The Fireman

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This article is about the music duo the Fireman. For the Charlie Chaplin film, see The Fireman (film).
The Fireman
Youth and Paul McCartney
Youth and Paul McCartney
Background information
Origin England
Genre(s) Ambient electronic
Years active 1993–present
Label(s) Hydra/EMI Records Flag of the United Kingdom
Capitol/EMI Records Flag of the United States
One Little Indian Flag of the United Kingdom
ATO Records/MPL Flag of the United States
Website The Fireman
Members
Paul McCartney
Youth

The Fireman is the moniker given to electronic music experiments created by Paul McCartney and Youth. In 1993, the duo released its first album, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, and followed that with Rushes in 1998. In 2000, Youth also took part in McCartney's similarly styled Liverpool Sound Collage. Their most recent album, Electric Arguments, is available on their website.[1]

In June 2008, McCartney's official Web site announced that a track called "Lifelong Passion (Sail Away)," from the album Electric Arguments would be issued as a limited-edition download to fans who donated to the charity Adopt-A-Minefield.[2] The album was released on the label One Little Indian on November 24, 2008.[3] The new album features more traditional songs, in which there are vocals (the first time on any of their albums). The majority of the album's vocals come from McCartney.

The duo borrowed the title "Electric Arguments" from the poem "Kansas City to St. Louis" by Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg describes driving along the highway in a "white Volkswagen" (i.e., a "beetle") while listening to music and call-in shows on the radio and looking at signs and billboards:

"Michelle, John Lennon & Paul McCartney / wooing the decade / gaps from the 30s returned / Old earth rolling mile after mile patient / The ground / I roll on / the ground / the music soars above / The ground electric arguments / ray over / The ground dotted with signs for Dave's Eat Eat"

Thus, "electric arguments" refers both to the radio waves carrying talk-show arguments (and Beatle songs) and also to illuminated billboards and neon signs.

In February 2009, Sirius XM launched Fireman Radio, a limited-run channel dedicated to the music of The Fireman.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • "Bison (long one)" (1998)
    • From the vinyl release "Fluid"
  • "Fluid (out of body and mind mix)" (1999)
  • "Fluid (out of body mix)" (1999)
  • "Fluid (out of body with sitar mix)" (1999)
    • The Three Fluid remixes are from "Fluid - Nitin Sawhney Remixes"
  • "Lifelong Passion (Sail Away)" (2008)
  • "Sing the Changes" (2008)
  • "Dance Til We're High" (2009)

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.thefiremanmusic.com/
  2. ^ "Night of a Thousand Dinners"". Paul McCartney. http://www.paulmccartney.com/1000dinners/. Retrieved on 2008-06-16. 
  3. ^ Thiessen, Brock. "Paul McCartney Preps New Fireman Record". http://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=125&csid2=844&fid1=33980. 

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