McCartney's Weird Sequence

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  • @synthnerd4539
    @synthnerd4539 ปีที่แล้ว +252

    @4:20 shouldn't that be 'cistern 100'? 👀

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Oh. My. God.

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Controlare il Cisterna.

    • @RegebroRepairs
      @RegebroRepairs ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Cheeses_K_Riced Only Swedish synthpop podcast in-jokes. :-D But you can say it in Swedish too: Kontrollera Cisternen.

    • @darwiniandude
      @darwiniandude ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol - just about fell off my chair

    • @eivind105
      @eivind105 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This became very 420ish.

  • @Tranquillado
    @Tranquillado ปีที่แล้ว +381

    As soon as I read “McCartney’s Weird Sequence” I immediately knew which classic Macca tune it was. 😁

    • @Brokenface
      @Brokenface ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too

    • @pinkmark4047
      @pinkmark4047 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I read it and heard this sequence immediately in my head

    • @bortnik_bortnik
      @bortnik_bortnik ปีที่แล้ว +2

      + 😂

    • @maxiuxoxo
      @maxiuxoxo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A classic for sure 😝

  • @agheoane
    @agheoane ปีที่แล้ว +463

    I saw Paul around five years ago and was so thrilled/shocked that he played this one.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Yep, the madlad did it live!

    • @keykrazy
      @keykrazy ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Prior to that tour he solicited setlist suggestions from fans on his website. I went on there and suggested TS be added to the set, yet quite certain it wouldn't be. Was so surprised he actually went and played it!

    • @arothmanmusic
      @arothmanmusic ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I think younger DJs discovered the song and started playing it for dance clubs which sort of gave it a second life.

    • @MegaIceLynx
      @MegaIceLynx ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mega64 have been playing it in videos for the last ten years and leading a push for this song when Paul asked for recommendations. Love to see it.

    • @rightside
      @rightside ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you mean Billy Shears?

  • @FrankJames
    @FrankJames ปีที่แล้ว +347

    I noticed recently that "Temporary Secretary" has many similarities to "Paperback Writer."
    - Both titles are a job.
    - Both lyrics are written in the form of a letter.
    - The chorus in both is "I [verb] a [job title]".
    - Both are (mostly) 2 chord songs. (Temporary Secretary has more on the bridges, but the verse and chorus are basically just 2).
    - Both have a central riff

    • @SusieUndertale
      @SusieUndertale ปีที่แล้ว +58

      - Both are 10/10 songs

    • @billycool6237
      @billycool6237 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wow who knew the personality guy was also the music man

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Two sides of the same page. Interesting.

    • @GregoryKeithe
      @GregoryKeithe ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I picked up on those similarities before as well ✍️😅
      Sorry, Paul, there is no left handed writing emoji 😏

    • @yagirljunee
      @yagirljunee ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I realized a while back you could put the lyrics of paperback writer over temporary secretary lmao

  • @Ardamax_
    @Ardamax_ ปีที่แล้ว +190

    This sequence belongs on a sick-ass '90s industrial techno track. Definitely Paul's weirdest composition, puts a smile on my face every time I think about it, let alone hear it

    • @jtn191
      @jtn191 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Weirdest but none of us have heard Carnival of Light...

    • @Ardamax_
      @Ardamax_ ปีที่แล้ว

      What the fuck are you talking about? Did you read the sentence you typed? Have you not heard "Carnival of Light?" Literally what?@@jtn191

    • @gman1010
      @gman1010 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He invented techno with this

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds it should've had Trent Reznor on it.

  • @ToyKeeper
    @ToyKeeper ปีที่แล้ว +176

    This song has some really interesting compositional techniques. It turns "the most annoying sound you've ever heard", as you put it, into kind of a banger.

  • @FatNorthernBigot
    @FatNorthernBigot ปีที่แล้ว +107

    🎶"Simply, adding, a wonderful sequence line" 🎶😊

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Oh sheeeiiiit.

    • @TheDavidPoole
      @TheDavidPoole ปีที่แล้ว

      🤦😁🫵😎

    • @innerstatejt
      @innerstatejt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We have a winner!

    • @regfries8279
      @regfries8279 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You win the internet today.

    • @FatNorthernBigot
      @FatNorthernBigot ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@regfries8279 I have to admit, I was feeling pretty pleased with myself.

  • @Fred_pimpstone-II
    @Fred_pimpstone-II ปีที่แล้ว +89

    My mom one day showed me temporary secretary in the car didn’t tell me what it was and went “guess who this is you never will” and she was right i had no clue, been hooked on this song and its strange neurotic sound ever since because ive still never heard anything quite like it.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Excellent momming.

