Paul McCartney
Flaming Pie

"Some days I look at you

I look at you with shining eyes 

some other days no

I can't believe that you are mine"

"Somedays"

Having the strength to put together a new work, gathering songs written in another period of one's life, going back to them and revisiting them. Seeking comfort in one's past, spending a few days with two old friends, almost brothers, reminiscing about the times when one was fabulous. "Flaming Pie" is born this way, amid the suffering of the illness slowly taking Linda away and the pleasant adventure with Ringo and George for the "Anthology".

Paul McCartney, after the world tour of '93-'94, takes a long break and doesn't have the need to record a new work, he simply jots down some new ideas, but in '95 Linda is diagnosed with breast cancer, and the prospects of his life change radically. If "Off The Ground" had been a tremendous album, recorded by a close-knit band, the new LP is foreshadowed to be very different. There is no time to set up a new group project, no desire for a tour. So Paul recovers tracks composed years before; from the Wings he rediscovers "Calico Skies" and the still uncertain melody of "Great Day", from the wreckage of "Return To Pepperland" he manages to breathe new life into "Beautiful Night", transforming it into a splendid ballad, plus he adds some new compositions, "The Song We Were Singing" in which he recalls the deep friendship that connected him to John, "If You Wanna" is a Texan blues recorded with his friend Steve Miller, "Young Boy" the song dedicated to his only son, James. "Flaming Pie" is a journey that immediately presents its very strong emotional connotations, it is a contrast between joyful and rarefied music, the acoustic tracks mark the work. Heart-wrenching songs like "Little Willow", jewels of unmatched musical poetry like "Heaven On Sunday" small family stitches, "Great Day".

In this album is enclosed the infinite talent of a great composer, written in solitude with some contributions from old fellow travelers, Ringo, George Martin and new ones, Jeff Lynne and Steve Miller, it is one of the absolute masterpieces of rock music.

"Flaming Pie" closes on the notes of "Great Day", Linda's last contribution to Paul’s oeuvre.