Since George Harrison shrugged off his mortal coil, Paul McCartney has been a changed man. He’s not quite as ‘thumbs aloft’ these days and has returned to the live arena to play more obscure Beatle numbers like Helter Skelter and Getting Better (well, relatively). As such, his stock has risen and the kids want in.
Having worked with the Super Furry Animals on a Fireman project, Sir Paul is not averse to teaming up with younger psychedelic acts. And so, once upon a time, he flippantly said he wanted to do something with MGMT.
Now, because he hasn’t called in the last five minutes, MGMT are acting like spurned mentals, crying to the press about broken promises and hearts or some rubbish.
The band said that McCartney had previously expressed an interest in working with them, but has yet to organise studio time.
“It’s been tough. We did play a show with him last summer at NY Park, which was really cool,” frontman Andrew Wells VanWyngarden told Spinner.
“But nothing has really come of the collaboration part of it. We still would really like to do that. We like Paul McCartney’s songwriting abilities and musical sensibilities. His bass playing is unreal – he is definitely our favourite bass player.”
Get that! They ‘like’ Paul McCartney’s songwriting abilities. How very bold of them to say! They ‘like’ the man who wrote Maybe I’m Amazed and Yesterday. That, coming from a band who wrote… *remembers what MGMT sound like and falls into a heavy coma*
Last year, Macca said: “I like MGMT. I’d like to work on some more dancey stuff with MGMT. But it has to happen organically. We need to talk about it. I can’t call them. “If they called me, I’d say, ‘How did you get my number?’. ”
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shara says
way to take their statements out of context. they never said anything about him breaking a promise or their hearts. they never even said he “promised” them anything. they are just saying, yeah, that hasn’t happened, but it would be cool.
Jennifer says
MGMT are not really worth the time. The only song I even like from them is “Time To Pretend,” and even then I have to be in a very hyperactive, just-listen-to-anything-with-a-nice-beat kind of mood to enjoy it.
Bree says
Well then Jennifer, you must not have heard very many MGMT songs, if the only song you like by them is arguably their most popular and “mainstream” hit. Maybe you should listen to their Congratulation album in its entirety.