{"id":6141,"date":"2025-06-07T19:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T01:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/?p=6141"},"modified":"2025-06-15T17:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T23:53:03","slug":"mccartney-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/archives\/6141","title":{"rendered":"McCartney, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ex1\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size:20px ;\"><em>If you reached this Balkingpoints article by direct external link, stop by the front page for a <a href=\"http:\/\/Balkingpoints.com\"  target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>rotating satellite view<\/strong><\/a> of the earth at night<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/div.png\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-api.sharethis.com\/js\/sharethis.js#property=6005a7edc6ae2f001213eb1d&amp;product=inline-share-buttons\" async=\"async\"><\/script>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/McCartney.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\np{font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; color: black;}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nReading back that <a href=\"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/archives\/6022\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNL 50 post<\/a>, and it would seem I was pretty unforgiving on Sir Paul McCartney&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nThe last time I heard him in decent voice was when he got up on the Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee in 2009, which didn&#8217;t actually look safe&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAxNYd5xnzQ?si=N763GFx9JEEQEBQ7\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nOn The Beatles &#8220;Hey Jude&#8221; recording he&#8217;s heard screeching towards the end, the kind of thing that could have hastened demise of his voice.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nBy contrast, the evergreen voice of Pat Benatar. Touring this spring at 72, sounding great. She might tell you it&#8217;s fewer high notes, nonetheless she&#8217;s putting it over like the great singer she&#8217;s been for decades.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nNot like someone who would be horrified if they played it back&#8230;    \ud83d\ude04\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"ex1\">\nKeep in mind these bootlegs which are all over the place now on YouTube, are just what somebody&#8217;s smart phone can capture and not professionally shot or produced.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_c63iHn5eQo?si=7xmDJTr5tyugzUQG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@Balkingpoints\" >Roy@Balkingpoints<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/div.png\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size:18px ;\">Published 2025 \/ all rights reserved<\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you reached this Balkingpoints article by direct external link, stop by the front page for a rotating satellite view of the earth at night Reading back that SNL 50 post, and it would seem I was pretty unforgiving on Sir Paul McCartney&#8230; The last time I heard him in decent voice was when he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6141"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6178,"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6141\/revisions\/6178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balkingpoints.com\/balk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}