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McCartney III (Official Album Trailer)

❝ I was living lockdown life on my farm with my family and I would go to my studio every day. I had to do a little bit of work on some film music and that turned into the opening track and then when it was done I thought what will I do next? I had some stuff I’d worked on over the years but sometimes time would run out and it would be left half-finished so I started thinking about what I had.  Each day I’d start recording with the instrument I wrote the song on and then gradually layer it all up, it was a lot of fun.  It was about making music for yourself rather than making music that has to do a job.  So, I just did stuff I fancied doing. I had no idea this would end up as an album. ❞

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I’m other things… But I didn’t play drums to make money.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIR RICHARD STARKEY! (JULY 7, 1940)

My idea is that you keep working. A lot of people want to get the hell out of the factory and retire. But I’m doing my hobby, so I don’t want to give it up. I’m going off now and I’ll pick up the electric guitar and play some rock and roll. I still feel the same thrill I used to feel. I’m allowed to play this really cool guitar through a brilliant amp and turn it up as loud as I like. I still love it, and it still seems like a privilege. – Paul McCartney (2009)          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PAUL! (JUNE 18, 1942)

RICHARD: Paul was the closest to me. Paul was like my blood brother. I believe if I was hungry Paul would feed me. We’re that tight. Paul is a humanitarian.

         “This was a seminal moment in history; a day burned into our collective consciousness. The performance could not have come at a better time. The country was in a deep emotional depression after the John F. Kennedy assassination, and Americans were eager for anything to lift ourselves from that funk. What we saw changed everything. The long hair, the sharp suits, the cute well-scrubbed faces, the infectious personality, the audience of hysterical teenage girls, and the music… Oh their magnificent music! Beatlemania, broadcast live, right in our own home. We were absolutely transfixed. The next day at school, everyone was talking about the show. We had an innate feeling that The Beatles were a real game changer. We were right. The Beatles conversation carried on through the day, the week, and, well, for the next fifty years.          So, what was it that made the Beatles so great? The harmonies were wonderful, the musicianship was incredibly tight. But most of all, they wrote songs that were beyond legendary. And they made it look so easy. Lennon and McCartney no doubt had a gift from God. They were our generation’s Mozart.          As the 1960’s continued, my generation grew with the Beatles. We grew from the early career pop songs, to more soulful introspection of Rubber Soul, to the eclectic mix of Revolver, to the psychedelic of Sgt. Pepper’s and Magical Mystery Tour, to the complete and harmonious body of work that in and of itself was a concerto: Abbey Road. That day in February 1964 changed the world musically, culturally and philosophically. The Beatles were not great for a single moment, but for generations. The Liverpool Lads took us on their broad shoulders and ushered us into a new era.” - Live for Live Music

the beatles wish you a merry crimble and george wants his jacket back

The First U.S. Visit (1964)

The Music of Lennon and McCartney (1965)

The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1965)