Paul McCartney Interview Tim Rice 1980 "Meet Paul McCartney" 

Paul McCartney is an exceptional artist and he’s very humble. Coming Up is one of my favourite songs ever.

At this time if I have it right Lennon was compiling demos for Double Fantasy eying a comeback. During Lennon’s sabbatical Paul recorded 5 studio albums(all top ten, majority number one) a wildly successful world tour, a number one live album and further consolidated his vast wealth and charity work. Many of the songs are great. Many of the thirty songs Lennon composed during that period are wonderful. It’s probably better they never worked together again but I often think it might have been amazing.

This is still one of my favorite albums. He’s so weird and I love it!!

Never saw this before today! How wonderful. So rare to see him talking about McCartney II. Good questions from Tim as well.

Paul seems more natural when he's interviewed by people he knows and clearly respects - he drops his usual 'star' persona and tells it more as it really is

John Lennon was in a car in NYC on his was to (or from) the studio & hearing "Coming Up" on the radio for the first time.. and was trying to listen who it could be.. and exclaimed "F*CK A PIG, IT'S McCARTNEY!"

I love this album because it is so bizarre - everything from synthpop-blues (On the way), to acid jazz (Special Friend), to trance (Frozen), to insane ear worms (Temporary Secretary), to a completely coincidental Brasilian Favela Club Hit (Check My Machine). It's an album that would never be released today.

Two gifted writers together.

What a great interview, when an artist is talking with an artist ...

Good Evening, Tom. Paul is so cool.

Still sounds fresh today. Great album and brilliant photography by Linda.

Paul McCartney could take a couple of spoons, an old piece of rope and a bicycle pump and still come up with something fab and musical.

I believe the breakdown on the studio version of Coming Up with the saxophones was what set this song apart. John loved the “freaky vocals” on the studio version.

So amazing 40 years later McCartney |||

It is just so sad to know John died 7 months later. I was 6 years old at this time and remember all of it....

Very honest and authentic from Paul, still virtually unaffected by fame and fortune. The artist and driving force of the Beatles still going strong.

Waterfalls is a brilliant song and I like the album.

I remember watching this interview when it was first broadcast. Great stuff.

But you‘re right ‘Nobody Knows’ ‼Lots of us pretending that we know what’s going on, but nobody really knows, the unknown. Respect!!.

Great interview 👌 Thanks for sharing 🙏

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¡Ya lo creo que es excepcional!

Sir Paul!

He’d already had two careers by this time and he looks about 20.

Bahahaha make sure you watch until the end! Too funny. Can someone tell me who takes Paul away?

Great interview.

Only 38 there, a musical genius

2 legends talking

the ending lmfao

Good evening Tom 😂

And Victor Spinetti

Paul drops his guard somewhat ...

Telling Tim rice you don’t like musicals

I'm not sure Rice was a good choice of interviewer for this - he's so conventional, and lyric-minded, that it was inevitable he wasn't going to warm to all but a few of the songs, and that comes out in his somewhat condescending remarks at times. All the same, it was interesting to watch the two of them interact.

Hello Billy.

Paul’s expression any 6:42 is like, Tim you’re full of shite.

Whoop!

Tim didn't like pauls chat about musicals, he pounced right on that

Back in the days when you could have a little cough and not scare people away... Oh , hang on, we don't worry about Covid anymore, do we! I forgot for a moment. Besides that, Paul is great, isn't he ! I was always a big fan of John but I love Paul too. How can you NOT love him ?!!

He starts of by saying 'Good evening Tom?' Good start.

I like Nobody Knows.

I guess he eventually blocks out info about the original Paul. Maybe they reprogrammed the new one.

The "good lyric" discussion implies "commercial lyric" and that should have been emphasized, versus "art lyric", that has a primary artistic purpose meant for the artist's self expression and not necessarily for generalized commercial purposes. Having said that, the same song can meet BOTH art and commercial criteria and often did with the Beatles' songs. But as a song writer myself there is the distinction between the two.

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If I was famous, I would hate being interviewed all the time. I'm sure most musicians, artists, actors, etc, don't overly intellectualise about their lyrics or this or that, and what message they're sending out, etc.

Paul called him Tom?

this has to have been recorded earlier in the year - 1980 - the year John was killed - as there’s no reference to that event or even to John.

Who was the bloke at the end there?? I doubt it's him, and I've only got a crappy old phone so I can't sée his face too well, but his voice...sounded quite a bit like posh Keef Richards of The Boney Rolls ! Can anyone confirm that for me, ....plis ?

J*p is a brief way of saying Japanese. I remember a Japanese woman writing the word J*p as a shorthand of referring to Japanese.

Who's the guy who comes and gets Paul at end of interview (please excuse my ignorance 🤣)?

"Sir Paul" (William) is *not* Paul McCartney. The real James Paul McCartney (1942-1966) died in 1966. This is the truth, no matter what.

McCartney songs are great and wonderful however, unlike John and George, who write deep profound songs Paul songs are a bit corny a bit upbeat and comical like Coming Up and yet he has been so successful. Good for him.

Billy talking bollox as usual! 🙄

James Paul McCartney died in car crash on September 11 1966 and was replaced by William (Billy). This is the truth no matter what.

Paul is a gemini so there is nothing genuine about him those geminis are as fluffy as the breeze lol

Paul McCartney is the most over rated songwriter to have ever existed. The Beatles broke up in 1970. In the 53 years since I am struggling to count on two hands the amount of songs he has written that have any real quality