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Bill Harry. "The Paul McCartney Encyclopedia"The Beatles 1963-1970

BILL HARRY. THE PAUL MCCARTNEY ENCYCLOPEDIAI Am Your SingerA track on the Wild Life album, with Paul and Linda alternating onthe vocals, with acoustic guitar sounds in the background. Thenumber was later recorded by David Cassidy.There were plans to issue it as the B-side of 'Love Is Strange', as

a single release from the Wild Life album, but the idea wasabandoned.Paul and Linda performed it on a New York radio station in December1971 and on Wings' European tour of 1972. They dedicated the song totheir respective fathers.I Can't Write Another SongA home demo that Paul recorded at his Rude Studio in 1979 playingacoustic guitar and using a drum machine. It is also known as'Believing'. The number was heard on the Oobu Joobu radio series.I DoA track from the Driving Rain album. The number lasts for 2 minutesand 56 seconds. David Leonard, who overdubbed orchestral samplesonto the track, also mixed it.

I Don't Want To See You AgainA number Paul wrote specially for Peter and Gordon. This was thethird number he had given to the duo, although it was the leastsuccessful of the Lennon and McCartney numbers they recorded. NormanNewall produced it. The Beatles never recorded this number, althoughPaul is likely to have given Peter and Gordon a demo disc of it. Therecord was issued in Britain on Columbia DB 7356 on 11 September1964, but failed to register in the charts. It was issued in Americaon Capitol 5272 on 21 September 1964 and reached No. 19 in thecharts.It was also the title of the Peter and Gordon album issued inBritain on Friday 11 December 1964 on Capitol ST 2220. The albumalso contained another Paul McCartney composition, 'Nobody I Know'.

The number was also included on the duo's In Touch With Peter AndGordon album, issued on Friday 18 December 1964 on Columbia 33SX1660.It was reissued as a single in America on 1 May 1967 on CapitolStarline 6155, with another McCartney composition, 'Woman', on theflipside.I Got LoveOne of a number of compositions Paul wrote while on holiday inJamaica in January 1995. It remains unreleased.I Got StungA track from the Run Devil Run album lasting 2 minutes and 40seconds. A former hit for Elvis Presley, it was penned by AaronSchroeder and David Hill and recorded at Abbey Road Studios on

Monday 1 March 1999 with Paul on lead vocal and bass guitar, DaveGilmour on electric guitar, Mick Green on electric guitar, PeteWingfield on piano and Ian Paice on drums.This was a number which Elvis had recorded soon after he got out ofthe army. Paul initially wasn't keen on the number, but it grew onhim because he liked the intro to the number so much.I Got UpA Suzy and the Red Stripes track, recorded in Paris in November 1973with Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Davey Lutton.Linda added her vocals to the track on 20 March 1998 at Paul's homestudio in Hog Hill shortly before her death. Paul added final


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overdubs in July 1998 and the track was finally included on the WidePrairie album.I Lie AroundA number penned by Paul and sung by Denny Laine which was issued asthe flipside of 'Live and Let Die' in 1973. It was the only singleby Wings on which Paul didn't sing lead vocals.I Lost My Little GirlThe first number Paul ever wrote. He was fourteen years old and it

was shortly after the death of his mother. This was the number thatPaul first played to John Lennon and probably set the seal on theiridea of becoming a songwriting partnership.Paul could be heard busking the number while he was working at homein the late 1970s on a bootleg tape and in a brief part of hisinterview with Melvyn Bragg for the South Bank Show.He performed it in public for the first time on Friday 25 January1991 when he appeared before a studio audience for the MTV showUnplugged, asking the audience to gather round and listen to thefirst song he wrote. It was then included as track two on his PaulMcCartney: Unplugged - The Official Bootleg release.I Owe It All To YouA number penned by Paul, lasting 4 minutes and 50 seconds, which was

included on the Off The Ground album.I Saw Her Standing ThereA song Paul thought up when he was driving home from a concert inSouthport and wrote in the living room of his Forthlin Road house inSeptember 1962 under the working title of 'Seventeen'. John waspresent and made a small contribution although the song is generallyconsidered as one mainly written by Paul.Paul was to say, 'Originally the first two lines were "She was justseventeen, Never been a beauty queen." When I played it through thenext day to John, I realised that it was a useless rhyme and so didJohn. John came up with "You know what I mean", which was muchbetter.'Paul was to admit that he took the bass line from the Chuck Berry

number 'I'm Talking About You', commenting, 'I played exactly thesame notes as he did and it fitted our number perfectly. Even now,when I tell people about it, I find few of them believe me.Therefore I maintain a bass riff doesn't have to be original.'John himself was to comment on the song in a Playboy interview;That's Paul doing his usual good job of producing what George Martinused to call a potboiler. I helped with a couple of the lyrics.'The Beatles included the number in their repertoire between 1962 and1964, including their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show on 16February 1964.The Beatles recorded the number on 11 February 1963 and it was theopening track of their debut album Please Please Me and was issuedin America as the flipside of 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' on 13

