24-1301: Palo Verde or palo verde may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media [ edit ] "Palo Verde", a song by The Fireman from the album Rushes (1998) Biology [ edit ] Palo verde beetle , a species of longhorn beetle Parkinsonia , a genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as palo verde Buildings [ edit ] Schools [ edit ] Palo Verde College in Blythe, California, United States Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Palo Verde High School (Arizona) in Tucson, Arizona, United States Palo Verde Christian High School in Tucson, Arizona, United States Other buildings [ edit ] Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe, California, United States Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg, Arizona, United States Palo Verde Biological Station in Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica Palo Verde station ,
48-716: A rapid transit station in Caracas, Venezuela Cities and towns [ edit ] Palo Verde, Arizona , United States Palo Verde, California , United States Palo Verde, Monte Cristi Province , Dominican Republic Palo Verde, Jalapa, Guatemala Palo Verde, Caracas, Venezuela Canton Palo Verde, Sonsonate , El Salvador Natural features [ edit ] Palo Verde Mountains , California, United States Palo Verde National Park , Costa Rica Palo Verde Valley , United States See also [ edit ] Paloverde (disambiguation) Palos Verdes Peninsula Palos Verdes Hills Topics referred to by
72-424: A time between 2007 and 2008. This was their first album to feature any vocals because both Youth and McCartney felt that their material needed a change; thus the genre of the band evolved from its more electronic roots to an experimental rock influence. Like their previous two albums however, McCartney played all of the instruments while Youth co-produced the tracks.The duo borrowed the title Electric Arguments from
96-476: A very joyful way to record. Sometimes it can be pretty scary but that's OK. And it's very quick. But I enjoy the process because it's exhilarating. The collaboration of Paul McCartney and Youth began as a mere hobby between the two. McCartney proposed to Youth that he go through the multi tracks of the recently completed Off the Ground album and sample the material in order to create some songs. Youth began making
120-488: Is Electric Arguments (2008). In June 2008, McCartney's official website 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 . The album was released on the label One Little Indian on 24 November 2008. The new album features more traditional songs, in which there are vocals (the first time on any of their albums). The majority of
144-600: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rushes (album) Rushes is the second studio album by the Fireman , released in September 1998. The title, when combined with the band name, references a lyric from the McCartney-penned Beatles song " Penny Lane ": "And then the fireman rushes in / From the pouring rain / Very strange." Rushes
168-632: Is distinguished by not relying on McCartney's previously released recordings, unlike the band's previous album Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest . One line of lyrics included in the song "Palo Verde" was taken from an unreleased track of McCartney's, titled "Let Me Love You Always". Similarly, bits from another unreleased song, "Hey Now (What Are You Looking at Me For?)", was used in "Bison", "Auraveda" and "7 a.m.". Both unreleased tracks were recorded at some point during 1995, at McCartney's Hog Hill Mill studio. In an edition of Club Sandwich magazine, two more songs were mentioned: "Plum Jam" and "Through
192-631: The Marshes". All of the tracks featured on the album were recorded in February 1998. Youth later referred to this album as his proudest of the Fireman albums. ""We recorded the album when Linda was going through the final stages of her cancer," he recalled in 2018. "She was very involved with the project again. It was very sad when she died. When I listen to the album now, it sounds like a requiem for her, it’s very beautiful." Better received than predecessor Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest , to promote
216-562: The album McCartney held a 70 minutes webcast on 2 October 1998. He performed live on guitar, bass and keyboards to the Rushes basic tracks, while a woman was answering the questions submitted by the users. McCartney appeared in disguise during the whole show and he never spoke. Rushes was released in the UK on Hydra on 21 September 1998, while in the US it was released on 20 October 1998. The album
240-502: The album version of "Bison". Like the duo's first album, Rushes was a no-show on the charts and is also no longer in print. All songs written by the Fireman . Side A Side B Side C Side D The Fireman (music) The Fireman is an English experimental music duo of Paul McCartney and Youth formed in 1993. Their music catalogue ranges from rock to electronica , evolving over more than two decades and three albums. Although officially anonymous until 2008 with
264-432: The album's vocals come from McCartney. In February 2009, Sirius XM launched Fireman Radio, a limited-run channel dedicated to the music of the group. In early 1993, Paul McCartney had finished recording the tracks for his ninth solo studio album Off the Ground and was in the process of mixing the songs. McCartney wanted some input and help from another producer, so his friend Allen Crowder recommended Youth to come into
