10 Songs That Prove Paul McCartney’s Solo Career Is Better Than You Think
2. Too Much Rain
Too Much Rain is a personal song from a man who has weathered quite a few storms in his time. Anyone who lives long enough will face their share of hardships.
For most of us it isn’t the break up of your world famous band, the press taking against your new American fiancée or even divorce from a gold digging second wife but rich and famous rock star Paul McCartney managed to channel his out of the ordinary hardships into a surprisingly relatable song.
The track, inspired in part by Charlie Chaplin’s song Smile, Is one of the stand out moments on Chaos and Creation in The Backyard, something of a late career masterpiece. On the urging of producer Nigel Godrich, McCartney played every single instrument on a stripped back set of personal songs with some of his finest lyrics.