Paul McCartney - Secret Friend

[5bonfire]

this tune is amazing! 

[ilovefreedom80]

To John.

[zephyrquartz]

My gosh he was handsome (10.47). I never had a chance!

[njriley55]

@zephyrquartz That pic is from the Waterfalls video--I love the way he looks in it! He was about 38, but still looked in his 20's!

[DoubleCross2009]

Leap from here to the Fireman..... Rushes

[ellovater]

that picture at 3:11 is great! anyone know where i can find it?

[MrGeno502]

@ellovater

It's inside the gate fold cover of the McCartney 2 LP. And it's also in the McCartney 2 CD booklet. There are also 3 other photos in there in which Paul is imitating the other 3 Beatles!

[zephyrquartz]

@ellovater - inside

the original album cover.

[TheShufflebuff]

Vocals are very Animal Collective...

[hightimesbruce]

I think it's incredible how diverse his music was. Lennon wasn't doing dance tracks, that's for sure.

[ROVINATO]

My new mobile ring.....absolute perfection. Genius

[BigGreenProds]

I remember hearing McCartney II for the first time in about 2004 and thinking this track was like trance music 10 years before it was even invented. Hypnotic stuff.

[ROVINATO]

This album was recorded in 1979

[sightsizemethod]

Well I like it. It reminds me of Talking Heads and a touch of world influences. Has he done anymore? Bring em on!

[simonfishfly]

Fine example of ambient dance. It's obvious that Macca has a feel for the dance floor, so why does he prefer to keep churning out so much dross?

[thezooropa]

woa

[matzomaniac]

sounds like kraftwerk or some other synth kraut stuff

[tcftsist]

WOWOWOOWOWOWW!!! And i thought temporary secretary was good. This is like Fela played by Kraftwerk. utterley amazing

[julioscissors]

Never heard this before today... pretty nice! Sounds like Tangerine Dream a little... much better than some of the tracks that actually made it onto McCartney II. "Check My Machine" is total dreck, though.

[hereinthebronx]

loved it! thanx

[rwhitenow]

KIng Crimson?? He did stuff like this? I think is Pauls low point personally...guess it's relaxing...don't know what he's trying to do .... LIsten to "I got a feeling" on LET IT BE record. love that song...What year is this?

[charlycrett]

amazing!! paul is a genius!!

[Uetti]

I fell in love with this song

[derektheduke2004]

later king crimson reminds me of this

[1FineYoungCannibal]

This sounds like the ambient music of the nineties by Orbital or Aphex Twin or something, and for 1980 that's impressive.

[laloisaac]

not my favorite ...

McCartney said it deserves better luck ...

[Hackneychap]

yep takes me right back and a tune as fresh now as it was then, will never forget it.

thanks for posting it.

[ZeropointZero70]

this song just soothes me from head to toe. love playing it in my car on long drives. He should have scrapped a few tunes off of McCartney 2 and put this song in its entirety right at the end as a sort of climax. i like Check my Machine too.

[Robert1986]

I want a remix of this....pls do some ;) I bet u can make more of it today ;)

[lioneltwain22]

Fantastic bass lines. Some of his best

[lioneltwain22]

My favorite of his. Surprised this doesn't get anywhere near the pub

[Primomist]

Hey Ben...this was prolly 10 years before Devo. Put the floweerpot on ya head and sit in the corner.....jughead! nothing personal

[tvcoahran]

Um nope. this is 6 years after devo started. 1980?

[legrandp]

@tvcoahran devo sounds nothing like this, check your ears brother.

[tvcoahran]

@legrandp i didnt say it sounded like devo

[pomomatthew]

Devo had been around for like 7 years when this came out. And it doesn't even really resemble Devo in any way.

[MisterDensity]

Oy gevalt

[icanwaitanotherday]

Isn't this the album where he played all the instruments himself? I remember first hearing this and thinking it was so magical- so freaked out. I still love it.

[piggies1]

Yes, he played all the instruments in the album. Thanks for watching!

[messthetics]

@icanwaitanotherday Yeah it's from 1980's McCartney II. He played all the instruments on 1970's McCartney as well.

[icanwaitanotherday]

Oh WOW! I forgot all about this song!  Thanks so much for reminding me!

[rdsieben]

First he is trying to mimic Devo and now Pink Floyd with a long song.

[BigGreenProds]

@rdsieben Yes, because Pink Floyd have the monopoly on longs songs, and curses shall be laid upon anyone else who dares to record anything over 10 minutes.

Silly thing to say.