When Paul McCartney Went Synth-Pop ["Temporary Secretary"] | New British Canon

You know who Paul McCartney is. A Beatle. A Wing. Half a Fireman. A knight of the realm. Writer of “Hey Jude”, “Band On The Run” and “Wonderful Christmastime”. But more than anything he is still to many the impish, whimsical, cute one from The Beatles, adept at silly three minute love songs, stuck in the shadow of his dark, sarcastic and musically adventurous former writing partner. Of course, an oversimplification that McCartney has been at pains to correct. McCartney contains multitudes. And in 1980 he released a collection of wonky avant garde synth-pop showing the world how different he could be. This is New British Canon and this is the story of “Temporary Secretary”.

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00:00 Introduction
00:46 Paul McCartney: The Avant-Garde Years
06:04 The McCartney II Sessions
14:09 Release (Of McCartney II & From A Japanese Jail)
18:07 The Afterlife of McCartney II

Soundtrack
Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present
Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

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