McCartney on SNL. Why do these guys do this to themselves?

[BernieTaupson]

He’s in his 80s. Pick something you can actually sing! This is self-delusion at Paul Stanley levels. There is no reason on earth he had to pick that song to perform. He’s Paul fucking McCartney. He’s got a hundred well known songs that he could have picked from.

https://youtu.be/iu4aedISw6g?si=lsSklDpgz-UH9ADm

[DangerZone]

He’s in his 80s. Pick something you can actually sing! This is self-delusion at Paul Stanley levels. There is no reason on earth he had to pick that song to perform. He’s Paul fucking McCartney. He’s got a hundred well known songs that he could have picked from.

https://youtu.be/iu4aedISw6g?si=lsSklDpgz-UH9ADm

I heard the first “sleep pretty darling..” and clicked it off.
Don’t want to hear the golden slumbers part.

You’re right, that’s one of the worst ones to pick.
Why not go for ‘oh darling,’ too

[Mister Freeze]

I suspect the song choice was a nod to Chris Farley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHPQFPdj8ko

Paul's been the real deal without tapes or any other smoke-and-mirrors bullshit into his '80s. I think we can give him a pass when time finally catches up to him.

Paul Stanley levels? Not even close. Fuck off. Show some respect.

[BernieTaupson]

Paul Stanley levels? Not even close. Fuck off. Show some respect.

Why? No one is a bigger McCartney nutswinger than me. But this shit is just embarrassing. Paul Mc thinking he can belt out Golden Slumbers in 2025 is no different to Paul Stan wailing and screeching an unnecessary intro to Cold Gin in 2020.

Wheeen yaaawwurr down in the dumps, carrry that weight!!!

These people don’t have anyone higher up in the chain of command telling them they suck and to make more intelligent choices, this is the problem.

[LAglamrocker]

Why didn’t Skidrow show up with the 23rd singer- missed opportunity

[Jason Jennifer Leigh]

Not bad firvhis age ata ll.

Still the king.

[Mr.Happyface]

He’s in his 80s. Pick something you can actually sing! This is self-delusion at Paul Stanley levels. There is no reason on earth he had to pick that song to perform. He’s Paul fucking McCartney. He’s got a hundred well known songs that he could have picked from.

https://youtu.be/iu4aedISw6g?si=lsSklDpgz-UH9ADm

I'm guessing he did that song because of the skit he did with Chris Farley on SNL back in the day where they mention that song. "Remember ..when you were in The Beatles..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHPQFPdj8ko

[aznsquirt]

Good excuse to remind everyone how amazing Brad Delp was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OiC7LaU8Cg

[Wiseacre]

Good excuse to remind everyone how amazing Brad Delp was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OiC7LaU8Cg

He was SUCH a great singer. What a gift he had. Sad to think he’s gone mainly because he felt so embarrassed after getting busted peeping on his fiancé’s sister.

[Hatchets Molly]

My first thought was Ooof. Second thought was PM is self-aware. Yes, he could have chosen a song his voice can handle, but he chose that one. He probably knows how he sounds but gives no facks. On the other hand, Paul Stanley is delusional.

[Turner Coates]

Paul chose the song because of the message, which is the same reason Ringo always does this:

[keyofgee]

its Paul McCartney, a freakin Beatle,. we are lucky to still have hm around at 82 years old and still performing. Is he 20? nope, but he is out there without a net. not tracks or autotune. we win because he wins. A living Legend.

[Turner Coates]

its Paul McCartney, a freakin Beatle,. we are lucky to still have hm around at 82 years old and still performing. Is he 20? nope, but he is out there without a net. not tracks or autotune. we win because he wins. A living Legend.

Agreed. He doesn't need to prove anything. He already did.

[BernieTaupson]

Well, he proved he can’t sing anymore, that’s for sure.

[Wiseacre]

Well, he proved he can’t sing anymore, that’s for sure.

It’s funny how the original question is answered over and over by the apologists in this thread. “but, but, but…he’s MACA!” Yes, he is and that’s the point of the thread. Why suck when you don’t have to?

Probably the same people who shit all over Ace for playing and singing like shit in his ‘70s.

[Hatchets Molly]

Well, he proved he can’t sing anymore, that’s for sure.

It’s funny how the original question is answered over and over by the apologists in this thread. “but, but, but…he’s MACA!” Yes, he is and that’s the point of the thread. Why suck when you don’t have to?

Probably the same people who shit all over Ace for playing and singing like shit in his ‘70s.

He should have covered The Elder in its entirety.

[DangerZone]

people in this post saying it’s Jesus incarnate are no different than kisstards making excuses for Paul lip syncing.

Yes, he’s Paul McCartney. He could have keyed this song down and came up with a different arrangement.

