Paul McCartney: Difference between revisions

[[File:Paul_McCartney_3915.jpg|frame| Still the Cute One.]]

 

 

See also [[Wings (band)|Wings]], the band McCartney formed in the 1970s.

 

* ''McCartney'' (1970)

* ''Ram'' (1971)

* ''Memory Almost Full'' (2007)

* ''Kisses on the Bottom'' (2012)

 

With [[Wings (band)|Wings]]:

* ''Liverpool Sound Collage'', an ambient electronica album also credited to Youth, Super Furry Animals, and, because it samples [[Studio Chatter]] and stray instrumentation from a few of their recording sessions, The Beatles (2000)

* ''Twin Freaks'', a collaborative album with The Freelance Hellraiser that ''heavily'' remixes songs from Paul's catalogue (2005)

 

* [[Abbey Road Crossing]]: The cover of the concert album ''Paul Is Live'' features an older Paul digitally inserted into the original, iconic ''Abbey Road'' cover photo.

* [[Album Title Drop]]: "She sprinkles ''flowers in the dirt'', that's when a thrill becomes a hurt", from the song "That Day Is Done".

** There was also his and Linda's 1971 (but released in 1978 due to [[Wings (band)|other obligations]]) ''[[wikipedia:Thrillington|Thrillington]]'' project (an orchestral album consisting of covers of Paul's entire ''Ram'' album), credited to the pseudonym Percy "Thrills" Thrillington

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: The analogy of piano keys representing racial harmony in "Ebony and Ivory" falls apart when you try playing a C and a C-sharp at the same time. Musical notes that sit side-by-side on the keyboard do ''not'' get along, regardless of colour.

* [[Auto Erotica]]: "Back Seat of My Car".

* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: The only time during his life that McCartney was known to sport a beard was the period in 1969-70 that coincided, maybe not coincidentally, with the breakup of the Beatles.

* [[Call Back]]: "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five", the last song on the ''Band on the Run'' album, ends with a reprise of the chorus from "Band on the Run".

** The song right before it, "Picasso's Last Words", contains brief snippets of "Jet" and "Mrs. Vanderbilt".

* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|Grandpa, What Massive Hotness You Have]], and how!

* ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'': Paul's venture into movie-making in 1984, which he wrote and starred in [[As Himself]]. Not a success.

* [[Gratuitous Latin]]: "Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me"

* [[Greatest Hits Album]]: He's had several. ''Wings Greatest'' covers mainly Wings, but has some early solo tracks. ''All the Best'' is under Paul's name, but is about half Wings. The two-disc ''Wingspan'' is the most comprehensive collection, covering both Wings and Paul's solo output through 1984.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: He's nearly 70, but he looks like he's in his late-40's to mid-50's.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: Julian Lennon has admitted that he was ''much'' closer to Paul than his [[Disappeared Dad|own father]], especially during his early childhood and adolescence. When John deserted Julian and his mother, Paul stepped in as a role model and even wrote the song "Hey, Jude'' to console a young Julian over his parents' divorce.

* [[Prison]]: McCartney's infamous bust in 1980, when, as he and Wings were arriving in Japan on a tour, he was caught at customs with 218 grams of marijuana in his luggage. He spent ten days in jail and could have faced a seven-year sentence, but the Japanese government elected to deport him. Reports of [[John Lennon|John's]] reaction to the bust range from "delighted with his ex-partner's misfortune to the point where he literally danced with joy" to "[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/lennons-rage-over-mccartney-drug-bust furious that his friend let himself get caught] and increasingly anxious as Paul was detained"; at any rate, he called to provide moral support.

* [[Protest Song]]: [[The Troubles|"Give Ireland Back to the Irish"]]

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Despite having full knowledge that it would be banned by the [[BBC]] (which it was), "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" was released as a single by Wings. Their ''first'' single..

* [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]: His reaction to the "Paul Is Dead" rumors.

* [[Rooftop Concert]]: Naturally, played with the other three Beatles in the band's final performance on the roof of Apple Corps, but Paul has also done it solo, having played on the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater on ''The Late Show with [[David Letterman]]''.

* [[Self-Backing Vocalist]]

* [[Unplugged Version]]: Paul's ''Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)'' album is among the first unplugged albums ever released and was the very first MTV Unplugged performance/album.

* [[We Used to Be Friends]]: A personal and professional relationship with [[Michael Jackson]] abruptly ended when Jackson bought the publishing rights to the Lennon/McCartney catalog.

** Paul and Linda's relationship with Denny Laine of [[Wings (band)|Wings]] didn't end well, either.

** And, of course, Paul's relationships with the other Beatles melted down rather spectacularly in the late 1960s. They all later managed to patch up their differences to some degree following that, but there was reportedly never the same closeness.

* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: During Beatlemania he took to wearing disguises so that he could wander the streets without being mobbed (and occasionally play pranks on the other Beatles and Brian Epstein). In one amusing incident, he was recognized by a bartender who wasn't fooled when Paul asked for "a drop o' the hard stuff" in an Irish accent. See also [http://meetthebeatlesforreal.blogspot.com/2009/12/paul-and-linda-attend-georges-show.html Paul and Linda incognito] at a [[George Harrison]] concert.

* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: Paul was fond of these; "Junior's Farm" and "Jet" are two prime examples.

 

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