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[CRAZY-HORSE]

PAUL McCARTNEY "the lyrics 1956 to the present"

not music but a book...
almost 500 pages over two hardback volumes packaged in a superb thick slipcase.
released last November but almost AUD $200, and i wasnt going to even entertain it at that price...
found it today in Kmart for less than $100 so i just had to get it...

it contains the lyrics to around 150 of his songs from 1956-2020,
and alongside the lyrics are photographs and Paul's own commentary of the inspiration, writing process and personal memories of the songs.
he said in the forward that he doesnt have time to sit and write an autobiography so snippets of his most personal songs is the next best thing.

i have only had a quick glance through both volumes so far and there are some simply gorgeous photos that i as a huge fan had never seen before. i read a couple of of the passages for a couple of the songs as he details the 'what, why, when, where and how' of the songs in question and they gave me a whole new perspective of what goes on in a songwriters' mind when composing songs.

i did look at one Beatles track and one solo track. 
it sounded like he has really fond memories of writing with John Lennon.
it also sounds like it was a struggle trying to live up to the Beatles legacy, even now, yet often struggling to come up with something that cannnot be construed  as being labelled "a Beatles rip-off"...

this is going to be a real eye-opening  read and i am looking forward to having some down time and really absorbing this project fully.