Possibly the richest musician on Earth and easily the most famous, but fuck all that cause if the music’s good, then that’s all that matters as far as I’m concerned! This blew my face off when I first heard it right from the opening bars, just as when I first heard The Stone Roses ‘Beautiful Thing’, or New Order’s fierce offering ‘Singularity’, better yet Primal Scream’s come back collaboration featuring none other than the current queen of cool Sky Ferreira with ‘Where The Light Gets In’. It’s lyrically effective and musically hard hitting in the same vein as past classics written by his former group such as ‘Taxman’, ‘Free As A Bird’, and ‘The Ballad Of John And Yoko’. You’ll hear reminiscence of the original Thomas The Tank Engine theme (a classic kids cartoon only narrated by Ringo Star himself), whilst much equipped with a punchy hook laden delivery that will stick in your head for decades! I’d even go as far as saying that this is his best work since ‘Band On The Run’, and latest album 'Egypt Station' is proof enough that The Beatles spirit is still very much prominent in the current world of modern day rock. They kicked it all off in 1960 becoming Liverpool’s greatest exports taking the world by storm, and Macca is still carrying the torch today by banging out singles as good as this! I was fortunate enough to have watched him live headlining the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2004 all while having to run there in the mud and shit from a small tent miles away featuring a live and very loud performance from Katastrophe Wife (ex Babes in Toyland), thus being I was so smashed the only song I remember is ‘Hey Jude’ cause of the crowd sing-a-long much like Rod Stewart’s ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ whilst taking that slot at Glasto 2 years before. When I think of great records I always have Sir Paul in mind. The uber immense McCartney II album is still regarded as his most prolific, bizarre, and inspiring solo works to date influencing everyone from Prince to Gorillaz. As ancient as he is, I bet he still has a few tricks up his sleeve.