January 1964. It is also to be found on the Star Club recordings.John Lennon performed the song with Elton John on stage at MadisonSquare Garden on 28 November 1974 and Paul was to perform it at thePrince's Trust Concert in 1986.A version of this number lasting 3 minutes and 20 seconds wasincluded on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was recordedlive at the Forum, Montreal, Canada on 9 December 1989 during the1989/90 World Tour./ SurviveAn album by Adam Faith, his first for more than a decade, on whichPaul plays synthesiser on three tracks: 'Change', 'Never Say


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Goodbye' and 'Goodbye' and provides backing vocal, along with Linda,on 'Star Song'. The album was issued in America on 2 September 1974on Warner Brothers BS 2791 and in Britain on 20 September 1974 onWarner Brothers 56054. A single from the album, 'Star Song', wasissued in Britain on 6 December 1974 on Warner Brothers 16482.I Wanna Be Your ManA song mainly written by Paul, with a little help from John.The number had originally been written with Ringo Starr in mind, as

they wanted to give him a song to sing on each album.Paul said, 'We wrote "I Wanna Be Your Man" for Ringo because wewanted him to have a song on our album. "I Wanna Be Your Man" wastrying to give Ringo something like "Boys", an up-tempo song hecould sing on the drums. "I wanna be your ma-an", that little bit isnicked from "Fortune Teller", a Benny Spellman song. We were quiteopen about our nicks.'The number hadn't actually been completed when Andrew Loog Oldhambumped into John and Paul one day and asked if they had a numbersuitable for the Rolling Stones to record, although Paul's versionis slightly different.Paul said, 'We were in Charing Cross Road, where we often used to goto window-shop at the guitar shops and daydream. Dick James was on

the Charing Cross Road and we'd go to his office and daydream on theway. Coming out of his office one day, John and I were walking downCharing Cross Road when passing in a taxi were Mick and Keith. Theyshouted from the taxi and we yelled, "Hey, hey. Give us a lift," andwe bummed a lift from them. So there were the four of us sitting ina taxi and Mick said, "Hey, we're recording. Got any songs?" and wesaid, "Ah, yes, sure. We've got one. How about Ringo's song, youcould do it as a single."'Paul's version differs from other details of how the number cameabout. The occasion was 10 September 1963 and John and Paul had beenat the Variety Club lunch at the Savoy Hotel where they'd receivedan award as Top Vocal Group of the Year.In Jermyn Street they bumped into Rolling Stone manager Andrew Loog

Oldham who told them he was on his way to a Stones rehearsal,although the group were having difficulty finding suitable materialfor their second single.The two of them went with Oldham to Studio 51 where the Stones wererecording and completed the number in about ten minutes. It provedto be a hit for the Stones and, many years later, a minor hit forthe Rezillos when it reached No. 71 in the British charts on 18August 1979. The Beatles version was included on With The Beatles inBritain and Meet The Beatles in the States.A live version of the number lasting 2 minutes and 37 seconds wasrecorded during the sound check of the Paramatta concert in Sydney,Australia on 29 March 1993 and included on the Paul Is Live album.I Will

A track on The Beatles double album. Paul commented, 'I wrote quitea few songs in Rishikesh. I was doing a song "I Will" that I had asa melody for quite a long time. But, I didn't have lyrics to it. Iremember sitting around with Donovan, and maybe a few others. And Iplayed him this one and he liked it and we were trying to write somewords. We kicked around a few lyrics. I kept searching for betterwords and I wrote my own set in the end, very simple words, straightlove-song words, really. I think they are quite effective.'There were actually 67 takes of this number, recorded at Abbey RoadStudios on 16 September 1968.Paul said that it was a love song dedicated to Linda.


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I Would Only SmileA Wings track with the original line-up of Denny Seiwell and HenryMcCullough which Denny Laine included on his album Japanese Tears,It was composed by Laine and recorded in 1973.I'll Be On My WayA number penned by Paul early in his career that was recorded byBilly J Kramer and the Dakotas in 1963 and appeared on the flipsideof their chart-topper 'Do You Want To Know A Secret?' Although the

Beatles didn't record the number, they performed it on the BBC radioshow Side by Side on 24 June 1963.Paul was to comment, 'It's a bit too June-moon for me, but thesewere very early songs and they worked out quite well.'I'll Follow The SunAn early composition by Paul that eventually surfaced on the BeatlesFor Sale album and EP, the American Beatles '65 album and the 1977Love Songs.Paul recalled, 'I wrote that in my front room in Forthlin Road. Iwas about sixteen. I seem to remember writing it just after I'd hadthe 'flu. I remember standing in the parlour, with my guitar,looking out through the lace curtains of the window, and writingthat one.'

