Talk:Paul McCartney

Ecce Cor Meum

This was also the name of his second album of classical music. 92.7.198.215 (talk) 12:35, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

The caption under the image of Paul McCartney states July 10, 2010, Dublin Ireland. On that exact day, I was at a Paul McCartney concert in San Francisco, California, so I know for a fact that it's wrong. Either the date is wrong and this picture is from Ireland, or the date is right and the caption should say San Francisco. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celticsrule (talk • contribs) 01:41, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from RosenbergATL, 16 December 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Under "Musical Career" > "Since 1970"> in paragraph that reads "McCartney's enduring popularity has helped him schedule performances in new venues. He played three sold out concerts at newly-built Citi Field in Queens, New York (built to replace the Shea Stadium) in July 2009. On 18 August 2010, McCartney opened the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[64]", please add:

"On December 13, 2010, Paul McCartney played at the Apollo Theater in New York, which was simulcasted on Sirius Satellite Radio, the host of the event."

RosenbergATL (talk) 20:39, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Source? - ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 20:41, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Does this work as a source? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/arts/music/15mccartney.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mccartney%20apollo&st=cse — Preceding unsigned comment added by RosenbergATL (talk • contribs) 21:19, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

 Done -- Shearonink (talk) 00:19, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Featured article candidate

Let′s nominate - Taro-Gabunia (talk) 13:54, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

English or British

I'm aware I'm running the risk of rekindling an old dispute, but I haven't been able to find anything about this in the talk page archives. Should we really describe artists like McCartney as English musicians? They are citizens of and carry the passport of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which has the demonym British. We don't call Willie Nelson a "Texan singer-songwriter", we don't call Bryan Adams an "Ontarian rock singer-songwriter", etcetera. 83.84.195.88 (talk) 02:36, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

This has indeed been discussed, edit warred over, straw polled, and agreed by consensus on The Beatles (see archives 11, 17, 23) and here (try archive 9) and probably other places too. All 4 of them are described as English here, as is the band. This is apparently a big deal to some of the UK persuasion, but to my Bronx ears, it's a lot of noise about very little. Seems to me he was born in England, so he's English. But what do I know. Tvoz/talk 06:32, 29 December 2010 (UTC)

"McCartney is the most successful composer in popular music history".

The information from source 3 is not correct quoted or treated. McCartney is not behind "60 gold discs". The source, Guiness World Records, states that McCartney has written/co written.(Or with other words, not composed them all alone). The information from source 7 is not correct treated either. McCartney is not "on 24 Number 1".The source,Record Breakers and Trivia, sais that among the Number 1 are: 17 with the Beatles.

Johan Cavalli — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johan43 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

Only with The Beatles, Paul McCartney obtained 66 singles number 1. 64 were obtained during their career -1962-1970- an average of 8 number 1 per year. http://tsort.info/music/faq_num1.htm --Roujan (talk) 10:51, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

An addtion to what I wrote about the uncorrect statement about McCartney´s number 1 singles

9 of the Beatles number 1 singles were alone or maily composed by John Lennon, 4 were co-compositions.

Stockholm 3th of January 2011 Johan Cavalli — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johan43 (talk • contribs) 19:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

Aliases

Usually Wikipedia biographies include the person's aliases in the information box on the side. This article doesn't. If someone was to put them in, his alias is:Paul Ramone. --Snowconeboy789 03:41, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Charlton Athletic

The article states: "In 2010 there was heavy speculation surrounding McCartney that he was to head up a consortium launching a take-over bid for struggling Charlton Athletic. Links between the club and the famous musician go a long way back with Charlton's famous supporters anthem - Valley, Floyd Road - using the tune and a number of lyrics from the Wings song Mull of Kintyre." The only source for that claim is this link, which leads to a web forum. Not a reliable source at all. The entire claim ought to be removed imo, it reads like fancruft. 83.84.195.88 (talk) 20:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Paul's Handedness

