Avenue G

Sir Paul

by blogSpotter
You only need to see a couple of my previous blogs (e.g., "The Beatles Forever") to know that I'm a big Beatles fan. It's sadly ironic that two of the four are already gone -- one from a crazed fan's bullet and one from throat cancer. In their prime, each Beatle fell into some category, be it guru, philosopher, dreamer, cut-up. Paul was to many "the cute Beatle". In reading the Beatles biography, it seems Paul was a very pragmatic businessman, and possibly the glue that helped keep the band together until 1970. Toward the group's end, Lennon and McCartney lost their creative mojo and started taking potshots at each other. Paul accused John of writing drug-induced mantras, and John accused Paul of writing jingles for grandmas. George was disgusted with both, because he felt that they patronized him and played his material half-heartedly. Yoko ("Oh-no!") did not help matters by trying to convince John that the other Beatles lacked artistic 'purity'.

Thus in 1970, they parted ways. Each Beatle enjoyed some individual success, but Paul by far scored the most hits in his new group, Wings. The Guinness Book of Records has Paul as the most successful composer of all time; ironic because Paul also makes it into Dave Barry's "Book of Bad Songs". Barry has a point -- "Silly Love Songs" and "Someone's Knocking at the Door" do not leap to mind as the best works of a musical mastermind. Be all that as it may, the songs of Lennon and McCartney will probably be remembered in the same way that Shakespeare sonnets have been captured for the ages. The Beatles discography already has more staying power than that of Aha, Oasis or Coldplay.

Paul has had 3 'main squeezes' over his lifetime. He dated actress Jane Asher during much of his Beatles' stardom. In 1969, shortly before the group's demise, he met up with American Linda Eastman. He was with Linda for decades to follow, and one might say she was the love of his life. In 1998, Linda succumbed to breast cancer, and Sir Paul was single again. In 2002, Paul married Heather Mills, a former model young enough to be his daughter. They signed no pre-nup and the relationship ran out of gas after 4 years. Tabloids have recently blasted headlines that Heather is a former call girl. Legal experts say that if those allegations are proven, it may help Paul's case regarding divorce settlement and custody. Nonetheless, it's a weird irony that a man so beloved and so long in monogamous couplings gets ditched as he turns 64. Paul actually wrote "When I'm 64" in 1958 -- who would've guessed it would end up on a psychedelic album a decade later, in the hippy era? It may be ironic with regard to Heather, but Paul's listening public will always need him. He will be loved well past 64.

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