The Beatles recorded it on 18 October 1964.In his Playboy interview, John Lennon was to comment, 'That's Paulagain. Can't you tell? I mean - "Tomorrow may rain so I'll followthe sun." That's another early McCartney, you know, written almostbefore the Beatles, I think. He had a lot of stuff.'I'll Give You A RingA song by Paul, which Wings recorded at Abbey Road Studios onThursday 15 August 1974 during their sessions for the documentary'One Hand Clapping'. It remained unreleased until June 1982 when itwas issued as the flipside to 'Take It Away'.I'll Keep You SatisfiedA number by Paul which Billy J Kramer &c the Dakotas recorded on 22July 1963 and released as a single in the UK onl November 1963 on

Parlophone R 5073 with 'I Know' on the flipside. It was issued inAmerica on Liberty 55643 on 11 November 1963. It was also the titleof Kramer's EP, issued in Britain on 20 March 1964 on Parlophone GEP8895. The four tracks were: Til Keep You Satisfied', 'I Know','Dance With Me' and 'It's Up To You'. The Beatles never recorded thenumber.I'm CarryingA track from the London Town album, penned by Paul, which lasted 2minutes and 44 seconds.It was issued as the flipside of the 'London Town' single in August1978.Inspired by a former girlfriend of Paul's, it was recorded in theVirgin Islands on 5 May 1977. George Harrison said it was his

favourite track on the album. An unusual instrument, a sort ofsouped-up synthesiser called a 'gizmo' is featured. This wasinvented by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, former members of 10cc.I'm DownA composition by Paul, recorded by the Beatles on Monday 14 July1965 and issued as the flipside of the 'Help!' single. It was alsoincluded on the Rock and Roll Music and Rarities compilations. Thegroup performed the song on their 'Ed Sullivan' televisionappearance in September 1965 and on their 1965 and 1966 world tourswhen they often closed their concert performances with it.Paul was to say, 'I could do Little Richard's voice, which is wild,


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hoarse and a screaming thing. It's a funny little track and, whenyou find it, it's very interesting. A lot of people were fans ofLittle Richard, so I used to sing his stuff, but there came a pointwhere I wanted one of my own, so I wrote "I'm Down".'He was to add, '"I'm Down" was my rock-'n'-roll shouter. I ended updoing it at Shea Stadium. It worked very well for those kind ofplaces, it was a good stage song.'I'm Looking Through You

A song of lost love that Paul penned following a row he had with hisgirlfriend Jane Asher, ironically writing it in the music room oftheAsher house in Wimpole Street. Jane was in Bristol appearing withthe Old Vic. Initially he just wrote a verse and a chorus that theBeatles taped in October 1965 during their Rubber Soul sessions. TheBeatles re-recorded it on 6 and 10 November and overdubbed thevocals on 11 November 1965.Paul was to say, 'My whole existence for so long centred around abachelor life. I didn't treat women as most people do. My lifegenerally has always been very lazy and not normal. I knew I wasselfish. It caused a few rows. Jane went off to Bristol to act. Isaid, "OK then, leave, I'll find someone else." It was shattering to

be without her. That's when I wrote "I'm Looking Through You" - forJane.'The number first surfaced on the 1965 Rubber Soul album and has alsobeen featured on the 1978 The Beatles Collection and the 1980 TheBeatles Box. There was an interesting version of the number sung byVincent Price to the accompaniment of spectral figures in a spoofhorror edition of The Muppet Show.I'm Partial To Your AbracadabraPaul's contribution to the Ian Dury tribute album, a remake ofDury's New Boots And Panties called Brand New Boots And Panties.Produced by Laurie Latham, Paul was backed by Dury's original bandthe Blockheads. The CD single was issued in April 2001. The albumcover was designed by Peter Blake of Sgt Pepper cover fame.

I'm The Urban SpacemanA single by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, penned by Neil Innes andproduced by Paul McCartney under the name Apollo Vermouth. It wasissued in Britain on Friday 11 October 1968 on Liberty LBF 15144 andin America on Wednesday 18 December 1968 on Liberty 66345. 'CanyonsOf Your Mind' was on the flipside. It was reissued in America onMonday 19 July 1971 on United Artists UA 50809.It was the first track on the album Urban Spaceman, issued inAmerica on Monday 9 June 1969 on Imperial 12432 and in Britain onthe album I'm The Urban Spaceman on Sunset SLS 50350 on Friday 7September 1973.The number was also included on the 1970 compilations ProgressiveHeavies and The Beast Of The Bonzos.

