The Paul McCartney Lyric That Respects Its Elders
Give credit to The Beatles for rarely falling in with the rest of the crowd when it came to their approach to writing their songs. When they embarked on their solo careers, the four members of the band continued to blaze their own trails.
On Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1975 song “Treat Her Gently – Lonely Old People,” the former Beatle wrote a tender ode to those getting on in years. It wasn’t the typical topic you’d expect from a popular rock band, but it proved to be just the right sendoff to Wings’ 1975 album Venus and Mars. A Sweet “Treat”
By 1975, the rough start Wings underwent when Paul McCartney first brought them into existence four years earlier was long forgotten. They had ascended to elite status among international rock bands, forging their own identity and escaping the shadow of Paul McCartney’s former group, a little band called The Beatles.
McCartney had provided much of that momentum when he rallied with an outstanding set of songs on the 1973 album Band on the Run. Wings recorded that album as a trio (Paul, wife Linda, and Denny Laine) after a pair of defections from the group right before sessions began.
Source: americansongwriter.com/Jim Beviglia
