RockfordStone Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1478522945' post='3169570'] Even Paul is having second thoughts... [/quote] clearly he wasn't there to witness the impact they made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1478525985' post='3169603'] clearly he wasn't there to witness the impact they made [/quote] Not the whole "Paul is dead" thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 [quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1478525985' post='3169603'] clearly he wasn't there to witness the impact they made [/quote] FWIW, he's mentioned in several interviews over the years that the whole 'Beatles' phenomenon completely mystified the band, them being - as it were - at the eye of the storm. That said, their 'significance' cannot have completely escaped his attention. At the London press launch of Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds in 1966 McCartney and Lennon were wafted past the waiting hacks into a closed room where they - and they alone - listened to the album in its entirety. At the conclusion of their private audition they appeared before the swooning journos, gave the album the Beatles' regal imprimatur and disappeared into the night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockfordStone Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1478532067' post='3169647'] FWIW, he's mentioned in several interviews over the years that the whole 'Beatles' phenomenon completely mystified the band, them being - as it were - at the eye of the storm. That said, their 'significance' cannot have completely escaped his attention. At the London press launch of Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds in 1966 McCartney and Lennon were wafted past the waiting hacks into a closed room where they - and they alone - listened to the album in its entirety. At the conclusion of their private audition they appeared before the swooning journos, gave the album the Beatles' regal imprimatur and disappeared into the night. [/quote] it was a joke. but yeah, when you are the eye of the storm and as big as they were, you are sheltered from it, especially given the lack of social media and internet in those days. i think its fair to say that his longevity as a performer can partly be attributed to their impact and importance, many other players have disappeared into the distance from that era, but my interest in mccartney is purely based on his beatles work as opposed to his recent work. Edited November 7, 2016 by RockfordStone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1478532067' post='3169647'] FWIW, he's mentioned in several interviews over the years that the whole 'Beatles' phenomenon completely mystified the band, them being - as it were - at the eye of the storm. That said, their 'significance' cannot have completely escaped his attention. At the London press launch of Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds in 1966 McCartney and Lennon were wafted past the waiting hacks into a closed room where they - and they alone - listened to the album in its entirety. At the conclusion of their private audition they appeared before the swooning journos, gave the album the Beatles' regal imprimatur and disappeared into the night. [/quote] They must have known something was going on. The Ed Sullivan didn't normally have 70 million viewers on Sunday Night. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 [quote name='blue' timestamp='1478540461' post='3169743'] They must have known something was going on. The Ed Sullivan didn't normally have 70 million viewers on Sunday Night. Blue [/quote] Agreed, I'm pretty sure they noticed tens of millions of otherwise normal people going crazy f**king apeshit in the streets. They may neither have surmised that contemporary and successor professional musicians would quite so profoundly absorb their output nor that their musical 'relevance' continue to be a matter of debate 50 years after the event. Just as well they didn't chuck it in and become two hairdressers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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