Paul McCartney – Maybe I’m Amazed

In the midst of the turmoil of the then secretive splitting up of his band in late 1969, Paul McCartney retreated to a Scottish farm and avoided a nervous breakdown by the skin of his teeth. In his rustic reverie he reflected on his future and wrote this masterful, decidedly un-silly love song. The Beatles were riding high with one of their finest albums, Abbey Road, dominating the charts and the re-heated soufflé of Let It Be was supposed to do the same, prompting McCartney’s band mates to ask him to delay the release of his impending debut solo album. Lennon had privately indicated he had left the band in September 1969, but no official announcement was made. McCartney not only refused to delay his album, he issued a note with it that effectively announced the split up of the Beatles, infuriating the three others by taking advantage of the flood of publicity for his own ends. McCartney was released in April 1970 and Let It Be one month later.

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This is an excerpt from Michael’s 33 Great Songs 33 Great Songwriters book available everywhere eBooks are sold.

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