GA Russell Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 I saw something on Drudge last week about this, and today it was confirmed with this email I received. Concord and Starbucks are starting a new label called Hear Music, and they have signed Paul McCartney. ***** SEATTLE, March 21, 2007 – Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) and Concord Music Group proudly announced today that Hear Music’s inaugural CD release will be from none other than music legend Paul McCartney. The album is slated for release early this summer and will be available at all traditional music retail outlets and Starbucks locations internationally. The announcement was made at the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Seattle where McCartney made a surprise appearance via satellite. “For me the great thing is the commitment and the passion and the love of music, which as an artist is good to see,” said McCartney. “It’s a new world now and people are thinking of new ways to reach the people and for me that’s always been my aim.” “Having the honor of releasing an album by Paul McCartney as our first project under the Hear Music label is in a word, remarkable,” said Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment. “This demonstrates how Hear Music can present even the most successful recording artists of all-time with unique opportunities to reach existing fans, as well as a new audience of listeners.” “It is such a privilege to be able to present this amazing new album to the world,” said Glen Barros, president and CEO of the Concord Music Group. “I believe that McCartney fans, like myself, will find that this album connects them to everything that they’ve always loved about Paul, yet also delivers a new personal dimension that shows his continued evolution as an artist. It is a truly profound recording.” With their recent creation of the Hear Music label and the newest offering from McCartney, Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Music Group have taken big first steps in the evolution of their partnership. Hear Music grew from the two companies’ mutual quest for music that demonstrates quality, authenticity, relevance and passion. Hear Music seeks to provide a new platform for reaching music fans and introducing them to both emerging and established artists with inspired vision and a keen sense of purpose. This will result in compelling music selections for consumers. Starbucks Entertainment and Concord Music Group’s past collaborations include Ray Charles’ “Genius Loves Company,” which to date has sold 5.5 million copies worldwide and won an unsurpassed eight GRAMMY® Awards including Album of the Year. In addition, Sergio Mendes’ “Timeless” won a Latin GRAMMY® for Best Brazilian Contemporary Pop Album of the Year and to date has sold close to a million copies worldwide. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Does Effin' Starbucks own Effin' Concord? MG Quote
7/4 Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Next thing you know Brittney Spears is going to declare herself the anti-christ. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Can't wait for the McCartney/Basie disc. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 To be followed by "Sir Loves Company". Quote
RDK Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 What's the big deal? Concord does more than just jazz and Hear Music has a distribution deal with Starbucks. Don't worry. I don't think this means we'll be seeing a "Macca Does Monk" disc anytime soon. Quote
JSngry Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Lots of words about "the deal" in the press release & little/none about what to expect musically. I'd not mind a good, really good McCartney album, assuming that he still has one in him (and he maybe might). But I don't give a dead rat's ass about "the deal". Stockholders must be salivating like its 1999, but what time is it really? Quote
zen archer Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Lots of words about "the deal" in the press release & little/none about what to expect musically. I'd not mind a good, really good McCartney album, assuming that he still has one in him (and he maybe might). But I don't give a dead rat's ass about "the deal". Stockholders must be salivating like its 1999, but what time is it really? still has one in him ?..He just put out a Very Good album at the end of 05. Chaos and Creation in the backyard.......but rumors are that the new tracks are produced by the same guy that did Driving Rain , so they may be older songs , maybe leftovers from that album which was released in 2001. Quote
sidewinder Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Don't worry. I don't think this means we'll be seeing a "Macca Does Monk" disc anytime soon. Or, as it's Star-Bucks, "Macca Does Money Jungle" Quote
JSngry Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Lots of words about "the deal" in the press release & little/none about what to expect musically. I'd not mind a good, really good McCartney album, assuming that he still has one in him (and he maybe might). But I don't give a dead rat's ass about "the deal". Stockholders must be salivating like its 1999, but what time is it really? still has one in him ?..He just put out a Very Good album at the end of 05. Chaos and Creation in the backyard....... Well yeah, but looking at his history for the last 25 or so years and how often he comes up with one of those as time goes by, you figure that the odds of him having another one in him before he dies are roughly 50/50... If I'm wrong, it will be gladly. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Paul is dead. Who killed him? Quote
JSngry Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 FACT: Elton > Paul, 1970- present +5 points for confidence, but -10 points for inaccuracy. The correct answer is: Elton = Paul, 1970-present + 10(insufferably (but marketable) self-focused, absorbed drama) - intrinsic musical instinct/ a sembalance of a normal personality "Levon" = "Silly Love Songs" + pseudo"sensitivity" + nobody knowing any better except those who already do. Paul is a twit in spite of having written some good/great songs. Elton is just a twit. Take away the self-created drama & the songs themselves suck. Damn near all of them. Q.E.D. Quote
