2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast: Recent Episodes
Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes
For Episode 301 - This week on 2Legs, Andy and Tom take a dive into the sales of DUNGEON LANE, Physical vs. Streaming and why did it not sell as many copies at McCARTNEY III or EGYPT STATION? We discuss potential reasons for this and the recent appearance at the Roundhouse in London!
Why do you think this hasn't sold as many physical copies?
Let us know! Andy and Tom
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Five and a half years after his last solo studio album, we finally have a BRAND NEW Paul McCartney record! To mark this historic occasion—and celebrate the 300th episode of 2Legs—Andy and Tom are proud to present our in-depth review of Paul's latest release, THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE released on 29th May 2026.
Rather than rush out a "first listen" reaction, we wanted to spend a few days living with the album, absorbing the songs, studying the lyrics, and getting to know the record before sharing our thoughts. We felt an album this significant deserved that time and attention. The verdict? We absolutely love it. For us, "THE BOYS OF DUNGEON LANE stands comfortably alongside some of Paul's finest post-Beatles work, including TUG OF WAR, FLAMING PIE and BAND ON THE RUN.
It's a rich, rewarding listen that continues to reveal new layers with every spin. We know many of our loyal subscribers have been patiently waiting for our review, and we wanted to make sure we got it right. We hope you enjoy our discussion, presented with accompanying images and audio throughout.
Now it's your turn: What do you think of The Boys of Dungeon Lane? Masterpiece? Instant classic? Or simply another entry in Paul's incredible catalogue?
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below—we can't wait to hear them. It's 2026, and Paul McCartney has just released a brand-new album. What an extraordinary gift for fans after all these years.
We hope this album brings you as much joy, excitement, and inspiration as it has brought us. P
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Andy and Tom originally recorded this shortly after watching the Man On The Run documentary back in February, as it sparked some really interesting conversation among fans. One topic that has always fascinated us is Paul’s infamous “It’s A Drag” comment regarding the tragic death of John Lennon — a quote that, in our opinion, has been widely misunderstood for decades. After seeing the documentary, and especially hearing Sean Lennon’s thoughtful understanding of the moment, we felt it was worth revisiting the subject in a deeper way. Add in the differences between British and American colloquialisms, and it’s easy to see how Paul’s words were interpreted very differently than intended.
Either way… you knew we were going to defend our guy here. Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Greetings, excited Macca fans! Andy and Tom have just returned from an unforgettable trip to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, where they attended the grand opening of the brand-new WINGS exhibit, beautifully curated by Andy Leach.
It was fantastic catching up with members of our amazing 2Legs Family and exploring everything this incredible exhibit has to offer.
Be sure to check out Andy’s video for highlights from the weekend! Andy extended his stay and was lucky enough to attend a special presentation and intimate mini-concert featuring Laurence Juber and Steve Holley on Saturday. Despite their relatively short time in WINGS, both remain incredibly loyal and passionate supporters of Paul McCartney and his music.
Andy, Heidi, and Joan even had the chance to meet them following the event! After an action-packed day, we rushed back to our hotels just in time to catch Paul’s appearance on Saturday Night Live! While we expected “Days,” we were genuinely surprised that no Beatles songs made the broadcast setlist. We absolutely loved the performance. Were there a few rough edges? Maybe. But honestly… it’s PAUL McCARTNEY.
Watching a living legend still out there performing is always something special. Paul deserves to be celebrated. What about you? Are you planning a trip to the Hall this summer? What did you think of the SNL performance?
Let us know in the comments below!
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As we take a break this week from any DUNGEON LANE News and give Ringo some airtime, Andy and Tom were afforded the opportunity to review the recent BBC Documentary "The Hunt For The Lost Bass". We give our thoughts and opinions on this cute story and it's principal players including Paul, Klaus Voorman, Nick Wass, Scott and Naomi Jones who started the search for the bass with #TraceTheBass ultimately leading to its discovery at the end of 2022. Although not an MPL production Paul and his team obviously have given their approval for this film and we enjoyed it for what it was. If you've had an opportunity to see it, let us know!
And which "bass" do you prefer? The 1961 or 1963 one?
Or Another?
See you next time! A
ndy and Tom
Even as I was editing this update, even more news just broke! A listening party will be held in LA next week, April 16th 5PM PST for "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" Wow!
The Dungeon Lane news cycle has kept us pretty busy here on 2Legs.
