis'', '' Porky's Revenge'', '' Wild at Heart'', ''Die Hard 2'', ''Honeymoon in Vegas'', ''Backbeat'', '' Gaudi Afternoon'', '' Machine Gun Molly'', '' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'', '' William Eggleston in the Real World'', ''California Dreamin''', '' Love in Space'', ''Masters of Sex'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Froggie Went A-Courtin'
"Frog Went a-Courtin (Roud No. 16; ) is an English-language folk song. Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn's '' Complaynt of Scotland'' (1549) under the name "The Frog cam to the Myl dur", though this is in Scots rather than English. There is a reference in the London Company of Stationers' Register of 1580 to "A Moste Strange Weddinge of the Frogge and the Mouse". There are many texts of the ballad; however the oldest known musical version is found in Thomas Ravenscroft's ''Melismata'' in 1611. Summary The lyrics involve a frog courting a mouse (Missie Mouse). The mouse is willing to marry the frog, but she must ask permission of Uncle Rat. In other versions such as "King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O" by Chubby Parker, the frog fights and kills Miss Mouse's other suitors (an owl, bat and bumblebee) after they interrupt his proposal. Uncle Rat's permission received, the two work out details of the wedding. Some versions end with a cat, snake or other creature devouring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cumberland Gap (song)
"Cumberland Gap" (Roud Folk Song Index, Roud 3413) is an Appalachian music, Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics. A version of the song appeared in the 1934 book, ''American Ballads and Folk Songs'', by folk song collector John Lomax. Woody Guthrie recorded a version of the song at his Folkways Records, Folkways sessions in the mid-1940s, and the song saw a resurgence in popularity with the rise of Bluegrass music, bluegrass and the American folk music revival in the 1950s. In 1957, the British musician Lonnie Donegan had a No. 1 UK hit with a skiffle version of "Cumberland Gap". The song's title refers to the Cumberland Gap, a mountain pass in the Appalachian Mountains at the juncture of the states of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. The gap was used in the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cut Across Shorty
"Cut Across Shorty" is a song written by Marijohn Wilkin and Wayne P. Walker, originally released and made popular by Eddie Cochran. It was the b-side of his number 1 UK hit " Three Steps To Heaven" and the last song he ever recorded. Personnel * Eddie Cochran: vocal and rhythm guitar * Sonny Curtis: guitar * Conrad 'Guybo' Smith: electric bass * Jerry Allison: drums Johnny Hallyday version (in French) The song was covered in French by Johnny Hallyday. His version (titled "Cours plus vite Charlie", meaning "Run Faster, Charlie") was released in October 1968 and spent two weeks at no. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 9 to 20 November). In Wallonia (French Belgium) his single spent 18 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 9. Track listing 7" single Philips B 370 743 F (France, etc.) :A. "Cours plus vite Charlie" ("Cut Across Shorty") (2:22) :B. "J'ai peur je t'aime" (2:43) Charts Rod Stewart version "Cut Across Shorty" was also recorded by Rod Stewart for his 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tequila (The Champs Song)
"Tequila" is a 1958 Latin-inspired surf instrumental song written by Chuck Rio and recorded by American rock and roll band The Champs. "Tequila" became a No. 1 hit on both the pop and R&B charts at the time of its release and continues to be strongly referenced in pop culture to this day. In 1958, the song won a Grammy for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance at the 1st Annual Grammy Awards. In 2001, that song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. History In 1957, Gene Autry's record label, Challenge Records, signed Dave Burgess (born 1934), a rockabilly singer-songwriter from California who often recorded under the name "Dave Dupree". At the end of 1957, having produced no hits, Challenge Records looked to Burgess, who organized a recording session on December 23 in Hollywood. In the studio that day were Burgess on rhythm guitar, Cliff Hils on bass, the Flores Trio ( Danny Flores saxophone and piano, Gene Alden on drums, and lead guitarist Buddy Bruce), and Huelyn Duv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Nature's Son
"Mother Nature's Son" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as "the White Album"). The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi while the Beatles were in India. The same lecture inspired Lennon's song "Child of Nature", the tune of which he later re-used for " Jealous Guy". Although credited to the group, the song was performed by McCartney alone (with a brass arrangement by George Martin), while the other Beatles were working on other songs. According to Paul McCartney he was inspired by Nat King Cole's song "Nature Boy" he heard growing up. He wrote the song in Liverpool when he visited his father. Recording McCartney recorded the song during the height of the tensions that marred the sessions for The Beatles. On 9 August 1968, he recorded 25 takes singing and playing acoustic guitar simultaneously. Take 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biker Like An Icon
"Biker Like an Icon" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 1993 album '' Off the Ground''. It was released a fourth single from the album as 7-inch and CDs. Music video The music video for the song first aired on MTV's ''First Look'' television show. The clip was repeated the following day. B-sides A live version of the song "Biker Like an Icon" is taken from '' Paul Is Live'' album. The songs "Things We Said Today" and "Midnight Special" were recorded live at the ''MTV Unplugged'' in 1991 but not included on McCartney's ''Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)'' live album. Additional track from ''MTV Unplugged'', "Mean Woman Blues", was released only on promotional single. Track listing 7-inch single, CD single version 1 # "Biker Like an Icon" – 3:24 # "Things We Said Today" – 3:55 CD single version 2 # "Biker Like an Icon" – 3:24 # "Biker Like an Icon" (live) – 3:40 CD single version 3 # "Biker Like an Icon" – 3:24 # " Midnight Special" – 4:42 # "Things We Said Today" � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Things We Said Today
"Things We Said Today" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released in July 1964 as the B-side to the single " A Hard Day's Night" and on their album of the same name, except in North America, where it appeared on the album '' Something New''. The band recorded the song twice for BBC Radio and regularly performed an abbreviated version during their 1964 North American tour. McCartney wrote the song while holidaying in the United States Virgin Islands with his girlfriend, actress Jane Asher. The lyrics address the singer's love for a girl despite the distance between them. McCartney later described the song as exhibiting "future nostalgia", being "nostalgic about the moment we're living in now." The music is melodically complex, using chords more typical of classical music and jazz than pop music. Between verses, it changes between major and minor keys, while the lyrics shift between the first an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
