ConclusionĬonclusively, what this reads like is a song supporting such an idea, i.e. So Coming Up then morphs more into what can be gleaned as a hippy-love sentiment, one in which both parties “ want a better kind of future… that everyone can share”. And of course flowers, which play a role in the chorus, are an important symbol pointing to the hippy movement which helped define the 1960s, i.e. McCartney’s most-dominant decade as a musician. Then, the third and fourth verses are more macrocosmic. Here, it is revealed that the relationship between the vocalist and addressee is not only meant to be of benefit to themselves. Indeed, it may be the addressee is a personification of people in general. What I do have are my songs, hundreds of them, which I’ve learned serve much the same purpose.But this song was dropped some 40 years prior to this writing, at a time when colloquialisms weren’t necessarily as they are today. And all things considered, the vocalist doesn’t really sound as if he is referring to ‘coming up’ in a material sense.įor instance, from the first verse, it is established that his is to secure the addressee’s love. Or viewed otherwise, what the latter is lacking in life is a true “friend”. And it is Paul’s objective, apparently, to get into the proper position where he can fulfill that need, thus the title/chorus. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. The one thing I’ve always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. "More often than I can count, I’ve been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The Lyrics is edited and introduced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon. Paul McCartney recounts his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career. Handwritten lyrics and photographs spanning McCartney’s career will reveal the process and people behind some of the most famous songs of all time, from his earliest compositions through legendary decades of The Beatles and Wings to the present.Ī self-portrait in 154 songs, by our greatest living songwriter. To accompany the new book, the British Library has announced it will host a free display entitled Paul McCartney: The Lyrics (5 November 2021 – 13 March 2022), which will celebrate the songwriter and performer and feature previously unseen lyrics from his personal archive. Each song is accompanied by a commentary by Paul McCartney giving a unique insight into his creative process. Showcasing many further treasures from Paul’s archive, The Lyrics includes handwritten lyric sheets, unseen personal photographs, drafts, and drawings. During the writing of The Lyrics, the hand-written lyrics were discovered in one of Paul’s notebooks, believed to date back to the early 1960s. This career-spanning selection also includes a set of lyrics to an unrecorded Beatles song: Tell Me Who He Is. Paul McCartney has revealed the list of the 154 songs featured in his forthcoming book The Lyrics, publishing 2nd November 2021.
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