    • @kalthoff1965
      @kalthoff1965 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hats off to your mom! 👍

    • @ericbuczynski4061
      @ericbuczynski4061 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Great story! My Aunt introduced me to this same song. I was about 7 before I was told he was in The Beatles. I think the weird sequence stood out and I never forgot this song.

  • @deralfenderson
    @deralfenderson ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Not even two seconds in and I got a HUGE smile on my face. McCartney II is one of my all time favorite albums!!

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, it's one of Paul's best solo LPs. I was so poor, I had to borrow it from the local library in 1980 but I loved it. TS is an earworm of terrifying intensity, though...

  • @alloriginalpirates
    @alloriginalpirates ปีที่แล้ว +24

    One of the best songs of all time. My band was called 'Secretaire' after this song.

    • @thesilvershining
      @thesilvershining 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That’s amazing, lol.

  • @davidryle
    @davidryle ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This is why I'm a Patreon contributor. You have no reservations about going with the eclectic, odd - BALL artifacts from the musical past that some cherish but might never own up to. And you do it with your own inimitable style and with a gracious, modest nod to the history. Thank you Alex.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank YOU!

    • @HangoverTelevision
      @HangoverTelevision ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd never pay anyone for doing their hobby, it's ridiculous. If you want to do something like this: get a job, earn money and do it in your free time on your own expenses. If you beg others for money for such silly things, you are a brainless weakling! ô.o

  • @daev3000
    @daev3000 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When I read the title I knew exactly which song it was referring to.

    • @chilligst
      @chilligst ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. Exactly. There´s only this one song fitting the description.

  • @JayKaufman
    @JayKaufman ปีที่แล้ว +80

    It's a shame that it's not 2005, because I have a feeling your cover would have been absolutely huge on the electroclash scene!

    • @o1000ir
      @o1000ir ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think Erol Alkan & Rory Phillips brought the tune a new audience at Trash back in the day, so it kind of did get its moment in the Electroclash scene

    • @frooonk
      @frooonk ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@o1000irThere was also a Radio Slave edit.

    • @RedSkylinex60
      @RedSkylinex60 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was just thinking something along those lines!!!

    • @AndreasKnöß
      @AndreasKnöß 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @JayKaufman Well, a long-forgotten and quite unsuccessful German band did this cover back in 2004. For your historical pleasure.
      th-cam.com/video/9mDgFvO5lpk/w-d-xo.html

  • @dirkmarkham
    @dirkmarkham ปีที่แล้ว +41

    when I moved to Berlin in 2004 I was working at Gigolo Records and at the time DJ Hell had Temporary Secretary in his top 10. as a massive Macca fan, I was impressed! :)

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'd heard it had a resurgence with certain DJs in this century, hence McCartney started doing it live.

    • @dirkmarkham
      @dirkmarkham ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AlexBallMusic bangin tune! your synth version is awesome!!

    • @jimiscott
      @jimiscott ปีที่แล้ว

      Radioslave also reworked it.

    • @Polydarian
      @Polydarian ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have that one on test pressing vinyl! @@jimiscott

    • @jimiscott
      @jimiscott ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Polydarian Nice - I heard Derrick May play it towards the end of a set at the 'The End' before it closed. Took me forever to find it.

  • @JoshMaxPower
    @JoshMaxPower ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thank you for this! "Temporary Secretary" is, for me, the best solo Macca. That and "Coming Up," "Bogey Music," "Waterfalls" and really, the rest of the album. And my favorite moments from "Temporary Secretary" are the words "BOW!" and the bird sounds at the end. Been listening to "McCartney II" since it came out. The guy is baked throughout, and it shows. "Rubber Soul" was the cannibis Beatles album, "McCartney II" is the solo weed Macca album.

  • @sndes-x2x
    @sndes-x2x ปีที่แล้ว +35

    OMG that was an AMAZING version!! Macca would be so proud of you. You are a genius.

    • @TheFragrantClerk
      @TheFragrantClerk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Certainly one of the songs of all time.

  • @alanmatthews9945
    @alanmatthews9945 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    An excellent video and version. TS was a song I didn't like at all when it came out but since the EDM explosion of the nineties and noughties I've grown to love it. It's as if Macca casually decided to compose a track that wouldn't really be fit for release for another twenty years - a hint of genius in my book.

