Sunday, November 30, 2008
Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Who Do You Like in This Fight?
Posted by Eric Grandy on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Cadence Weapon's got the advantage of a clear leader, plus greater ethnic diversity, but Q and Not U has a drum kit and balloons...
Song Weirdest Paul McCartney Track Ever?
Posted by Dave Segal on Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Thanks to an article in Wax Poetics (No. 31, with Shuggie Otis and MF DOOM on the covers), I just discovered—better late than never—this wacky, weird Macca cut, “Check My Machine” (the B-side to the “Waterfalls” single and a bonus track on the CD reissue of the 1980 album McCartney II; I always had the vinyl, so was unaware of this tune—gah.).
"Check My Machine" appears to be a throwaway track in which a seriously stoned Paul, um, checks out his machine. Out came a falsetto-laced, banjo-riffed, white-boy reggae tune with odd little electronic elements flitting about it. If Lee "Scratch" Perry were an ex-Beatle, he might've concocted something like this. The only other work in Paul's solo repertoire that may be stranger is “Temporary Secretary,” a new-wave dance number that sounds like the multi-millionaire vegetarian’s attempt at a Kraftwerk-esque novelty song.
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