Talk:Paul McCartney

Scrambled eggs

How exactly is the Scrambled Eggs thing a myth? It is quoted even in "Many Years from Now On" as said by him. Well, maybe McCartney has chosen to start enforcing that myth or something. I would just like to know where the claim that it is a myth originated.--Deadworm222 16:33, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

Request for expansion

Most of this is from memory, with some fact-checking on the dates of his inductions into the Rock & Roll hall of fame and his knighting, so please go ahead and correct and expand where necessary. --KQ

Usage note

"This was the first album released since their last album Let it Be in 1970." Lots of Beatles compilation albums have been released since 1970. My guess is that what this sentence means to say is that it is the first album of previously unreleased material since 1970. soulpatch

Why Category

can you tell me what Category:Paul McCartney brings to the Paul McCartney article that the Paul McCartney article doesn't already provide itself? Kingturtle 18:28, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

error

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is not a Wings song. It should be credited as Paul and Linda McCartney. It appears on thier album entitled Ram.

hero

paul mccartney was a hero of the 70s bcause after the band broke up and John Lennon died (was murderd by a complete nut job) and after george died of cancer, or even after linda McCartney died he still wrote songes and still composed albums.

Too positive about later music

I agree with this entry, by and large, and consider it well-written, but it does seem a little too positive about McCartney's later music. It mightn't hurt to point out that his solo material is not remotely as well-regarded as his work with The Beatles. Since it notes (accurately, I think) Lennon's decline in productivity and influence in the later Beatles years, it mightn't hurt to mention how McCartney's work of a few years later doesn't appear to have aged well. --DR

Knighthood

Should the link to Knight go to Knight#ModernUse instead? I'm not sure if this is correct style. --Theaterfreak64 19:25, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)

Wings material to Wings article

I've moved all the Wings material into the Wings article, leaving only a brief recap here, and I've moved all the pre-Wings solo material from the Wings article into here. As it was there was part duplication, part uneveness of treatment. -- jls

No "major" in Britain

Removed the line "*Was actually the only Beatle to graduate from Britain's equivalent of high-school; he majored in Art." - in the United Kingdom you don't "major" in anything - you go to secondary school, study a variety of subjects (all of equal importance) and sit exams - you don't graduate from secondary school, only from university. At the end of secondary education you should have a selection of pass certificates, there is no such thing as a "major". As McCartney is English I don't see why his education should be Americanised. Or why the writer assumed that everyone reading this is from North America.

Roman Catholicism

I had no idea McCartney was a Catholic, and have not heard it mentioned.

I cannot find any reference to Paul McCartney being a practicing Roman Catholic in adulthood. There is ample information indicating that he was raised within that tradition, however. I have ammended the text accordingly.

I am not sure if he attends Mass or not. I would like to think that he does but I am skeptical. His religion, however, is his own business. BlueKangaroo.

His mother was a Roman Catholic, but Paul is not a practising Catholic. Incidentally, Harrison's mother was too, whereas both John and Ringo had Protestant upbringings. This is not a big deal in the greater scheme of things, but there may peripheral influence in song lyrics, behaviour, etc. Raymi

Drammen, Norway concert

Paul McCartney's World Tour 1989 - 1990. After having released his "Flowers in the dirt" album in summer of 1989, Paul McCartney was headed for another world tour. The interesting thing in this connestion is: The tour started in Norway, late autumn 1989 with a concert in Drammenshallen in the city of Drammen. This was a kind of "testing concert" before the real tour took off in 1990. For people in Norway this was a great event! The Beatles as a group never toured Norway during their career, but Paul McCartney and The Wings played in Oslo in 1972. Who could ever forget one of the extra's of the concert: "Long Tall Sally" with Paul at his very best! Therefore, the Norwegians were very proud when Mr.McCartney announced that his tour of 1989 - 1990 was to start in Drammen, Norway! The concert was indeed a memorable one, and in particaular for one in the audience: The Crown Prince of Norway, Haakon. The heir to the Norwegian crown was then a 17 - year old teenager with a keen interest in pop and rock music, and in the press stated that the concert with Paul McCartney was "a truly magnificent event!" Written by a dedicated fan of Paul McCartney, Mr.Tor Arne Eilertsen Norway

