In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that the absurdist and dramatist Alfred Jarry “figures” in a couple of his songs, both in and out of The Beatles. Paul called Jarry a playful ...

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In his book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul explained that he tried to be obscure with one lyric in The Beatles’ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.” He was zooming up the highway, traveling from London ...

The latest episode of the McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast profiles Paul McCartney’s humorously macabre 1970 Beatles song, “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.” The tune tells the story of insane medical ...

Every artist has songs they can’t stand, and for The Beatles, that song was “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”. Recorded at a time when the band was already struggling, the song appears on The Beatles’ Abbey ...