![]() ‘Seeing my mum’s beautiful, kind face and being with her in a peaceful place was very comforting. Paul McCartney, front, is pictured with fellow Beatles George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon in June 1967 In the midst of wrangles with the other three Beatles, Paul fell asleep and had a dream in which she appeared. This is what gives them their edge, and their emotional complexity.įamously, Let It Be, like Yesterday, came to him in a dream. ![]() There is often a sadness at the heart of even his jolliest songs, and joy at the heart of even his saddest songs. For instance, he says that the Lady Madonna, which ‘portrays a very present, nurturing mother has got to be influenced by that terrible sense of loss’. His grief cast its shadow over many songs, often in unexpected ways. ‘The fact that my mother Mary died when I was 14 is something I never got over,’ Paul confessed in his recent book, The Lyrics. For both youngsters, this left a gaping hole that for the rest of their lives they tried to fill with song. Paul and John Lennon had a deep sadness in common: both their mothers had died when they were young - John’s when he was 17, and Paul’s when he was just 14. Is there any famous singer who hasn’t recorded at least one song by Paul? I particularly relish the oddest combinations of song and singers, though some better than others: Barbra Streisand’s With A Little Help From My Friends, The Cure’s Hello Goodbye, Alice Cooper’s Eleanor Rigby, Fats Domino’s Lady Madonna, and Slade’s little-known version of Martha My Dear.įrom an early age, Paul was driven. It has been recorded by over 3,000 artists, from Marvin Gaye to the Band of Irish Guards and from Frank Sinatra to Billie Eilish. If he had only composed one song in his life - Yesterday - he would still be a very wealthy man. Paul’s achievements are far too numerous to list. his gifts have touched billions of lives’. ![]() Presenting Paul with the Library of Congress Gershwin Medal for Popular Song at the White House back in 2010, President Obama proclaimed it fitting to give it to ‘a man whose father played Gershwin compositions for him on the piano a man who grew up to become the most successful songwriter in history. Pictured at the Henry Maier Festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2016 Rocking through the years: Sir Paul McCartney is still performing at 80.
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