    • @docsavage8640
      @docsavage8640 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He has a lot of those both released and unreleased

  • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
    @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx ปีที่แล้ว +15

    That was one great cover of the track you made. Someone ought to give it to its composer.

  • @R3R3T
    @R3R3T ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I actually like the song
    "Wonderful Christmas Time"
    That Synth part has somehow a cosy feel to it and overall its a cosy simple song.
    Maybe an episode for upcoming Xmas 🤔
    Thanks for great content, as always.
    Cheers

    • @keykrazy
      @keykrazy ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fellow lover of WCT here. Finally got to where the not-quite-in-tempo delays on those synth stabs didn't bug me anymore, lol. Would be nice to see what thoughts our Mr. Ball has on the song..

    • @saftpackerl
      @saftpackerl ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He would have to get a CS80 for that :D@@keykrazy

    • @fallingmanuk
      @fallingmanuk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@saftpackerlsurely it’s only a matter of time? 🤞

    • @leopoldbluesky
      @leopoldbluesky ปีที่แล้ว

      As long as Alex doesn't do Frog Chorus afterwards I'd tolerate WCT.

    • @thrownstair
      @thrownstair ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Paul McCartney makes fun silly music and everyone shouts at him for it, let a man be a little silly :

  • @cds9000
    @cds9000 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Alex, this is an absolute banger. That "basic" bass line actually makes the track for me. Killer.

  • @uaca_uaca
    @uaca_uaca ปีที่แล้ว +7

    One of my favourite Paul album, He played all the instruments !

  • @daev3000
    @daev3000 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A fantastic new interpretation of a fantastic song.

  • @tigerlight430
    @tigerlight430 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    An even better use of the sequencer appears on the track 'Secret Friend' which is on the reissue CD. It's over 10 minutes long but full of interesting shifts which keep up the momentum

  • @dice223s
    @dice223s 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video is so good I’m watching it again after 2 months

  • @yalincokyay
    @yalincokyay ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Can't believe this was released in 1980, neither that i haven't heard it untill now.
    Insane original and rendition! 😍

  • @JoRoBu17
    @JoRoBu17 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is an EXCELLENT version of this song. Thanks for putting this together - especially thoughtful and well done.

  • @withiddenoise
    @withiddenoise ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I recently discovered this song despite having the sheet music for years. It helped renew my interest in all things Paul. Your version is amazing and what the world needs more of right now.

  • @thespots
    @thespots ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The sequence, given melody, lyrics and overall vibe of this song has always sounded like something Stewart Copeland would have done as Klark Kent.

  • @JonManness
    @JonManness ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Brilliant! I’m in awe of creators like you who put the time into producing videos like these!

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cheers!

    • @tryingtotryistrying
      @tryingtotryistrying ปีที่แล้ว

      check out captain pikant he does deep dives on electronic drum patterns, good stuff like this channel

  • @northridgewood5918
    @northridgewood5918 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Right, then. Now you have created something of a difficult conundrum. The version of this very underrated Macca tracca that you have authored is, quite simply, magnetic. Now I am stuck trying to determine which iteration to blare when my dear mother indulges in her habitual ramblings.
    Truly splendid work, mate. One can only hope that Macca himself chances upon this masterpiece someday and accords it the recognition it so rightfully deserves. 👏🏼 🇬🇧 🎶

  • @Toolsquatch
    @Toolsquatch ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jesus, this sounds like a single off of a nonexistent greatest industrial album of all time: absolutely smashing, old chap!

  • @Bloops
    @Bloops ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had the biggest grin on my face this entire video, and learned so much more than I ever expected to find on the making of this song. Ending off with an original cover and music video was not remotely in my list of expectations but I'm so happy to have them surpassed so hard.
    My new favourite video on the internet, and most likely whatever other net is out there.

  • @projectz975
    @projectz975 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this song SLAPS this whole album SLAPS it makes me so invigorated as a home recording enthusiast.

  • @KeithRowley
    @KeithRowley ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ha! That was so much fun! Thanks for taking us on your fun little jaunt, Alex!

  • @itsdeville
    @itsdeville ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Temporary secretary was very much ahead of it’s time. Great segment, nice to get some history on this tune.

    • @jnnx
      @jnnx ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was very much of 1980. Wait til you discover the synth gods of the 70’s!

    • @unclemick-synths
      @unclemick-synths ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@jnnx yep definitely of its time. Takes me back to '79.

    • @IozziEric
      @IozziEric ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jnnx I think he meant it was ahead of its time in a broader context, considering mainstream rock and pop in general.

