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The second single from McCartney's "Flowers in the Dirt," it stalled at No. There's a remarkable buoyancy to the effervescent chorus hook, which definitely suits the lyrics ("There never could be a better moment than this one"), making this one of the happier-sounding songs McCartney ever laid to tape. I kinda don't want anyone to be that much like me. Your list will more than likely differ in substantial ways. And there's no news bad enough that a casual listen to "Monkberry Moon Delight" could not immediately make me smile.īest John Lennon songs of his post-Beatles solo career
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Album tracks are not included because the challenge would have gone from daunting to impossible if I'd been forced to factor in the album tracks. And by singles, I mean A-sides issued in the U.K. And even if his concerts tend to focus more on Beatles songs than solo hits or Wings material at this point, his post-Beatles output has held up amazingly, which brings us to one Beatlemaniac's countdown of the legendary bassist's 30 best post-Beatles singles. The point is Paul McCartney had a brilliant second act. But Paul McCartney managed well enough that, well into the '80s, the most annoyingly misguided joke in rock and roll went something like, "Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?" (as though he hadn't blown the dust off several Beatles songs on the chart-topping live album "Wings Over America").īut I digress. Still, Dear Friend typifies the beauty available to those who can overlook a few rough edges.You'd be hard pressed to come up with a tougher act to follow than the Beatles. That whole first album feels unpolished, at times half baked. “Dear friend, throw the wine/I’m in love with a friend of mine.” Perhaps Paul felt it was time they put aside their differences and tried to be happy for each other. On Dear Friend, over tense piano he asks, “Does it really mean so much to you?” Both men had found romantic love as their love for each other had soured. Perhaps viewing Wings as a fresh start, Paul included a raw but starkly beautiful olive branch on their debut album Wildlife. To add insult to injury, George Harrison and Ringo Starr played on it too. A lyrically vicious song but a bloody good one. The worst and most blatant of it was probably Lennon’s How Do You Sleep. You could pick apart songs and album art looking for extra digs. On the other hand there was a guilty pleasure in seeing two heroes air their dirty laundry in public. But beyond the big hits there are b-sides, album tracks and singles that prove Wings are more than just a cheap punchline.įor fans it was a painful reminder that the Beatle dream was over. Then of course there’s the mega-selling, bag-pipe spattered Mull of Kintyre and My Love a song that did Mccartney’s reputation as a wet balladeer no favours.Įven Macca himself struggles to fit many Wings songs into his epic live shows. He was writing the best ever Bond theme and he let his wife do the middle eight. The latter might be McCartney’s greatest ever love song. They were also responsible for Live and Let Die. There was the glam stomp of Jet and multi-part majesty of Band On The Run. Most people know a handful of Wings songs. We’ve picked out just ten of many for this list. Wings nonetheless have a back catalogue littered with gems. Yes, Paul struggled to follow The Beatle’s brilliance but so did everybody else. Massive in their day but critically derided in an era when rock journalists prized self conscious seriousness over McCartney’s melodic, genre hopping playfulness. After all, Wings have long been a short hand for rock mediocrity.