I've Got A FeelingThe combination of two separate songs, one by Paul, one by John.John's song was called 'Everybody Had A Hard Year', Paul's was 'I'veGot A Feeling'. It was decided that they would collaborate and makethe two separate songs into one, with it probably being the lasttrue collaboration between the two writers. The Beatles taped thenumber at Abbey Road at three separate sessions and the number wasfeatured in the Let It Be album and film.I've Had Enough (single)A song recorded in the Virgin Islands for the London Town album. Itwas issued as a Wings single on Parlophone R6020 on Friday 16 June


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1978 in Britain, but only reached No. 42 in the chart. In America itwas released on Monday 12 June on Capitol 4594 and reached No. 25 inthe charts.'Deliver Your Children' was the flipside.It was also released in Germany on EMI Electrola 1C600-61260.I've Had Enough (promotional film)The promotional film for this record featured new Wings membersLaurence Juber and Steve Holly, although neither of them had played

on the track.I've Just Seen A FaceA folk-rock number. The Beatles taped this song by Paul on Monday 14June 1965, the same day they recorded 'I'm Down' and 'Yesterday' andit was included on the Help! album. Paul later revived it for Wings'1975/76 World Tour.Its original working title was 'Auntie Gin's Theme' and the GeorgeMartin Orchestra actually recorded it under this title when heissued his Help! album in America.Paul wrote the number in the Asher's Wimpole Street house andcommented, 'I think this is totally by me. It was slightly countryand western from my point of view. I was quite pleased by it. Thelyrics work. It keeps dragging you forward, it keeps pulling you to

the next line.'lachimore, IanA pseudonym Paul assumed when friends wanted to contact him byletter in order to differentiate them from the vast fan mail thatcame his way.See 'Pseudonyms'.If I Were Not Upon The StageA number composed by Sutton/Turner/Bowsher. Paul's version of thisnumber, lasting only 36 seconds, was included on the Tripping theLive Fantastic album. It was recorded live at the RiverfrontColiseum, Cincinnati, Ohio on 12 Februaryl990 during the 1989/90World Tour.If You Wanna

A track from the Flaming Pie album which Paul originally begancomposing when he had a day off in Minneapolis during his New WorldTour in May 1993. He then had Steve Miller record it with him. Paulalso produced the number, which lasted 4 minutes and 38 seconds.Geoff Emerick and Jan Jacobs, assisted by Keith Smith, engineeredit.Recording began on 11 May 1995 with Paul on lead vocal, drums, bassguitar, electric guitar and 12-string acoustic guitar. Steve Millerprovided harmony vocal and electric piano and electric guitar.If You've Got TroubleA number that Paul mainly wrote which was recorded on Thursday 28February 1965. It was originally intended for Ringo to sing as acontribution on the Help! album. Only one take was made and it was

not included in the final selection and remains unreleased.In Spite Of All The DangerThe first original composition ever recorded by the group who wereto become the Beatles. The Quarry Men recorded it on 12 July 1958 atPercy Philips's studio at 53 Kensington, Liverpool. The group at thesession were Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, ColinHanton and John Lowe.They recorded two songs that day, Buddy Holly's 'That'll Be The Day'and 'In Spite Of All The Danger' which was credited as aHarrison/McCartney composition. Paul sang lead on the latter.They could only afford one copy of a two-sided shellac disc between


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them and Philips was to wipe out the tape.The disc was passed around to each member for a while and ended upin the hands of Lowe, who put it in a drawer and forgot about it fora number of years. When he eventually realised its potential value,Lowe put it up for auction, but Paul prevented its sale and thenbought it from Lowe for an undisclosed sum.Paul had both sides placed on a master disc at Abbey Road Studios.The master tapes were then taken to Orlake pressing plant in

Dagenham where Paul ordered two dozen copies to be produced inshellac at 78 rpm.'In Spite Of All The Danger' was included on The Beatles Anthology 1CD.Indeed, I DoOne of a number of home recordings made by Paul in 1971 and 1972.This was a demo track with Paul on acoustic guitar and himself andLinda on vocals.IndiaPaul wasn't really as enthusiastic about the Indian influences ofthe Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Ravi Shankar as George was, althoughhe went along with the others on their forays into meditation andalso decided to travel to Rishikesh with Jane Asher and remained

there for five weeks.When the two returned on Tuesday 25 March 1968, they wereinterviewed at London airport.A reporter asked Paul how he felt after five weeks of meditation.Paul said, 'Yes, yes, I feel a lot better, except for the flight,you know. That's quite long. I'm a bit shattered, but the meditationis great!' He then mentioned the meditation: 'You sit down, yourelax, and then you repeat a sound to yourself. It sounds daft, butit's just a system of relaxation, and that's all it is. There'snothing more to it. We meditated for about five hours a day in all.Two hours in the morning and maybe three hours in the evening, andthen, for the rest of the time, we slept, ate, sunbathed and hadfun.'

