We all know that Paul wrote "Silly Love Songs" in response to John's criticism.
What's more, John believed that the words "I love you" in the chorus were addressed to him:
"Bob [Gruen] singled this song out as one he and John would listen to and how much John loved the song. John took the song quite personally, and saw it as Paul sending a message to him: ‘Yeah, I know you think I only write silly love songs, but I love you.’ Bob said John specifically mentioned the ‘I love you’ refrain as being a message from Paul to him".
You know what? I think it's true. Paul sings in an inclusive way. He doesn't specify the gender. He doesn't sing: "How can I tell you about my girl/woman/wife?". Instead, he sings: "How can I tell you about my LOVED ONE?".
Onstage at the HeartBeat charity concert, March 15, 1986.
So sad to hear of the passing of Denny Laine. Deepest condolences to his loved ones.
“George was a very special person. I know you all loved him. I loved him. God bless you George.” - Denny Laine paying tribute to George at a Chicago concert in 2001
“We’d go see American bands that came over to England just because we were curious. So, I had pretty much a friendship with him because I was in London at the time. And that’s how I got to know him. George Harrison was also our neighbor when I was in The Moody Blues. ... They (The Beatles) used to come by and play us their demos and their acetates. We were pretty close with them. We were both fans of each other. ... We all started out together as kids, really.” - Denny Laine, Tallahassee Democrat, September 2017
“Well, we knew The Beatles because The Moodies were one of the opening acts on their second tour. I knew George very well, he was a close neighbor, and I became friends with Paul who had seen me performing as an opening act for Jimi Hendrix at the Saville Theatre.” - Denny Laine, MassLive, January 2019
Denny was of course also one of the backing vocalists (alongside Paul and Linda) on “All Those Years Ago.” (x)