it's been made fun of over the years, but try to listen again with new ears and just think of the composition of the song and count the melodies throughout. brilliant.
silly love songs.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 1:20 pm
by LoathedVermin72
McCartney’s songwriting has never done anything for me.
GP is a classic, and how can I vote against a song I’m featured on?!
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 1:25 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Coolio. That song is great.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 1:27 pm
by evenslow
ugh. gonna be a long tournament.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 1:43 pm
by Anders
I love Paul McCartney. Silly Love Songs was the perfect answer to any critcism he had gotten from John after the breakup.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 1:55 pm
by Higgs
I enjoy Gangsta's Paradise and its a great song, but Silly Love Songs gets my vote here. Forgotten how good it actually was.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 2:14 pm
by Anders
The posts read like 3-2 SLS, but the vote is opposite.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 3:45 pm
by EJ
I was prepared to vote for Coolio here. But, meh, can't even make it through 30 secs of that one anymore. Still love Fantastic Voyage though.
Paul and his silly song ftw.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:15 pm
by bada
Vote for LV.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:27 pm
by BurtReynolds
Coolio. It's dated as hell but I hate the Beatles.
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:50 pm
by Jorge
Why
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:50 pm
by Jorge
are we
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:50 pm
by Jorge
so blind
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm
by Jorge
to see
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm
by Jorge
that the ones
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm
by Jorge
we hurt
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm
by Jorge
are you
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm
by Jorge
and me
Re: R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise
Posted: Wed March 18, 2020 6:49 pm
by Anders
But over the years people have said, "Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs, he's so soppy at times." I thought, Well, I know what they mean, but, people have been doing love songs forever. I like 'em, other people like 'em, and there's a lot of people I love -- I'm lucky enough to have that in my life. So the idea was that "you" may call them silly, but what's wrong with that?
The song was, in a way, to answer people who just accuse me of being soppy. The nice payoff now is that a lot of the people I meet who are at the age where they've just got a couple of kids and have grown up a bit, settling down, they'll say to me, "I thought you were really soppy for years, but I get it now! I see what you were doing!"
By the way, "Silly Love Songs" also had a good bassline and worked well live.