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...cause of all the gloom was Paul McCartney, the group's supremely gifted songwriter, singer and guitarist, who was just bringing out a solo LP all his own. Entitled McCartney, logically enough, the record package was decorated with color pictures-of Paul McCartney. It also contained a provocative interview with McCartney, parts of which somehow got to the press last week before the record went on sale...
Asked if he liked working solo, McCartney replied: "Very much. I only had me to ask for a decision, and I agreed with me." Asked if he missed working with the other Beatles, especially when recording, he said, pointedly, "No." Why had he broken with the Beatles at all? Said McCartney: "Personal differences, business differences, musical differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family...
...some kind of a definite, apocalyptic event. But things happen so naturally in real life. Under our noses the Beatles drifted apart and we didn't even see it happening. Just suddenly the stark realization one day that the Beatles of old are no longer the same. Lennon and McCartney (not to mention Mr. Starr) have revealed themselves to be so far apart these days that it is almost hard to believe that they were once together. I guess we'll just have to believe our eyes when the new movie is finally released. Or maybe it has happened...
...Bonham's distinguished use of syncopation unifies, maintains, and elucidates each song. Finally, vocalist Robert Plant provides a fourth instrument which counterpoints and impels the gathering thrust of each song. Plant has a theatrical, coruscating voice capable of a range of tones and speech rhythms equalled only by Paul McCartney. Plant is mainly responsible for raising Led Zeppelin above such groups as Cream, Procol Harum, and Blind Faith...
DILLARD AND CLARK have also picked up some other songs written by other groups and reworked them to fit their own style. "So Sad," and Everly Brothers tune which was soggily sentimental in the original, becomes much more alive with a rock background. Lennon and McCartney's "Don't Let Me Down" also comes off with considerably more personality than the original, with some very effective slide guitar and piano work...