Paul McCartney: The LifeThe definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman. Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost biographer, with McCartney's consent and access to family members and close friends who have never spoken on the record before. Paul McCartney reveals the complex character behind the favßade and sheds new light on his childhood -- blighted by his mother's death but redeemed by the father who introduced him to music. This is the first definitive account of Paul's often troubled partnership with John Lennon, his personal trauma after the Beatles' breakup, and his subsequent struggle to get back to the top with Wings -- which nearly got him murdered in Africa and brought him nine days in a Tokyo jail. Readers will learn about his marriage to Linda, including their much-criticized musical collaboration, and a moving account of her death. Packed with new information and critical insights, Paul McCartney will be the definitive biography of a musical legend. |
Contents
Puttin On the Style | |
Chalkandcheese | |
Paul seemed to make John come alive when they were | |
Everythings mad here People never sleep | |
Sing Searchin Paul | |
it | |
A beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful things | |
It was the coup de foudre the French speak of in hushed tones | |
You have found her now go and get her | |
Home Family Love | |
Youve been playing on the roof again and your Mommy doesnt like it | |
Fuck you money | |
Go on cry Youll be in the paper | |
Paul is still with us | |
Changing my life with a wave of her hand | |
Long life and happiness and lots of marzipan butties | |
This is what a Beatle does in the evenings | |
Its a big one cos I like big houses | |
You might almost have said an alien had landed on the Mull | |
Return of the Jim Mac Jazz Band | |
An irresponsible idiot | |
Everything was off the top of Pauls head | |
It was a barrelling empty feeling that just rolled across my soul | |
It was almost as if I was committing an unholy act | |
Hell weve really blown it here | |
Screw you Ill make an album youll wish youd been on | |
An old estranged fiancé of mine called Paul | |
Man if I was Paul McCartney Id buy the road | |
Theyd saved themselves for him | |
Oi Paul you know that Mull of Kintyre? Its fakking great | |
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