Paul McCartney is back with a new album
McCartney III his first in two years and his 18th total for solo
albums, as it’s a continuation of his previous self titled albums I & II
where he plays all the instruments. He plays both guitars, basses, piano,
synthesizer, drums and percussions etc. It proves that is he is singlehandedly
one of the greatest musicians ever but also one of the greatest song writers as
he continues to write any kind of song from serious to silly, as he is always a
great song writer.
He has songs on the album that range
from quiet acoustic guitar/piano songs that are serious/quiet to songs that he
rocks out with loud electric guitar/drums where it is sometime a jam session
plus his usual amount of silly songs.
The opening track “Long Tailed Winter Bird”
has the acoustic guitar for most of it but it does rock out as it’s mostly an
instrumental with barely any words. “Pretty Boys” is another acoustic guitar song
about taking pictures of famous good looking people to not touch which could be
about “Beatlemania” craze. “The Kiss of Venus” is an acoustic guitar song about
romance and sounds like an updated version of his previous song “Mother Nature’s Son”. The song “Women and Wives” is a nice, beautiful quiet song on
the piano where he gives advice to families about passing down good morals. The
last track of the album “Winter Bird/When Winter Comes” is very similar with
acoustic guitar/same tone that has some emotional power that could be a flip
side to “When I’m 64”, as he is looking back at age 78. It is also a song that
was supposed to be a bonus track from his “Flaming Pie” album that he wanted to
be an actual song on an album not just an extra song for a rerelease.
The songs where he rocks out on electric
guitar like “Find my Way” and “Slidin” which is a jam session sound check song
that he makes on the spot during tours. He wanted it on the last album “Egypt Station” but didn’t make the cut so he wanted it on this album, so he finished
it as it was half written for the last album. In “Seize the Day” he plays the
piano and it rocks out plus it’s catchy. He goes all out on rocking out in
“Deep Down” as it has shades of “Hey Jude” or '"Helter Skelter” in repeating the
chorus a lot. While he gets silly in “Lavatory Lil” as he rocks out about
someone who has screwed him over. The song “Deep Deep Feeling” is his longest
song that is over eight minutes as he plays so many different instruments it’s
hard to keep track. It is a very emotional song but it rocks out.
McCartney is one of the only living members of the Beatles but the only one who continues to make music across decades keeps coming out with high quality music. He just goes out there to have fun and do what he does best which is make good music as it is a laidback album. This is just another addition to one of the greatest discographies ever between his Beatles, Wings and solo work. The world is a better place thanks to Paul being in it and continuing to make music for all generations to hear.
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