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Flowers In The Dirt were, of course, one of the most compelling anti-Sixties images of the punk movement: ''"We are the flowers in your dustbin / We are the poison in your human machine,"'' Johnny Rotten spat out on | Flowers In The Dirt were, of course, one of the most compelling anti-Sixties images of the punk movement: ''"We are the flowers in your dustbin / We are the poison in your human machine,"'' Johnny Rotten spat out on the Sex Pistols' incendiary "God Save the Queen." The harshness of the image makes it the sort of thing you would never expect to find gracing a song by the usually genial Paul McCartney — let alone serving as the title of his album. | ||
But McCartney set out to hone his edge on '' | But McCartney set out to hone his edge on ''Flowers in the Dirt'', and he succeeds to a significant degree. Part of the effort involved writing songs with punk veteran Elvis Costello, four of which turn up on this record. It should come as no surprise that the lines in question — ''"She sprinkles flowers in the dirt / That's when a thrill becomes a hurt"'' — occur in one of those collaborations, the spiritual-sounding but unsentimental "[[That Day Is Done]]." | ||
The McCartney-Costello partnership works best on the brashly assertive "[[My Brave Face]]," which opens ''Flowers'' and provides its first single. With bracing production support from [[Mitchell Froom]] and [[Neil Dorfsman]], McCartney starts the song out on a characteristically upbeat note, exclaiming, ''"I've been hitting the town / And it didn't hit back."'' | The McCartney-Costello partnership works best on the brashly assertive "[[My Brave Face]]," which opens ''Flowers'' and provides its first single. With bracing production support from [[Mitchell Froom]] and [[Neil Dorfsman]], McCartney starts the song out on a characteristically upbeat note, exclaiming, ''"I've been hitting the town / And it didn't hit back."'' |
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