    • @toi_techno
      @toi_techno ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The sleaziness was very of its time though

    • @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
      @RebeccaTurner-ny1xx ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@toi_techno Hmmm, yes: "sitting on my knee..."

  • @2ndattention
    @2ndattention ปีที่แล้ว +4

    First time I rolled my friends put this LP on. The whole thing is magical. Great re-creation

  • @gremghost101
    @gremghost101 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    oh this goes so ungodly hard i enjoy this so much you did an amazing job

  • @michaelspencer-arscott
    @michaelspencer-arscott ปีที่แล้ว +12

    TH-cam would be a drabber place without your multi-faceted work. I routinely bookmark this stuff and look forward to your next richly musical piece.

  • @Contextflexed
    @Contextflexed ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This really bangs. Very ambitious and studious awesomeness.

  • @TisMeJohnDee
    @TisMeJohnDee ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you once again. I'd never heard that one before, but could imagine it sowed seeds in many minds. Brilliant stuff.

  • @DarianClarkMusic
    @DarianClarkMusic ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Absolutely brilliant! As a McCartney fan and a music maker myself I really enjoyed this one!

  • @glenesis
    @glenesis ปีที่แล้ว +13

    That's my favorite song on that album. All my friends hated that album at the time 😂

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha. It's quite the sound, yes!

  • @BetweentheBeans
    @BetweentheBeans ปีที่แล้ว +44

    possibly my favorite song ever, and one i’ve covered many, many times. this goes way harder than any of my attempts.
    there are some people who are no longer friends with me because i played Temporary Secretary too much…no apologies

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Never apologise.

    • @keykrazy
      @keykrazy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Similar story here except it was "All You Horse Riders" that I'd played just enough times to annoy the girlfriend and a couple of roommates.
      I think this gave me better luck when i started playing TS more -- like it was better received because it had a more-proper pop song structure or something.

  • @patricksmith4424
    @patricksmith4424 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Really interesting vid, thanks for putting together. If ever there was a Paul album that showed the variety and depth of Paul as a musician its this one. One of these days and waterfalls are both stunning tracks from the album and of course totally different to Temporary secretary. In many ways Paul could have gone down the techno, tech route for later projects, he'd obviously mastered how to use the equipment. Instead on his next album Tug of war he went back to a much more band, orchestra sound, similar to the Beatles.

  • @musicfun2606
    @musicfun2606 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is the coolest sequence I’ve ever heard. It’s been my favorite ever since the first time I listened.

  • @liquidintegrity
    @liquidintegrity ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is one of the bestest 🤩💖 didn't know Paul was doing early techno beats!

  • @TheRotfox
    @TheRotfox ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! This is an absolutely amazing take on this song!

  • @TheVinylVerdict
    @TheVinylVerdict ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome work recreating one of the most unique tracks in the whole Macca collection! Nailed the mixing and harmonies too! I remember there's also one brief section where he lifts the loop by a full octave which I always thought was him leaning into the weirdness and making it even more shrill 😝

  • @Musikkeller-Innsider
    @Musikkeller-Innsider ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for digging out and reinterpreting this piece of music history!

  • @oldman4863
    @oldman4863 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    well, that was more fun than my ears have had in quite a spell!! been listening for a while finally subscribed!

  • @paulfield7238
    @paulfield7238 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is just excellent , love the analog synth equipment

  • @garblojones
    @garblojones ปีที่แล้ว +5

    man your version really slaps dude! excellent video

  • @markusfuller
    @markusfuller ปีที่แล้ว +2

    you Never fail to entertain and impress me with your talent mr Ball.

  • @markmarshallmusic
    @markmarshallmusic ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a blast and a half. Nice work, as always!

  • @devaux1904
    @devaux1904 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks so much.. one of my favorite songs of his.

  • @Rickyjay23
    @Rickyjay23 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No lie this version goes so hard! I loved this so much

  • @johnnygri99
    @johnnygri99 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why oh why do you keep dropping these just before I need to sleep. Cant do it. Have to watch first. Always worth it man!

  • @AlanRPearlmanFoundation
    @AlanRPearlmanFoundation ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent!

  • @Ian-gw2vx
    @Ian-gw2vx ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant! One of my fav McCartney singles.

  • @halphillips1775
    @halphillips1775 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Holy smokes, this was amazing. I'd like to listen to this regularly. Something to wake you up in the morning!

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Imagine that as your alarm at 6am.