For this episode Andy and Tom give an overview of all the vinyl and CD variants for the new album as well as updates on Paul's SNL appearance and the Wings Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Exhibition opening the same weekend! Join us in Cleveland in May! Andy & Tom https://www.patreon.com/c/2LegsPodcast https://www.facebook.com/2LegsPodcasts
FINALLY! The wait is over! We have a new Paul album to look forward to! The day started with the debut of Paul's newest single 'The Days We Left Behind' on BBC Radio Merseyside at 2.50 PM GMT followed by the formal announcement of the album "The Boys of Dungeon Lane"! Andy and Tom go over the formal press release, the aspects of the new single and of course the many vinyl variants! HAPPY DAYS! Let us know your thoughts on the song!
Peace Andy & Tom
For Episode 295 of 2Legs, Andy and Tom are joined by friend and fellow podcaster Mitch Axelrod (Fab4Free4All) as we break down "Man On The Run" as it gets ready for it's worldwide release on Amazon Prime this Friday, February 27th. Mitch is always a pleasure to talk to, has great insights and this live episode was broadcast over YouTube with some fierce but passionate commentary. We hope you enjoy it, and the film when it is released!
Peace
Andy and Tom
Hello Everyone! With all the hype surrounding the upcoming MAN ON THE RUN documentary this week Andy and Tom decided to breakdown and discuss if Paul's most commercially successful album BAND ON THE RUN will or should be the album he will be remembered for? We look at it objectively and agree although we have our favourites as we know you all do to. Let us know your thoughts on this album. Will it be the one people go to 10-20 years from now if they're into McCartney or will they gravitate to PRESS TO PLAY?
Also the "New York Taxi" Yellow Vinyl Soundtrack is available from Capitol if you're still looking for one!
Hello 2Legs Fans!
We are back for a brand new episode for 2026, which is a special year for the 2Legs Podcast. We are celebrating our 10th Year as a Pod this year. Original Co-Founders Tom Hunyady and David Gargalino hosted the show from 2016-2019 in an audio only format.
Andy Nicholes joined in 2019 and helped launch the show into the YouTube era. For our first episode of the new year Andy and Tom do a chapter by chapter review of the new WINGS book "The Story of A Band On The Run." We highlight some favourite quotes and passages and give our our thoughts on the book as a whole. What did you think of the book and this episode?
Bring on MAN ON THE RUN!
Hello 2Legs Faithful!
2025 was another stellar year for Paul McCartney fans! Touring, Wings-related releases, books you name it - we recap the year that was for Paul and give our opinions on our favourite things we saw from Paul in 2025!
Wishing you all a blessed holiday season and a very Happy New Year!
Roll On 2026!
Peace
Andy & Tom
Hi All, In this final regularly scheduled show before the start of the Fall 2025 GOT BACK tour Andy and Tom discuss the recently dropped video of the Bowery Tour Diary (which featured Andy, MVP and Joan) in spots on Night 2!! We discuss more merch shipping woes, and finally we took a dive back into The Lyrics book and chose two songs to read pieces from and give our thoughts on what those songs mean to us! This is a series we may revisit!
Let us know!
And we'll see you on the road!
Andy & Tom
Hi All!
For E290 Andy & Tom catch up on last week's announcement of the new WINGS compilation dropping in November, discuss what we're happy with and not, tracks that should've been included, 3rd party ticketing nonsense, more merch and yet another date added to the GOT BACK tour kicking off in Santa Barbara! The 4th Quarter is in full swing!
Let us know in the comments what you're getting, if you're going for the show in CA and if you have experienced issues with Ticketmaster/AXS about any of the shows that do not honour 3rd party tickets and what have you been able to do to resolve it?
We'll see ya next time!
Andy & Tom
Hi Gang! Freshly rested from the FEST and kicking off a new month we're back with a new episode where we revisit a documentary. This time it's 1993's "Movin' On" directed by Aubrey Powell, which chronicles the making of Paul's album Off The Ground and ensuing "Live In The New World" Tour. We found Paul to be a bit more upbeat and comedic in this one contrasted against the previous "making of" doc "Put It There." I think we can tell the success of the 1989-90 tour gave him a sense of pride and accomplishment. It's evident in his demeanor in this. Other guest stars in the doc, Richard Lester, (Director) Brian Clarke (Tour Designer), Kevin Godley (Director/10CC), Robbie Mcintosh, Hamish Stuart, Blair Cunningham. This doc is notable for the 30 seconds or so of the McCartney-Stuart collaboration "Is It Raining In London?" Andy hadn't seen this in full before viewing it here in the episode. Tom gave it a review before we recorded. What say you about this doc. Do let us know in the comments!
