Paul McCartney’s “The Days we left behind,” stunned me.
Partly because it is the time of the lives of the Beatles
that I most treasure, a time of hope and when they worked towards a common goal.
When they were more than just friends or band mates.
Going through the story of the Beatles, I crave that time as
well, partly because it foreshadows my lives with my friends, and how much we
managed to come together, and never had success ruin it for us – we all remained
like brothers for all of our lives.
McCartney’s release of his song and the album to come realizes
finally just how powerful a time it was prior to their success, and how much
success really cost them.
The release of this new music reflects something I was
thinking about as well, and how I wish I could have been part of that
experience – although again, I was with my friends, two of whom (like John and
George) have since passed on.
I’ve written extensively about my experiences, and several
songs that reflect the same feeling McCarney’s recent song does (my song called
“Formerly Joe’s very much in the same vein as Paul’s.
This may well be McCartney’s swan song (hopefully not). If it
is, I treasure it, because it looks back and brings back to life those precious
moments he lived through (and stirs up in me the nostalgia for our little
gang).
Few things have touched me so deeply, or bonded me more
closely with McCartney (who I’ve never met) than the release of this song –
which I’m in the process of learning, part of my attempt to get into the heads
of the Beatles by trying to perform their music.
Thank you, Paul.
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