Album Descriptions are poor

How on Earth could the description of the "McCartney" album mention Meat Loaf and his cover of "Hot as Sun" and not mention "Maybe I'm Amazed"? Wow. --Stevestrange 01:25, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

This was part of the 20:51, 9 October 2005 172.203.51.60 vandalism mentioned below. It's now been restored. Wasted Time R 13:36, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Large Wings probable copyvio removed

On 22:35, 22 October 2005 anon 24.22.58.112 introduced a large, unwikified text segment on Wings that reads like an almost certain copyright violation (it's part IV of some larger work and has the tone of being written for something other than an encyclopedia, it was the only edit this anon ever did, etc.). Even if it was legit, which I highly doubt, it belongs in the Wings (band) article, not here. I've reverted this whole insertion to the previous short section that refers to the Wings article. Wasted Time R 12:13, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Role in The Beatles section restored

This whole section had been removed in a 20:51, 9 October 2005 vandalism by 172.203.51.60, who committed other vandalisms at the same time that I will repair. Geez, this article really fell apart.... Wasted Time R 13:26, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Left-handed, instruments

It would be good to somewhere mention that Paul is left-handed and that he played bass guitar for the Beatles. Just a thought.

That he was an influential bassist is now mentioned in the intro, and that he was bassist for the Beatles is mentioned at the start of the Beatles section. That he was left-handed is mentioned fairly early in the Beatles section and again at the end of the Trivia section. Are these mentions not sufficient? Wasted Time R 12:05, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Change

an anon ip changed the age in this sentence to 17 (I don't know which is correct so please can someone more knowledgable check it): "and John Lennon, whose mother died when John was 18." Arniep 13:42, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

I ducked it, by saying "when John was also a teenager." The Paul article shouldn't have to worry about the precise details of John's life. Wasted Time R 14:03, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

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John was born on the 9th October 1940. His mother, Julia, sadly was run over and killed on the 15th July 1958, three months before his 18th birthday.

References

I am struck by the lack of references in this article. The information in this article needs to have documented sources, IMO. 67.177.215.10 19:50, 30 December 2005 (UTC) Sorry, JJ 19:57, 30 December 2005 (UTC) was not logged in.

Main Image

Is there any reason why the all Beatles' main pictures have been changed to 1962/1963 era images? I don't think pictures from that era are reflective enough of each Beatle's life to warrant being the main image.

--Bbsrock

'Here Today'

This article twice references the song 'Here Today' as a eulogy to John Lennon. In fact PM has denied that it was written for John, adding 'If that's what people want to think, that's fine.' I think we should take his word for it or at least mention his denial. Tripper 15:28, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't think there's any doubt that he wrote Here Today for John... Here's an interview about it: http://www.youtube.com/w/Paul-McCartney---Here-Today?v=3vqX5dFnnzc&search=Paul%20McCartney

Left Handed???!!!!!!!

Ok. I might be a bit obsessive, rock music being my forte, but Paul McCartney was not left handed. He was right handed. He found Italic textplaying the guitarItalic text difficult with his right hand, but he did everything else right handed. I haven't made a change to the page, but I think I might, because in my mind this is a large error, and somebody ought to correct it. If not me, then at least somebody may agree. . .

I just changed it 15 minutes ago but it was changed back, apparently. I've seen him sign autographs a million times, he is right handed.

Mother Mary and Jane Asher

Was "Mary Mohin McCartney" his mother's full name? I have never seen the middle name shown anywhere before but perhaps it just isn't usually cited.

I thought that Jane Asher was his fiancée. Am I right? DavidFarmbrough 12:20, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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Pauls mother was born Mary Patricia Mohin on 29th September 1909 at 2, Third Avenue, Fazakerley, Liverpool. Therefore, Mohin was her maiden name.

Paul and Jane never officially declared their engagement (well, Paul didn't anyway!)but Jane officially anounced it was off during BBC's Dee Time (whatever happened to Simon Dee?) on 20th July 1968. It was his affair with Francie Schwartz that ended their relationship.