The reporter said, 'One Indian MP accused the camp where you stayedas being an espionage centre, and you, in fact, of being a spy forthe West.'This amused Paul, who replied, 'Yes, it's true. Yes, we are spies.The four of us are spies. Actually, I'm a reporter and I joined theBeatles for that very reason. The story is out next week in a paperwhich shall be nameless.'The reporter asked Jane whether she'd gone to India for a holiday orto meditate, and she said, 'Oh, to meditate.' When asked what effectit had on her and whether this was her first big meditationexperience, she replied, 'Yes, I think it calms you down. It's hardto tell because it was so different, you know, the life out there.It'd be easy to tell now that I'm back, or when we're doing ordinary

things, to see just what it does.'When Paul was asked if he'd actually seen any examples of theextreme poverty that existed in India, he replied, 'Yes, oh yes. Idon't equate it, you know, because it's nothing to do with it, youknow. The idea is to stop poverty at its root. You see, if we justgive handouts to people, it'll just stop the problems for a day, ora week, you know. But, in India, there's so many people, you reallyneed all of America's money to pour into India to solve it, youknow, and then, they'll probably go back the next year, and just liearound, you know. So, you've got to get to the cause of it andpersuade all the Indians to start working and, you know, start doing


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things. Their religions, it's very fatalistic, and they just sitdown and think, "God said, this is it, so it's too bad to doanything about it." The Maharishi's trying to persuade them thatthey can do something about it.'One good result of the Indian trip was the number of songs writtenby the individual Beatles. Paul said that they'd written twentysongs when they were in Rishikesh.In later years, Paul began to visit India to holiday. Whilst in Goa

in January 2001 he wrote 'Lonely Road', 'I Do' and 'About You',which became tracks on the Driving Rain album. Another track on thealbum shows an India influence, 'Riding To Jaipur'.On Friday 11 January 2002 Paul and Heather arrived in southern Indiato enjoy a vacation at the Coconut Lagoon hotel, in Kumurakom, buton Monday 14 January they were discovered by the local press anddecided to leave, also cancelling the next step of their holiday,which was to have been at the Ashtamudi Resorts.Indica Books & GalleryA specialist bookshop and art gallery, launched in March 1965 byBarry Miles, Peter Asher and John Dunbar, trading under the businessname MAD. It was situated at No. 6 Mason's Yard, next door to theScotch Of St James club, which was frequented by the Beatles.

As all three were friends of Paul, he gave them 5,000 to helpbuild

shelves, buy book stock and pay wages. He also designed thebookshop's wrapping paper and helped in the shelf-building anddecorating.The bookshop was situated upstairs and the gallery downstairs. Thebookshop was later moved to 102 Southampton Row, which also housedInternational Times where Paul had helped to decorate the office.It was on 9 November 1966 that John Lennon turned up at the gallery,on the invitation of Dunbar, for the exhibition 'UnfinishedPaintings And Objects', by Yoko Ono.Ingrained FunkinessAn unreleased number recorded by Paul and his daughters Heather and

Stella in his Sussex studio in November 1992 as part of a surpriseChristmas present for Linda.Inner City MadnessA track on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album, which lasts for 1minute and 23 seconds. It was composed by Paul, Stuart, Mclntosh,Wickens and Whitten and was recorded during the soundcheck at theNEC International Arena in Birmingham, England on 2 January 1990during the 1989/90 World Tour.Internet, ThePaul has taken an interest in utilising the Internet and has madeseveral on-line 'Netcasts'. His first on-line chat took place at theBishopsgate Memorial Hall, London on Saturday 17 May 1997, which wasorganised by VHI as part of 'Paul McCartney Week' during which Paul

answered fifty questions which had been put to him by fans.Here is a transcript, although there are some gaps due to parts ofthe netcast becoming inaudible:Question: Picked up the Oobu Joobu CD this morning. Will there bemore editions?Paul: Ahhh, yeah. That was released as a radio show, but in England,we're releasing it as the B-side of the singles - that is probablythe best place to get hold of it at the moment.Question: It is known that you paint for relaxation. Do you everplan to exhibit or sell your paintings?Paul: I've been painting for about fourteen years now. I didn't


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really want to exhibit because of the sort of thing that people saylike, 'Oh he's just a singer that paints a bit' and I have hadoffers from people who have said, 'I'll give you a show', but Isaid, 'but you haven't seen my paintings yet,' and they've replied,'doesn't matter'. But funnily enough I am going to get an exhibitionthis year in Germany so this will be my first exhibition ever.Question: How do you feel about teenagers buying your CDs ratherthan modern ones.

