Current Paul McCartney news thread (interviews, articles, miscellaneous)

Imagine pulling over to check the engine and that pops out!

 

Dave Grohl memoir ‘The Storyteller’ coming out October 5

"Grohl’s memoir “The Storyteller” will come out Oct. 5, Dey Street Books announced Tuesday. The 52-year-old Grohl will reflect on everything from his childhood to his years with Nirvana and Foo Fighters to times spent with Paul McCartney, David Bowie and many others."

https://www.davegrohlstoryteller.com/

 

Exclusive Transparent Dark Green version of McIII Imagined

 

It appears so???

 

I will tell you, initially I had no interest in the Mc III Imagined set...but I did hear the Beck remix of "Find My Way" and I found it very interesting...…

I now have the CD on pre-order from Amazon US.

 

I am assuming a 50th Wild Life 1/2 speed vinyl will be this December...……………..

 

https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/introducing-mojo-new-john-lennon-special/

 

Apologies if this has already been posted. Just found it on youtube

 

Apple TV+ announces new docuseries “Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson”

"Premiering globally July 30, 2021 on Apple TV+, this new docuseries will explore groundbreaking technology in music with Paul McCartney, Questlove, King Princess, Dave Grohl, Ad-Rock and Mike D from the Beastie Boys, Charli XCX and more"

 

"At the end of each episode, Ronson will create and unveil a unique piece of original music using groundbreaking technology and techniques including reverb, synth, auto-tune, drum machines, sampling and distortion."

I wonder if these pieces of music include input from the featured musician from that particular episode.

 

Feature on Ram in the latest issue of Mojo:

MOJO 331 – June 2021: Paul Weller Edits MOJO!

 

Merry Christmas!!!

 

A basically positive and respectful Pitchfork review of McCartney III imagined:

Paul McCartney: McCartney III Imagined

 

Any updates on the Mac and Rick Rubin conversations mentioned last year?

 

McCartney mentioned it when he was talking to one of the McCartney III Imagined collaborators, all he said was that people were working on getting the project that he and Rick did together. He mentioned that Rick took away the bass and drums from some Beatles songs to show what it added to a song.

 

Wild Life was a Christmas gift I received in 1971. I thank my sister for it!

 

Hope Macca and Ringo join this World Musical Event on COVID Vaccines scheduled for next month. It’s set to be broadcast on most of the nation’s (and world’s) broadcast networks.



J-Lo, H.E.R. and Selena Gomez will headline a streamed concert to support Covid-19 vaccine distribution - CNN

 

I was disappointed to see Selena Gomez is apparently only hosting and not performing :/

 

Paul McCartney Talks Songwriting, The Beatles, and Sleeping with John Lennon on Eve of 'Reimagined' Release - American Songwriter

 

I work for the publisher and had to keep a lid on this book for a year!!!

 

John Lennon Said Paul McCartney Didn't Respect Bob Dylan

 

Wings on 50th anniversary: Yes, we should be in the R&R Hall of Fame, but we won’t perform without Linda McCartney

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News
Mon, April 19, 2021, 2:30 AM·3 min read




It wasn’t all Paul.

Former Wings musicians Denny Seiwell and Laurence Juber say Paul McCartney’s post Beatles band — formed 50 years ago — is overdue for induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Just don’t expect them to perform as Wings without the late Linda McCartney.

Seiwell and Juber spoke to the New York Daily News via Zoom from their respective West Coast homes last week, where they agreed Wings should be honored as its own thing.

“It was not Paul’s band — it was ‘a’ band called Wings,” Seiwell said. “That’s exactly what Paul wanted of us. We were in on everything.”

Guitar player Juber, a Wing from 1978 to 1981, also said Sir Paul regarded Wings’ successes as a collective effort.

“We were encouraged to think of it as a band,” he said. “It wasn’t just Paul McCartney’s backing group.”

According to Seiwell, who formed Wings with McCartney in 1970 and left the group in 1973, he’d love to drum with Sir Paul again and has told him so. But he said McCartney has made clear that Wings can’t exist without his keyboard-playing wife, who died 23 years ago Saturday of breast cancer at 56.

“Right after Linda passed away, I went over to see Paul in England and we talked about a Wings reunion and he had me get together with some of the guys, get their contact information, (and) see if anybody was interested,” Seiwell recalled. “When I called him back and said ‘Yeah, it’s a go, let’s see what we can do here ...’ he said, ‘On second thought, having a reunion without Linda in the band would be like having a Beatles reunion without John (Lennon).’”

Seiwell recalls critics being harsh on Linda after The Beatles split and she went on the road to become a “very important” piece of her husband’s new band.

“She was scared to death before the first big European show,” he said. “She literally cried on my shoulder on the bus going there. It was awful. But she gave a really brilliant effort to learn.”

Juber said that McCartney also told him there could be no Wings shows without Linda when the greatest hits album “Wingspan: Hits and History” was released in 2001.

“She was integral to the band,” Juber said. “As much as all the flack she got, she was the core of it — at least in my experience.”

Dashow tells the Daily News that McCartney could have played with anyone he wanted after the Beatles split up, but formed Wings, which he “100%” believes should be in the Hall of Fame. McCartney, like his fellow Fab Four mates, is in the hall as a Beatle and a solo act.

Seiwell and Juber joked that if invited, they’ll gladly head to Cleveland for induction.

“Why not? It’s a free trip to Ohio,” Seiwell joked. “Are you kidding me.”

Juber suggested they should “Probably get some tips from Steve Miller before we go.”

The Steve Miller Band founder infamously ripped the hall of fame over its nomination process at his 2016 induction ceremony. The Hall’s 2021 class will be inducted on Oct. 30 in Cleveland. Foo Fighters, Tina Turner and the Go-Gos are on the ballot.

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Interesting perspective, not least because it's the polar opposite of the view Denny Laine expressed when asked about Wings. His view was that it was entirely Paul and his backing band. Regardless of all that, it's somewhat mind blowing to think that McCartney seriously considered reforming Wings in the late 1990s. It's a real shame he didn't. It would have been a lovely way to honour Linda.

 

There have been a few Ram-articles in Mojo before...I don't think there are new stories to be told, I think.

 

28 years ago - almost to the day - this happened in Los Angeles :

Apr 17, · 1993 - A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King.

Today in Minnesota a former cop was convicted of Murder by a jury of his peers.

April , 17, 1993 Paul “Macca” McCartney was scheduled to play to approximately 60,000 in nearby Anaheim at the Angel’s baseball stadium - The Big A.
There was fear that the concert would have to be cancelled if there was widespread unrest due to a bad jury decision. Fortunately, everything turned out all right - and the show went on.

Before playing the song below he said; (paraphrase): “ Happy that justice prevailed and there is PEACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

Here it is live - just as it looked and sounded: