The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (Two-Volume Set) (B&N Book of the Year) by Paul McCartney

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A Washington Post Notable Book Excerpted in The New Yorker A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs.From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his devoted parents, Mary and Jim; his songwriting partner, John Lennon; his “Golden Earth Girl,” Linda Eastman; his wife, Nancy McCartney; and even Queen Elizabeth, among many others. Here are the origins of “Let It Be,” “Lovely Rita,” “Yesterday,” and “Mull of Kintyre,” as well as McCartney's literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Alan Durband, his high-school English teacher.With images from McCartney's personal archives-handwritten texts, paintings, and photographs, hundreds previously unseen-The Lyrics, spanning sixty-four years, becomes the definitive literary and visual record of one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

  • Product Features

    • Adult
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN-13 - 9781631492563
    • Music
    • Page count - 960
    • Product dimensions - 8.5 W x 10.7 H x 2.8 D
    • Paul McCartney (Author)
    • Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
    • Publication Date: 11-02-2021
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3 months ago

Great

If you really what the story behind the songs this is the book. you learn a lot more information about why the lyrics are the way they are

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2 years ago
from NY

A life well lived

I am a child of the Beatles era and it was a joy to even place this before my eyes. The best $100 I have ever spent.

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2 years ago

A legend

I love how he explained all his songs and the pictures are beautiful

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3 years ago
from Fort Pierce, FL

Sir Paul!

I just completed The Lyrics by Paul McCartney! This book is a treasure! If you love The Beatles, Wings and Paul by himself then you will this. It is not an autobiography proper but a dissection of Paul’s lyrics and what prompted him to write them. He shares his love of his family, friends, and of course The Beatles. If you take this book on you should also check out the car-pool karaoke that Paul did with James Corden. So good! I gave this 5 stars!

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3 years ago
from North Carolina

Great read

If you like this book, you should check out “The Fairy Tale That Never Ends” by Andre Sansbury.

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3 years ago
from DC

Absolutely Wonderful!

You can Buy Me Love as I gave this outstanding book to my wife for Christmas and she loves it. Paul is and has been her favorite artist for 60 years and this book is a treasure to her!

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3 years ago

Good Reading

The lyrics and then some…this book is truly packed. I picked up this pair of books because I wanted to know more about the stories behind the songs of Paul McCartney. Now, I have to add the caveat that there are Lennon-McCartney songs as well, which is a nice bonus. Anything anyone wants to know about those songs, at least from Paul McCartney’s point of view is there. Stories, tales and even some tidbits. It’s quite nice because there’s no glazing over. He tells the stories. There are wonderful photographs as well and many illustrate the song through what he was doing at the time. I rather liked it. He has many of his own solo songs there as well. A few of the ones I would’ve liked to have known about were missing, but that’s okay. Can’t please everyone and there is enough here to please a lot! This is a big set of books and will take some time to go through, but if you’re a Beatles fan, a McCartney fan or just want to know the stories behind some great songs, then this is the set of books for you. originally posted at long and short reviews

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3 years ago
from Chicago

Ehh its ok, but he left out a great song

If this song wasn't left out i would have, I really wanted this but he left out hello goodbye! A classic, just because his stubborn royal snout couldnt get over the history to put it in!!

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