Paul: I feel very good about that, Lisa. Very good indeed.Question: You are still breaking boundaries and trying new projects- but what do you consider to be your greatest achievement?Paul: My children - it's basically that. It's not easy to have goodkids when you are in a high-profile show business thing like I amand Linda and I reckon that is our greatest achievement.Question: Sir Paul, where do you keep your knighthood medal?Paul: By the side of the bed.Question: Who took all the wonderful photographs that accompany thenew album?Paul: Thanks for asking that Marsie. It was actually Linda that tookall those wonderful photos.Question: I wouldn't go veggie for health reasons, but you make a

good point about the animal rights. When did you go vegetarian?Paul: Approximately twenty years ago, after eating leg of lamb oneSunday.Question: What do you do when you have free time, Paul?Paul: One of my favourite hobbies is to make trails in the woods.There are a lot of woods where I live and Linda and I like horseriding. So I go out and make trails - it's the complete opposite ofwhat I do for a living.Question: I loved your concert in Buenos Aires in 1993. When are yougoing to come back?Paul: Well, at the moment there are no plans for a tour but we allenjoyed being in Argentina, we had a great time. So, if we do comeback someday, we'll stop there again. You were a great audience by

the way.Question: Hello Paul, I have a question for you: do you wear boxersor briefs?Paul: Steady on, Rosie! Luckily we are on the Internet so I can'tshow you! You wouldn't believe the answer actually. I'll stayenigmatic on that one.Question: How many Hofner basses do you own? Is the one you have nowthe original Beatles bass?Paul: Yeah, I have one main one that I use and a backup. But in thesixties a couple of them got nicked, as we say in England. Nicked,which is stolen.Question: Didn't one get sold?Paul: One did, but they said I'd played it a lot but I managed to

prove I didn't.Question: Do you believe mankind can save itself - or do we needdivine intervention?Paul: I don't know about divine intervention, but I think we arealways in the need of divine help. All we can do is get serious andtell our politicians that we want a future and make sure they listen- I think it is possible, with a little divine help.Question: Will you and George and Ringo ever record together again?Paul: We don't know, really. We had some ambitions to after 'Free AsA Bird' and 'Real Love', but it didn't come to anything. The nearestwe got is, Ringo and I record on the new album together. So we will


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have to wait and see.Question: Is it true that there was a notebook of fifty unrecordedsongs written by you and John that were accidentally thrown away?Paul: No. There was a book, and to tell the truth, we used toexaggerate. There was never fifty songs in it but we used to tellpeople we had fifty songs in it because it sounded much better.There was probably five or six - and I do believe somewhere I'vestill got that book. It has got 'Love Me Do' in it and a couple of

very early songs that we didn't really want to develop. So somewhere... It was a school exercise book.Question: Do you plan to record any songs from that time that youdidn't record?Paul: I don't know. Sometimes you think about it, but you findyourself writing a new song and you always favour that.Question: How were you introduced to Steve Miller?Paul: I think it goes back to the original session at Olympicstudios where we'd had an argumentative Beatles meeting and thesession got cancelled due to a business thing. Steve was in thestudio and we asked if a studio was free and he and I stayed up allnight making the track called 'My Dark Hour'.Question: Which three human qualities do you respect most?

Paul: I think honesty is probably top, I think kindness is next,then humour third. It's difficult to pull three out of a hat.Question: Did you or Frank Clarke play the bass on 'Penny Lane'?Paul: Get serious man. It was I and not said Frank Clarke!Question: What is the greatest gift?Paul: That's a hard question. Tolerance of other people, perhaps.Question: What happened to the 27-minute version of 'HelterSkelter'?Paul: We edited it for the original version, I think. I'm notabsolutely sure. When you make these songs, you don't keep track ofthe different versions. I'm sure it exists somewhere. EMI hasprobably still got it.Question: What is yours and Linda's greatest love?

Paul: Our main love is horse riding. Linda was a great rider in herteens and she actually rode in Madison Square Garden when she wasabout sixteen I think. So she taught me how to ride.Question: I'm fourteen and became a fan when I saw Help! Will youpossibly do another movie with that kind of humour?Paul: Ummm. I think what you saw in Help! was Beatles humour, causedby the four of us together. So it would be difficult to do thatagain. I like the sense of humour, though. Possibly it might happenone day.Question: Do you have anything planned for the anniversary of SgtPepper?Paul: No I don't actually. The thing with being in the Beatles isthat we were so busy making the music we never kept track of the

dates, it is more the fans do that. So I am always surprised it'sthe thirtieth anniversary. It feels about three years ago to me.Question: I'm from the Ukraine. Are you going to come to see us inthe future?Paul: Well, one of my ambitions has always been to play in Russiaand sing 'Back In The USSR'. There are a lot of people who go thereto sing it. I'd like to do that myself, but no plans just yet.Question: Is Linda doing another cookbook?Paul: Yes, she is at the moment. She is working on a cookbook, aphotography book, and an exhibition of stained glass in Switzerland.She has a friend who mounts her photographs in stained glass, it's


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an amazing process. That is happening later this year inSwitzerland.Question: What was your legacy of the sixties?Paul: I like to think it was promoting peace with the Beatles. We'veobviously had some long-term effect - and that was it.Question: How long did you work on Flaming Pie?Paul: It was made over a couple of years, while we were preparingfor The Beatles Anthology.

