wistful

Like all the songs here, it’s at least partly about heartbreak and trying to move on after a relationship went wrong, and his melody is tinged with wistful sadness.

The recording closes with tracks by Mr. Vieira-Branco—the elegant and wistful “October 26th” and two midtempo compositions, “Paradise Lawns/October 29th,” that are connected by Mr. Taylor’s longest solo of the album.

The stranger gives a wistful smile, like she’s savoring a fond memory.

But Fabbro’s wistful salute to bygone traditions has significant limitations, especially noticeable in the reductive design of his diametrically opposed main characters.

But at the same time, fans will grow wistful, as with the present writer, when the Wings dream is crushed in the aftermath of McCartney’s 1980 Japanese drug bust.