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Paul McCartney’s ‘The Lyrics’ is more than a coffee-table book | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Paul McCartney’s ‘The Lyrics’ is more than a coffee-table book | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Paul McCartney’s ‘The Lyrics’ is more than a coffee-table book | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 11
12:42 2022

“I’m actually quite a fan of ‘ordinary,’” writes Paul McCartney in “The Lyrics.” “I hope in many ways it defines me, and so also many of the songs I’ve written.”


“THE LYRICS: 1956 TO THE PRESENT”
By Paul McCartney; edited by Paul Muldoon
Liveright ($100)

Such observations are amongst the great delights of this two-volume set of books in which McCartney defines his own artistic legacy, embracing both his role as a likable everyman as well as an expectation-defying, literary-minded artist. McCartney comes off as charmingly self-aware and rightfully unapologetic about his impressive body of song which can vary from plain-spoken to surreal, poetic to perverse. No surprise then, that McCartney amends the above statement with, “Don’t get me wrong; I like extraordinary people and things, but if people can be great and ordinary at the same time, that to me is kind of special.” And there he is, in a nutshell.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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