Till next time, Andy & Tom
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Welcome Back 2Legs Faithful! As we close out another month, this week we are happy to share this episode with you, which we've called "Flowers In The Ground"!
We've discussed how these albums pair up against each other and if we had to make one album out of the two what would that album look like. Using the Beatles 14 songs per album approach we widdled Flowers and Off The Ground down and titled it "Flowers In The Ground"!"
We did this once with Tug of War/Pipes of Peace and we felt this would be a fun exercise to do. Many of our viewers/listeners feel strongly about this period in Paul's touring career, one that given his touring since 2002 has kind of fallen by the wayside despite having a really talented backing band with Hamish Stuart, Robbie McIntosh, Chris Witten, Blair Cunningham and of course the ever present Wix Wickens! What would your "Flowers In The Ground" look like? Let us know in the comments! This will be our final show until the Chicago FEST! See you there!
Peace! Andy & Tom
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This past week Paul's Pre-Sale for the 2025 Fall North American Tour was announced and on Tuesday diehard fans like us all tried with a myriad of mixed results! Ticketmaster and their "Dynamic Pricing" was a hot bed issue. For this special episode we invited members of the 2Legs Family to join us and share their experiences.
Thank You to MVP, Joan, Beatley Tone, Boyan, James, Jeremy and Ted for sharing your ticketing saga! We also pointed out the fact that several content creators incorrectly are blaming Paul for 3rd party exorbitant pricing.
Are you all in got the GOT BACK North American Tour? We are! Let us know!
A fun one this week! For Episode 285 Andy and Tom play a fun little exercise called "One Album, One Word", where we go through Paul's discography (Main canon albums + Electric Arguments) and describe it using an adjective! We open with tour rumours (we recorded this before the announcement on Thursday) and then get to it! What word would you use to describe these same albums? Let us know in the comments below! See you "Out There!" Peace Andy & Tom
Hello 2Legs Family,
We have a very special one-off non Macca episode to share with you. As most of you know Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys recently passed away in June 2025 at the age of 82. His music has had a profound effect in the development of Andy's musical education along the way. For this episode, Andy paired up with Jonathan Petrus (Ranking The Beatles) and vinylbenjy (of Instagram fame) as all three of us have a shared love and passion of Brian and The Beach Boys music. We share our Beach Boys origins, some deep cut favourites, and lastly our Top 10 Fav's! In the comments, let us know your Top 10! Thanks to Jonathan and Benjy for hopping on for this special tribute. You both brought back many memories! We are a Paul channel, and we know his love of Pet Sounds we feel this was a worthy special episode to drop here because of the significance, love, joy and creativity that Brian Wilson brought us.
Love and Mercy
Andy -
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Welcome Back 2Legs Fam!
This week we present another Interview Archive Series with Macca. When we do this we try to cherry pick rare and not often seen/discussed interviews. It's late 1987. Paul is riding the wave of success of his 2nd career spanning compilation "All The Best!". He has also been making the rounds on TV shows in Europe to promote his top selling single 'Once Upon A Long Ago' (also included on the UK "All The Best!" only). In the (audio only) interview conducted by Stefan Schlabritz & Slizzy Bob we hear Paul joke about his skills in the german language, the tracks chosen for All The Best!, working with Elvis Costello and Chris Witten to start a new band, and Once Upon A Long Ago. He also discusses his Sgt. Pepper nostalgic pastiche "Return To Pepperland" and compares it with George's 'When We Was Fab'. Something not heard again much from Macca. He also outlines the vision for what will become "The Beatles Anthology" documentary was was only a few years away from happening.
We close out the episode with an alternate mimed performance of 'Once Upon A Long Ago' from the German TV Programme Wetten Das.
See you guys after the 4th of July!
Peace Andy & Tom
Hello Everyone!
Joining us this week is our friend, author and journalist Luca Perasi! As he celebrates the publication of his latest work "Press To Play | That Unmistakable 80s Sound" chronicling the "hot take" "Love It or Hate It" record that divides McCartney fans nearly 40 years later! One of the more significant people Luca was able to interview for the book was esteemed 1980s Producer Hugh Padgham (Genesis/The Police/Phil Collins) among many others. We know the relationship and direction over the album took many turns and misunderstandings, especially where Eric Stewart comes into the picture. Luca brings up many hypothesis' for these missteps.
