The lyrics 1956 to present

[Nancy R]

love2travel wrote:

I certainly hope Fireman Paul has some lyrics from Rushes and Electric Arguments.  Ecce Cor Meum is so very beautiful, I’m praying there is something from that album as well 

So is anyone buying both sets?

You can only buy both books for $100. Can't buy separately. 
I'm with Yankeefan - I'm passing on this one!

[toris]

So many books done to death... the one book I would LOVE to read is one which explores the relationship between John and Paul between 1970 and 1980.... as told by Paul... Yoko... and others... So many untold stories... And unofficial stories... They all seem too reticent to tell it. It would be a magnificent read. That relationship between each of the Beatles in that decade is a goldmine. They were not as "estranged" through some of that period as people say.  Hidden catch-ups. Pissed off, yes. I always wonder when Paul or John made their new album if they sent the other the album and asked their view... maybe not... most likely not!!... I have no doubt they got a copy of it prior to release and listened... but I would love a book that explored that whole period. It would be awesome.

[Nancy R]

toris wrote:

So many books done to death... the one book I would LOVE to read is one which explores the relationship between John and Paul between 1970 and 1980.... as told by Paul... Yoko... and others... So many untold stories... And unofficial stories... They all seem too reticent to tell it. It would be a magnificent read. That relationship between each of the Beatles in that decade is a goldmine. They were not as "estranged" through some of that period as people say.  Hidden catch-ups. Pissed off, yes. I always wonder when Paul or John made their new album if they sent the other the album and asked their view... maybe not... most likely not!!... I have no doubt they got a copy of it prior to release and listened... but I would love a book that explored that whole period. It would be awesome.

Maybe if we and Mark Lewisohn live to be 100 we'll see it published! It will be 8 years this Oct. since part 1 Tune In came out. I just want to read 1963-1966! Lord knows when 1967-1970 will come out!

[Kestrel]

Nancy R wrote:

Maybe if we and Mark Lewisohn live to be 100 we'll see it published! It will be 8 years this Oct. since part 1 Tune In came out. I just want to read 1963-1966! Lord knows when 1967-1970 will come out!

I'm sure the gap between 2 & 3 will be a lot less than it has been between 1 & 2. Part of the delay can be put down to Mark spending a lot of time 'interviewing' people before they have the chance to turn their toes up. So with 2 & 3 being researched in tandem, much of the research for 3 will have been done by the time 2 is published. I'm hoping for that anyway as I still want to be around to read volume 3 as well. 

[Nancy R]

Heads up! Amazon (U.S.) has Paul's book for $60 now (pre-order + no charge until shipped + free shipping)

[oobu24]

That's a good deal at Amazon!

[Kestrel]

I'm hoping that 1882 is included as that song has a fascinating lyric which is quite unlike anything Paul had written before or since.

[Yankeefan2]

You can get the Kindle version of both books on Amazon for $60 but I think these books are the type that you want on hard cover.

[oobu24]

Amazon's deal has gone up. I was able to get it pre-ordered at $60.00. Now it's 89.99.

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Paul reveals the 154 songs featured in the books.

https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/paul-reveals-the-154-songs-featured-in-the-lyrics-1956-to-the-present

VOLUME 1
All My Loving
And I Love Her
Another Day
Arrow Through Me
Average Person
Back In the U.S.S.R.
Band On The Run
Birthday
Blackbird
Café on the Left Bank
Calico Skies
Can’t Buy Me Love
Carry That Weight
Check My Machine
Come and Get It
Coming Up
Confidante
Cook of the House
Country Dreamer
A Day In The Life
Dear Friend
Despite Repeated Warnings
Distractions
Do It Now
Dress Me Up as a Robber
Drive My Car
Eat at Home
Ebony and Ivory
Eight Days a Week
Eleanor Rigby
The End
Fixing A Hole
The Fool On The Hill
For No One
From Me to You
Get Back
Getting Closer
Ghosts of the Past Left Behind
Girls' School
Give Ireland Back to the Irish
Golden Earth Girl
Golden Slumbers
Good Day Sunshine Goodbye
Got to Get You Into My Life
Great Day
A Hard Day’s Night
Helen Wheels
Helter Skelter
Her Majesty
Here, There and Everywhere
Here Today
Hey Jude
Hi, Hi, Hi
Honey Pie
Hope of Deliverance
House of Wax
I Don’t Know
I Lost My Little Girl
I Saw Her Standing There
I Wanna Be Your Man
I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Will
I’ll Follow the Sun
I’ll Get You
I’m Carrying
I’m Down
In Spite of All the Danger
I’ve Got a Feeling
Jenny Wren
Jet
Junior’s Farm
Junk
The Kiss of Venus

