Why doesn't "I'll Be You" get more respect?

[headlightbeams]

allshookup said:

unsatisfied2 said:

Great vocals (Dreams, too tired to come true)...

Good point. I have always thought PW does a good job with the "tortured" vocal.

Who is he channelling with his vocals? Another way of saying, who (individual singers) or what (whole genres like, I don't know ... gospel) are his vocal influences, or to what degree is it his invention, his unique voice?

[A Regular]

riverr said:

allshookup said:

Good point. I have always thought PW does a good job with the "tortured" vocal.

Who is he channelling with his vocals? Another way of saying, who (individual singers) or what (whole genres like, I don't know ... gospel) are his vocal influences, or to what degree is it his invention, his unique voice?

John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band is what comes to my mind. To piggyback on PW inspired fantasy, I wouldn't mind seeing him cover that album, except for Mother as that song makes me cringe and not in a good way.

[gage]

I think PW is trying sing like a Faces, first 4 solo LPs era Rod Stewart. At least back then.

[velvetgefiltefish]

unsatisfied2 said:

scooterboy said:

straight love the song.

as compared to gay love for the song?

Great vocals (Dreams, too tired to come true) but always thought the lyrics were sort of tossed off. "What that means, I don't know" could be applied to my understanding of the song.

I agree completely. Great vocal, pretty catchy melody, but the lyrics really let this one down. You also cite my least favorite part:

Well, I laughed half the way to Tokyo
I dreamt I was Surfer Joe
And what that means I don't know

That's just weak. Also, the last line above always prompts me to make a very unflattering comparison to Bastards of Young (due to the similar "If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand.")

[velvetgefiltefish]

Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from
If I was from Canada
then I'd best be called lonesome

I've heard a couple people refer to the lines above as funny and/or brilliant... but I don't get it. Is there some joke or pun or reference I'm missing?

[FreeRider]

velvetgefiltefish said:

Lonely, I guess that's where I'm from
If I was from Canada
then I'd best be called lonesome

I've heard a couple people refer to the lines above as funny and/or brilliant... but I don't get it. Is there some joke or pun or reference I'm missing?

If I remember correctly, Paul once said that he was struck by how Canadians don't say, "I'm lonely", rather they use the adjective "lonesome" instead. And that's how that lyric came about.

[headlightbeams]

and he used "lonesome" again in "Whatever Makes You Happy," that canuckophile

[FreeRider]

don't forget about "Can't Hardly Wait":

I see you're high, and I'm lonesome...

(he'll be a real "canuckophile" if he stops saying "huh" and uses "eh"! )

[Tarzan]

Hey RJ

I'm with you on PW doing R&B with some horns or whatever it takes. Only thing that can touch Otis/Pickett/Stax and assorted low-profile soul geniuses in my world is Chuck Berry. But then again I'm on the other side of 50. Ever heard Eddie Hinton?

[FreeRider]

ereynolds said:

...Only thing that can touch Otis/Pickett/Stax and assorted low-profile soul geniuses in my world is Chuck Berry....

I really like Chuck Berry. "Maybelline" is just an incredible song. Something about the way he wrote songs involving cars that invkokes this kind of Americana about the 1950's and early '60's.

And the intro to "Maybelline" has got to be one of the best intro lyrics I've ever heard:

As I was a motorvatin' over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a coup de ville...

The word "motorvatin' " is pure genius, to me.

[nazareth]

Hanoi Rocks used Motorvatin' twenty years later and it still sounded great

[FreeRider]

nazareth said:

Hanoi Rocks used Motorvatin' twenty years later and it still sounded great

Well, Hanoi Rocks obviously saw the genius in the word and decided to used it!