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Rating: With the previous "Flaming Pie," McCartney had once again reached his creative peak; the work, perfectly balanced between acoustic and electric, was liked by everyone. But in 1998, Linda passed away, and Paul inevitably lost his way, married Mrs. Mills, believed he was happily living another life with a new child, and then it ended as we all expected, with Paul treated like a puppet and the gossip declaring that he was forced to dye his hair and so on.
Well, "Driving Rain" is the only work produced in this period, and it is frankly a disappointing album, placed between two real masterpieces. The lead single is marked by the slow unfolding of the piano, "From A Lover To A Friend" is the only true valuable track on this album; Paul asks Linda for permission to love again, but the poor production of the album hinders its success, making it too raw. What is truly shocking is Paul’s desire to appear modern; the sounds of "She’s Given Up Talking," for instance, are too heavy and out of place, "Driving Rain" is too banal a song for McCartney as is the inconsistency of "Lonely Road." Not even the acoustic tracks lift the overall work, "I Do" is nice but nothing more, in "Magic Paul" he recalls his meeting with Linda in 1967, a surprisingly bland track, poorly arranged, a great disappointment. With "Your Way," certain sounds from the early '70s are revived, the bass line is similar to "Bip-Bop" on "Wild Life" but it lacks Linda's voice, yet it is still appreciable. The joy, however, explodes with "Heather," a truly beautiful and almost entirely instrumental track, too bad it will be forgotten, like the rest of the album, along with the musical delirium that closes it, "Rinse In The Raindrops." Now McCartney, single again, will turn 64 in a few days, too bad the picture depicted in his song is slightly different from reality.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
09 Spinning on an Axis (05:16)
World spinning round
To the next revolution
Sun going down
Gonna rise up again
I watch the sun go down
With some sorrow
And now I know it's gonna come back tomorrow
Ain't no reason
It has to do that
It's the season of the culture bat
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
Staring in the face
Of time and space
Spinning on an axis
World spinning round
To the next revolution
Sun going down
Gonna rise up again
Hear me rising
Rise up and sing, rise up, rise up
Although I'm curious
It isn't a crime
I want to know if I'll
Find out in time
A lot of people busy doing their thing
Gonna wake up and sing
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
We ask the question
And the answer's yes
Spinning on an axis
I watch the sun go down
With some sorrow
And now I know it's gonna come back tomorrow
Ain't no reason why
It has to do that
It's the season of the culture bat
I watch the sun go down
Wonder if it's gonna come back
Certainly there's no guarantee
But I got a feeling it will be
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
Spinning on, Spinning on an axis
Spinning on an axis
World spinning round
To the next revolution
Sun going down
Gonna rise up again
World spinning round
To the next revolution
Sun going down
Gonna rise up again
Gonna rise up
Gonna rise up
Gonna rise up
Gonna rise up
11 Heather (03:25)
I'm gonna fly to the moon
Check in outta space
Find me a suitable plot
Build myself a place
There I will stay
For a year and a day
Until the cares of my life blow away
And I will dance to a runcible tune
With the queen of my heart
Heather
15 Rinse the Raindrops (10:12)
Rinse the raindrops
From your head
Wipe your eyes
Go back to bed
In the morning
Skies'll clear
And I'll be here
See the sunlight
Break the ice
For the birds of paradise
Listen to the song they sing
Awakening
Repeat
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