Paul McCartney : Cover Songs & Music Videos Category

  • The Laptop Sessions: “My Brave Face” (Paul McCartney Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Friday, May 9th, 2008

    By Jim Fusco:

    Welcome to your Friday edition of the Laptop Sessions with me, Jim Fusco!

    Tonight, I bring you a cool tune from Paul McCartney, “My Brave Face”. I always knew of this song, hearing it on the radio and such, but for some reason, I fell in love with it a couple years ago. I guess I never really knew it was Paul.

    It’s a TOUGH song to sing and I just can’t seem to shake this cold lately, but I prepped myself by eating and drinking a lot before I did the take. It always makes me feel better.

    There’s also some really tough lines to sing, as they have this odd syncopation to them. The line, “Ever since you left I have been trying to compose a ‘baby will you please come home’ note meant for you”. Are you kidding me? It took a while to get that one down.

    But, I really like the way the whole video came out and I think you’ll agree it’s one of my more passionate ones.

    Enjoy tonight’s video and make sure to get yourself back to http://www.LaptopSessions.com tomorrow for another new video from the one and only Chris Moore!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Great Day” (Paul McCartney Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Sunday, March 16th, 2008

    By Jim Fusco:

    Welcome to your Sunday edition of the Laptop Sessions!

    Today, I bring you a tune that I covered on my album “That’s All Folks” called “Great Day” by Paul McCartney. It closes out his 1997 album “Flaming Pie”, one of my all-time favorites.

    This is the perfect acoustic song and gives quite a vocal workout, which you wouldn’t expect in such a simple song.

    Actually, you can download my fully produced version for FREE on our website (because I can’t sell other people’s songs). Here’s the link: http://fusco-moore.com/store/index.ph…

    I hope you all enjoy today’s Session, as I’ll be back on Wednesday with a “political” original song- don’t miss it!

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Flaming Pie” (Paul McCartney Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Friday, February 8th, 2008

    By Jeff Copperthite:

    Welcome to your fantastic Friday edition of the Laptop Sessions! Today I bring you a fantastic - if short - song from Paul McCartney.

    The song is the title track from his 1997 album Flaming Pie, and is a great song. I heard this song (and then, this album) thanks to Jim playing it for a show we did back in 2001.

    I hope to learn some more tunes from Paul in the future for more sessions. He really is quite a writer and this is expected given who he is.

    I also hope you enjoy this video, and thank you for continuing to watch The Laptop Sessions.

    As always, check http://www.laptopsessions.com for more! And, be sure to look for the release of my new EP “Greenlight” on February 24th.

     



  • The Laptop Sessions: “Young Boy” (Music Video of Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Thursday, January 31st, 2008

    By Jim Fusco:

    **Admin note** Sorry for the late post today- the servers were down and ALL of our websites went down with them! Also, look for the release of “The Laptop Sessions, Vol. 1″ on February 1st only at the Fusco-Moore Productions Store!

    Hello everyone and welcome to your Thursday fix of the Laptop Sessions!

    I’ve been sick with a cold these past couple of days- good thing I had a couple of videos in reserve! I should be back to my healthy self again over the weekend, and I have a list of literally 40 different songs to record for the Sessions…hopefully not all in one day…

    This tune is a great one from Paul McCartney’s late 90’s album, “Flaming Pie”. That album stands as one of my all-time favorites because it came out right when I was really getting into music seriously. My family listened to it constantly. I plan on doing most of the songs off this album eventually because of it.

    This tune is a great one on acoustic guitar and was one of the first songs I leaned to play on guitar. It’s fun to sing and has a great melody, but most of all, I love the message in the song. “He’s gotta do it for himself.” How many times have I tried to steer someone in the “right” direction, only to learn that the person needed to learn on his own. I love when people learn from others’ mistakes, but I also accept the fact that it doesn’t happen that often.

    So, enjoy tonight’s Session and stay tuned for Chris’ installment tomorrow to kick off your weekend!

     



Paul McCartney Acoustic Cover Songs

Perhaps best known as the “cute” one from the Beatles, Paul McCartney has perhaps had the most success of any Beatles in his post-supergroup solo career. His recordings, from the electric and acoustic music of Wings to his solo material as recently as 2008 has proven his ability to keep his songwriting in style with the trends of the times. A song like “Mr. Bellamy” might be considered an odd track to some original Beatles fans, but to others who love to listen to new music from Macca, this is simply another exercise in stretching his songwriter’s muscle. Yes, you might be more likely to see him playing an acoustic song in a music video, but his foray into the synthesized realm with “Mr. Bellamy” maintains all the things fans have loved about his new music for years – it is catchy and fun. And, after songs like “C Moon,” this recording should be received with arms wide open. His recent new rock music on Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and Memory Almost Full have ranged from slow acoustic guitar music to upbeat rockers. Certainly, anyone who reads music reviews will understand that this is not simply a fan’s response to his material. He is at a creative high, releasing music videos like the one for “Dance Tonight” that is available as one of many free videos when you search for Paul McCartney YouTube videos. And, of course, the songwriters of the Laptop Sessions have chosen many of his acoustic songs to record as covers for the video blog they contribute to at http://LaptopSessions.com.