John Lennon used to chide his partner, Paul McCartney, at times for playing what Lennon called “granny music,” but those barbs never dissuaded Macca from occasionally visiting the styles and sounds of previous generations. Now, McCartney is apparently set to revisit some of the standards that played over the radio airwaves during his youth 
with a new album of covers.
“It’s my dad’s style of music,” he told Rolling Stone. “I’ve wanted to do that kind of thing forever, since the Beatle days. But then Rod [Stewart] went mad on it. I thought, ‘I have to wait so it doesn’t look like I’m trying to do a Rod.’”
As far as the selections, McCartney said, “They’re just songs I admire, I’m trying to steer away from the obvious ones. It’s get-home-from-work music. You put it on and get a glass of wine.”
Fans of “Rock Show” Paul McCartney needn’t worry, though. The former Beatle said that he also is planning an album of “heavier rock.” His hope is to enlist the services of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.
“It sounds quite wacky, but it keeps it fresh,” he said. “I love that – you get a crazy idea and go with it. You never know – I may run into a garage to make this other album. But it won’t be in Dave’s garage.”
