I think the guitar solo on the song 'My Love' by Paul McCartney and Wings is excellent. Who has heard the song and asgrees. It is also as well written and enjoyable song to listen. The copy I have of iot is on the 'all the best!' album. Let me know whiuch other of his songs from his solo and post-Beatles career that you enjoy.

The guitar solo is, honestly, about the only redeeming factor I can find in "My Love". I do not consider it among McCartney's better written songs. The man who wrote "Blackbird" and "The Fool On The Hill" should never stoop to "Wo wo wo wo, wo wo wo wo, my love does it good"...

As for his other post-Beatles songs, there are many fine ones (I am a fan of Paul's solo work, despite the last paragraph). Off the top of my head, I think of "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Every Night", "Power Cut", "Live And Let Die", "Band On The Run", "Bluebird", "Venus And Mars/Rock Show", "Beware My Love", "London Town", "Cafe On The Left Bank", "Winter Rose/Love Awake", "Tug Of War", "Here Today", "Take It Away", "Ballroom Dancing", "Wanderlust", "Pipes Of Peace", "My Brave Face", "You Want Her Too" "This One", and "The World Tonight" as among his very best post-Beatles tunes. Any of the above can easily hold their own with the Beatles' best work. There are others as well. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of songs that would have been better left unwritten.

I agree the song maybe isn't his best. I have 'all the best!' and my favourites are the Bond theme song 'Live and Let Die', 'Mull of Kintyre', 'Pipes of Peace', 'Ebony and Ivory', 'Say Say Say', especially the parts with the harmonicas and synthesisers mixed together after the main part of the duet has finished. It sounds excellent! I know some of his solo work didn't live up to what he did in the Beatles, but as a solo artist I actually prefer him, not being a Beatles fan. I undersatand and respect their place in music history, but am not a fan. Thanks for your reply, Rev.

"Mull of Kintyre" should have been in my list of favorites, too. That's a wonderful recording.

Yes, it is indeed an excellent song. I also fogot to mention 'Band on the Run'. I love the way it builds up from the dreariness of being imprisoned to the joy freedom brings. It gets the emotions just right on.

It annoys me how people criticise songs like 'Ebony and Ivory' and 'Mull of Kintyre', saying they are overworked and the like. I like them, and as someone said they're only judging him on the quality of his previous recordings.

Reverend - I'd like to know your opinion on the duets that PM did especially in the 80s.

What is the opener on 'all the best', 'Jet' really about? I assume it is quite abstract in meaning.

I like the song and I love the guitar solo,,, but ALL of the credit for the guitar solo has to go the lead guitarist at that time (was it Henry McCullough at that time, I should know this),,, anywho, McCartney said the guitarist ran it by him just prior to recording and McCartney gave a reluctant O.K. (Sir Paul always had a hard time not being in full control in the studio)...


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"Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder), "The Man", and "Say, Say, Say" (both with Michael Jackson) were really fine pop records, I think. "You Want Her Too" with Elvis Costello was fantastic, like having Lennon back to kick Paulie in the pants.

What's "Jet" about? Well, it's loosely about the daughter of a military man and the kid that wants to marry her...I think...but Paul's solo lyrics seldom aim at any great amount of meaning.

I think Henry McCullough lives only a few miles away from where I live. I think he may have left Wings in about 1973. Could someone confirm this?