Thinking Out Loud: Belated Happy 70th Birthday, Sir Paul

"...Starr once described McCartney as "pleasantly insincere..."

Sir Paul McCartney was born 70 years ago on June 18, 1942.  

McCartney is certainly one of greatest popular music song writers ever and perhaps the de facto greatest, as far as record sales go.

I was always a John Lennon fan. When we were kids playing "The Beatles" in our backyards, I was always John. I viewed McCartney the way Ringo did, but that opinion came mostly from the media and reading John Lennon biographies. I have never met Paul, so how could I possibly know what he is like beyond his great music and some interviews I've read and seen? I finally did read a McCartney biography and my opinion changed a lot. I view McCartney as the spokesman for his generation of musicians, now that Lennon is gone and Bob Dylan doesn't talk much. Along with Dylan and the Stones, McCartney is the last survivor of significance from the Second Wave of Rock and Roll.

I've said it before and I stand by it now, in 100 years, if a person is humming along to a Beatles song on an elevator, it will most likely be a McCartney penned song.

Happy Birthday, Sir Paul.