![]() McCartney’s primary strength (sometimes considered a fault by detractors) is melody, rather than words. On My Way to Work (from the 2013 album NEW) allows McCartney to talk about his first job as a delivery man, which leads into the oft-repeated Beatles’ ur-narrative of when McCartney met John Lennon at a church fete in 1957. The commentary on Rocky Raccoon, for instance, leads into an anecdote about McCartney requiring stitches to his lip from a drunk doctor (an experience that indirectly led to all four Beatles sporting moustaches in 1967). ![]() But many others, if not most, are included because they allow an entry into certain themes or periods of McCartney’s life. Many songs are covered no doubt for their musical and/or literary importance. The resulting product, richly decorated with over 600 photos and reproductions of memorabilia, is a kind of “self-portrait in song”. Muldoon, as editor, shaped these conversations into coherent mini essays, deleting his own voice in the process. These commentaries are based on 50 hours of recorded conversations, undertaken between 20, with the poet Paul Muldoon. Rather, it brings together, across two volumes, 154 songs, some of which are universally known, and some of which are minor and/or off the beaten track of McCartney’s discography.Īs well as reproducing the texts of these songs, The Lyrics includes commentaries by their author. Despite its apparently unambiguous title, The Lyrics is not an exhaustive collection of the words to songs written or co-written by McCartney over his 60-year career. The Lyrics recounts Paul McCartney’s life and art through the “prism of his songs”. Review: Paul McCartney, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, ed. Paul McCartney photographed backstage at the television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars', Birmingham, England, 1963 © MPL Communications Ltd
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