Paul McCartney "The Fireman" - Celtic Stomp

Celtic Stomp Track Nº6/9
This album is adictive!
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest.

Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest" is the first of two albums which Paul McCartney released under the pseudonym The Fireman. Essentially, it is a collaboration between McCartney and a musician/remixer/engineer who simply calls himself Youth. The fruits of this album came about during a remix session for what was then Paul's latest album "Off The Ground". Instead of properly remixing that album's title track, Youth and McCartney created something entirely different. Upon listening to this CD, you would be hard-pressed to think that this music was done by McCartney. It sounds like nothing he has done before. Also, apart from the song titles and publishing credits, there is no other liner notes in the CD cover. McCartney was definitely undercover on this one.
Musically, the album is quite interesting and trance-inducing. It contains nine lengthy variations on a single theme set to a moderately paced drum rhythm. This is a far cry from "Silly Love Songs" or "Band on The Run". However, once you get used to the strange sounds and plodding rhythms, this CD can become an excellent piece of background music. It's simplistic and stays out of the way. This album is very much in the same style as modern composer Steve Reich especially with his composition entitled "Drumming". Both feature the same idea of trance-like rhythms with uncompilcated melodic and harmonic patterns.
All in all, The Fireman McCartney's "Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest" is an excellent CD. It's also now extremely rare, out-of-print and very expensive. However, if you're a Paul McCartney collector, this CD is a must. I will not reveal in this review how much I paid for this CD but I will reveal that it was very much worth it.

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[rocnrollurisback]

me....jane ...you tarzan...HA lol

[piggies1]

lol!

[BonelessSausage]

I dance nude to this. Ed

[JotheBytle]

This is more Aphrodites Child and Pink Floyd than Beatles and the "normal" PMcC. Wow. Respekt Paul, fantastic. Who would think that Paul makes such sound many years after the white album

[MultiPelias]

This proves that Paul McCartney was BETTER than John Lennon!



[jekk23]

As good as Aphex Twin. Great tune

[jimidee33]

@ultimatepie27 He was always solo. Always. Yes he had a band, but the band is a backing group for the most part.

[TheWarmgun1]

RESPECT SIR MCCARTNEY

[felixcock]

cockadoodledoo

[technopatheticx3]

@ultimatepie27 um, he has like 15 solo albums.

[sphinxstone]

Everyone was doing this world fusion thing in the 80s. Where were you Paul ? Still it sounds beautiful and cool. Perhaps a collaboration with Peter Gabriel ?

[Dittymeandyou]

Playing several of the tracks simultaneously (like three of them at the same time) is funky - try it! This rocks!

[ultimatepie27]

i really think mccartney shouldn't have formed wings and the fireman they both kinda sucked. why didn't he go solo like john lennon his solo stuff was great

[SandJTV]

@SandJTV actually its beatlesfan1975