The book also takes a very detailed technical approach with the album including detail on instruments used as well as the key people that worked on the album (Arrangers, Other Musicians etc). Luca also does a fine job of contextualising the 1980s Pop Culture zeitgeist through the mediums of video games and technology. Congrats again to Luca on his latest book! Let us know in the comments below if you've bought it and are reading it!
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Welcome Back 2Legs Fam!
It's been nearly 20 years since Paul's latter day 21st Century Masterpiece Chaos and Creation In The Backyard. Where did that time go? To accompany and promote the record Paul held an intimate gathering of fans and friends at Abbey Road, recorded in Studio 2 to demonstrate some of the creative processes that he and The Beatles used to employ there and have a bit of fun along the way. Filmed on 28 July 2005 and originally broadcast on BBC2 17 December 2005 and PBS in the USA 27th February 2006 and directed by Simon Hilton "Chaos And Creation At Abbey Road" provides such an intimate glimpse of Macca at work playing familiar tunes in a whole new arrangement ('Band On The Run', 'Lady Madonna', 'I've Got A Feeling') among several from the forthcoming album which dropped in September of that year. Did you watch this upon initial release? or when it was bundled in the CD set? Let us know in the comments below!
We love deep dives back into stuff like this!
We hope you do too!
Peace Andy and Tom
This week on 2Legs (amidst the brand new touring rumours, and Babs dropping her duet on 'My Valentine' with Macca) we are pleased to revisit the Interview Series - where we dissect a rare and not often seen interview with Paul. On this episode we chose the 1977 Interview from an Australian TV program titled "Count Down."
This recently surfaced on YouTube and to see the late 70s Wings trio ensconced in the privacy of #2 Studio at Abbey Road is pretty cool to witness. They appear bored at times (Denny especially) but Paul and Linda give some good sound bites here about what's to come.
This was mainly used as a promotional tool for the then current single 'Mull of Kintyre.' The gentlemen interviewing Wings is Molly Meldrum. Orignally broadcasted on 24th December 1977.
And we like Paul music post-1981, sorry not sorry!
Peace Andy & Tom
Happy May 2Legs Fans!
Andy and Tom are back this week to discuss what our "Desert Island Discs" would be. Following the format of Paul's appearance on the BBC Radio programme from his appearance on the show from January 1982 with BBC Presenter Roy Plomley. We chose 5 Paul/Wings Songs and 5 non-Paul/Beatles songs as well as one book and a luxury item like Paul did! If you've never heard the whole show - the link for the (audio) is below. The only video to surface from this appearance is the famous one where Paul is visibly shaken while listening to 'Beautiful Boy' - A touching moment; and a rare glimpse of Paul so honest. What would your 5 Paul songs to take away with you? Let us know! See you soon! Andy and Tom
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Hi 2Legs Faithful! A long one in the making! Joining us for E279 is Author/Researcher/Journalist/Musician Keith Badman. Keith penned a trio of 3 Beatles "Bibles" in the early 00s. The first being After The Breakup 1970-2000 which was one of the first texts to compile Solo Beatles activity in a Day By Day format (Like Lewisohn).
Andy quickly snapped up the book upon seeing on the shelves (RIP Borders!) circa 2001-02. His copy is well worn (as you'll see in the show). He brought it to Tom's attention shortly after joining the show. Keith did some work for The Beatles Anthology via a mutual friend Chips Chiperfield. He tells us about that and how he came to write the book.
He followed up "After The Breakup" with two subsequent volumes titled "Off The Record" which collected quotes from Beatles and Associates.
Keith's Website: http://keithbadman.booweb.co.uk/
Hello 2Legs Faithful!
We finally were able to record a proper episode again after a few hectic weeks post-Fest and Venus and Mars 50th Anniversary. This week on 2Legs Andy and Tom talk Macca Remixes! There are plenty of Macca Remixes out there; most of them coming during the Maxi-Single era of the 1980s. Special Thanks to Susan Gagne for this topic! The most recent one would be the remixes of 'Hope For The Future' that came out on that EP. "Thrash", "Beatsession", "Jaded" and "Mirwais" (2014).