Question: Will you ever work with Wings again?Paul: I don't know - it's an interesting thing - when I go out ontour I guess I could call my band Wings, we didn't think to do thatwith the last band but it may be something we'd do in the future.Question: What do you really think of Oasis?Paul: I like the fact that they play live. I think they sing well,and, if they have to tribute anyone, I'm proud it's the Beatles.Question: Have you thought about releasing a 'Paul McCartneyAnthology'?Paul: I've never thought to do it, but after The Beatles Anthologypeople have started to talk about a Wings retrospective. So Isuppose after that we could do a solo retrospective. No plans at themoment, but who knows.

Question: What are you wearing right now?Paul: I'm wearing a rather attractive ensemble, with a feather boa,large wide-brimmed hat and nylon stockings - and boxer shorts.That's the answer to that one!Question: Who is playing the heavy guitar on Flaming Pie?Paul: It's a few of us. Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's SteveMiller, sometimes it's Jeff Lynne, and sometimes it's my son James.Question: Do you listen to music when you paint? If so, what?Paul: I don't actually. I think a lot of people do ... It's notsomething I seem to need.Question: If you were a fruit, which fruit would you be?Paul: A great big watermelon.Question: How has being knighted changed your life?

Paul: Not a lot really, except that it's a huge honour. We carry onjust as before. It is good that I get to make my girlfriend a Lady.Question: Were there other John demos you were given by Yoko otherthan 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love'?Paul: Yes, there was a couple of tracks that were offered, butbecause of the quality of the demos it's a difficult job. 'Free As ABird' and 'Real Love' were difficult records to make, although theywere enjoyable. But there were one or two ... one in particular thatI still have my eye on a little bit, but I'm not sure whether we'llget around to it.Question: What would you say is the biggest difference between musicin the US and the UK?Paul: I'm not sure there is a huge difference. You have a lot of

live bands; so have we. You've got a lot of techno; so have we. Isuppose rap is the biggest difference. You are the home of rap.We've got a few rappers over here. Though, actually, Jamaica is theoriginal home of rap.Question: What Beatles song was the most difficult to write?Paul: The only one John and I really had a problem with was 'DriveMy Car'. I had the original idea, but I had a bad set of lyrics thatwere about golden rings and they were terrible, and we got stuck onthem. But we had a cup of tea and somehow we came up with the womanthat needed a chauffeur and we made it quite quickly after that. Butit was nearly a dry session.


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Question: What was the first record you ever bought?Paul: The first record, Chris, was 'Be-Bop-A-Lula' by the great GeneVincent.Question: What is your favourite book?Paul: I don't know - Foundation by Isaac Asimov, I like a lot. Ilike Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. You'll have to giveme a few weeks on that one. There are so many choices I'd have towhittle that down.

Question: I'm 28 and an owner of a multimedia company. What advicecan you give me about getting a lot of creative people to worktogether.Paul: Good humour - and staying on top of it yourself, thus lettingthem know how it goes, and then, giving them their head.Question: What was your reaction to the Beatles getting the Grammyawards?Paul: It's always great to get any award, and it was lovely after somany years to get a Grammy as the four Beatles which is somethingyou would have said was completely impossible - but it happened.Question: Is there any chance of you doing any more straight rockand roll?Paul: Yes, there is a chance. The last one I did, the Russian album,

was done very quickly over a couple of days. So there's everychance. I actually recently compiled a list of my favourite rock androll songs with a view of doing that, but I haven't got around to ityet. I've been busy.Question: What is the single most important thing we can do to helpanimals?Paul: Go veggie. Because if you don't eat them, that sure helpsthem.Question: What is the most memorable thing a fan has done?Paul: That's a difficult question. I can't immediately think of ananswer to that. Someone once tried to take a snippet of my hairwhich didn't go down well at all.Question: What is your favourite Elvis song?

Paul: I have a few, really. 'Jailhouse Rock' is a masterpiece. 'AllShook Up' was always a great favourite. 'Love Me Tender' wasanother.Question: Are you planning any special events for the end of thecentury?Paul: No. Everyone keeps asking me this but I haven't even thoughtwhat I am going to do. The thought that keeps occurring to me isit's only if you count by Jesus's birth that there's even amillennium going. I'm sure for the Chinese it's not the millennium.So I haven't any plans at the moment but I'll probably think ofsomething.Question: In which key do you play 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore' ?I really like it and would love to learn it.

