Research Catalog

Title

The lyrics : 1956 to the present / Paul McCartney ; edited with an introduction by Paul Muldoon.

Author

McCartney, Paul

Publication

• New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Additional Authors

Muldoon, Paul

Description

xxx, 594 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"An unprecedented kaleidoscopic view into the creative process of one of the greatest songwriters of all time, the #1 New York Times bestseller The lyrics includes: The now-standardized lyrics of 161 songs that span more than 70 years, from Paul McCartney's earliest songwriting days to the present, including beloved standards like 'Blackbird' and 'Hey, Jude,' post-Beatles classics like 'Band on the run' and 'Live and let die,' and seven songs added specifically for this paperback edition. In addition to intimate, autobiographical commentaries, more than 100 images from McCartney's personal archives, including hand-written lyric sheets, letters, memorabilia, and many previously unseen photographs. A personal foreword, in which McCartney recalls the formation of The Beatles and candidly discusses his relationship with his parents, John Lennon, Linda Eastman, and a wide range of other people"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject

• Songs > Texts
• Rock music > Texts

Genre/Form

• Popular music lyrics.
• Rock lyrics.

Note

• Includes index.
• Originally published in 2021.

Contents

Foreword by Paul McCartney -- Introduction by Paul Muldoon -- All my loving -- And I love her -- Another day -- Arrow through me -- Average person -- Back in the U.S.S.R. -- Band on the run -- Birthday -- Blackbird -- Bluebird -- Café on the Left Bank -- Calico skies -- Can't buy me love -- Carry that weight -- Check my machine -- Come and get it -- Coming up -- Confidante -- Cook of the house -- Country dreamer -- A day in the life -- Day tripper -- Dear friend -- Despite repeated warnings -- Distractions -- Do it now -- Dress me up as a robber -- Drive my car -- Eat at home -- Ebony and ivory -- Eight days a week -- Eleanor Rigby -- The end -- English tea -- Every night -- Fixing a hole -- The fool on the hill -- For no one -- From me to you -- Get back -- Getting closer -- Ghosts of the past left behind -- Girls' school -- Give Ireland back to the Irish -- Golden earth girl -- Golden slumbers -- Good day sunshine -- Goodbye -- Got to get you into my life -- Great day -- A hard day's night -- Helen Wheels -- Hello, goodbye -- Helter skelter -- Her majesty -- Here, there and everywhere -- Here today -- Hey Jude -- Hi, hi, hi -- Honey pie -- Hope of deliverance -- House of wax -- I don't know -- I lost my little girl -- I saw her standing there -- I wanna be your man -- I want to hold your hand -- I will -- I'll follow the sun -- I'll get you -- I'm carrying -- I'm down -- In spite of all the danger -- I've got a feeling -- Jenny Wren -- Jet -- Junior's farm -- Junk -- The kiss of Venus -- Lady Madonna -- Let 'em In -- Let it be -- Let me roll it -- Live and let die -- London town -- The long and winding road -- Love me do -- Lovely Rita -- Magical mystery tour -- Magneto and Titanium man -- Martha my dear -- Maxwell's silver hammer -- Maybe I'm amazed -- Michelle -- Mother nature's son -- Mrs. Vandebilt -- Mull of Kintyre -- My love -- My valentine -- Nineteen hundred and eighty five -- No more lonely nights -- The note you never wrote -- Nothing too much just out of sight -- Ob-la-di, ob-la-da -- Oh woman, oh why -- Old Siam, sir -- On my way to work -- Once upon a long ago -- Only mama knows -- The other me -- Paperback writer -- Penny Lane -- Picasso's last words (drink to me) -- Pipes of peace -- Please please me -- Pretty boys -- Pretty little head -- Put it there -- Rocky Raccoon -- San Ferry Anne -- Say say say -- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- She came in through the bathroom window -- She loves you -- She's a woman -- She's given up talking -- She's leaving home -- Silly love songs -- Simple as that -- Single pigeon -- Somedays -- Spirits of Ancient Egypt -- Step inside love -- Teddy boy -- Tell me who he is -- Temporary secretary -- Things we said today -- Ticket to ride -- Too many people -- Too much rain -- Tug of war -- Two of us -- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey -- Venus and Mars/Rock show/Venus and Mars-Reprise -- Warm and beautiful -- Waterfalls -- We all stand together -- We can work it out -- We got married -- When I'm sixty-four -- When winter comes -- Why don't we do it in the road? -- With a little help from my friends -- Women and wives -- The world tonight -- The world you're coming into -- Yellow submarine -- Yesterday -- You never give me your money -- You tell me -- Your mother should know.

Call Number

JME 24-43

ISBN

• 9781324094098
• 1324094095

OCLC

1362866253

Author

McCartney, Paul, author.

Title

The lyrics : 1956 to the present / Paul McCartney ; edited with an introduction by Paul Muldoon.

Publisher

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Edition

Paperback edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Muldoon, Paul, editor, writer of introduction.

Research Call Number

JME 24-43