The Paul McCartney Interview 1980 (Full LP Audio)
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- The Paul McCartney Interview LP - 1980
Side Two - 26:58
PAUL DISCUSSES:
SIDE ONE:
1. McCartney II
2. Negative criticism of Beatles & Wings
3. His influences
4. Venus & Mars/Wild Life
5. Band On The Rim
6. Musical Direction/Ringo/George/HeyJude
7. The White Album/Tension/Helter Skelter 8. Abbey Road
9. Musical Background /Trumpet, guitar, piano /learning bass in Hamburg
10. Early Beatles mixes/Motown& Stax influences
11. The Sgt. Pepper Story/The Beach Boys' Pet sounds
12. Rubber Soul/Revolver
13. Fame & success/Paul’s & John's reactions
14. Stage fright during the Beatles and Wings
15. How Wings started
16. New Wave/Early Beatles
17. Creating the Beatles' sound/Love Me Do & early songs
SIDE TWO:
1. The Beatles' conquest of America
2. Beatles' haircuts & image
3. Paying dues in Hamburg & Liverpool/early tours
4. Weathering pressures/The break-up
5. Video of Coming Up/Reliving the Beatle image
6. Playing bass
7. Lennon-McCartney songwriting/dislike of formulas
8. Beatles' imitators
9. I Am The Walrus/The Black Carnation/Sgt. Pepper LP Cover
10. New Wave/Bowie, Ferry, Elvis
11. Pop Music & Radio
12. Getting Married/Changing Perspective/Waterfalls
13. Give Ireland Back To The Irish, Hi Hi Hi/Banned songs/Children's songs/Mary Had A Little Lamb
The Beatles were more than just the greatest pop phenomenon of our time-through their music, inspiration, and example they became a kind of spiritual catalyst for our generation that helped to liberate our creative energies and open tip new possibilities to us. So when Columbia Records offered us at MUSICIAN : Player & listener Magazine the chance to interview Paul McCartney we were delighted-but also a bit skeptical. since the ex-Beatles are notoriously reluctant to talk about their time together. Happily, the interview that took place in McCartney’s London office was everything we could have hoped for-and more. For reasons he fully explains in the interview Paul decided that afternoon to finally break what he called "the voodoo against talking about the Beatles.” It was a fast-paced and cathartic conversation, ranging from the group early struggles in Hamburg on through their conquest of America, including insights into "Sgt. Pepper's,” "Abbey Road,” and McCartney’s solo career.
After the interview was published in the August, 1980 issue of MUSICIAN : Player & listener, Columbia suggested making it available on record, first as a promo disc for radio, and then in this limited edition for the general public.
Though the sound quality proved excellent, the tapes were never originally intended for broadcast, as is evidenced by various background noises, including English police sirens, wandering children, slamming doors. Paul preparing tea, my intermittent giggling, and McCartney’s tendency to use the microphone as a snare drum. They tell me that all that informality underlines the authenticity of the proceedings, and I must admit I enjoy the uncanny way those police sirens come blaring in at the precise moment Paul first mentions the Beatles. In any case, I hope you'll feel as privileged as I did as you share in this moment of history.
Special thanks to: Gary Krasner and the staff at MUSICIAN : Player & Listener, and Paul Rappaport, Marty Greenblatt, Paul Atkinson, Barbara Cooke and especially, Hope Antman, at Columbia. Vic Garbarini, MUSICIAN: Player & Listener
Side Two: 26:58
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First heard this in 1981 when I was 13 and I had the album. As a Beatles fan even then, his candidness was warm, sincere, and amazing. For example, during the last 3 minutes of this interview Paul explains how the word home changed for him as a lyricist.
He explained how the word home meant for the band. That’s where home was. He further stated he was a bachelor until age 29 and more specifically how the word “home” took on a different meaning in his writings.
I’m 54 now with 4 children and I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate his sentiments concerning the word home and how it changed for him in 1969.
When I was a kid, it was where you laid your head. Today, it’s wherever my wife and children are. God bless Paul for having such basic common sense. Looking back I couldn’t agree more with those sentiments.
God Bless All!
Absolute gem of an interview, great questions, great interviewer, loads of talk about music, all the talk about his bass and how randomly he chooses his instruments. So rare to hear McCartney this unguarded as well. As the interview goes on he gets more into it, and more animated and reveals more - including intriguing analysis of the break up. It's really quite unbelievable. Honestly, best McCartney interview I've ever heard! Thanks so much for uploading!