We give 5 selections (and play some samples of all the songs!) and list an honourable mention. It many cases sometimes the remix of a particular song worked out better than the official album version! What are some of your favourite Macca remixes he's released over the years?
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A Bonus Episode this week!
On Our YouTube channel we did a special livestream that ran 6 Hours and 20 minutes! Andy, along with 2Legs Collaborator Kyle Hand and Beatley Tone (and guests) we complied an 11 song playlist for every Era of Paul McCartney's Career from 1963 to 2020 (Please Please Me to McCartney III). This is not for the faint of heart! It might take you a week (or a month) to listen to!
We had fantastic responses from the viewers for suggestions. Many thanks to our guests: RussBeatle63, Susan Ryan (SRR), Eoghan Lyng, Joan Borelli, Tom Frangione, Adrian Sinclair and Boyan Archer for collaborating with us to come up with this playlist! Not an easy task and at 6 hours and 20 minutes 2Legs now holds the record for Longest Podcast Episode discussing The Beatles!
Ram On!
Hello 2Legs Family!
An episode recorded live at the 2025 Fest For Beatles Fans in Jersey City we are extremely proud to share this with you this week. Hot on the heels of the Venus and Mars 50th Anniversary half speed master release in March, Andy and Tom had the privilege to interview our friends Adrian Sinclair and Allan Kozinn, Co-Authors of The McCartney Legacy book series at the Fest to discuss this landmark Wings album, its context, some stories about the sessions, the artwork and we get Adrian and Allan's ranking on each track as well!
This was a lot of fun and our BEST Fest panel yet! We'd like to thank all the Fest attendees who elected to watch this live. Some people left because the room was full and we apologise for that but we hope you enjoy this video recording of the discussion! We'd also like to especially thank Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair for their time and their work on these books.
They have spent 10 years working on these two books and their work should be celebrated and recognised by Macca fans and scholars worldwide.
Peace Andy and Tom
A Fun and Quick one this Fest Week!
For E276, continuing on the theme that Andy, Kyle and Tony have been doing on their "Hands Across The Water" Live Shows, this week Andy and Tom compiled a 30 song Paul/Wings/Solo playlist based on the running order of The Beatles 1968 White Album.
Paul's career is so eclectic and varied it truly is like one big White Album! Many thanks to viewer Chris Hahn for this suggestion!
What does your Paul "White Album" look like? Tell us in the comments and we hope to see you this weekend at the NJ Fest!
Peace and Love to all!
Andy & Tom
Welcome Back Gang! We're back with a very fresh episode! This week on 2Legs we discuss the Top 10 Most Streamed Macca Songs. Using Spotify as our base and the website:
Some real surprising results and interesting statistics in these lists! Our in-house producer Kyle Hand joins us towards the end to share some more insight and stats! The NJ 2025 Fest is 'Getting Closer'! Join our Patreon for more perks including our Discord Community!
We are planning a 2Legs hangout that weekend as well!
All this and more to come!
Peace Andy and Tom
Our first proper episode in a few weeks! Welcome back 2Legs Faithful!
For E274 we were honoured to have the esteemed Jeff Slate, a New York City based musician and journalist join us! In this episode we cover a lot of ground! Dylan and Macca's late career albums from 1997 on (Time Out Of Mind & Flaming Pie) being the re-launch for a renaissance for both elder statesmen of rock at the time. "A Complete Unknown", The Beatles solo careers, Wings, Dylan/McCartney's approaches to their archival releases; the standards albums that both have done. Dylan's relationship with George/John and the non-existent one with Macca.
We even touch on a little bit of The Who! We dish on how they both sound live currently (double standard ?) and the legacy that both will leave behind. Jeff Slate wrote the liner notes to the 50th Anniversary boxset to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017) as well as the Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 14: More Blood; More Tracks (2018). He has collaborated with Pete Townshend on several projects. He co-wrote a biography on Roy Orbison with Roy's sons. He has also interviewed Bob himself! If this wasn't enough he has his own solo career and he's just recently released his 4th Solo album The Last Day of Summer which features Dave Stewart and Earl Slick. Jeff is known for some controversial "hot takes" and you may hear 1 or 2 in this episode! We love and appreciate honesty here on 2Legs!
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Paul McCartney certainly knows how to stay busy!
2 weeks ago Paul "Rocked The Bowery Ballroom" and closed out the 50th Anniversary of SNL! Today, 26th February 2025 he announced the forthcoming release of his OWN book titled: "Wings: The Story of a Band On The Run."
