Good Morning Readers!
The other night I watched BBC's "Electric Proms with Paul McCartney," from 2007 and it truly moved me as I sat there and listened to him sing some of the classic Beatles songs I grew up loving.
I mean, let's be honest here, that man is near his 69th birthday and he is still rocking harder than anyone these days. He has an energy and a vibrancy when he is up on stage that just cannot be denied. Perhaps this might sound strange because I wasn't even born when The Beatles were in their heyday, but, when I watched Paul perform "Eleanor Rigby," and "Hey Jude," I felt like if I just closed my eyes, even for a second the Paul performing looked like the Paul in the photo above. That's how he looks to me. It's like he's frozen in time like that in my brain.
There's one song I wished he had performed in that set. It's one of my personal favorite Paul McCartney songs. (And I'm not talking Beatles songs, or anything from Wings.) I'm talking about his solo stuff. Specifically, one song from the 1982 album "Tug of War." (Of all his solo stuff, THAT album is by far my favorite.) The song is called, "Wanderlust."
As a kid I loved that song because I enjoyed the melodies along with the piano and horn ensemble. Once I got older I appreciated the song in a whole new way because I began to understand what the song was actually about. I'm certainly not saying I know why he wrote that song, or that I know exactly what Sir Paul was trying to convey with this particular song, but, I understand it better than I did as a seven year old.
Here's the video of "Wanderlust," ENJOY!
I hope you are all recovering from a crazy Sunday evening of football and the like. (If that's your scene.)
Have a lovely week!
See you Friday!
Much love,
XoXo
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