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The best songwriters of all time (2): Paul McCartney (3rd place was Lennon)
“I take my hat off Paul McCartney,” said Bob Dylan to the Rolling Stone 2007, “and he is pretty much the only one I pull my hat off.”
More than just “Silly Lovesongs”
Sir Paul is the chief melodician among all pop songwriters and can refer to a catalog that combines many of the biggest catchy tunes from the past half century. Of course, its spectrum includes more than just “Silly Lovesongs”.
He was responsible for animal cracks like “Helter Skelter”, but also opened the Beatles for the joke and charm of pre-rock songwriters such as Peggy Lee or Fats Waller.
Paul McCartney – “Yesterday”:
“Even in the early days we worked separately on many songs,” said John Lennon. “In many ways, Paul was much more experienced than me.” His Beatles songs such as “Yesterday” and “Let It Be” became modern classics-and also his years with the Wings should also throw various evergreens like “Band on the Run”.
“The problem with the song letter was and is actually always the same,” he said recently. “You want to write songs that you love – and love other people as well.”
“A Day in the Life”
When they recorded “A Day in the Life”, the Beatles were at the peak of their work. Maybe it was even the most successful cooperation between Lennon and McCartney. “On the whole album, but especially on, a day in the life ‘Paul and I worked very intensely together,” said John Lennon the Rolling Stone in 1970 when he recapitulated the “Sgt. Pepper” phase.
After her concert in San Francisco, on August 29, 1966, the Beatles had finally said goodbye to the stage. Since no new material was published in the coming months, the rumors increased that it would crisis. “The people in the media claimed that we were burned down,” said McCartney in retrospect. “But we only knew too well that the opposite was the case.”
With “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, the Beatles delivered an album full of psychedelic visions. “A Day in the Life” – placed at the end of the album – seems to summon the fall of the world. Lennon sings about death and decay. And he does it with an almost ghostly voice. His vocals were alienated in the studio with an effect that Lennon called his “Elvis-Echo”.