Paul McCartney (61,986 views)

[Holsety]

This would not be the first time we've found an F5 with overtones, as we found something similar in a performance of "Hey Jude" a few years ago. In that case we used another recording of the same show to find the overtones were only in the first clip.

[rebaru]

Feb 3, 2020 4:26:04 GMT kaji said:

It actually sounds to me like there’s a fundamental in the sixth octave. I tried checking it in a spectrogram but as the audio is rather shit, all I could get from it is that there are some frequencies in the sixth octave that the spectral frequency monitor is picking up. I’ll try cleaning up the audio tomorrow to see what I can find.

Have you checked both top links? they're the same performance. The audience video gives it away a lot more, try giving it a few listens!

[kaji]

Feb 3, 2020 5:05:37 GMT rebaru said:

Feb 3, 2020 4:26:04 GMT kaji said:

It actually sounds to me like there’s a fundamental in the sixth octave. I tried checking it in a spectrogram but as the audio is rather shit, all I could get from it is that there are some frequencies in the sixth octave that the spectral frequency monitor is picking up. I’ll try cleaning up the audio tomorrow to see what I can find.

Have you checked both top links? they're the same performance. The audience video gives it away a lot more, try giving it a few listens!

Yep, I checked now. The audience one sounds like an F5 indeed. 

May I ask why is this E6 not being counted (https://youtu.be/auoydGdV-fo?t=255)? It sounds melodic to me.

[Holsety]

Paul rarely produced whistles with a clear tone, so it is sort of an outlier in this case. It's not interesting enough to ask for a wider consensus as far as I care. Also, I can't believe my video died just for that trash to be acceptable.

[imladris]

What a great vocalist he used to be. He's one of my favorite vocalists. It's sad that his voice weakened and thinned out so much during the last 15 years. It was even noticeable on his latest studio album how much his voice has aged. Then again, he's 77 and still recording albums and touring.

[kaji]

Feb 3, 2020 21:35:33 GMT Holsety said:

Paul rarely produced whistles with a clear tone, so it is sort of an outlier in this case. It's not interesting enough to ask for a wider consensus as far as I care. Also, I can't believe my video died just for that trash to be acceptable.

Wait, so if I'm understanding it correctly, you're not including it cause he wasn't consistently doing those notes? 

[Holsety]

Well, we don’t use that argument when the note in question speaks for itself, like Paul’s A1 which is a bit of an outlier compared to his other low notes. We don’t have a stone tablet we refer to that tells us what excuse we have to discount certain notes. Someone else might tell you the E6 is likely inhaled, or just that it’s unremarkable, particularly relative to the singer. Yes, there is some relativity in that regard, which I can explain further if needed.

[BAZanine]

Btw Venus and Mars's album range has an A1 in it although the A1 that comes from it is spoilered.

[cookiemountain]

Anyone else think the Bb5 from Hey Jude deserves to be bold? To me, that note sticks out.

[kotipelto]

There was an awesome vocal timeline on the old thread, albeit with a depressing ending :'(

['S]

Is it not still in the new thread here as the 'Album Ranges' spoiler?

[Holsety]

That might be lying around on the old forum somewhere. Sir Paul could be doing a lot worse these days, all things considered.

[kotipelto]

Mar 22, 2020 12:59:00 GMT 'S said:

Is it not still in the new thread here as the 'Album Ranges' spoiler?

Nah this was different vocal 'periods' described with a small paragraph and grouped into years.

['S]

Ah, fair enough.

[BAZanine]

Absolutely epicest low note of Paul's sorry career: youtu.be/81WwGlbVcBg?t=3m6s

[ykmr3000]

On his new album McCartney III, the song "Deep Down" includes some significant G5s and belted B4s. Those sections are pretty fleshed out, but I think it's very impressive that he's still able to crank those out at 78 years old.

[halloweenjack95]

Dec 23, 2020 6:19:01 GMT ykmr3000 said:

On his new album McCartney III, the song "Deep Down" includes some significant G5s and belted B4s. Those sections are pretty fleshed out, but I think it's very impressive that he's still able to crank those out at 78 years old.

His voice sounds actually pretty decent on McCartney III

[BAZanine]

Not gonna lie, I don't hear a single C6 in "Cut Me Some Slack". I hear where they're supposed to be but they're either closer to B5 or C♯6 in the case of 4:23.

[dimebagdaro]

Every single note of Helter Skelter should be bolded

[BAZanine]

That's what the boys back at the academy would call overkill.

[Platypus]

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Sept 30, 2019 12:41:14 GMT jakewild said:

One of my favourite threads! In the bio it's probably worth updating it to show that 'Egypt Station' (2018) is his most recent album, as opposed to 'NEW'. :)

McCartney III was released this year.
I'd also suggest moving the E6 from "I Love This House" out of the questionable category. It sounded pretty decent to me, at least compared to the rest of his whistle notes.

[jaredletoisbackagain]

Nov 24, 2021 1:23:00 GMT @ianvector said:

McCartney III was released this year.

And you're quoting a post made in 2019

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Nov 24, 2021 5:19:46 GMT jaredletoisbackagain said:

Nov 24, 2021 1:23:00 GMT @ianvector said:

McCartney III was released this year.

And you're quoting a post made in 2019

And? Why does it matter when the post was made? I was simply providing an update.

[rob]

Nov 24, 2021 18:14:57 GMT @ianvector said:

Nov 24, 2021 5:19:46 GMT jaredletoisbackagain said:

And you're quoting a post made in 2019

And? Why does it matter when the post was made? I was simply providing an update.

I think it's mostly about the way you phrased it. If you had said, "Can we also add McCartney III since it was released last year" it would come off more as you seemingly intended, and not as trying to correct a comment from before the album came out. At least that's my perspective, maybe I misunderstood something, if I did I'm sorry.