3/27/2023 0 Comments Paul mccartney 1970![]() ![]() “Junk” features glockenspiel-like struck wineglasses, very delicate guitar and bass parts, and what sounds like a percussion shaker or maybe a brushed snare drum. “Every Night” has a beautiful melody, nicely laid in bass and guitar tracks, and is sung quite well by McCartney, who fails to provide lyrics for the chorus and goes into a falsetto “woo-hoo-hoo” instead, to charming effect. Paul had already kicked around some original tunes with the Beatles that hadn’t found a permanent home, including “Junk” and “Teddy Boy,” and began to think more seriously about launching a solo career with an LP he could record all by himself. In November/December 1969 McCartney went into self-imposed exile from the whole Beatles mess, spending eight weeks in Scotland at his farm High Park, with Linda, her daughter Heather (from a previous marriage to Melville See), and their newborn daughter Mary. As a business/management entity, the group had split into opposing camps, with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr allied with hard-nosed New York businessman Allen Klein since May 1969, often clashing with lone hold-out Paul McCartney, who clung to his high-powered lawyers Lee and John Eastman, not incidentally his wife Linda’s father and brother. Maybe they were simply ready for a break from each other (and the often difficult job of being Beatles) and might continue to work together in the future? John Lennon had already asked for a “divorce” from the band, but didn’t specify when or how he might depart. The front and back cover of 1970’s McCartney LPĪs the Beatles stumbled through their final recording sessions in 1969, every member seemed to have a different view on whether they were about to break up, or had already done so. David Crosby’s Solo Debut-Well Worth Remembering.Jethro Tull Shares 2nd Single From New Album, ‘RökFlöte’. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |