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(Credits: Far Out \/ Alamy)<\/p>\n
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The entire fallout between John Lennon and Paul McCartney<\/a> was bound to get ugly. <\/p>\n They were as close to musical brothers as two people could be, and if they didn\u2019t have the best relationship at the end of The Beatles, things were about to go nuclear when both of them completely washed their hands of the group. But even for all of the animosity towards each other, they always found time to extend olive branches towards each other occasionally. <\/p>\n But first, they would have to worry about getting untangled from each other. No one is able to get out of a band that close without a few stragglers poking through the cracks, and a lot of the leftover tunes from their Fab days did end up turning up on their solo projects, like McCartney\u2019s epic \u2018The Back Seat of My Car\u2019 or Lennon\u2019s \u2018Gimme Some Truth\u2019, which included a little bit of McCartney\u2019s handiwork.<\/p>\n When they got to the new stuff, though, the gloves were officially off. Macca may have indirectly started the tension with \u2018Too Many People\u2019, but after the sparring session that gave us \u2018How Do You Sleep\u2019 and eventually \u2018Dear Friend\u2019, it looked like all the bridges they built together were getting blown to smithereens. Lines were being drawn in the sand, and McCartney figured it was better to build his own band for himself.<\/p>\n And while he looked like a fool to most critics when Wild Life came out, Wings managed to churn out their fair share of classics. \u2018My Love<\/a>\u2019 was a fantastic love song, and \u2018Silly Love Songs\u2019 was a cheeky retort back at Lennon for critiquing his lovey-dovey approach, but there\u2019s nothing that could hold a candle to Band on the Run.<\/p>\n McCartney was out to prove every one of his naysayers wrong, and even with only half a band, tunes like \u2018Jet\u2019 and \u2018Let Me Roll It\u2019 had the kind of flair that his fans had been missing for so many years, even with a nod to Lennon on the latter with the way that he used his old bandmate\u2019s signature echo on his voice.<\/p>\n Given the amount of critics who have spilt ink over the record, Macca wasn\u2019t about to correct everyone on why it was such a classic, saying<\/a>, \u201cBand on the Run was my one. That was nice, especially after we were trying to be the band after The Beatles. So finally we made it, and we went on tour in America in 1976. So that was really the start of Wings\u2019 success, so it\u2019s really special to me for that reason.\u201d And for all of the critics changing their tune, none changed more than Lennon.<\/p>\n You have to remember that this was one of the most savage critics in the world, and more importantly, one of the most savage BEATLES critics in the world. He would tear any of his old music through the mud and had nothing but poor things to say about McCartney\u2019s previous solo efforts, so to hear him turn everything around was bound to be a revelation when it first came out.<\/p>\n![\"Paul](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Paul-McCartney-1972-Musician-Kurt-Schollenberger-Far-Out-Magazine-1024x768.jpg\")
<\/a>Paul McCartney performing live. (Credits: Far Out \/ Kurt Schollenberger \/ ETH Library)<\/p>\n