5/6/2023 0 Comments Paul mccartney sonLondon Town is one of the most underrated albums in Macca’s catalog, one in which the Wings more rocking tendencies are generally backgrounded for studio pop, which is always a strong point for McCartney. It’s over six-and-a-half minutes long and exciting for every moment of that running time. The lyrics don’t say a whole lot, but McCartney pushes them across with such screaming conviction that they hit home along with the plentiful instrumental hooks. It emerges from a level-headed acoustic opening that provides a bit of misdirection from the ceaselessly upward momentum of the main portion of the song. On McCartney’s energy level alone, this fervent, nearly unhinged rocker from the otherwise tepid Wings at the Speed of Sound captivates. It has that sing-along sway that McCartney is able to conjure better than just about anybody else on the planet, and the two parts of the song coalesce seamlessly, proving that his old Abbey Road medley skills hadn’t diminished a bit. But McCartney pulls back from all of the bombast in the album’s penultimate suite, a gentle plea to his listeners to consider the elderly instead of just looking right past them. Venus And Mars found Wings in full arena-rock mode, for good and bad. “Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People” (1975) ![]() In the song, he acknowledges his post-Beatles life and wonders if his old friendship has some kind of place in it.ģ. (To be fair, McCartney probably started it a few months before with the thinly-veiled knock on John and Yoko on “Too Many People.”) Macca’s rejoinder was restrained and a tad sorrowful, a subtle burying of the hatchet found on Paul’s first album with Wings, 1971’s Wild Life. John Lennon sideswiped McCartney with “How Do You Sleep?” in 1971, a vicious lambasting of Paul’s perceived lack of talent. But then the backing vocals kick in with countermelodies from every angle, and pretty soon you’re awash in a dizzyingly tuneful sea and won’t ever want to come back ashore. ![]() This track begins as a simple piano tale of a guy addressing the ex of his new love. ![]() Ram was McCartney’s first great solo album, a kind of one-man studio effort (with occasional help from wife Linda) that showcased his melodic flair, production cleverness, and off-the-cuff songwriting. Here are the best of the relatively unheard Macca gems. But there are many songs that have slipped through the cracks of his towering catalog. As anyone who has ever seen his recent live shows knows, a pretty good portion of his setlists are filled with hits from the 1970s onward to complement the Beatles classics he also includes. In the video you’re about to see, James successfully bridges the gap between his dad’s legacy and his own by visiting the old buildings where all Beatles vinyl was manufactured on the 50th anniversary of the first pressing of “Love Me Do,” and accompanied by a cajon drum box player and another acoustic guitarist jams out a gritty, dark take on The Rolling Stones’ 1969 classic “Gimme Shelter”.It may be hard to wrap your head around the fact that Paul McCartney has now released about twice as many studio albums in his post-Beatles career as he did when he was a part of the Fab Four. ![]() For a time, James struggled to find his voice – fighting the urge to recreate his dad’s success and the stress of having his success measured against his dad’s, and through it all proved to be one hell of a musician when left to express himself in a way that’s natural for him.įun Fact: In April 2012, McCartney revealed that he had mooted the idea “a little bit” of forming a “next generation” version of the Beatles with Sean Lennon and Dhani Harrison.
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