VOLUME 2
Lady Madonna
Let ‘Em In
Let It Be
Let Me Roll It
Live and Let Die
London Town
The Long and Winding Road
Love Me Do
Lovely Rita
Magneto and Titanium Man
Martha My Dear
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Maybe I’m Amazed
Michelle
Mother Nature’s Son
Mrs. Vandebilt
Mull of Kintyre
My Love
My Valentine
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five
No More Lonely Nights
The Note You Never Wrote
Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Oh Woman, Oh Why
Old Siam, Sir
On My Way to Work
Once Upon a Long Ago
Only Mama Knows
The Other Me
Paperback Writer
Penny Lane
Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
Pipes of Peace
Please Please Me
Pretty Boys
Pretty Little Head
Put It There
Rocky Raccoon
San Ferry Anne
Say Say Say
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
She Loves You
She’s a Woman
She’s Given Up Talking
She’s Leaving Home
Silly Love Songs
Simple as That
Single Pigeon
Somedays
Spirits of Ancient Egypt
Teddy Boy
Tell Me Who He Is
Temporary Secretary
Things We Said Today
Ticket to Ride
Too Many People
Too Much Rain
Tug of War
Two of Us
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Venus and Mars/Rock Show/Venus and Mars - Reprise
Warm and Beautiful
Waterfalls
We All Stand Together
We Can Work It Out
We Got Married 
When I’m Sixty-Four
When Winter Comes
Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?
With a Little Help From My Friends
Women and Wives
The World Tonight
The World You’re Coming Into
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday
You Never Give Me Your Money
You Tell Me
Your Mother Should Know

[John Mackintosh]

Don 't know about the rest of you but I am pleased by the number of non- Beatles songs that comprise these two volumes, things I never would have expected like Cafe on the Left Bank, deep album tracks. Bring it on!

[oobu24]

John Mackintosh wrote:

Don 't know about the rest of you but I am pleased by the number of non- Beatles songs that comprise these two volumes, things I never would have expected like Cafe on the Left Bank, deep album tracks. Bring it on!

I'm very surprised too!

[Kestrel]

Jet could be interesting. In the past Paul has said the song was inspired by a puppy and a pony. Hopefully he's made his mind up for the book? 

[The_Fool]

oobu24 wrote:

John Mackintosh wrote:

Don 't know about the rest of you but I am pleased by the number of non- Beatles songs that comprise these two volumes, things I never would have expected like Cafe on the Left Bank, deep album tracks. Bring it on!

I'm very surprised too!

Glad to hear this - the mix of songs will keep it interesting.

[Gordy JS]

I wasn't too sure about the books at first but now seeing the list & the actual variety of songs they have throughout his years has swayed me substantially! Very pleased with the list of songs they've gone for, glad there's so much more acknowledgement of his post-Beatles career. I was just expecting a few of his big solo hit songs & the rest to be The Beatles

[oobu24]

Spotify has a playlist of all the featured songs!

THE LYRICS: 1956 - the Present a playlist on Spotify

[love2travel]

Kestrel wrote:

Jet could be interesting. In the past Paul has said the song was inspired by a puppy and a pony. Hopefully he's made his mind up for the book? 

It’s definitely going to be interesting... Some of those stories, well 5 of them came up illegal.