From John Bush Sent Thu, Oct 7th 1999, 12:18
From John Bush Sent Thu, Oct 7th 1999, 12:18
> Is there any substantiated truth in the rumour that the > album "Rushes" attributed obscurely to 'the Fireman' > is actually Paul McCartney in pseudonym form? I'm quite positive there is, but I'm not sure where to find it -- probably in a record review done by Q or Select or Vox or one of the other British magazines. He may even have admitted it his own self too, that the Fireman is indeed a project between him and Youth. Read all about it at http://allmusic.com/. > completely and utterly un-Macca like > (which might confirm the reasoning on > an undercover release, in order not to > alienate his fan base). You've got to give the guy his respect, he's done just about everything he's wanted to without worrying about his image or sales (though I s'pose he doesn't really *need* to be concerned about rubbing two dimes together). The home recordings from the '70s, arena rock with Wings later in the decade, some pretty cool synth-pop early in the '80s, all his classical projects, the Fireman, now this back-to-my-roots album (god-awful as it is), sure beats most anyone else's attempts at "stretching out", especially that absurd pseudo-ambient album Eric Clapton recorded as TDF a year or so ago... .John.