Sounding bad is sounding bad, doesn’t matter who you are

[Anthrax442]

At least he's not Ozzy...

[BernieTaupson]

A guy with a degenerative disease who was too ill to perform at his RNRHOF induction six months ago, and this Sabbath thing is in July …

[skinni]

His performance here did not live up to his legendary reputation.

Perhaps retirement is in order.

[BernieTaupson]

No, just play a song you can sing.

[kytepunches]

I thought Paul Simon was way worse . McCartney was passable.. Cher and Bonnie Raitt were the gold standard of how to sing in your golden years.

[BernieTaupson]

Paul Simon has a serious medical issue, he’s rapidly going deaf.

[risingfarce]

My first thought was Ooof. Second thought was PM is self-aware. Yes, he could have chosen a song his voice can handle, but he chose that one. He probably knows how he sounds but gives no facks. On the other hand, Paul Stanley is delusional.

Paul isn't delusional. He used the Paul Stanley Vocal Smoothing Pedal (TM) on the last KISS tour.

[BernieTaupson]

Yeah and still screamed like he was 35 with the intros etc and said he was never sounding better and going out on top. Delusional.

[risingfarce]

Yeah and still screamed like he was 35 with the intros etc and said he was never sounding better and going out on top. Delusional.

Paul vocally didn't go out on top, but KISS did. That was their longest tour (250 shows; no previous tour broke the 200 mark) and it was their highest grossing tour.

The band was tight. Gene, Eric, and Tommy sang well. Good stage production (not my favorite; that would be "Monster"). Most pyro I've seen at any show. Packed TD Garden in Boston. Crowd was into the show as was the band. I also saw them two years later at the amphitheater in Mansfield. Smaller production due to the smaller amphitheater stage. Good show, but not as good as the show in Boston.

[Wiseacre]

Yeah and still screamed like he was 35 with the intros etc and said he was never sounding better and going out on top. Delusional.

Paul vocally didn't go out on top, but KISS did. That was their longest tour (250 shows; no previous tour broke the 200 mark) and it was their highest grossing tour.

The band was tight. Gene, Eric, and Tommy sang well. Good stage production (not my favorite; that would be "Monster"). Most pyro I've seen at any show. Packed TD Garden in Boston. Crowd was into the show as was the band. I also saw them two years later at the amphitheater in Mansfield. Smaller production due to the smaller amphitheater stage. Good show, but not as good as the show in Boston.

My God. I’m a lifelong fan since the ‘70s and have devoted innumerable hours in recent years to remixing and cleaning up old KISS shit and even I can admit the last tour was a slow-motion, karaoke-clean embarrassment of what was once “KISS”. Out on TOP????? That COULD have happened in ‘96-‘97, but what they ended up as was HORRIBLE. They literally stayed around long enough to prove their earliest critics 100% correct by going out all style and zero substance. Bombs and smoke, old guys looking terrible and bored with canned vocals that still sucked. It couldn’t have possibly been any worse. And I’ll say exactly the same thing about my boyhood hero Ace. No idea what the fuck he is even thinking at this point.

EOTR was pure shit. I saw it twice. Once for free and once towards the very end just in case they had any final surprises. Of course they didn’t and neither show was worth the price of gasoline to get there.

I know you are a confirmed troll, but this is beyond dumb.

[risingfarce]

Yeah and still screamed like he was 35 with the intros etc and said he was never sounding better and going out on top. Delusional.

Paul vocally didn't go out on top, but KISS did. That was their longest tour (250 shows; no previous tour broke the 200 mark) and it was their highest grossing tour.

The band was tight. Gene, Eric, and Tommy sang well. Good stage production (not my favorite; that would be "Monster"). Most pyro I've seen at any show. Packed TD Garden in Boston. Crowd was into the show as was the band. I also saw them two years later at the amphitheater in Mansfield. Smaller production due to the smaller amphitheater stage. Good show, but not as good as the show in Boston.

My God. I’m a lifelong fan since the ‘70s and have devoted innumerable hours in recent years to remixing and cleaning up old KISS shit and even I can admit the last tour was a slow-motion, karaoke-clean embarrassment of what was once “KISS”. Out on TOP????? That COULD have happened in ‘96-‘97, but what they ended up as was HORRIBLE. They literally stayed around long enough to prove their earliest critics 100% correct by going out all style and zero substance. Bombs and smoke, old guys looking terrible and bored with canned vocals that still sucked. It couldn’t have possibly been any worse. And I’ll say exactly the same thing about my boyhood hero Ace. No idea what the fuck he is even thinking at this point.

EOTR was pure shit. I saw it twice. Once for free and once towards the very end just in case they had any final surprises. Of course they didn’t and neither show was worth the price of gasoline to get there.

