RouteNote Blog » paul mccartney http://routenote.com/blog The World of Music Licensing and Distribution Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:52:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Dave Grohl and Jack White Pay Tribute to Paul McCartney http://routenote.com/blog/dave-grohl-and-jack-white-pay-tribute-to-paul-mccartney/ http://routenote.com/blog/dave-grohl-and-jack-white-pay-tribute-to-paul-mccartney/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:09:43 +0000 Finchy http://routenote.com/blog/?p=3721 Paul McCartney received the third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song yesterday, an award that went to Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder in its previous years. According to the New York Times, Jack White did “Mother Nature’s Son,” while Grohl screamed his way through “Band On The Run.”


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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/dave-grohl-and-jack-white-pay-tribute-to-paul-mccartney/feed/ 0 Paul McCartney Dumps EMI for Indie Label http://routenote.com/blog/paul-mccartney-dumps-emi-for-indie-label/ http://routenote.com/blog/paul-mccartney-dumps-emi-for-indie-label/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:26:49 +0000 Finchy http://routenote.com/blog/?p=3229 paul mccartney emi

It has been reported that Sir Paul McCartney has dumped EMI in favour of independent record label Concord Music Group. EMI had previously handled almost his 2 dozen albums of McCartney solo and fronting Wings under an exclusive license.

This seems like another major blow for EMI, but this was kind of expected as McCartney worked with Concord on a 2007 album and a 2009 CD/DVD hybrid “Good Evening New York City.

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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/paul-mccartney-dumps-emi-for-indie-label/feed/ 1 Are All Covers Really Worse Than The Originals? http://routenote.com/blog/are-all-covers-really-worse-than-the-originals/ http://routenote.com/blog/are-all-covers-really-worse-than-the-originals/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:47:01 +0000 Simoninja http://routenote.com/blog/?p=1720 It seems to generally be a yes. It seems to us though, that people just adore the originals so much that they don’t even listen to the cover versions and arrogantly burst out with a little squeaky ”the originals better”, just in the same way that people fancy themselves more intellectual because they don’t watch films and start their self righteous rants with “the books better than the film”. That’s not always the case, Lord Of The Rings books are ace but, we don’t need to know every tiny piece of history about the castle in the distance that the fellowship don’t actually visit in the end ever. The movie came up with some super effects I never could have imagined reading the books as a kid. Everyone thinks it, but nobody admits it, like im sure if you listen carefully enough you can hear on the wind “Futurama is better than the Simpsons”. The same is with songs, some covers are better definitely better than the originals. So with the Internet full of bloggers and music fans that all know they’re right like we knew the world was flat, were gonna throw out a reasonable 10 to start the debate. (Richard Cheese is in there for fun, an if you haven’t heard it already, then you should!)

  • I fought the law – The Clash (The Bobby Fuller Band)
  • Live and Let Die – Guns and Roses (Paul McCartney)
  • Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley ( Leonard Cohen)
  • All Along The Watchtower – Jimmi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
  • It Must Be Love – Madness (Labi Siffre)
  • Hurt – Johnny Cash (NIN)
  • Whisky in the jar – Metallica (The Dubliners)
  • Daddy Cool – Placebo (Boney M)
  • Nobody does it better – Radiohead (Carly Simon)
  • Creep – Richard Cheese (Radiohead)

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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/are-all-covers-really-worse-than-the-originals/feed/ 0 The Beatles will be on Rock Band coming September 9th http://routenote.com/blog/the-beatles-will-be-on-rock-band-coming-september-9th/ http://routenote.com/blog/the-beatles-will-be-on-rock-band-coming-september-9th/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:43:03 +0000 Finchy http://routenote.com/blog/?p=599 Harmonix has confirmed that its Beatles-themed music game will be released on 9 September this year, and will be called The Beatles: Rock Band. An official site has gone live today inviting gamers to sign up for alerts when pre-ordering begins.

It’s a big deal – the game will launch simultaneously in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other countries, and will be available on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii.

The game will include support for guitar, bass, mic and drums, but will also offer “a limited number of new hardware offerings modeled after instruments used by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr throughout their career”.

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