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The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Vol. Two-Volume Set)
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Vol. Two-Volume Set) | Paul McCartney
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A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his devoted parents, Mary and Jim; his songwriting partner, John Lennon; his Golden Earth Girl, Linda Eastman; his wife, Nancy McCartney; and even Queen Elizabeth, among many others. Here are the origins of Let It Be, Lovely Rita, Yesterday, and Mull of Kintyre, as well as McCartneys literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Alan Durband, his high-school English teacher. With images from McCartneys personal archiveshandwritten texts, paintings, and photographs, hundreds previously unseenThe Lyrics, spanning sixty-four years, becomes the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
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Felso
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Enjoyed the behind the scene stories

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DebinHawaii
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#VolumesAndVocals

I wasn‘t sure what book to pair with #LetItBe but I found this when I was researching the lyrics:

Concerning the song's title, Paul relates in his book "The Lyrics" that this may have been a subliminal recollection from his past. "One interesting thing about 'Let It Be' that I was reminded of only recently is that, while I was studying English literature at the Liverpool Institute High School for Boys with my favorite ⬇️

DebinHawaii …teacher, Alan Durband, I read 'Hamlet.' In those days you had to learn speeches by heart because you had to be able to carry them into the exam and quote them. There are a couple of lines from late in the play: 'O, I could tell you - But let it be. - Horatio, I am dead." I suspect those lines had subconsciously planted themselves in my memory." 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 1y
Eggs Fascinating!! Well done👏🏻👏🏻 1y
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All the songs written by Paul McCartney while in the Beatles, with Wings, and as a solo artist. Filled with brief bios of what went into writing and the inspiration for each song. Covers his hits as well as songs you may never have heard of. Loved reading this.