This must be one of the last interviews he gave before Lennon's death. After his 'it's a drag' reaction was criticized he never gave an honest interview like this one again.
Q mag interview 5 yrs later was better,and more honest!
@@hejla4524 I suspect his change is probably a huge "side effect" of grief and shock on multiple levels. Those energies really change a lot of EVERYTHING!
A great interview, he rarely gives interviews this good today. He was still young then - about 40 years old maybe younger, which is nothing today, but was then - it’s funny to hear him talk about young bands of the time of the interview. Linda was in good health and John was still alive then too and his kids were still kids. Life wears you down - eventually.
I’ve a lot of respect for McCartney.
Ppp
A great interview and I still have this album, and so interesting to hear Paul discussing John in the present tense, this being recorded in may of 1980 to promote McCartney II.
This is a good interview from 1980. Paul is relaxed and talking about everything. This was months before John was murdered. I like listening to it.
It’s strange because he seems to have a good recollection about some of the topics, almost like he knew what questions were going to be asked beforehand and had prepared answers and then when an organic, in the moment question pops up he seems to bs his way through it. It always seems like every time Rubber Soul/Revolver in any interview with any Beatle is brought up, it’s just glossed over which I find strange because of the massive influence of those albums and they’re treated like they’re throwaways.
Always feel like I'm listening to a concoction of some sort listening to Paul s interviews. Somehow make me like him less. Wonder what it could be.
He want Sgt Peppers to be that Iconic album of the Beatles. Rubber Soul and Revolver have John's greatest hits and he does not like it.
I found it amazing to hear him mention "Beatle Paul" at 40mins or so, as I had been thinking all interview this was him before he became the "Beatle Paul" character retelling the same stories over and over. Maybe this is just him developing his "Beatle Paul" but he tells it fresh here rather the stale retelling it has become.
illuminating interview
His demeanor seemed different pre-Lennon death.
Lennon's death ended Paul's music.
@@debessar95 Nonsense, Tug of War was his last good one before his mid career slump which most artists his age have had, and he has put out loads of good stuff since the mid-90s. Plus there are a handful of excellent tracks even in his slump period. He's always been hit or miss solo, put middle age on top of that and I'm not sure there's a connection between Lennon's death and the quality of his mid-80s to mid-90s work
Linda's death affected his demeanor more I've noticed. His music didn't suffer from it but I noticed his interviews were different from then on.
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25:18 Paul predicts Grunge.
Never knew that Macca was a Sex Pistols fan too. Cool..
He wasn't. He has always been his own fan.
Was this interview sped up just a tad?
Answered this question down below in the comments
What a wonderful man
42:36 Who is he talking about?
He’s talking about the band The Knack
I thought Back to the Egg was pretty good. I only had the Best of, and the first solo album though so nothing to compare it to.
It was awful and still is.
Back to the egg has some incredible tracks especially old Siam sir, to you, arrow through me, et.al. Love awake may be his worst song ever!
Back to the egg is fun music. Not really all that good, but fun. After the Ball is one of my favorite ballads of all time, though.
‘Did you want some sugar?’
Imagine Paul McCartney crying at your Gigg 😏
I want to hear the album now, does anyone know where I can find his discography?
It was a available as an LP years ago when it was released. I still have mine. You might want to look into some record stores that sell old LPs, like Amoeba, eBay, etc. Think it was either a bootleg or a promo release. Good luck.
Yeah I've got my vinyl copy still@@joeyfab4
this is slightly speeded up???why??
Well it is pressed on vinyl and sort of a bootleg release. It could’ve been how spoken word was pressed on the vinyl or my recording turntable might have been off by a few rpm
It's not!
@@niallchurch2679 Gravity.
@@niallchurch2679 it is slightly
Yess it's a lil but i thought it was bcuz I'm speeding via pills 😹😂
BeaTles rule!!
Never heard Macca speak this freely until Lennox’s death/ now he is very cagey. Sad.
Jeeeeerk of aaaaaall jeeeeeerks. Paulie had no idea what some selfish psycho idiot was going to do to his childhood/greatest friend of all time for next to no logical or rational reason and took John away from not only Paul and John's family but us fans that revere him to a ridiclous degree