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Paul McCartney (1942-). [[The Beatles (
See also [[Wings (
Solo Discography:
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* ''Tug of War'' (1982)
* ''Pipes of Peace'' (1983)
* ''[[
* ''Press to Play'' (1986)
* ''Snova v SSSR'' (1988)
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* ''Kisses on the Bottom'' (2012)
With [[Wings (
* ''Wild Life'' (1971)
* ''Red Rose Speedway'' (1973)
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: "She sprinkles ''flowers in the dirt'', that's when a thrill becomes a hurt", from the song "That Day Is Done".
* [[Alternate Reality Episode]]: Three albums released under the name "The Fireman", a "group" consisting of Paul and the record producer Youth. The first two albums were sound collages. ''Electric Arguments'', still rough and unpolished but a more conventional collection of songs, got [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/neilmccormick/3561922/Sir-Paul-McCartneys-Electric-Arguments.html strong reviews].
** There was also his and Linda's 1971 (but released in 1978 due to [[Wings (
* [[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".
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* [[Divorce Assets Conflict]]: Part of the extremely ugly end to his second marriage, with model Heather Mills. Mills got a large sum that was still less than a fifth of what she wanted, along with the judge's assessment that she was [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20186762,00.html "less than candid".]
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: James P. McCartney.
* [[Evolving Music]]/[[Rearrange the Song]]: Most of the ''[[
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Subverted with the Wings song "Hi Hi Hi". See [[Intercourse
** "Eat At Home" is about the pleasure of oral sex with your wife.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|Grandpa, What Massive Hotness You Have]], and how!
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* [[Grief Song]]: "Here Today", written after the death of [[John Lennon]].
* [[Happily Married]]: Paul and Linda McCartney for 29 years, until Linda's death from cancer in 1998.
* [[I Am the Band]]: "Paul McCartney and [[Wings (
** On ''McCartney'', ''McCartney II'', and ''Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard'', Paul performs almost all the instruments himself.
* [[Iconic Item]]: His trademark violin-shaped Höfner 500/1 bass.
* [[Intentionally Awkward Title]]: ''Kisses on the Bottom''. It's a line from "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," and in that context clearly refers to signing love letters with X's, but still... ''Paul''...
* [[Intercourse
* [[In the Style Of]]: "Let Me Roll It" off of ''Band on the Run'' is commonly believed to be Paul recording a John Lennon-style song.
* [[Ironic Nursery Rhyme]]: After the BBC refused to play his [[Protest Song]] "Give Ireland Back to the Irish", an irritated Paul set "Mary Had a Little Lamb" to music and actually released it as a single.
* [[Jerk
* [[Lead Bassist]]
* [[Let's Duet]]: In the early 80s, McCartney had big hits singing duets with [[Stevie Wonder]] ("Ebony and Ivory") and [[Michael Jackson]] ("The Girl Is Mine", "Say Say Say").
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* [[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.
** While the common misconception is this, McCartney's reason for being angry at Jackson seemed to change from MJ "buying the rug he was standing on," to some of the choices he made in exploitation of the songs (e.g. putting certain [[Beatles]] songs in certain commercials) to simply not giving McCartney--one of the wealthiest men in showbiz--a raise in the royalties.
** Paul and Linda's relationship with Denny Laine of [[Wings (
** 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.
* [[Veganopia]]
* [[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 [[
* [[Word Salad Lyrics]]: Paul was fond of these; "Junior's Farm" and "Jet" are two prime examples.
* [[Yoko Oh No]]: Ironically, considering the [[Trope Namer]], Linda McCartney is a pretty good example of this trope, especially her dubious contributions as a performer and songwriter in [[Wings (
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