Paul McCartney "The Fireman" - Pure Trance

As requested! Pure Trance
Track Nº 4/9
STRAWBERRIES OCEANS SHIPS FOREST
The album consists of samples of McCartney material, mostly from the sessions that spawned his Off the Ground album, as well as samples of "Reception" and "The Broadcast" from 1979's Back to the Egg, as remixed by Youth. Neither McCartney nor Youth are credited on the album; rumours of McCartney's involvement were eventually confirmed by EMI.

In a Melody Maker review, Michael Bonner wrote, "Paul McCartney has discovered dance music - and the results are as staggeringly brilliant as those that came from John Lydon's similar road-to-Damascus-like conversion last year. Truly, we live in an age of miracles. Eschewing the easy option of making a remix album, McCartney and his collaborator, Youth, have chosen to follow the likes of Brian Eno down a more experimental and cerebral path. They take a melody and, with dextrous genre-hopping through ambient, trance and house, evolve a number of breathtaking variations. Like snowflakes, each song seems identical to the last, until closer inspection reveals that it has its own unique shape."

The project began when McCartney asked Youth to remix several tracks from McCartney's Off the Ground album for use on possible 12" singles. McCartney stated, "The brief from me was that he should only use stuff from our recordings, because dance mixes often feature a kick-drum sample or a James Brown snare sound and, as a consequence, the record ends up sounding a bit like someone else's so I told Youth that I'd prefer any sound he might select to come off our recordings, mainly 'Off the Ground'."

Regarding the project, Youth has stated, "I didn't think it appropriate to remix any of the Off the Ground tracks the way I'd been briefed. I thought it would be better to do a more conceptual thing - that is, rather than remix a track I thought we should deconstruct the album into samples and then construct a new mix from those. And Paul liked the idea. He was into it, so I went for it."

Eventually, McCartney decided to join Youth in the studio to create new music to add to the tapestry along with the existing samples, and the project became a more collaborative effort. Although originally conceived as a series of 12" remixes, McCartney became so enamored with the results of the sessions that the project became this full-length album, released in 1993 in the United Kingdom, and several months later in 1994 in the United States of America.

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[redredroselass]

I love it!

[84cruzazul]

wow whats not to love from the master mccartney hes simlpy just the greatest to roam the earth

[MrMGD92]

This is amazing I have never heard another musician go to rock,pop,ballad,and dance it just shows his talent.

[kingpinlwf]

@trevornator no shit. I took my iPhone and put this song on and put strawberries oceans ships on my iPad and played both songs at the same time. Absolutely unfnbelievable! Thanks on that idea!

[ultramouse]

@MarcelinePromotions Youth originally was working on a single remix, but ended up doing a whole album — he's said since that he wishes he'd made them a little more varied, but you're right it's still awesome. Rushes has more variations and it's great too.

[didleybopp]

Waitaminit - no disrespect to S. Paul, but I do believe we have Youth to thank for the overall grooviness of this album!

[HeathenLoveGod]

Wow! Sir Paul trances out! Brilliant!

[macrockettere]

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUU­ULLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Trevornator]

Holy crap! Every song sounds similar so I made another youtube tab and played "Strawberries Oceans Ships" and this song at the same time and it sounds pretty cool! Has anyone tried that yet? This is the kind of music that should be in video games, like Flight Simulators or strategy games!

[Rascal356000]

I agree with everyone who has commented upto Feb 1, 2010. Wow indeed; he did this music? Just fantastic .

[94996675]

His only beautiful deepest blue eyes are shining alike his soul. Paul McCartney is still a boy and his thoughts are a susseccion of events which ocurr throughout time and space in pure trance movements.