Red Mosquito • View topic - R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 1:09 pm

"Silly Love Songs" by Paul McCartney & Wings

VERSUS

"Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio ft. L.V.

evenslow · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 1:19 pm

it's been made fun of over the years, but try to listen again with new ears and just think of the composition of the song and count the melodies throughout. brilliant.

silly love songs.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 1:20 pm

McCartney’s songwriting has never done anything for me.

GP is a classic, and how can I vote against a song I’m featured on?!

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47219

Coolio. That song is great.

evenslow · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 1:27 pm

ugh. gonna be a long tournament.

Anders · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 1:43 pm

I love Paul McCartney. Silly Love Songs was the perfect answer to any critcism he had gotten from John after the breakup.

Higgs · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 1:55 pm

I enjoy Gangsta's Paradise and its a great song, but Silly Love Songs gets my vote here. Forgotten how good it actually was.

Anders · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 2:14 pm

The posts read like 3-2 SLS, but the vote is opposite.

EJ · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:15 pm **Posts:** 7019

I was prepared to vote for Coolio here. But, meh, can't even make it through 30 secs of that one anymore. Still love Fantastic Voyage though.

Paul and his silly song ftw.

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

Vote for LV.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:27 pm

Coolio. It's dated as hell but I hate the Beatles.

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:50 pm

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:50 pm

are we

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:50 pm

so blind

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm

to see

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm

that the ones

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm

we hurt

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm

are you

Jorge · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 5:51 pm

and me

Anders · **Posted:** Wed March 18, 2020 6:49 pm

But over the years people have said, "Aw, he sings love songs, he writes love songs, he's so soppy at times." I thought, Well, I know what they mean, but, people have been doing love songs forever. I like 'em, other people like 'em, and there's a lot of people I love -- I'm lucky enough to have that in my life. So the idea was that "you" may call them silly, but what's wrong with that?

The song was, in a way, to answer people who just accuse me of being soppy. The nice payoff now is that a lot of the people I meet who are at the age where they've just got a couple of kids and have grown up a bit, settling down, they'll say to me, "I thought you were really soppy for years, but I get it now! I see what you were doing!"

By the way, "Silly Love Songs" also had a good bassline and worked well live.

R1: Silly Love Songs v Gangsta's Paradise

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