WILD LIFE WINGS APPLE

Paul and Linda are offering themselves as the petit bourgeoise alternative to the millionaire bohemian ethos of John and Yoko. The four of them are bringing every issue into play: city v. country, politics v. privatism, women's liberation v. domesticity, rock v. schmaltz, even hip v. square. Paul v. John. We hear Paul celebrating the life of some obviously oppressed female office worker, while John sings for her as part of the masses in �Power to the People.� Paul turns up his nose at B.O., dirty levis, and bad breath in �Stnile Away.� John pens hideous protest epics about Attica and John Sinclair while Paul, on this new one, sniffs at the �political nonsense in the air� which is, in a connection I can�t exactly follow, gumming up the chances of some wildlife out in the African veldt. Each ex-Beatle is carving out an area of the rock for himself, or rather digging a foxhole. And in general, their worst music comes when they are working from the kind of perspective a foxhole gives you. There are exceptions on John�s side, �Oh Yoko� and �Power to the People,� but...