11/30/2022 0 Comments Paul mccartney too many people![]() ![]() Looking back, McCartney noted his rivalry with Lennon following the Beatles' breakup was “a bit weird and a bit nasty,” adding that his “heart wasn't really in it” when it came to the diss track. You broke it in two Too many people preaching practices Don't let them tell you what you wanna be Too many people holding back This is crazy and baby, it's not like me That was your last mistake I find my love awake and waiting to be Now what can be done for you She's waiting for me. Maybe because we grew up in Liverpool where it was always good to get in the first punch in the fight.” "I worked hard to come to terms with that, but then when we broke up and everyone was now flailing around, John turned nasty. "I had been able to accept Yoko in the studio sitting on a blanket in front of my amp," McCartney continued. So if enough people want war to be over, it'll be over? I'm not sure that's entirely true but it's a great sentiment.” But I get what saying, war was over if you want it to be. "The thing is, so much of what they held to be truth was crap,” Macca opined. Again, it was the couple’s perceived preachiness that irked McCartney. The lyric “You took your lucky break and broke it in two” reportedly started life as "Yoko took your lucky break and broke it in two" before being changed. McCartney also skewered Lennon’s wife, Yoko Ono, on the track. "I just got fed up being told what to do, so I wrote this song… The first verse and the chorus have pretty much all the anger I could muster, and when I did the vocal on the second line, 'Too many reaching for a piece of cake,' I remember singing it as 'piss off cake,' which you can hear if you really listen to it.” "The idea of too many people preaching practices, it was definitely aimed at John telling everyone what they ought to do," McCartney admitted. But it was certainly heartfelt.Indeed, “Too Many People” - which was featured on McCartney’s 1971 LP Ram - found the rocker criticizing his famous former writing partner. So, I think it’s very powerful in some very simple way. Let’s be cool.” And luckily we did get it back together, which was like a great source of joy because it would have been terrible if he’d been killed as things were at that point and I’d never got to straighten it out with him. And I thought, “ Oh God.” That lyric: “Really truly, young and newly wed.” Listening to that was like, “ Oh my God, it’s true!” I’m trying to say to John, “ Look, you know, it’s all cool. I remember when I heard the song recently, listening to the roughs in the car. I find it very emotional when I listen to it now. So I worked on my attitude and wrote “Dear Friend”, saying, in effect, let’s lay the guns down, let’s hang up our boxing gloves.Īnd then with “Dear Friend”, that’s sort of me talking to John after we’d had all the sort of disputes about The Beatles break up. So after John had slagged me off in public I had to think of a response, and it was either going to be to slag him off in public - and some instinct stopped me, which I’m really glad about - or do something else. ![]() Life is too precious, although we often find ourselves guilty of doing it. I don’t like grief and arguments, they always bug me. “Dear Friend” was written about John, yes. ![]()
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