Paul: E major, dude.Question: Sir Paul, a lot of celebs are doing online stuff. Bowie'ssingle 'Telling Lies' was available only online, and now here youare. Does the new medium excite you particularly?Paul: To tell you the truth, I'm not an onliner. But I think I couldeasily become addicted. The nearest I've become to being a computerfreak is the music program I used to write a recent large-scaleorchestral piece.Question: Does your son James play on Flaming Pie?Paul: Yes, on the track 'Heaven On Sunday'.Question: What does 'Love Me Do' mean?


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Paul: 'Love Me Do' means 'Love Me Do'.Question: I am fifteen and I'm in a band. What does it take tobecome famous?Paul: Talent, dude.Question: Paul, do you ever sit down and listen to old Beatlesalbums? And, if so, how do they make you feel?Paul: I do sometimes, yeah. And they make me feel great, because Ihave so many great memories of that period and the guys.

Question: Did listening to your earlier work on the Anthology helpyou with Flaming Pie?Paul: Yeah, I think it did. It reminded me how simple and direct theBeatles songs were, so I tried to be careful that all the songs onthe new album were simple and direct.Question: Have you watched the whole ten hour Beatles Anthologymovie?Paul: No, I haven't Heather.Paul: Shall we just wind this up with one more?Question: Is this your first time chatting online?Paul: Yes, this is my first time chatting online and as we are goingto have to wind it up, I want to say thanks to all you computerfreaks out there for tuning in to this global hook-up. It's been a

blast.In 2000 Paul also became a major Internet investor by buying anundisclosed stake in Magnex Holdings pic, a company which hascreated software allowing online purchases and sale of music andother content that prevent unauthorised copying.Is It Raining In London?An unreleased number, which Paul co-wrote with Hamish Stuart. Herecorded it at Abbey Road Studios on Tuesday 15 December 1992. Thetrack is heard on the 1993 documentary 'Movin' On'.It's For YouA composition by Paul. He gave the number to Cilia Black to recordin 1974. At the session, which took place on 2 July, Paul, togetherwith John Lennon, turned up and Paul played piano on the track. It

was released in Britain on Friday 31 July 1964 on Parlophone R 5162and in America on Monday 17 August 1964 on Capitol 5258. Produced byGeorge Martin, it had 'He Won't Ask Me' on the flipside. It reachedNo. 8 in the British charts.It was also the title track on her EP 'It's For You', issued inBritain on Parlophone GEP 8916 on Friday 23 October 1964. The othertracks were 'He Won't Ask Me', 'You're My World' and 'Suffer Now IMust'.'It's For You' notched up advance orders of 200,000 copies, butdidn't top the charts as her two previous discs had, although itmade a respectable Top 10 entry. Cilia was to say, 'I couldn't keepgetting a number one every time, people'd think I was a freak.'It's So Easy/Listen To Me

A Buddy Holly medley by Denny Laine, which Paul produced. It wasissued as a single in Britain on EMI 2523 on 3 September 1976 and inAmerica on Capitol 4340 on 4 October 1976. The flipside was anotherHolly number, 'I'm Looking For Someone To Love'.It's So Far Out It's Straight DownA Granada Television documentary about the 'Counter-Culture'thriving in London during the 1960s that was screened on Tuesday 7March 1967. It included an interview with Paul, which he'dprerecorded on Wednesday 18 January 1967.During the interview he commented, 'I really wish the people thatlook, sort of, in anger at the weirdos, the happenings, and at the


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psychedelic freak-out, would instead of just looking with anger,just look with nothing, with no feeling, and be unbiased about it.They really don't realise that what these people are talking aboutis something that they really want themselves. It's something thateveryone wants. You know it's personal freedom to be able to talkand be able to say things, and it's dead straight. It's a real sortof basic pleasure for everyone, but it looks weird from theoutside.'

It's YouAn Alma Cogan single issued in Britain on Columbia DB 7390 on 30October 1964. Paul played tambourine on the flipside, 'I Knew RightAway'.Ivor Novello Awards LuncheonPaul attended the Ivor Novello Awards luncheon on Tuesday 4 April1989. He received an award for his 'Outstanding Services to BritishMusic'.During the presentation he recited a piece he composed for theoccasion called 'Ivor Novello Rap', saying:This Ivor Novello was a pretty fine chap, But just one thing hedidn't know, was how to rap.Cause if he was living in the present day, He'd have to think of

something to say. I think I know what it might just be, He'd saywhatever happened to the melody!Ivory ImpactA double album by American pianist Roger Williams produced by Paul'sbrother-in-law John Eastman in 1983 and containing several numberswritten by Paul.

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