What makes Paul McCartney’s “granny songs” work?
Part of the appeal of The Beatles was never knowing what you were going to get next on any record. Rubber Soul never sounded anything like Sgt Peppers, and there’s a good chance that no one could have equalled what the Fab Four did when making Abbey Road. It was all about just playing off one another and making the best of every composition, but there seems to be more than a little bit of disdain thrown towards Paul McCartney whenever he played his “granny music”.Because let’s be honest: McCartney could get more than a little bit corny when he wanted to. Although he wrote fantastic joint efforts with John Lennon that resulted in creative watermarks like ‘A Day in the Life’, there are also tunes like ‘Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’ that continue to divide the room no matter what generation you’re a part of.
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