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"The Art of Paul McCartney", 32 tracks.  Some interesting participants.  No word yet on what song Brian sings.


http://www.wmmr.com/music/news/story.aspx?ID=2150112

Blackbird would be cool but I hope BW's covering She's Leaving Home… just feels right for him.

Seems like it could be really interesting with the sort of people that are going to be doing stuff for this album.
I haven't been able to find any track listing that gives details on who sings what, which is a bummer. I'm kind of fascinated to see what Bob Dylan plans to sing.


I think that would be really cool and a pretty good fit for Brian. It's always been one of my favorite songs of Paul's.

What is particularly satisfying is that Brian Wilson is the second singer cited after Dylan and one whose opinion they think is worth quoting.

He should do "She's Leaving Home". Isn't that the song that Macca played in the studio in L.A. for Brian and Marilyn?

It's DejaVu all over again, Mikie!

That's how I remember it being told too… and why it sprang to mind. Done right of could be sublime BW moment… plus he could segue into Where Is She?!

He's already covered She's Leaving Home in concert.

Depends who you listen to: some say "A Day In The Life".

I wrote that article.

Many thanks Howie, spreading the gospel as ever!

Any word on which tune Wilson's covering?

According to the article, it's "For No One."

It's Howie's rock news feed.  Highly recommended as he regularly has tidbits on the BBs. This is the third this week I think. Some good stuff on California Girls.

Brian's live version of She's Leaving Home:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tO7jMqTh7Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tO7jMqTh7Y)

Brian should record a really slow version of "With a little help from my friends"..... no wait nevermind... :lol

I'd like him to do something off McCartney II in full Love You mode. Not going to happen of course.

Reportedly, "Things We Said Today".  (According to various fans who have done some digging.)

I can hear that, kind of like a "Things Have Changed" arrangement maybe.

TEMPORARY SECRETARY

^ OH HELL YEAH. That would rule...

Hell Yeah!! That would be mind cracking!

I've always thought there was a link between love you and macca II. Both fascinate me.

I'd like to hear Brian take on 'Dear Boy.'

A solo version of SLH with just Brian's voice and his pounding piano.

I believe Brian said fairly recently that "Let It Be" was his favorite Beatles tune. I could see him pulling that one off.

I can almost hear the moog.  :lol

Indeed. I was just reading other accounts from various other bands/musicians that McCartney also visited when he was in L.A. and they all remember Paul playing them a "A Day In The Life". It would stand to reason that was the track he brought with him to "blow some minds".   

They also quoted Billy Joel.
 This is definitely great news, my option for Brian would be to sing "Live & Let Die", now that I imagined it. Or better yet, "Things We Said Today" (one of my go-to Beatle faves). But we'll see.

Brian´s contribution is a cover of "Wanderlust".

http://www.uncut.co.uk/bob-dylan-brian-wilson-roger-daltrey-confirmed-for-paul-mccartney-tribute-album-news

That's a pretty inspired choice! Tug of War is a very underrated Macca solo album.

looking forward also to Willie Nelson's Yesterday. Such a stale song now, but if anyone can breathe life into it then he can.

It's my bad luck that I detest every single note of Wunderlust...

Wow, do they seriously need to do 87 different configurations of various deluxe and non-deluxe sets for this thing? Of course, you have to buy the $200 super deluxe version to get eight extra exclusive tracks. At least the Brian track is on the main set. Looks like the best deal content-wise outside of that super deluxe version is the 2 CD + DVD version that's only around $23. That gets you the album (sans the 8 bonus tracks) plus a 60-minute DVD. Curious how much, if at all, Brian figures into the DVD documentary. There are 34 (or 42) tracks, so they can't cover them all in 60 minutes.

Great and very inspired cover choice!!

Yup. Wanderlust is a perfect fit for Brian. I an already hear it in my head.

I love love love "Wanderlust" but I can not imagine Brian belting it out in it's original key of D. Incidentally, I recorded a cover of it when i was 12 years old (vocals, piano, bass & drums). Brian Wilson & Paul McCartney ARE my living idols.

Brian doing "Wanderlust" is pretty cool, but I'm pretty anxious to hear Dr. John do "Let 'Em In".

I love the album version, but McCartney did it even better in the Give My Regards to Broad Street movie.  Now it's Brian's turn.  What a great great choice.

