The “Angst-Ridden” Song Paul McCartney Wrote To Make Himself Feel Better

Songwriting is a delicate balance between vulnerability and universality, as Paul McCartney learned while working on the “angst-ridden” song he wrote to make himself feel better after a particularly arduous time in his life. After all, the more commercially available the music, the finer the line between sounding desperate and speaking to everyday experiences.

Luckily, McCartney was able to work through his initial concerns that he was leaning toward the former and continued writing this quintessentially Paul tune, angst and all.  Paul McCartney Wrote This Song To Help Feel Better.

When Paul McCartney first sat down to write what would later become the opening track of his 2018 release Egypt Station, he worried that he was creating a song that was too “angsty.” In an interview with GQ, McCartney said he feared the song sounded too desperate. But eventually, he realized he enjoyed angsty music, so why wouldn’t others?

“People like that,” he said. “I like that. So, I’m gonna write something. You can often take a moment you remember where you had, let’s say, an argument, and you think of that situation, and you work it out in the song. Just by saying the opening lines, I’ve got crows out my window, dogs at my door, I don’t think I can take anymore, that makes you feel better.”

Source: Melanie Davis/americansongwriter.com

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