Freedom / From a Lover to a Friend [Single]

Paul McCartney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 13, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B00005T7IX
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,293 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Freedom [Studio Mix]

2. From a Lover to a Friend

3. From a Lover to a Friend [David Kahne Remix 2]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ageless, January 13, 2002

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Dale G. Webb (Mooresville, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freedom / From a Lover to a Friend (Audio CD)

We've got NSync and Backstreet Boys CDs, etc., in the car, but my 7yr old and 12yr old keeping asking to hear "Freedom." There is a God.

24 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PAUL's ULTIMATE SONGWRITING MOMENT...and it's all for US!, November 16, 2001

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"realemetic1" (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom / From a Lover to a Friend (Audio CD)

Day one of the 2001 tragedy; Paul McCartney is in NYC to witness the whole thing. The next day, inspiration strikes Paul and on behalf of the free world, he writes the single greatest thing that has ever come to that genius brain of his: FREEDOM. On the first listen (for most of us, the Concert for NYC on VH-1) it immediately compels us to sing along loudly and proudly, as evidenced by the fact that he performed it twice, once with his band of New York musicians, then again with the ensemble crowd of superstars: Pete Townshend, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Daltrey, Sheryl Crow, etc. etc.From the tragic intentional deaths of almost 5,000 people in the great city of New York, comes the biggest, baddest, most patriotic song of defiance against cowardly enemies of all that we live for in this Country: Paul McCartney's FREEDOM. BUY IT. PLAY IT LOUD. And be proud to be an American, because Paul McCartney certainly shows us that we can.(One other note: LOL@the ACLU comment, but Paul does mention 'God and Country' in "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in '71...the last time he felt compelled to speak out against unnecessary slaughter of people for "religious" reasons.)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars LEAVE PAUL ALONE, August 15, 2006

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freereign (Ocean of Corn, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Freedom / From a Lover to a Friend (Audio CD)

The criticisms you read here are mostly by people who don't really know Paul, and over-intellectualize about one simple song. "Freedom" doesn't do anything to change what happened on 9/11, with ONE EXCEPTION: I sounds heartfelt, it felt good for this saddened soul to hear, and I don't need to analyze it or Paul beyond that. It wasn't meant to replace the Star Spangled Banner that you patriot-types hold it up against. It wasn't a snipe at Lennon's songs or legacy, it was a song written by a man who was moved by this tragic happening. He's not American, but he tears down borders by saying simply that God gave us our freedom (he did NOT specify, because God indeed gave it to us ALL-even those who can't fathom the possibility of God or spirituality). It's a song. If you don't like it, why go into a tirade against Paul?