Tag Archives: Sir Paul McCartney

Not Every Beatles Anniversary Is A Cause For Celebration

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 11th, 2013

Today, 50 years ago, the Beatles released “Please Please Me” as a single. It did very well for them in the UK, rocketing to the very top of the charts, or the very next spot down, depending on which magazine’s chart ...

Happy New Year: Five Unanswered Questions For 2013

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 1st, 2013

Sherlock and Moriarty in 'The Reichenbach Falls'

Consider this a new year’s resolution. Rather than wasting everyone’s time with a list of self-improving abstract demands, like “read more books” or “get some exercise,” we have a very specific idea ...

WATCH: Sir Paul Plays A Tiny Guitar With “Nearvana”

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 13th, 2012

The curious thing about yesterday’s Hurricane Sandy benefit performance by Sir Paul McCartney is not that it happened, not that he brought out Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear, the three former members of Nirvana ...

Sir Paul McCartney Finally Attains Nirvana

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 12th, 2012

It’s been a long time since the Beatles headed for India, seeking a rest from their tumultuous lives and a chance to develop the spiritual tools to help them make sense of their preposterously influential position in the world. ...

WATCH: Paul McCartney’s All-Star ‘Live Kisses’ DVD Trailer

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 22nd, 2012

Sir Paul McCartney (PatrickMcMullan.com via AP Images)

I dunno about you, but I’m a little partial to Sir Paul McCartney’s album of old American standards, the one with the rude name – “Kisses On The Bottom” – and the astonishing new song “My ...

Sir Paul McCartney Honored, By Napoleon

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 5th, 2012

Well, sort of. It seems everyone’s favorite living Beatle (guitar division) is set to receive a prestigious Légion d’Honneur medal in Paris, this Saturday (September 8).

The Brit List: Five Alternative Sources Of Paul McCartney

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 30th, 2012

Let’s face facts, Sir Paul McCartney – national treasure that he is, global unificator, former Beatle, former Wing, and generally energetic and breezy presence at the rock ‘n’ roll tea party – is not going to last ...

Five Irreverent Responses To The London Games

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 24th, 2012

When the magician and show-off David Blaine came to London to do one of his endurance feats – the one in a box suspended from a crane, for ages – the natural response of the good people who live there was to take the mickey: eggs ...

It’s Paul McCartney’s 70th Birthday: 10 Lyrical Quotes To Live By

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on June 18th, 2012

Note: This isn’t in any sense a complete list, or a selection of his greatest songs, as we’d need far more than ten choices. You could live your life by almost any Paul McCartney melody, even “Silly Love Songs.

Macca-rachi!

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 11th, 2012

Yesterday (no pun intended), Sir Paul McCartney played a free concert, to over 250,000 people in Mexico City, at the end of his current tour. It lasted nearly three hours (which is preposterously good value for no money), and as you ...