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Keeping up with the
Beatles has always been a prominent sideline for Boomers starting
during our teenage years. The Beatles stormed our shores so many
years ago, but what a breath of fresh air they brought with them.
They
were so full of music and fun and it was all so contagious.
Their music had its ups and downs, Some of it picked you up and was
very encouraging while some was just not very good (listen to
Revolution #9 on the White
album). For the most part however, we
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lived for
the new single or album knowing that it would be so good and would fit
whatever we had going on in our lives at the time.
Even when the Beatles
became solo artists, we cherished each new
collection of music released to the public. We heard more from
Ringo than ever, realized the true talent that George possessed, John
had his biggest song, Imagine,
and continued to remind us of what was wrong with our society and
encouraged us with what
it could become. Paul continued to write and
record as a solo artist and then a whole new set of memories for a new
generation with Wings.
Well, the years have come and gone
and we have endured the murder of John and the death of George.
We saw Vietnam come to an end and the disco craze where everyone was
dancing that the war was over. We experienced the total amazment
when man landed on the moon and the utter dispair when space launches
took lives. We saw the live coverage of the earth quake in San
Francisco during the World Series and experienced the shock of 9/11 and
the concerns about
global warming and high gas prices. Through it all we have kept our
sanity and our hope and the world continues to grow. We still
love our music and as we grow older that music takes on more
meaning because of how it helps us recall the good memories from the
past and how we grew up with the Beatles as a group and individually.
Do you remember where you were the first time you heard Paul sing "Yesterday"? How
about the day we first heard the I
Want To Hold Your Hand, or listened to the
Sgt.
Peppers Lonely
Hearts Club Band album or Hey
Jude? The Beatles reflected our lives and changed our
music and
we took it
everywhere with us on the radio or eight track. Their music
continues to brings back the
memories of football
games in the fall and summer camping trips, the prom and our car and
dragging the strip and our first
date.
Memories from long ago, but life is not yet complete and there is still
room for more.
Paul McCartney's CD Memory Almost Full
reminds us again of how our
lives are connected to the music of the time. For sure, the
writer of "When I'm 64" lived
to experience that ripe old age and more and being older Mccartney's
music
reflects the experiences of a lifetime. Life and death,
relationships and those that we no longer have, but all in all life is
good and we go on.
I hope that you will take the time to listen to the CD and remember the
old times. But, more important than that is what this collection
of music does for us today. Dance
Tonight has that good time feeling that lets us know that
everything is all right and it appropriately leads off the CD. Ever Present Past reminds
us of life experiences and the busy schedule that
sometimes takes over our lives.
Musically, Paul continues to grow
introducing chord progressions and styles that are new to him.
Lyrically you still hear the McCartney from the past while the
maturity of life has given his music added depth.
The Beatles took a generation full of expectation and reflected our
hopes and fears. All these years later, McCartney fills us full of hope
once again with his new offering as we continue to experience life and
knowing
that his music continues seems fitting. So, here's to the future
and the journey and all that life has in store for us.
Take McCartney's Memory Almost Full
and make it a great day!
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