  • @EarmonkeyMusic
    @EarmonkeyMusic ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love this! It’s a weird album but it’s one of my favorites. I think I once mentioned that some of your stuff sounded like it could be on McCartney II and in a good way. Great arrangement and production, as usual!

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember you sharing it and us talking about it, yeah.
      I love that album too. I only noticed the other day about how Waterfall has almost the same lyrics to TLC's Waterfall too. Another weird connection.

    • @EarmonkeyMusic
      @EarmonkeyMusic ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@AlexBallMusic I remember when the TLC song came out I was like “They ripped off Paul!” I read somewhere that he became aware of the song but decided not to do anything about it other than take it as a compliment.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@EarmonkeyMusicYeah, I read the same. It's so specific that they probably did it subconsciously.

  • @danielwatson2902
    @danielwatson2902 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Banging! I remember this in the charts when I was a kid, it was decades later I found out it was Paul McCartney... my mind was blown! (..and is blown again) Thank you!

  • @wai0937
    @wai0937 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Still hard to believe the guy who wrote “Blackbird” also wrote this.
    It’s a banger. I’ve used it in DJ mixes and it mixes perfectly. Sounds like something Mr. Oizo would’ve created.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep! He was happy to experiment and I'm all for it.

  • @andyanderson527
    @andyanderson527 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the most unique songs in McCartney's catalog! Well done!

  • @oliver-dp2yo
    @oliver-dp2yo ปีที่แล้ว +4

    guys like you make the internet worthwhile!

  • @matthewjessup8584
    @matthewjessup8584 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Everything you touch turns to gold

  • @allgonewrongful
    @allgonewrongful ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I'm an unstoppable vintage plonker!" Brilliant.

  • @LucMusicMan-ij3ck
    @LucMusicMan-ij3ck 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ad 4: 40 is the miami vice sound intro, awesome, now i know it for making it.😂👍 😎💖

  • @HOLLASOUNDS
    @HOLLASOUNDS ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sounds exactly like Me messing with Reasons Matrix pattern sequencer, that sound I'd good for Techco, lay some chords over it.

  • @RayMusicman9
    @RayMusicman9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude. You just have post the final part of the video as a standalone videoclip. It's awesome. "Temporary Secretary" - full synth cover.

  • @gregorysharp
    @gregorysharp ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It sounded so much better live. I saw it in Sacramento when Paul opened the new arena there. He was the very first concert for the Sacramento Downtown arena whose name eludes me for the moment. It was 7 years ago? Five? Meh. I’m off to work. Gotta go. I need a temporary secretary. ❤

  • @soulsway
    @soulsway ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simply Ace - great vid too ooh!

  • @rikkii7457
    @rikkii7457 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing song and an amazing cover! ❤

  • @Banglish123
    @Banglish123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was really good fun and a bloody good cover to boot.

  • @niceheartwhitesuit
    @niceheartwhitesuit ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well this is just f*cking delightful.

  • @Scramjet44
    @Scramjet44 ปีที่แล้ว

    Much Fun. I remember when the album came out, not his usual kind of material but good none the less.

  • @jethrobradley7850
    @jethrobradley7850 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Very well done. It was only as you were building your version of the song that I realised how much of a DEVO feel there is in it. I don't know if Paul is/was a fan?

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah, it's got some Devo about it. Who knows.

    • @jethrobradley7850
      @jethrobradley7850 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @404TVfr Cool. I didn't know that.

    • @IanThatMetalBassist
      @IanThatMetalBassist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It reminds me of the synth part during the intro to Smart Patrol

    • @jethrobradley7850
      @jethrobradley7850 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@IanThatMetalBassist Good shout. I wasn't familiar with that track so had to search it. Apparently they first played it on their New Traditionalists tour in '81.

  • @bucketandspade
    @bucketandspade ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, for showing us what he wanted to do.

  • @offroaders123
    @offroaders123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    THAT WAS WAY TOO GOOD, awesome work!!! Love this song even more now!

  • @fiddlestickzmuzik
    @fiddlestickzmuzik ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is exactly how you can keep making great content, finding tracks and showing us how they were made and what gear was used. The more unique synth wise, obviously the better..😊also that track at 3:55 was banging !!! you could write a whole techno track around that, the kick was monster.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Enjoying the Pearl SC-40, it makes some very cool noises.

  • @Doctor_Robert
    @Doctor_Robert ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew precisely what you were talking about before even pressing play. lolz Love me some McCartney II!

  • @weaktearecords
    @weaktearecords ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This was really cool! Could you please do the same thing with something from Neil Young's (now legendary) Trans album? "We R In Control" would be awesome!