What an amazing line-up!

1. Maybe I’m Amazed - Billy Joel
2. Things We Said Today - Bob Dylan
3. Band On The Run - Heart
4. Junior’s Farm - Steve Miller
5. The Long and Winding Road - Yusuf / Cat Stevens
6. My Love - Harry Connick, Jr.
7. Wanderlust - Brian Wilson
8. Bluebird - Corinne Bailey Rae
9. Yesterday – Willie Nelson
10. Junk – Jeff Lynne
11. When I’m 64 – Barry Gibb
12. Every Night – Jamie Cullum
13. Venus and Mars/ Rock Show – KISS
14. Let Me Roll It – Paul Rodgers
15. Helter Skelter – Roger Daltrey
16. Helen Wheels – Def Leppard
17. Hello Goodbye – The Cure ft James McCartney
18. Live And Let Die – Billy Joel
19. Let It Be – Chrissie Hynde
20. Jet - Robin Zander & Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick
21. Hi Hi Hi - Joe Elliott
22. Letting Go - Heart
23. Hey Jude - Steve Miller
24. Listen To What The Man Said - Owl City
25. Got To Get You Into My Life - Perry Farrell
26. Drive My Car - Dion
27. Lady Madonna - Allen Toussaint
28. Let ‘Em In - Dr. John
29. So Bad - Smokey Robinson
30. No More Lonely Nights - The Airborne Toxic Event
31. Eleanor Rigby - Alice Cooper
32. Come And Get It - Toots Hibbert with Sly & Robbie
33. On The Way - B. B. King
34. Birthday - Sammy Hagar

The limited edition vinyl boxset and deluxe boxset features the following eight extra tracks;

1. C Moon - Robert Smith
2. Can’t Buy Me Love - Booker T. Jones
3. P.S. I Love You - Ronnie Spector
4. All My Loving - Darlene Love
5. For No One - Ian McCulloch
6. Put It There - Peter, Bjorn & John
7. Run Devil Run - Wanda Jackson
8. Smile Away - Alice Cooper

Eleanor Rigby - Alice Cooper

Hey Jude - Steve Miller

:banana

Would effing love this.

Didn't this guy sacrifice his career to converting to islam?

Well, obviously.

Curious about these, would like to hear what my fave songs turn out like:

As for Brian, nice choice. could be better, tho.

Preach it brother.  Temporary Secretary, please.

Edit: just noticed me and 4 or 5 other people all immediately thought Temporary Secretary when we heard that... which means it's a no brainer... which means we got to try to get him to do it, just like everybody's been trying to get him to play "Honkin' down the Highway" in concert for 15 years.

Converted in December 1977, retired from music in 1979 and made a gradual return since the mid-1990s, with the support and encouragement of the Muslim world (for which, I feel, he is a splendid ambassador). Toured the world in 2009, Australia in 2010 and Europe May-June 2011, and he was inducted into the R&R HOF this year (as Cat Stevens).

So.... you're saying he's had a long and winding road back to the spotlight?

:lol

Yeah man, I don't know how anybody could buy that super duper deluxe set with the usb stick shaped like a hofner guitar and not feel like a complete douche.  Good fucking god.  It has special edition art, and then also special edition photos if that's not artsy fartsy enough for you...

I love how they spin certain things too, like for instance it comes with a hand numbered certificate of authenticity ... but if you think about it, it'd be harder to make it a printed number certificate of authenticity :)  Since it's easier to just make 1000 copies of a piece of paper and then have some jackass write "1/1000; 2/1000; 3/1000" on it, they call it 'hand numbered'.

If I bought that thing, I would sit up at night crying about how I finally became so shallow I spent 200 bucks on an anonymous person's handwriting and didn't even get any alphabetics. 

So all that needed was check the current list of inductees. Thanks for the info.

Never heard of "Wanderlust". I'd have suggested Brian doing "Here, There And Everywhere", though that is probably my least favorite track off "Revolver".

I would've preferred mutitracked vocal takes of "Bip Bop" or "Hands Of Love" ala "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" -- or a very scaled back (read: NOT TLOS-esque faux Brian) version of "Don't Let It Bring You Down."

The ultimate would be him doing "The Man Who Found God On the Moon."

Least favorite over "Yellow Submarine"? Yikes!

HELL YEAH!!