Left or right handed

I corrected the piece about him being left handed and then discovered that someone had removed it! Weird. I have put it back. (It's gone again! What do I do?) I suppose that all those fantastic mental images of him holding his Hofner the opposite way to the other two right handed players are hard to ignore. Paul plays guitar in the left handed position but does everything else with his right hand. Who was the left handed Beatle? Actually, it’s Ringo. And it was because Ringo set up his kit in the traditional right hand playing format that made him sound slightly sloppy coming out of fills etc. I personally think that contributed to the Beatle sound.

Perhaps it was removed because... Paul is actually, really left-handed!

From Rolling Stone issue 482, September 11, 1986

"Kurt Loder: On a more trivial but similarly ancient note, a new biography of you claims that Paul McCartney, the world's most famous left-handed bassist, is actually right-handed. True?

Paul McCartney: No, I'm quite definitely left-handed." --Krich (talk) 17:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Well perhaps he was in 1986! But in 1981 Philip Norman wrote in "Shout The True Story Of The Beatles" Quote: Paul, strangely, made little progress (in learning to play the guitar). His left handed fingers found it irksome to shape the patterns of black dots shown in the tuition book, and his right hand, somehow, lacked the bounce necessary for strumming. Then he made the discovery that, although right handed for every other purpose, he was a left handed guitar player. End quote. This might be the biography in question however (perhaps reprinted in 1986) Obviously not going to argue with the man himself. Let me look into this!

"Shout" is one source for this mis-information, as well as "A Day in the Life" (Hertsgaard 1995). It's not clear where the myth came from, but most other bios (such as the 1968 authorized bio by Hunter Davies) clearly state that Paul is fully left-handed - as does Paul himself. --Krich (talk) 19:56, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

And there's a trillion sites or so on Google that support him being left-handed. OsFan 14:51, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

You fools, he plays the guitar and bass left handed because he didn't have a teacher. He WRITES with his right hand, and in every other way is a right hander. Paul McCartney is RIGHT HANDED and no one should change the article to say he is left handed, you fools.

Grammys 2006

Why didn't he sing BLACKBIRD at the Grammys (for Coretta Scott King)? Would've had far more meaning than yesterday or fine line. Seems that once again, Sir Mc has gone for the crowd-pleasing route...

Canadian Seal Hunt

Although I believe McCartney is a complete moron for opposing the seal hunt in Canada, somebody should write about it in his article. --Devahn58 04:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Seal Hunt

Devahn 58, I would not consider McCartney as a moron but (as I have seen in the past) as a misinformed celebrity that is used by certain groups to justify a lie that as been circulating for the past 20 years. The pups (as seen on the newspapers headlines) haven't been hunted for the last twenty years but it makes a better picture! The hunt brings an economy boost to our region and is considered as one of the most awaited activity that is compared to our lobster season.

The market is not only for China or other countries, the meat is considered as a delicacy here at Iles de la Madeleine, the fur and byproducts (omega 3) are opening new markets that are giving jobs to people on the Island. I once was against this type of hunting, but when I found out how it was misrepresented by some factions who hired a misguided fellow to make that gruesome picture (killing of a pup in the 70’s) I started to look for the facts The fisheries and aquaculture management as a site that describes sealing in Canada. As the saying goes here, “aux Iles c’est pas pareil”. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/seal-phoque/reports-rapports/forum-colloque2002/forum-colloque2002_e.htm and http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/infomedia/2005/im01_e.htm --Pdoucet41 22:38, 4 March 2006 (UTC) Havre-aux-Maisons

THE SEAL HUNT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED OR AT LEAST EDITED FOR BIAS AND OBSCENE SPELLING ERRORS. AND OBSCENE STUPIDITY. I HATE WIKIPEDIA.

Seal Hunt

There was a great deal of factual errors about the seal hunt in this article, which I deleted. Also much of the inaccurate information was not directly relevent to Paul McCartney, and anyone interested in the seal hunt can follow the link to the Wiki entry on that topic.