It’s been decades since the world’s biggest band broke up, but The Beatles’ famous songwriter and core member Paul McCartney is still going strong. McCartney still speaks fondly about The […]
Take a song from a classic Walt Disney movie, mix in a marriage being kept from public knowledge, a posh Liverpool flat, and a doo-wop record, and you get a […]
It’s natural to find yourself at odds with your art when looking back on it years after the fact. People change–as do their tastes and opinions. Even an undisputed songwriting […]
John Lennon’s first live performance in several years also proved to be the last concert appearance of his lifetime. This landmark event might not have happened had not Lennon been […]
When U.S. radio stations banned John Lennon’s track “Cold Turkey,” he was quick to point out that the decision reflected a problem with society, not a problem with his art. […]
For all the accolades they’ve received over the years, The Beatles never claimed to be bold innovators of music. They were just listening to what they heard in their record […]
“Two of us riding nowhere / Spending someone’s hard-earned pay / You and me Sunday driving / Not arriving on our way back home,” Paul McCartney sings, reminiscing on his […]
In 1966, The Beatles stopped touring, a decision which one friend said was a mistake for the band. For several years, they had been the subject of constant and oppressive […]
There was as a boom in British pop and rock music in the 1990s, with bands like Oasis, Blur, and Pulp grabbing headlines and competing for listeners. But in 1995 […]
Needing a bit of a hit, Paul McCartney and Wings embraced a little bit of controversy on the 1972 single “Hi, Hi, Hi.” Some of that controversy was accidental, some […]