Paul McCartney has just uploaded a new 10-song Spotify playlist on his official PaulMcCartney.com site. Every month “Macca” posts a new tracklisting with a specific theme and to kick-off the New Year, he's has selected alternate versions of hits, collaborations, and deep album cuts.
Among the tracks picked for this month's playlist include Wings' final chart-topper, “Coming Up (Live In Glasgow)” from 1980, his home demo for 1997's Flaming Pie single “Young Boy,” 1980 one-man-band demos of his Tug Of War and Pipes of Peace evergreens “Wanderlust” and “Sweetest Little Show,” a 1988 studio take of “My Brave Face” with co-writer Elvis Costello, along with his recent revamped mix of his McCartney III lead track, “Find My Way” with Beck.
A message to fans on the site reads in part:
With every New Year comes wellness goals, resolutions and a time to reflect on the past with a fresh new perspective. So for the first 'Sticking Out Of My Back Pocket' playlist of 2022 we're listening to Paul's music from a different viewpoint.
So whilst we wonder what 2022 has in store for us, crank up the volume and discover some of the re-imagined, demo-ed or recorded live versions of Paul’s beloved songs.
Paul McCartney's fan chosen Spotify playlist for January 2022:
“Women And Wives” (studio outtake) – McCartney III
“Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five” (One Hand Clapping soundtrack) – Band On The Run – Deluxe Box Set
“Young Boy” (home recording) – Flaming Pie – Deluxe Box Set
“Find My Way” (featuring Beck) – McCartney III Imagined
“Wanderlust” (demo) – Tug Of War – Deluxe Box Set
“My Brave Face” (1988 demo with Elvis Costello) – Flowers In The Dirt – Deluxe Box Set
“Sweetest Little Show” (demo) – Pipes Of Peace – Deluxe Box Set
“Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)” – McCartney II – Deluxe Box Set
“Beware My Love” (featuring John Bonham) – Wings At The Speed Of Sound – Deluxe Box Set
“Women And Wives” (St. Vincent Remix) – McCartney III Imagined
During a recent chat on his official PaulMcCartney.com website, “Macca” was asked whether his studio tracks are all mapped out in his head before he brings the songs into the studio: “Y'know, when you're writing the song, you just get a feeling of how it's going to sound, and then you record it and it changes. It kinda morphs into the record.”
The new playlist features recent reworkings of two of McCartney III's key tracks as found on its companion set, McCartneyIII Imagined. While promoting the set on his Instagram page, McCartney spoke about the critically acclaimed tribute album: “They've all done it with a great freedom. Y'know, because it's lockdown, and I don't think anyone said to them — (adapts stern voice) 'You must do this! You must use Paul's drums!' Nobody gave any guidelines. They just, sort of, said, 'Well, y'know, have a go.' So, people have been very free. It's got an atmosphere, the album.” SOUNDCUE