The press release:
As the Sixties came to a close, Paul was faced with the daunting prospect of being a solo artist for the first time. Wings’ ascension to the top of the charts with classic albums including Band on the Run, Venus and Mars and At the Speed of Sound, along with the band’s stadium-filling live shows would prove to critics and fans that not all great acts are impossible to follow. Wings:The Story of a Band on the Run is a rousing, stereophonic celebration of the songs, collaborations and performances that would shape the soundtrack of the late 20th century.
Drawn from over 500,000 words, based on dozens of hours of interviews with Paul and numerous key players in the band’s orbit, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run weaves together the improbable trajectory of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band (featuring co-founding members Linda McCartney and Denny Laine) across the technicolor 1970s until their dissolution in 1981.
Edited by the prize-winning historian Ted Widmer and organized around nine Wings albums, the oral history sheds new light on the immediate aftermath of the seismic global impact of The Beatles’ break-up, as the musical landscape and tastes began to splinter and diverge along with societal views. The narrative follows the various incarnations of the band as they survive a mugging in Nigeria, appear unannounced at UK university halls, tour in a sheared-off school bus with their children, while producing some of the most indelible and acclaimed music of the decade, including: “Mull of Kintyre,” “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run,” “My Love,” “Jet,” “With a Little Luck,” “Silly Love Songs,” “Let ‘Em In,” “Junior’s Farm” and more.
With more than 100 black-and-white and color photographs, many never seen before, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is part of a larger reexamination and appreciation of the group and their catalog, including the 2024 theatrical release of the rare Wings live-in-studio performance film One Hand Clapping and its accompanying album; 50th anniversary editions of the Wings albums Band on the Run (released February 2024) and Venus and Mars (releasing March 2025); and a forthcoming documentary on Paul McCartney’s solo and Wings-related musical work of the 1970s from Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Morgan Neville.
2025 is shaping up to be a FANTASTIC year for all of us Macca-diehards!
Hi All, Well after all that CRAZY and FUN week with Paul surprising the world by doing 3 shows at the Bowery in NYC, we took a week off to catch our collective breaths!
This week Andy and Tom discuss their Macca collecting habits/trends and most importantly for the music nerd in all of us... how we organise our collections! Do they have to be Chronological? by Label? Reissues? Archives? How do you do it? Let us know in the comments!
What a wild few weeks its been!
Peace Andy and Tom
Well Paul seemed to draw the ire of fans/critics again today after his performance on Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary show last night where he sang the 'Golden Slumbers' medley.
Was it deserved or not? Tell us your thoughts!
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Andy and Friends Review their epic journey to get to the Bowery Ballroom and see PAUL!!!!!! in NYC for Night 2!
Hi Everyone! For this week's episode we were delighted to have Tom Frangione join us!
Tom is the host and principal DJ on The Beatles Channel on SiriusXM (Channel 18)! He is also a veteran staffer at the Fest For Beatles Fans. In the Fall of 2022 Tom interviewed Sir Paul himself! to commemorate the 40th Anniversary release of Tug Of War.
Inside E272, Tom gives us the backstory of how this incredible-life changing opportunity came to be! If you aren't a subscriber to SiriusXM, you should be! They offer many unique programs with multiple hosts and talking points. It's not just a Beatles channel on shuffle!
We previously had Caitlin Larkin on a few years back and we were honoured that Tom gave us some of his time to share some of the insight on how the channel works and the evolution of it.
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For our final show of January 2025 we are happy to present our friends Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair as we discuss in depth their second volume of The McCartney Legacy covering the periods January 1974-January 1980. We had them on in December to celebrate the publication of the book. Now we've had a chance to read it and we go over our favourite sections of the book and revelations that were discovered. Allan and Adrian give us insight on some of the key people that were helpful with their research and writing for Volume 2.
Support this book! and help us get Volume 3 and beyond!
They will also be at the Fest in March in Jersey City!
Peace! Andy & Tom
Happy Weekend 2Legs Faithful! Ringo might be getting all the headlines this week (and rightly so, but the Macca Train keeps rolling along!).
A topic oft discussed in general but never tackled by us! On this week's show Andy and Tom list their Top 10 favourite Macca Collaborations over the years. We define "Collaboration" as: A song Paul wrote for someone else, someone else's song he sang/played on, a song of his that he did with someone else.
