McCartney: A Life In Lyrics Hit Me The Absolutely The Wrong Way

This explanation also includes why I was captivated by the first episode, and what all those complicated emotions led me to conclude

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I should say first that I arrived at the blockbuster podcast series McCartney: A Life in Lyrics with the best of intentions. I was ready to be swept away, transported and removed from the daily grind by music and story, complete with the dulcet tones of the narrator, Paul Muldoon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Irish poet.

For other reasons, The Beatles have been on my mind likely

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