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31 March 2008
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‘I’m Carrying’ is the third song on Wings’ penultimate album London Town. See more…
People say, ‘What does this song mean?’ and I say, ‘Well, it’s up to you.’ It can mean a million things. What am I carrying here? I kind of make it clear that it’s packages. So I’m like Dapper Dan, with my carnation hidden by the packages. I’m bringing presents for you, I’m carrying something for you, but also, when a woman is having a baby, she’s carrying. There are a couple of other meanings that rule themselves out. One is carrying a gun. Another is carrying drugs. One meaning that might have a little traction is the idea of one person ‘carrying’ a band, with the others riding on the coattails. I’m not even sure about that. I’m just playing with the word ‘carrying’. It’s a very ambiguous little song, but that was the sort of freedom of Wings, to do something a little bit ambiguous.
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4.08pm
31 March 2008
Offline This is the last of the songs featured in The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present. My Paul McCartney songs page is looking quite full now, though there’s a fair way still to go.
Now that all the Lyrics songs are done, I think I’ll start with Wild Life and work chronologically through the remaining songs. I’ll probably not create forum posts for each one though, unless they’re particularly significant.
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2.11pm
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15 February 2015
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No Biiip bop, biiip bop, bipbop bipbopbwayam? 
Anyway, I do like this song, it’s very sweet and evocative.
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3.46am
7 November 2022
Offline Though I’m an avid McCartney fan, I never heard this one before. First impression off the bat — it shows off his amazing ability to adopt different voices. He almost sounds like a young woman here, without forcing a falsetto. Amazing!
I like the squeaks on the guitar strings.
This is one of those songs where I can tell immediately as I’m first listening to it (and now that it’s done) — that it’s inspired.
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