Thoughts on the Beatles

[celticdragonfly]

Okay, I understand that with them doing 10K of "Beatles" songs, that this is going to include the post-breakup solo work. And Wings stuff. And stuff they did with other people. "Ebony and Ivory" didn't surprise me. But I'd managed to successfully block out of my brain that Paul McCartney had done a song with Michael Jackson. I hope they don't replay THAT one. Shudder.

Not surprisingly, I find myself thinking about the Beatles and their work as I listen to this. Hearing a couple Wings songs reminded me yeah, it just wasn't the same. Paul McCartney is talented, but he needed John to be great. The two of them together produced amazing work. I should go dig up some decent bios of them, I wonder if there are any decent ones that aren't media hype or dirt dishing. I was listening to Got To Get You Into My Life earlier, and thinking that frankly, it makes as much sense to think of it not as as generic love song, but as a song for Paul and John together and their working relationship. They needed each other.

(Of course, given that I've been reading funny stuff from slasher types I know, that could be why I'm thinking of such things.)

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

But I'd managed to successfully block out of my brain that Paul McCartney had done a song with Michael Jackson.

"The Girl Is Mine" is regrettable, but I thought "Say Say Say" was a fluffy bit of fun.

Paul McCartney is talented, but he needed John to be great. The two of them together produced amazing work.

Give a listen to the stuff Mac did with Elvis Costello around 1990.

[surrdave.livejournal.com]

And then there was "Girlfriend", which Paul decided not to give Michael. Help me out--was "So Bad" written for someone else to sing?