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#1732791756275288-467: The duo decided to officially release the album. The final product consisted of nine songs that all centered around a common musical theme and techno dance beat yet had slight underlying variations added, much like different mixes on a 12-inch single. The album, which featured only a pure red background on the cover, was the first release under the Fireman name and lacked any marks of either McCartney's or Youth's names but refers to MPL Communications. The album
312-414: The most part, the recording process for the band is very casual and spontaneous. Youth described this informal way of making songs in the online magazine Sound on Sound: "I'd bring down all these poetry books or play him some really old traditional folk music and say, 'Listen to this story and see if you can write some words.' Or I'd go, 'Take these poems and just pick out five words on that page and write
336-407: The other songs in the album, with absolutely no concept of what the melody or lyrics would be about. So it was like writing on the spot, which I think lent an electricity to the whole sound. This was the Fireman's first album to be released on the independent label One Little Independent , switching from McCartney's usual EMI . This was due to McCartney's belief that major labels were not adapting to
360-468: The poem "Kansas City to St. Louis" by Allen Ginsberg . In Wired magazine, McCartney said he had "been looking at the beauty of word combinations rather than their meaning." We had a ball making this album, and it was a great departure because it seemed more like improv theatre. In the improv spirit, there are William Burroughs -type cut-ups in the lyrics. I came to 'Sing the Changes', as well as all
384-457: The release of the album Electric Arguments , the group members' names had been known to the public since soon after the release of their first album. In 1993, the Fireman 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
408-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palo Verde . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palo_Verde&oldid=1160537617 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
432-583: The studio. Soon after, McCartney phoned Youth about the prospects of him mixing the album, and subsequently invited him to his private Hog Hill studio in Sussex . Youth accepted the offer and the two began the process of remixing the song for the album which was eventually released in February 1993. While working together professionally for the album, McCartney and Youth also became good friends. They both felt that their musical relationship could be expanded upon further than merely focusing on McCartney's solo work, so
456-416: The times, referring to the newfound popularity of online music at the time such as iTunes . The Fireman began as an ambient techno group but over three albums it has morphed into an experimental rock band more reminiscent of McCartney's solo work. The duo have said that their work has been highly influenced by songs such as " Tomorrow Never Knows ," a Lennon-McCartney track from 1966's Revolver . For
480-494: The tracks with intentions of using samples from the album, yet much of the final product had either used previous work or newly recorded material by McCartney. Youth worked on these songs' mixes for a few days while at McCartney's Sussex studio and eventually presented his work to McCartney and his wife Linda McCartney , who both stayed up all night to watch him work. As Youth recalls, McCartney told him, "We love these mixes so much I wanna put them all out as an album." By that point,
504-459: The two began compiling material which would ultimately become Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest . That's the whole point about The Fireman – it's very free. And also it's an approach I'm interested in. The Whole idea behind 'Sgt. Pepper's...' was to create a band, and we could pretend that we were that band and not the Beatles, so we made that record with that in mind...But it's very free – it's
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#1732791756275528-637: Was also released on double vinyl. Two 12" singles were released from the album, both mixes of "Fluid". The first 12", released on the same day as and with the same name as the album, contains the tracks "Fluid", "Appletree Cinnabar Amber", and an extended version of an album track titled "Bison (Long One)". The second 12" was released in 1999, as a limited edition of 3,000, titled Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes) , and features three remixes of "Fluid" ("Fluid (Out of Body and Mind Mix)", "Fluid (Out of Body Mix)" and "Fluid (Out of Body with Sitar Mix)") and
552-444: Was not reliant on McCartney's previously released songs to create the tracks for the album. It has been released in September 1998 with positive reviews, most of which had the consensus that it improved upon their first album. Nearly ten years passed before McCartney and Youth began creating material for their third studio album, Electric Arguments . The duo again recorded songs at McCartney's Hog Hill studio, yet did so one session at
576-520: Was released in November 1993. Shortly before the release, the true identities of the band were leaked to the press and most who bought the album were fully aware that the Fireman was a pseudonym for Paul McCartney and Youth. Although this broke the guise that McCartney wanted to have, it allowed the album to gain more attention in the music scene. Recording for their second studio album Rushes began in February 1998. Unlike their previous work, Rushes
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