Lennon knocked McCartney’s solo debut as “ rubbish” and “light and easy.” One Beatle biography quoted Lennon calling the LP “Engelbert Humperdinck music,” linking his old band mate with the easy-listening king. They ended up fighting openly over these perceived roles. Still, McCartney dominated mainstream in arenas and on the charts, while Lennon gravitated to the role of iconoclastic hero. The tuneful pop of “Imagine” really isn’t that far from McCartney’s aesthetic the weird, rugged “3 Legs” from Ram has a very Lennon feel. Sure, both could write hooky tunes and experimental stuff. Their solo careers only emphasized this split. Watch Paul McCartney's Video for 'Silly Love Songs' Live McCartney proved to be the world’s master pop craftsman. Lennon leaned toward rough, raw, strange songs. But as the band’s sound evolved, each songwriter began to go their own way. Some of the pair’s first co-writes, like “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” were both juvenile and infinitely catchy. Of course, the McCartney-Lennon partnership began with both of them minting gold with silly love songs. Many safely assume that the song not only punched back at rock writers in the most poppy way possible, but acted as a reply to John Lennon, as well.
McCartney never directly responded to his critics, he never called them out by name, but he clearly looked to prove a point with “Silly Love Songs.” McCartney was rewarded with the biggest charting song of the year.Īlong the way, he's taken plenty of flack for this unabashed affection for the romantic tunes. But with “Silly Love Songs,” released as a single in March 1976, he crushed the silly and sublime together. McCartney has also written a ton of silly songs like “Yellow Submarine,” “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” too.
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