Brittney vs Paul

Everyone has their own area of expertise. The one thing they do or know better than anything else. It's all relative, of course, the mayor of Moose Jaw is an expert in politics, just probably not at the level of Kofi Annan (former Secretary General of the UN).

My area of expertise is music so I'm starting a series of blogs on my thoughts and opinions on music; current trends, history, things I like, things I don't.....you get it.

I'll start with an easy one.

Itunes has a cool little feature. It has playlists compiled by various celebrities (musicians, actors etc) and comes with the celebrity's comments on each of the songs.

Today I would like to compare two lists; Paul McCartney and Britney Spears.

From the list of Paul,

Imagine - John Lennon. "When John came up with Imagine, that was one of those moments when I thought 'Oh yeah' and could just imagine him sitting down at the piano...Hearing 'Imagine' is always such a thrill for me and always brings back such beautiful memories and is an inspiration for the future".

Remember that John and Paul weren't speaking to each other when 'Imagine' was released! The Beatles had broken up, there was that whole Yoko Ono thing. I think that this is a really classy statement from Paul.

From the list of Brittney,

Low (feat. T-Pain) -Flo Rida "I always workout to this song, especially when I'm at spin class."

ok...let's think here. This song was released in 2008. What was Britney doing in 2008. Oh right, mental break downs, court ordered psych evaluations, loss of custody of her children. I didn't know that psych wards in California had spin classes.


From the list of Paul,

God Only Knows - The Beach Boys. "I find it very emotional and it's one of those songs that can reduce me to tears. I just think that the chords and melody are very beautiful and the combination of that with the words, which are really meaningful-it's really just a love song"

Here's a guy that, after 50+ years in the music industry is still deeply moved by it. That tells me how much he loves music and a person with that much passion will create with integrity.

From the list of Brittney,

Milkshake - Kelis. "It's so much fun to drive around and listen to. It makes me laugh too."

integri............I can't even get the word out.


It would be nice if integrity would make it's way back into music, wouldn't it?


by the way,

Brittney has an album out and it's climbing the charts (#6 on Billboard), as usual. Paul also has an album out (The Fireman) which is no where to be scene on any chart, anywhere.