Paul McCartney - Tug of War 

yea definitely

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Agree with you

cringe

What??

I got the chills reading your comment; and I agree when Linda fades away, it is especially poignant.

I agree. I noticed that bit of timing and my heart broke.

... One of them being Yesterday, so go ahead and name the remaining one

Agreed

Long Haired Lady

@@jlmagoya same! "Take it away" is my remaining one

It's the best song I've heard by him from the 1980s

Agreed.

You are truly a great singer of so many views in life with different melodies to listen to...thank you again sir Paul.

Well said my friend..long live Paul!

He is.

Music can conquer the world.

Interesting fact

You got it!

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Absolutely.....i think you are spot on....

Yes, it was: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u97_inloBmY.html

@Joy Stinson McCartney has always been a musical force of nature--not only hugely talented (the most talented in the group) but incredibly prolific. The guy's catalog is mind-boggling.

I don't know for certain, but this video might have been around the same time he did the movie Give My Regards to Broad Street as his look is very similar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--KtFVlso7C0.html

@@monica11760 I think you are right, the filming of that definitely took place around that time.

@@oliver9549 year after

Paul was always the favourite of George Martin's because he was the creative one who would listen to anything to see if it improved a song and they would collaborate. John shut down and called Martin's production 'all that shit'. George became more of a miserable bastard fixated on what the main two were earning [you wrote three good songs George] and Ringo was just 'I'll play with anyone as long as they ask because I love them all:)

@@NigelT57 Thanks for your answer and interesting information.

@@NigelT57 this is an infuriatingly warped view of history and probably based on some dumb shit john said in 'Lennon Remembers' which is just a long list of pre-coached, heroin-fueled lies that even he denounced. george martin was definitely paul mccartney's mentor (since he recognized quickly paul's unique talent) and they did several collaborations together even before the band's breakup, but paul is infamously resistant to criticism and in fact apparently behaved quite petulantly with martin on this album & the other two he produced for him in the 80's (note that paul didn't work w/ martin outside 'Live and Let Die' in the 70s either, or after this lol), while john was always going to martin first for advice on how to achieve the sound he wanted, since he couldn't put it together in his head the way paul could. in one of his later-life interviews, john described george martin as an invaluable "translator" for the band. both john and paul could be arrogant, testy bastards, and were receptive and resistant to martin's input in equal terms (often in solidarity w/ each other), but they both valued him even if they went to him for different reasons. martin was p fed up with "the boys" in the band's last two years, setting down heavy conditions for them to follow when recording Abbey Road, so it's likely he had his own resistances to working with them again, although he did notably produce ringo's first solo album. george was the only one who seemed to have a real chip on his shoulder about martin, but that's george for you. martin even admitted later in life that he'd neglected george's burgeoning songwriting attempts. whether or not you think george was a hack who deserved to be neglected is honestly a matter of opinion, but it is literally true that it happened.

@@NigelT57 That is true: Paul was always the favourite of George Martin's - because he was among the four who was willing to study music composing and arranging from George Martin even after all of his successful years. But on the other hand we must admit that John had a kind of unique spirit what the other three members of the Beatles didn't. George Harrison's music world a bit strange and weird - but he was a really gifted songwriter, too.

@@NigelT57 , spot on.... lots covered concisely.

Very prescient 😥

The video is outsanding

MrT Oldies After 3 years you get a reply - lol. Linda was and still is, Pauls greatest love in his life...and that is all that matters. The nay-sayers can go fuck themselves. Love the song.

I guess it was funny to hear her sing she was so bad. But she was fantastic in all other respects and she never claimed to be a good singer, I think Paul pushed her into it.

Had something to do with wives joining the band !

some people are just cunts thats why

People didn’t get why she was there? It’s not normal you see musicians have there wives in videos, they normally don’t want the limelight

I hear that like I'm sure we all did. Yet Paul has George Martin and NOT John Lennon in the video. One must listen to what the man said, that it's about his relationship with John. But it's interesting that George Martin plays a role in the video. A man who Paul certainly had many tugs of war with. What a beautiful song.

Very true what u say about george martin but lets not forget he produced this alburm n also features in the filmclip of "take it away" from the same alburm🤔🤔

It was Here Today.

@@MrJoeybabe25 - George Martin is in the video because he produced this album for Paul. It was the first time Paul had brought Martin back to produce an album for him since his Beatles days.

@@erasmusmiranda587 While Here Today is indeed about Lennon, a lot of the lyrics to Tug of War also are heavily influenced by John and Paul's relationship, especially the fact that two constantly were trying to "outdo each other." The two constantly would butt heads over things and their friendship was a proverbal tug-of-war. While not completely about John, there are a lot of elements that are indeed about the relationship that he and Paul had. Paul has admitted as such.

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It's a toss-up between Tug of War, Ram, and Band on the Run as my favorite solo McCartney album. Easily one of his best albums for sure.

@@squirrelguy2195 yeh I can see that. It is a tossed up indeed. Ram good too.

I'd love to hear that story, brief as you say it was.

@@jimcarey7150 I photographed Paul when he appeared at the Houston Astrodome, The press was to have a few minutes to shoot the band, Linda walked way ahead of the others including Paul, and greeted us with the most beautiful and sincere smile " Hello, fellow photographs, thanks for coming " I was already fascinated with her work, her book of other R And R stars had come out including her Vegetarian cook book which is something I have always wanted to try to do

@@royrodriguez8265 She seemed like a real gem.

Aww, I’m such a fan of her in addition to Paul. So many people have said how kind she was. It’s so sad she died so young.

@@jimcarey7150 She really was - I still think of her