MetaFilter posts tagged with paulmccartney

Lennon and McCartney Reunite

New Frontier — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:19:15 -0800

Lennon and McCartney's Studio Reunion. On March 28, 1974, John Lennon was in a Burbank studio producing Harry Nilsson's "Pussy Cats" album when Paul McCartney dropped in. The room froze and remained silent until John said, "Valiant Paul McCartney, I presume?" Paul responded: "Sir Jasper Lennon, I presume?" The tension broken, a jam session [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] ensued featuring Lennon on guitar and vocals, McCartney on drums and vocals, Stevie Wonder on electric piano and vocals, Harry Nilsson on vocals, Jesse Ed Davis on guitar and Bobby Keys on saxophone. A bootleg of the session has circulated under the title "A Toot and a Snore in '74".

She loves me yeah, yeah, er, no!

the_very_hungry_caterpillar — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:55:52 -0800

Sooooo... Macca finds himself £24m ($50m) worse off after his acrimonious divorce from strong woman / mentalist* Heather Mills. Mills also loses her appeal against keeping the text of the ruling private (read it here - PDF), maybe because of her 10 minute diatribe on the steps of the court yesterday, or because of her numerous TV appearances, but probably not because she threw a glass of water over Macca's lawyer, er, alledgedly. But the main point, of course (and thank you Dallas), was - what the heck was she wearing?
(*delete as approporiate depending upon your POV)

Bigger Screen Stars Than Jesus

Poolio — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:03:43 -0800

The Beatles in film: A Hard Day's Night (1964), Help! (1965), Magical Mystery Tour (1967), Yellow Submarine (1968) and, finally, Let It Be [Apple rooftop concert only] (1970)

It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the dark

Artifice_Eternity — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:06:10 -0800

Michael Jackson is in discussions about creating a 50-foot robotic replica of himself to roam the Las Vegas desert [firing laser beams!] , according to reports.

"Window in the Sky", a U2 montage of 137 video clips

stbalbach — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:20:28 -0800

"Window in the Sky" is a YouTube style video synch mash-up done on a professional budget with the magic of copyright clearances. "It's a triumph of postmodern reconstruction" says the Washington Post.

When I'm 64.

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:49:55 -0800

So Paul McCartney is 64, Now What? [NYT] Sir James Paul McCartney turns sixty-four today. Will we still need him? Will we still feed him? Probably not, given his recent divorce. Happy Birthday anyway!

Where's Marilyn Manson?

drezdn — Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:22:44 -0800

Are these really the 10 most hated men in rock?

Paul is Dead (McCartney Conspiracy theory)

oflinkey — Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:42:44 -0800

If you happen to have a lot of time this afternoon and feel like revisiting an old music conspiracy chestnut, this is the most comprehensive page on Paul Is Dead that I have ever seen (link via Bifurcated Rivets).

America airbrushes Abbey Road

jeremias — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 05:28:18 -0800

America removes offending cancer stick from Sir Paul's hand. Smoking is bad, bad, bad! Cigarette photoshopped out of cover of Abbey Road (original) . Open speculation on what's next, but meanwhile if this leaves you jonesing for the real thing, check out this page of Beatles' bootleg covers, including behind the scenes Abbey Road. (Features not one but *two* Beatles smoking, imagine that)

andrewraff — Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:33:35 -0800

Beatles wanted to do Lord of the Rings film in 1960s John was to play Gollum; Paul would be Frodo; George would play Gandalf; and Ringo would play Sam.