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"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.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
10 Souvenir (03:41)
When you're fed up shedding too many tears
And you're memories seem like just so many souvenirs
I will come to you to ease the pain
If you want me tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Everything is gonna come right in the end
When you're crying like a poor little child
And you're feeling like you never could be reconciled
Don't forget a word of what I'm saying
If you want me tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Everything is is gonna come right in the end
Well, I can hold you too tight
I could never let you go
But that wouldn't be right
So, why don't you let me know (let me know)
Everybody's got a handful of fear
But tomorrow it may only be a souvenir
Of the way it was 'til it went away
If you want me tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Every little thing is gonna come right in the end
Well, I can hold you too tight
I could never let you go
But that wouldn't be right
So, why don't you let me know (let me know)
If you want me tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Every little thing is gonna come right in the end
Souvenir
No, not another souvenir
No, no no, no, souvenir
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By BORNTORUN1976
Ooooooo finally Macca does Macca, 8 years after the excellent Flowers In The Dirt Paul gives us... 1 great album... fresh, lively, played with pleasure and conviction as usual and you can feel it!!!
Well done Paul "draw" more often from your WONDERFUL past... you who can afford it...