I noticed in this article it states that Paul is left handed. In Peter Brown's book "The Love You Make" ISBN 0-451-20735-1, pg 23. It says: "...although he was right-handed in most everthing else, he played the guitar better with his left hand." I think this is sufficient to warrent an edit to say as much. Maybe, "Although McCartney is right-handed, he plays guitar and bass left-handed." or something similar.69.112.105.82 (talk) 13:48, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

This sounds perfectly reasonable. —Prhartcom (talk) 15:08, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Brown's book is incorrect. He is left-handed. Piriczki (talk) 16:06, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree. There are literally thousands of sources that indicate he is left handed. So I think this must be an error.--SabreBD (talk) 16:46, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

It was I who started this section. I just looked for and found a video of Paul signing autograph and.... You were right. He was writing left handed. Brown did make an error. Strange though- you'd think that a guy who worked closely with him for years would know better...69.112.105.82 (talk) 01:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Sir Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr World Peace ☮ Breast Cancer Awareness FREE “PINK CONCERT”

for immediate release: rumors reported by the Daily Star UK KEarth101 ABC NBC & CBS News & others regarding my tentative Sir Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr World Peace ☮ Breast Cancer Awareness FREE “PINK CONCERT” at The Hollywood Bowl tentatively scheduled August 27, 2011 will be addressed at our upcoming worldwide PRESS CONFERENCE scheduled in March in Beverly Hills … details to follow — David Harrison Levi – STARMAKER☆ Executive Producer Email tvcelebrity90210@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.29.201 (talk) 04:51, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Paul McCartney as a bass player?

Dear all,

what do you think of adding a section on Paul McCartney as a bass player? Even though he is best known as a composer, singer and in general multi-instrumentalist, his skills on bass seem to stand out as well. In particular, if I look at the Wikipedia page for e.g. John Entwistle (bassist for The Who) and the references made there for his bass skills, Paul McCartney consistently comes up in the very same polls in high positions:

• http://www.johnentwistle.com/images/bass2kscans.html
• http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/index.htm
• http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/creem_lists.htm

Would love to get your thoughts on that, Ben Georgepauljohnringo (talk) 13:41, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Obviously you're right. Paul McCartney is one of the most influential bassist of the popular music of the twentieth century. Even Jack Bruce admits : <Ask him who he regards as the best bass players in pop and rock history (see box) and he answers at once: 'If you’re talking electric bass, it’s very, very simple: James Jamerson, Paul McCartney, Jaco Pastorius, me'> http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4025183.ece

Another link : http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/paulbass.htm

Stanley Clarke : <Paul definitely had an influence on my bass playing, not so much technically, but more with his philosophy of melodic bass liens-especially as I hit my teens and the Beatles' records became more adventurous>

WILL LEE : <Paul's influence on bassists has been so widespread over numerous generations that there's no denying he's in everybody's playing at this point. We're all descendants. He played simple and solid when it was called for. But because he had so many different flavors to add to a song, he was able to take the instrument far beyond a supportive role. Paul taught the bass how to sing> --Roujan (talk) 00:20, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

Roujan, these are really useful quotes you got there, thanks a lot for this! One of these days, I'll try to put a draft together. There are a few quotes I can get from Geoff Emerick's autobiography as well, e.g., that

• Paul reluctantly took up the bass from Stuart Sutcliff
• Paul tried to get that Motown sound
• He [Geoff Emerick] mixed the bass really loud on the Paperback Writer/Rain single
• Paul's bass lines were unusually melodic
• Paul put incredible effort into crafting the bass lines

Let me know if you have more ideas of what should go in this part.

--Georgepauljohnringo (talk) 15:16, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi --Georgepauljohnringo

Like you i've got Geoff Emerick's books (French version). Serious book. For instant i haven't got more ideas like you. But you are right. We must doing a great article about Paul/Bass. His influence on Bass was enormous. (for instant i'm looking for other items) --Roujan (talk) 22:57, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Lifestyle section: Activism – McDonald's boycott?

This supposed boycott was all according to Geoff Baker and there doesn't appear to be any evidence McCartney himself said anything of the sort. Unless a reliable source can be cited for this story it should be promptly removed. Piriczki (talk) 22:13, 13 February 2011 (UTC)