JSngry Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 And oh yeah - Hank Williams Jr > Paul, 1970-present + Elton, beginning to end. I like my bullshit uncomplicated. Shortest distance between two points, and all that... Quote
JSngry Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Ok, one more lesson. Paul, 1970-present = (Sinatra + Costa)/X (where X = Sinatra & Strings) Elton = (Johnnie Ray - Frankie Laine) x Post-VietnamWatergate Pop Culture School's out. Have a good summer! Quote
Alexander Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 FACT: Elton > Paul, 1970- present Elton is just a twit. Take away the self-created drama & the songs themselves suck. Damn near all of them. Q.E.D. Well, I couldn't disagree more. All of Elton's albums from his self-titled second album through "Rock of the Westies" are classic ("Empty Sky" is okay, but it's no "Tumbleweed Connection"). And "Levon" = "Silly Love Songs"? Excuse me? Maybe it was equally overplayed on '70s radio, but it's a beautiful song. The lyrics on nonsense, but that's part of what made Elton John and Bernie Taupin's collaborations so great. Much of the time, the lyrics didn't mean anything ("Take Me to the Pilot") by Taupin's own admission. Yet Elton still wrang as much emotion singing "take me to the pilot of your soul" as he did "someone saved my life tonight." Elton gets dumped on, largely because he became (from the 80s on) what McCartney had been in the '70s: Someone who just pumped out hit singles without giving much thought to making great albums. But in his heyday, Elton was as good any of his early '70s contemporaries (Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, etc.) And before you say anything, Clem, know that I have you on ignore and that I won't see it. So save your breath. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 (Are you sure Pha Terrell did it this way?) edc Quote
JSngry Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Don. Gal's dad. I still call him Jr because like I said, I like to keep by bullshit simple. And Jr. he is. Went through the typical-of-the-time reflexive Beatlephilia, then the not-so-common Beatlehatred. Never was taken by too much of too many of the post-breakup work by any/all concerned, but years of playing the shit (& Elton's) in various bands/contexts made it for me all about the songs. Do they stand up as interesting/fun (enough) things when you're doing it strictly for the money. Is there still something to like/love there that makes the whoredom bearable, and at times even allows for the busting of the surreptitious nut? Opinions have changed about many over the years of doing this (including mine about Jr.) and some haven't. McCartney's written enough stuff that still gets a grin. Elton still elicits a grimace and/or cringe (when it's not tortuously and endlessly rambling to no good end, it's just plain dumb. Heads you win, tails, I lose...). We're talking 30 years now, more or less, so the options are pretty much set, and obscure album gems, if & when they exist, are not relevant to my lifestyle, not from these two, or others of their ilk. Beatles? Hey, one word - songcraft. Like 'em or hate 'em, there's usually some damn fine songcraft involved in the stuff that's made the cut (and often more in the stuff that hasn't). After that, it's all in what you make of it. Fair enough for all concerned. OTOH, hearing a Lewisville redneck bar bad singer do "A Country Boy Can Survive" like he means it because he does because he knows more about trot lines and such than McCartney knows about Helen Wheels or Elton knows about damn near anything, well, that's a Recommended Life Lesson for ya' right there, although god knows not a Recommended Lifestyle, not unless you were to the manner born, in which case, EVOLVE MOTHERFUCKER, if you can, and if you can't, hey, that's what Rural America is for, although you best pick your spots carefully because "rural" and "ignunt ass" are not synonymous... And Elton is a fucking twit. That's my final answer. Quote
bertrand Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Word on the street is that Orrin Keepnews will produce Paul McCartney's first Concord CD - an all-Ellington repertoire, as I understand it. Bertrand. Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Elton is a fucking twit and a pompous jackass. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 ya'll wanna talk leather & wood, Ah, now CRICKET!!!!! MG Quote
JSngry Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 p/s-- i really don't understand hating Elton, at least not pre-'75 (or "whatever"). lotsa future punks-- least the ones not already heavy in Sabbath-- & harmelodicists & other (white, tho' not exclusively so) weirdos were weaned at the tit of... mom's AM radio... I was weaned at the tit of my AM radio (except when I was home and feverish with Measles, Mumps, and the Mysterious Q Fever, and/or in the car with mom & dad, in which case it was EZ Listening hellven all the way), and I shut it off in 1970 (except for Astros games - gotta love Loel Passe, and if you don't it's only because you never heard him, everybody loves up on Gene Elston, but he was Bobby Flay to Loel's Jack McDavid - not to be confused with David McDavid btw). When I turned it back on in 1973, I thought I had suffered permanent Mysterious Q Fever damage, and Elton was prime suspect as carrier of same. Hate is not too strong of a word. Quite the contrary! Quote
GA Russell Posted March 24, 2007 Author Report Posted March 24, 2007 except for Astros games - gotta love Loel Passe... Now you chockin' em in there Colt .45s! I remember when Harry Kalas did the Houston games. I heard him on the radio yesterday on WPHT doing a Phillies game. Quote
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