‘Something’, a song written by George Harrison and included as part of The Beatles’ iconic 1969 album Abbey Road, marked a historic moment for the songwriter. With Harrison taking lead […]
By the time The Beatles were recording their Get Back sessions, which resulted in their final studio album, Let It Be, relations between the Fab Four had turned rather sour. […]
The Beatles have such a solid and far-reaching cultural grasp; are so immortally burned into the public cultural consciousness, that sometimes it is hard to remember that they had such […]
The Beatles’ tumultuous breakup was a living testament to the Icarian idea that the higher you rise, the harder you fall, and John Lennon’s scathing letter to Paul McCartney laid […]
It’s hard to find another artist more optimistic than Paul McCartney. Compared to the other Beatles and almost every other songwriter that has walked the Earth, Macca couldn’t have more […]
For a period of time, four friends from Liverpool, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, were sat atop the music industry. Without a care in the world, […]
For someone who has been as omnipresent in the pop world as Paul McCartney, there are bound to be a handful of songs he doesn’t like performing. It might be […]
The Beatles song ‘Baby’s In Black’ is the ultimate encapsulation of ‘Saudade’, a Portuguese word that, in English, translates as bittersweet or happy-sad. Behind the beat-era jangle and waltzing rhythm, […]
In his haste to release his debut solo album, Paul McCartney needed to utilize some material that was already somewhat tested. One of those songs, the lushly melodic “Junk,” turned […]
Paul McCartney‘s “other” band Wings enjoyed some dizzying highs throughout the ’70s, but seemed to run its course as the decade petered out. They enjoyed one final flurry of activity […]