Paul Mccartney - Pipes of Peace

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Music Review: Your troubles cease when you play Pipes of Peace
Rating: 5 Stars

Like Stevie Wonder did on Tug Of War, Michael Jackson shows up for two songs here, and one of them became a big hit. "Say Say Say" is a more effective number than "The Girl Is Mine," featuring harmonica and a brass section and computerized voices. Things would not be so cozy between McCartney and Jackson, as the latter outbid McCartney for the rights to the Beatles songs. But that line, "baptised in all my tears" really caught my eye.

"The Other Me" is a mid-paced apology to a sig. other for really bad behaviour--"I acted like a dustbin" and asks for a second chance--"I wish I could take it back/I'd like to make a different mood/and if you let me try again/I'll have a better attitude." That's the other me he sings of.

Quick Vivaldi-type strings and quick guitar pop distinguish the chorus of "Keep Under Cover." There's some nice electric Wings-type guitar reminiscent of his early days. It's a promise to share life with someone despite the uncertain journey ahead, but without that special one, one might as well "keep under cover." Or play ostrich, in other words. And as DLR said, you know what happen to ostrich's hind ends.

OK, my favourite track here. "So Bad", later to be done live in Give My Regards To Broadstreet is a nice slow ballad with Paul and Linda singing together in the chorus. Paul's falsetto makes this all the more better. In addition to the chorus, :"Girl I love you so bad" there's this dynamic: "Well it feels so good, sometimes it feels so bad/this is worse than anything I've ever hard."

"The Man" is the second song with Jacko, a more chirpy soulful pop, is about a man who can do anything with his cheery outlook on life.

The acoustic guitar of "Sweetest Little Show" recalls 70's-style pop he did with the Wings, especially the harmony backing vocals in the chorus.

"Look at the average person/speak to the man on the beat/can you imagine the first one you'd meet". A sung interview best describes "Average Person" trying to find out what they do for a living and what they'd rather like to do or what kept them from pursuing their dreams. This is a quick-paced kitchen-sink type rock-pop song, with some special effects, clapping, and harmony vocals.
"Hey Hey" is a fiery jazz-rock instrumental co-written with jazz bassist Stanley Clarke, which leads to "Tug Of Peace" a funky accompaniment to the title track coupled with Tibetan chanting, with lines from "Tug Of War" and "Pipes Of Peace" fighting it out. How true, "your troubles cease when you learn to play the pipes of peace."

"Through Our Love" is another schmaltzy and idyllic McCartney ballad with strings (I enjoy those, actually) with some equally schmaltzy lyrics: "Whenever you get some time/I'd like to roll it all/up in a ball/and spend it with you." The brass section and kettle drums that come on later heightens the tempo of the song, which basically says "through our love we can learn to do things that they said were impossible."

Another worthy effort from Macca and his last album of all-new material until the experimental and flawed Press To Play.

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Classic Rock CDs

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