“I was very into surrealism at that particular time, so I wrote songs like ‘Monkberry Moon Delight,’ which is again totally surreal,” he said. “The word ‘monkberry’ actually came ...
1 for two of its 24 weeks on the U.K. chart. “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” might not be the most meaningful song in Paul’s catalog, but it proved he could make hit songs without the Fab Four.
John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the primary creative ... John wanted the songs he had primarily written to be on one half of the album with Paul's and George's tracks on the other.
In the mid-1950s, when a young Paul McCartney was understanding his place in the world ... But I met John, (and) we were just chatting, and ‘Well, I’ve written a couple of songs.’ And he said, ‘Well, ...