  • @textnotepro
    @textnotepro ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant just brilliant. To have the history and the recreation. Really enjoyed this. Thank you

  • @lazymountain
    @lazymountain ปีที่แล้ว +12

    persistent assistant.. noice

  • @johnmccartney3819
    @johnmccartney3819 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Macca's expression fits perfectly!

  • @Relapsation
    @Relapsation ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im glad for once someone is talking about how great this track is and not how they hate it or something

  • @dunnojackson2549
    @dunnojackson2549 ปีที่แล้ว

    I absolutely love this take on my favorite Paul McCartney song!

  • @jalgernonhawthorne410
    @jalgernonhawthorne410 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I like that McCartney is very "now I can do all these nice little songs that the boys poo-pooed" and McCartney II is like "oh wait, I can do a bunch of WEIRD stuff too!"

  • @PaulFreemanTheTall
    @PaulFreemanTheTall ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A brilliant cover. On my playlist!

  • @haydenduvall162
    @haydenduvall162 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I genuinely choked on the Jammy Dodger I was eating when you said "I'm an unstoppable vintage plonker". Bravo!

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🫡

    • @rhodaborrocks1654
      @rhodaborrocks1654 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, you still get Jammy Dodgers? We could buy them loose from the school tuck shop for a couple of pre-decimal pennies, but I'd only go for one of those if I couldn't afford a Wagon Wheel !!

    • @TheDavidPoole
      @TheDavidPoole ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rhodaborrocks1654 wagon wheels - "So big, you gotta grin to get it in". Can't see that line getting into an ad these days 😁

    • @rhodaborrocks1654
      @rhodaborrocks1654 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheDavidPoole 🤣🤣🤣

    • @timburdsey
      @timburdsey ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheDavidPooleSadly, one doesn’t need to grin any more. The bloody things have a greatly reduced diameter. Jammy dodgers, pleasingly, by contrast, have retained their size. 😉😂

  • @Stev0BabaGhanoush
    @Stev0BabaGhanoush ปีที่แล้ว

    This tune has been in my standard rotation for a while. This video was completely unexpected, but certainly welcome!!

  • @SamLowryDZ-015
    @SamLowryDZ-015 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    'Please Mr Adecco' doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're giving me flashbacks to sitting in there as a skint, wannabe musician signing up for jobs in call centres. (Shivers)

  • @bananaghost427
    @bananaghost427 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh my goodness! You are consistently great, Mr Alex, but this is one of my favorites! Very interesting analysis and history, and a fantastic cover af a very groovy tune.

  • @enricopallazzoofficial
    @enricopallazzoofficial ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I admit that i'm not a McCartney fan (I LOVE "Maybe I'm Amazed" but that's it) but your version of "Temporary Secretary" is soooo cool. It has the same vibe that had Soft Cell "Memorabilia" covered by Nine Inch Nails.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @TheDavidPoole
      @TheDavidPoole ปีที่แล้ว

      Best tune Soft Cell ever did. Used to love it when it was played in the "new wave" and "futurist" clubs back in the 80s. Very ahead of its time, along with Blue Monday.

    • @DerekPower
      @DerekPower ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheDavidPooleIn a nice bit of convergence, both New Order and Soft Cell were into the Danceteria and other NYC dance clubs at the same time (1980)

  • @jrsivmusic
    @jrsivmusic ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Every video Alex makes instantly inspires me. As a lifelong Macca fan I knew a lot of the McCartney II story, the Archive Collection Deluxe set had a wealth of information. Reading about a sequencer is quite different from seeing it in action. Thanks for making my day brother...

  • @brianterry8953
    @brianterry8953 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder how much of a Kraftwerk influence Paul had for this creation. The sequence gives that vibe to me.

    • @EinzigfreierName
      @EinzigfreierName ปีที่แล้ว

      The sequence sounds quite a bit like the one from Kraftwerk's song "Numbers" but it was released later (1981). th-cam.com/video/4YPiCeLwh5o/w-d-xo.html

  • @williamheckman4597
    @williamheckman4597 ปีที่แล้ว

    Persistent Assistant... You sir win the Internet today

  • @rachelar
    @rachelar ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Your version is better than Paul's, more fully realized. Credit where its due!

  • @lotushealingsanctuary
    @lotushealingsanctuary 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My favorite Track on that album.
    Then & Now ❤
    Underrated

  • @edwardferry8247
    @edwardferry8247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic… 👏🙌.. superb album, brilliant cover and reworking. 🥇