The question of why The Beatles stopped touring is a frequent one in the annals of rock ‘n’ roll history, but perhaps the more pertinent question is how they managed to tour for so long. They were simply so big that they outstripped the infrastructure of the times, making touring, in every which way, utterly […]
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When The Beatles released Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967, it didn’t really sound like any music they’d made up to that point, or like anything that anybody had ever made until then. It wasn’t even just the sounds that the band were making, but also in the way they were making those […]
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If you were tasked with forming a band and they had to share the musical skillset of one singular person collectively, Paul McCartney would be the wise pick. McCartney isn’t a jack of all trades, master of none. Instead, he’s a one-man band who can do it all with aplomb, and if he were able […]
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On July 6th, 1957, a 15-year-old Paul McCartney met a 16-year-old John Lennon at a gig where Lennon’s band, The Quarrymen, were performing their rock ‘n’ roll/skiffle renditions. At the time, of course, it was impossible for the two boys to know that together, they would revolutionise rock ‘n’ roll, while embarking on the most […]
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The list of names that Paul McCartney has worked with would bring a tear to the eye of any music fan from any genre. As one of the most beloved, respected and famous figures in music, the former Beatle surely has the freedom to choose from the entire industry, able to call on and collaborate […]
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It’s hard to imagine Paul McCartney as the fresh-faced and hopeful songwriter he was at the turn of the 1960s. Six decades on, he has so neatly etched his name into the annals of music history that he feels like the bookkeeper of such volumes. For most, he is the archetypal godfather of every note […]
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No matter how many changes, no matter what genre you love, be it rock, punk, rap, indie, or all things in between, there is no escaping the magic contained within a good album. Yes, individual songs are great, but when an album has been well executed as a whole, it brings a whole new meaning […]
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Paul McCartney has carved himself into one of the most influential songwriters in pop music history. Throughout his work with The Beatles and beyond, McCartney’s knack for writing hooks has only been matched by his prolific work, making a tapestry of different sounds across his career. While he has talked about working hard to bring […]
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Music industry legend Paul McCartney has joined the film cataloguing platform Letterboxd, marking his arrival by sharing four of his favourite movies of all time. McCartney’s profile, which only surfaced today, includes a bio description that reads “Just a ‘Man on the Run’” alongside a category of ‘Favourites’, which includes Frank Tashlin’s 1956 classic This […]
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There’s no way of thinking of The Beatles without going back to the partnership between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Every single member of the band helped make the Fab Four what they were, but there was a certain synergy between McCartney’s optimism and Lennon’s biting wit that made the band’s songs work so well […]
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