10 Songs That Prove Paul McCartney’s Solo Career Is Better Than You Think

Lennon has long been celebrated as a political firebrand and activist whose politics spilled over into songs like Give Peace a Chance.

McCartney meanwhile has had his own clumsy stabs at protest songs but with limited success.

Give Ireland Back To The Irish was banned by the BBC. It was the best possible outcome for Macca. The notoriety did him more good than if people had actually heard the record, which was faintly embarrassing. Post-9/11 plodder has also aged badly.

Finally in 2019 Paul found an approach to politics that suited his own songwriting gifts. Despite Repeated Warning is a multi part, mini song suite like Band on The Run. The lyric is an allegory climate change deniers and Trump’s presidency, with the president recast as a pig-headed ship’s Captain, steering into ice-bergs against the advice of his crew.

It’s a rallying cry that draws on Macca’s gift for writing story songs rather than attempting sloganeering. It’s the best thing on this year’s Egypt Station album and proves McCartney is still capable of producing excellent music deep into his eighth decade.