To mark the release of his new album, The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, this month, the latest issue of MOJO features a world exclusive interview with Paul McCartney. Grayson Haver Currin sits down with McCartney to discuss the emotional, 70-year journey behind the album, and retraces the key musical moments in Paul’s life: growing up in Liverpool, The Beatles, Wings, and more. (More info and to order a copy for delivery wherever you are HERE).
As part of our month-long celebration of all things Macca, we’ve asked a few fellow songwriters to pick their favourite post-Beatles McCartney track. Last week, Paul Weller waxed lyrical about the immense impact McCartney had, and continues to have on him throughout his life and career (you can read the full interview HERE) and below, Weller talks about a more recent gem from McCartney’s vast archive of songs…
You Tell Me
(On: Memory Almost Full, 2007)
“This song is as perfect as a song can be. One of Paul’s greatest lyrics, too. The melody and his vocal delivery are just beautiful. This song is up there amongst his greatest work for me. I wish he’d play it live, ’cos he’d kill it and, whether people know or don’t know this track, all would be overcome but its beauty. For me, the song says ‘Where were those golden times of our lives? Were they even real? Where did they go?’ Genius.”
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