Paul McCartney Album: “Give My Regards to Broad Street (Sdtk)”

This is one of my favorite Paul McCartney albums.

There is a good choice of songs here.His remakes of classic Beatle songs such as Yesterday,Here There and Everywhere ,Good Day Sunshine,For No One ,Eleanor Rigby,and especially this version of The Long and Winding Road were all recorded beautifully.I usually dont like songs redone (except for live versions) cause they never quite hit the spot with me.But this is an exception to the rule.

Ringo Starr was playing drums on many of the tunes,and you get a few glimpses of his humor between songs.

There is also some remakes of some of his post Beatle days which are all excellent.This CD contains the hit No More Lonely Nights.

Almost everybody knows the music of Paul McCartney, but try finding a copy of: "Give My Regards To Broadstreet" in your friends CD Collection. This is one of Paul's very best solo Works of all, but it is one of the least known CD's that has his name attached to it.

As I'm aware this is an soundtrack recording from a film that I've never thought as well...being any good, the music Paul and Producer George Martin, produced for said film is very good and has moments of greatness.

The major complaint at the time of release was: "How dare Paul, re-work The Beatles tunes". This was still considered blasphemy in the sacred world of The Beatles. Well, Paul did "Yesterday" & "Eleanor Rigby" as solo pieces in 1966 whilst still a Beatle, so did that rant make any sense in the first place? In fact, six Beatles songs, are re-done by Paul {Of 18 tracks total} and they are produced & performed to perfection. The big song from this project was: "No More Lonely Nights" and it was a big hit for Paul. I'm not a fan of the "Disco" version that comes towards the end of the film, but it was for the story of the movie, and because of that it was reworked into a dance number.

George Martin, scored orchestrations and scored them well. "Eleanor's Dream" is a pretty piece of music, that both Paul and George had good reason to be proud of! "So Bad" is a wonderful love song that should have been a hit single, it's just one of Paul's best {but overlooked} songs.

"Not Such A Bad Boy" is a rocker with a great beat by a certain; "Richard Starkey" that would have made a great addition to any set at The Cavern Club in 1962.

The diversity of Musical Styles on this CD is vast. Old Ballroom Music is mixed in with Rock,Classical those Silly Love Songs. "Band On The Run", is normally considered Paul's finest solo moment, but for me "Give My Regards To Broadstreet" should be right up there with the Best of his Records of Wings and beyond...FOUR STARS !!!

The movie isn't so good. It's easy to see that Paul was going for something that would attain a cult status ... but the movie actually doesn't have enough music or enough pacing to make that team (Rocky Horror Pic Show might be short of dreadful, but you can dance to it and it moves at a dizzying pace). But the star of this vehicle is the music ... and it is terrific. Paul re-imagines some of The Beatles stuff and seamlessly blends his own stuff in. I don't agree with one reviewer who called the solo efforts 'tepid'. In fact, these songs showcase Paul at his creative and melodic peak. 'So Bad' is a stand-out, as is his medly. The absolute best is the disco-fied version of 'No More Lonely Nights' that thrums through the end credits ... it evokes Paul with Wings in the 70s, but adds that oh-so-special 80s take on the music. The movie is worth watching to hear the music. But all things being equal, just buy this terrific soundtrack and make your own movie in your mind.

Ive had to buy this "album" three times now - two cassettes (one got stolen) and now the CD. It just sounds better and better to me. I'll listen to as many remakes of Beatle songs that Paul wants to make. We'll always have the origionals - whats wrong with a little variety? This CD has a nice mixture of songs as you can see. It ages well. I can't believe how much I like "Silly Love Songs" - Whats wrong with that?

I've been a McCartney fan since I was 11... it was 1980 and I have very fond memories of that summer listening to McCartney II almost constantly. Anyway by 1984 I was way too into Ozzy and Black Sabbath to bother with a McCartney album so I just discovered this when I purchased it a few weeks ago. I've always heard what a horrible album this is but after listening to it a few times I don't understand why people have such a hatred for it. It may be that older fans don't like the idea of McCartney releasing Beatles tunes on one of his solo albums. I'm certainly a Beatles fan but being that I was born in 1969 don't have that same Betlemania view of the fabs. Anyway, back to my review... I think it's a good album that I would certainly recommend to any fan. Buy it, you won't regret it.