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Paul McCartney had an interesting time working with Stevie Wonder on their song, “Ebony and Ivory,’ in 1982. The former Beatle said he had to be “super precise” around the virtuoso because he heard every mistake.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said he wrote “Ebony and Ivory” in 1980 “as a response to the problem of racial tension, which had been the cause of a lot of friction in the U.K. around that time.”
Paul made the demo in Scotland in his little studio there. Shortly after, he decided to call Wonder to see if he wanted to do something together. The pair have known each other for a long time. They first met in 1966, after a 15-year-old Wonder played a show in London.
When Paul called the child prodigy about collaborating, they were thinking about writing something together. However, Paul told Wonder he had “Ebony and Ivory.” Wonder agreed to record it.
Paul and Wonder agreed to meet at Monserrat, where producer George Martin had a recording studio. Although, Paul had no idea how long it’d take for Wonder to show up.
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John Lennon and the rest of The Beatles decided to fire Pete Best. John Lennon no longer wanted Pete Best in The Beatles, but admitted they didn’t treat him well when they fired him. Pete Best doesn’t hold a grudge against his former bandmates.
Before Ringo Starr, The Beatles was composed of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best. Best was the band’s first drummer and played with them during their residency in Hamburg, Germany. Ultimately, though, the other three band members felt that Best wasn’t a good fit in the group. They fired him, but Lennon admitted they were cowardly in how they did it.
In 1960, McCartney recruited Best, a local Liverpool drummer, to join The Beatles. He remained with the group for two years and became popular with fans after shows at The Cavern Club.
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Some of Paul McCartney‘s songs are very personal to him. During an interview, he said one of these personal songs was among the best tracks he ever wrote. Notably, he felt the song was on the same level as “Hey Jude.”
During a 1989 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Paul was asked to name his favorites among his own songs. He named Beatles classics like “Hey Jude” and “The Fool on the Hill” in addition to solo songs like “Maybe I’m Amazed” and “Put It There.”
He named “This One” as one of his favorites, saying this choice was a “surprise.” “It’s another very personal song, which seems to be one factor in common with most of the songs you’ve picked — and it’s sometimes hard to talk about things that are personal,” he said. “That’s why you put them into a song.”
“‘This One’ is about relationships,” he added. “If you love someone, you want to be really great for them.
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Ringo Starr’s “Photograph” and Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” became hits in the United States. A magazine predicted Ringo’s “Photograph” would become a No. 1 single. Sheeran’s “Photograph” was inspired by a piano loop another star wrote.
Ringo Starr‘s “Photograph” and Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” were both hits, but only one reached No. 1 in the United States. Another rock star helped Ringo write “Photograph.” In addition, a rock star helped Sheeran write his song of the same name.According to the 2015 book Ringo: With a Little Help, Ringo and George Harrison co-wrote “Photograph” and George played guitar on the track. To promote it, Ringo shot a music video that was played on the popular BBC show Top of the Pops. The song became critically acclaimed. In addition, Billboard predicted the song would become a No. 1 hit.
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Ringo Starr was angry for years when The Beatles broke up. He dealt with his negative emotions through drugs and alcohol, but they made him feel disconnected from his art. He heard a cruel assessment of his life post-Beatles, but he thought there was some truth to it. Starr said he felt that his life had become sad.
“I was mad,” Starr said, per the New York Daily News. “For 20 years. I had breaks in between of not being.”
He began drinking as a way to deal with the band’s breakup. As a result, his memories from the years after the split are hazy.
“I was drunk,” he said. “I didn’t notice … some of those years are absolutely gone.”
By 1977, Starr was lost. He acted in a number of unsuccessful films, and he stopped playing music he took pride in.
“When I really, really got wrecked, I couldn’t play,” he said, per the book Ringo: With a Little Help by Michael Seth Starr. “For years, I just went downhill. We never made records totally derelict. You got derelict and then you made the records. Occasionally we’d have a … late night, and we’d make music and the next day you’d think, ‘What a load of crap.'”
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The Traveling Wilburys were a supergroup formed in 1988, comprised of some of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The group was made up of five iconic artists: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. Together, they created three studio albums and numerous singles that have gone on to become some of the most beloved songs in popular music.
This article aims to explore the legacy of the Traveling Wilburys, examining their music, the members involved, their lyrics and messages, and the impact they had on music history. By delving into the past, it will also consider why the Traveling Wilburys remain relevant today.
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George Harrison always said he wouldn’t make another album, but he was never serious. He wasn’t fooling himself or his fans.
In 1976, George named his newest album Thirty Three & 1/3 after his age. He told the BBC that he didn’t expect to continue in the music industry for much longer. George said he’d retire at 37.
“I suppose back in the 60s I gave myself to about 36,” he said. “So, still got a couple of years, but I think I’ll probably be around 37 or 38 at the moment that I feel and suppose I could stop. But I don’t know, it’s like George Burns once said that the only thing to retire for, the only reason is to do something better and if you enjoy doing what you’re doing… If I hadn’t been a guitar player, I don’t know what I would’ve done.”
By the following year, George started disliking what he was doing. George felt the music industry sucked all the creativity out of artists. They cranked out music that sounded the same on a conveyor belt. So, George stopped making tunes. He told Rolling Stone that he didn’t write a single song throughout 1977.
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The Beach Boys became one of the most popular groups in the early 1960s — topping the music charts alongside the Beatles. Here’s what Brian Wilson said about their first original that reached No. 1, “I Get Around” on Billboard’s Pop chart.
They get around — from town to town. The Beach Boys are the band behind “I Get Around,” a track written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. The “doo-wop” surf rock track was initially included on the 1964 album All Summer Long and further detailed this group’s affinity for cars.
“I’m gettin’ bugged driving up and down the same old strip,” the first verse states. “I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip / My buddies and me are getting real well known / Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone.”
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Paul McCartney wrote a song for Peter Asher, and it did so well that it knocked The Beatles‘ “Can’t Buy Me Love” off the charts. Asher got to know Paul well when he started dating his sister, Jane, in the early 1960s. Thanks to Paul and his song, Asher’s career skyrocketed. Paul McCartney and Peter Asher in suits in 1969.
In The Beatles’ early career, their manager, Brian Epstein, arranged for them to move into a London apartment. However, Paul thought it was miserable.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that his then-girlfriend Jane Asher and her family must’ve invited him to live in their fancy home in Marylebone after hearing him complain that the apartment “had no soul.” Paul wrote, “This gesture was in the long tradition of giving a garret room to a starving artist.”
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Paul McCartney wrote The Beatles’ “Let It Be” when his relationship with John Lennon was strained.
He was also dealing with drug issues around the time he wrote “Let It Be.”
He gets asked if the song bring backs negative memories for him.
Paul McCartney says he wrote The Beatles‘ “Let It Be” during a difficult time in his life. Fans asked him if the song triggers bad memories. In addition, Paul helped create a new version of the song with Boy George and Kate Bush.
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed what he went through when The Beatles made Let It Be. “This was a very difficult period,” he recalled. “John was with Yoko full-time, and our relationship was beginning to crumble: John and I were going through a very tense period. The breakup of The Beatles was looming and I was very nervy.”
Paul’s issues extended beyond his relationship with John. “Personally, it was a very difficult time for me, I think the drugs, the stress, tiredness, and everything had really started to take its toll,” he added. “I somehow managed to miss a lot of the bad effects of all that, but looking back on this period, I think I was having troubles.”
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