I know you are a confirmed troll, but this is beyond dumb.

KISS sucked circa '96/'97 due to two shitty alcoholic/drug addicts who shouldn't have been on a KISS stage ever again.

I'll take Paul on tape with a good band over Paul singing well with a shitty drummer and lead guitarist.

You drink blue and green Kool-Aid. I don't.

You "remix and clean up old KISS shit". LOL. I have better things to do with my time.

EOTR was "pure shit", but you still went. That's being a sheep. Gene and Paul thank you for your support.

[DangerZone]

Paul vocally didn't go out on top, but KISS did. That was their longest tour (250 shows; no previous tour broke the 200 mark) and it was their highest grossing tour.

The band was tight. Gene, Eric, and Tommy sang well. Good stage production (not my favorite; that would be "Monster"). Most pyro I've seen at any show. Packed TD Garden in Boston. Crowd was into the show as was the band. I also saw them two years later at the amphitheater in Mansfield. Smaller production due to the smaller amphitheater stage. Good show, but not as good as the show in Boston.

My God. I’m a lifelong fan since the ‘70s and have devoted innumerable hours in recent years to remixing and cleaning up old KISS shit and even I can admit the last tour was a slow-motion, karaoke-clean embarrassment of what was once “KISS”. Out on TOP????? That COULD have happened in ‘96-‘97, but what they ended up as was HORRIBLE. They literally stayed around long enough to prove their earliest critics 100% correct by going out all style and zero substance. Bombs and smoke, old guys looking terrible and bored with canned vocals that still sucked. It couldn’t have possibly been any worse. And I’ll say exactly the same thing about my boyhood hero Ace. No idea what the fuck he is even thinking at this point.

EOTR was pure shit. I saw it twice. Once for free and once towards the very end just in case they had any final surprises. Of course they didn’t and neither show was worth the price of gasoline to get there.

I know you are a confirmed troll, but this is beyond dumb.

KISS sucked circa '96/'97 due to two shitty alcoholic/drug addicts who shouldn't have been on a KISS stage ever again.

I'll take Paul on tape with a good band over Paul singing well with a shitty drummer and lead guitarist.

You drink blue and green Kool-Aid. I don't.

You "remix and clean up old KISS shit". LOL. I have better things to do with my time.

EOTR was "pure shit", but you still went. That's being a sheep. Gene and Paul thank you for your support.

purple & red jizz is much more potent

[Wiseacre]

Paul vocally didn't go out on top, but KISS did. That was their longest tour (250 shows; no previous tour broke the 200 mark) and it was their highest grossing tour.

The band was tight. Gene, Eric, and Tommy sang well. Good stage production (not my favorite; that would be "Monster"). Most pyro I've seen at any show. Packed TD Garden in Boston. Crowd was into the show as was the band. I also saw them two years later at the amphitheater in Mansfield. Smaller production due to the smaller amphitheater stage. Good show, but not as good as the show in Boston.

My God. I’m a lifelong fan since the ‘70s and have devoted innumerable hours in recent years to remixing and cleaning up old KISS shit and even I can admit the last tour was a slow-motion, karaoke-clean embarrassment of what was once “KISS”. Out on TOP????? That COULD have happened in ‘96-‘97, but what they ended up as was HORRIBLE. They literally stayed around long enough to prove their earliest critics 100% correct by going out all style and zero substance. Bombs and smoke, old guys looking terrible and bored with canned vocals that still sucked. It couldn’t have possibly been any worse. And I’ll say exactly the same thing about my boyhood hero Ace. No idea what the fuck he is even thinking at this point.

EOTR was pure shit. I saw it twice. Once for free and once towards the very end just in case they had any final surprises. Of course they didn’t and neither show was worth the price of gasoline to get there.

I know you are a confirmed troll, but this is beyond dumb.

KISS sucked circa '96/'97 due to two shitty alcoholic/drug addicts who shouldn't have been on a KISS stage ever again.

I'll take Paul on tape with a good band over Paul singing well with a shitty drummer and lead guitarist.

You drink blue and green Kool-Aid. I don't.

You "remix and clean up old KISS shit". LOL. I have better things to do with my time.

EOTR was "pure shit", but you still went. That's being a sheep. Gene and Paul thank you for your support.

Textbook KISSTARDERY.

Reunion was magic for actual fans as literally everyone knows. Fuck Karaoke Fake KI$$. Without Ace and Peter (or Krazy Vinnie) there isn’t an ounce of actual rock n roll in that band. Without them it is literally Juan Epstein and Arnold Horshack in clown makeup with loud guitars. Zero swag, zero cool. Fact.

“I have better things to do with my time.”

I seriously doubt that. I’m not a n00b here.