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"Warm and Beautiful" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released by Wings on their 1976 album ''Wings at the Speed of Sound''. It is a love ballad sung by Paul directed to Linda. Critical opinion of the song has varied widely, ranging from a comment that it is "one of the most beautiful songs that Paul ever wrote for Linda," to a suggestion that it may be "one of the worst songs Paul McCartney has ever written." In 1998, after Linda's death, Paul rearranged the song for string quartet to be played at memorial concerts for his late wife. This version was included on the 1999 album ''Working Classical''. ==Lyrics and music== "Warm and Beautiful" is a love ballad, the subject of which is Linda McCartney.〔〔 Paul McCartney sings the lead vocal. ''The Rough Guide to the Beatles'' author Chris Ingham describes "Warm and Beautiful" as a "big sensitive ballad." The verses treat love as being eternal and proclaim that love, faith and hope are what allow people to transcend sadness.〔 The bridge uses images of sunlit mornings and moonlit water as metaphors for love.〔 The song is in the key of C major.〔 The verses are in two phrases.〔 Music professor Vincent Benitez finds the melody and harmony of the song particularly expressive.〔 The melody of the first phrase begins on the tonic, C, goes up to the subdominant F, and concludes be descending to D.〔 The melody of the second phrase of each verse is similar, except it ends with the sequence of a diminished seventh note followed by an ascending second, i.e., A flat up to B up to C.〔 The melody of the bridge incorporates both leaps and steps, often going in opposite directions.〔 Elements of the melodic structure are similar to those McCartney has used throughout his career, dating back to the Beatles arrangement of "Falling in Love Again" that they used in their 1962 concerts in Hamburg. Chip Madiger and Mark Easter claim that the instrumental track of "Warm and Beautiful" includes two euphoniums.〔 Luca Perasi in his book ''Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013)'' reports an interview with arranger Fiachra Trench, who recalls they used two tenor horns and a string quartet. However, John Blaney list the only instruments on the track as Paul McCartney's piano and Denny Laine's and Jimmy McCulloch's guitars.〔 ''Rolling Stone Magazine'' critic Stephen Holden believes that the opening chords of "Warm and Beautiful" are a parody of John Lennon's song "Imagine."〔 Similarly, Holden believes that the simple lyrics and melody are a parody of Lennon's song "Love."〔 "Warm and Beautiful" was originally considered for release as a single from ''Wings at the Speed of Sound'', but was passed up in favour of "Let 'Em In" and "Silly Love Songs."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warm and Beautiful」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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