Friday, May 23, 2025
Time: 7:44 AM
Song: Here Today
Artist: Paul
McCartney
Mode of Consumption: Listening
to MP3s on shuffle on the way to work.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Csod6aF2VJ2Kzf3GMPAaG?si=ac0a81eed7a04cd3
This is a live version of the song from 2009. Whether I ever knew or that I simply forgot, this song was originally recorded for the “Tug of War” album in 1982.
As I was listening, I wondered who McCartney was thinking about with this song.
With the Beatles, my
mind always assumes it’s the other Beatles. I think more than any other band,
the individuals frequently referenced or alluded to their other band mates in
their solo projects. Initially, in the 1970s, they each took sometimes veiled
and at other times direct shots at one another.
After Lennon’s death, the tone became more nostalgic. That includes this song, which after I looked it up, I found out was written as conversation between Lennon and McCartney.
I do still wonder though by 2009, how many people went through McCartney’s head as he sang the vocals. His own vocal range being a little diminished by time and use.
Sure, I imagine it’s still Lennon. But, George Harrison was also gone by then. Half the Beatles gone. He’s certainly probably thinking about the business and petty personal issues that wedged between him and his bandmates. Both Harrison and Lennon were accusatory toward McCartney in the years after the breakup.
It would also be understandable if Paul spends part of the song thinking about his wife, Linda. The two spent decades together before she passed from cancer.
I can see why
McCartney has said he has a hard time getting through this one.
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