Shoutout and appreciation to friend Kyle Hand for the suggested topic!
We had some obvious choices but we both had some choices that were surprises to us both! What say you?
Who are your Top 10 Macca Collabs over the years? Newer? Older? Well known? Not so well known? Let us know
Andy & Tom
Happy New Year All!
We start 2025 with a lively discussion with none other than our friend Dr. Kenneth Womack, (Author and Professor of English/Music at Monmouth University). Ken, typically is writing/lecturing strictly on The Beatles but he is also a huge Wings fan.
In this episode, we trace Ken's fandom with Paul/Wings and also simultaneously learning The Beatles catalog at the same time in the late 1970s which sounds pretty Fab!
We navigate our discussion throughout the main Wings canon of albums, hear some stories about current students views on The Beatles, how younger people prefer physical media over digital (Win!) and more.
Lastly, Ken gives us an update on the Mal Evans Diaries project expected this year and another big surprise! See you at the Fest in March Ken!
Peace!
Andy and Tom
Well we made it! Another year down! 2024 certainly had it's share of major Macca/Beatles/Solo releases. For our final episode of the year, Andy and Tom recap the year that was for Macca. Releases (Underdubbed/OHC/SHM's) Books/Tours/Notable Tributes and we pick our favourite moments of the year. (Kinda easy choice for Andy this year! LOL). We also look at what could be 'Coming Up' for 2025 for Paul! What was your Top Macca Related Release for 2024? Wish list for 2025? Let us know in the comments!
Thank you for our BEST year yet ever for 2Legs!
Your support of our show really took us to meeting new friends, traveling to new locations all in love of our guy - James Paul McCartney Rock On 2025!
Wishing you all a peaceful and prosperous New Year! :)
Andy and Tom
Andy & Tom welcomed Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair and we celebrated the publication release of The McCartney Legacy Volume 2! The book is available NOW! "Do It Now" as the "Man Said".
A very rare LIVE episode for us this week! Out now is Volume 2 of Luca Perasi's "Music Is Ideas: Stories Behind The Songs: 1990-2012". Luca Perasi joined us and answered questions from our YouTube audience!
Music Is Ideas, The Stories Behind The Songs Volume 2 (1990-2012)
Now And Then - One Year On. Hard to believe that fact but it's here.
Joining Andy and Tom (as he did a year ago upon release) again is Mitch Axelrod for Episode 265. Mitch is the author of Beatletoons, Co-Host of the "Fab 4 Free 4 All" Podcast and excellent FB group.
Mitch also helped produce a video on the popular channel Parlogram about the Beatles US cartoons. As Mitch wrote the book - it was an excellent choice. Congrats! Link is below.
We tackled A LOT in this episode. How does Mitch feel the song sounds a year later? Does it have staying power? It's inclusion now in Paul's live shows. It's legacy, how it will stand next to 'Free As A Bird', 'Real Love', all of it.
We discuss recent Beatles News, Beatles Marketing Strategies & Product, (Gnomes & Cubes Oh My!) and towards the end Mitch gives us HIS top 10 Worst Solo Paul songs. (A show we did a few weeks back but Mitch was unable to join).
We had a very fun and enjoyable chat (as we always do with Mitch!)
How do you feel about N&T one year later?
The same? Stronger? Weaker? Let us know in the comments!
Website
Fab 4 Free For All (FB Group)
Parlogram Video
Welcome To November 2Legs Listeners!
For our first new show of the month we revisit a series we did a few weeks back called "Divided Albums." This time we chose that oft-neglected and overlooked Spring 1976 LP Wings at The Speed of Sound. This album routinely ranks pretty low in the Macca/Wings canon by most fans/critics because of its paint by numbers democratic approach. Despite having two huge hit singles in 'Silly Love Songs' (US #1) and 'Let 'Em In' (US #3). Which makes the album kind of an anomaly in his career. We both think it's a fine album but in the career of Paul McCartney some albums will naturally outshine others. Does it divide the fanbase? Probably. How do you rank the tracks and the album overall? Let us know in the comments!
Peace!
Andy and Tom
40 Years Ago - This film premiered. Lotta discussions since then. Pro and Con. A mistake or not. Either way - This week on 2Legs Andy and Tom are joined by Give My Regards To Broad Street expert - Mr. Ed Crawford for a 40th Anniversary Re-Watch with commentary.
Musical scenes are the highlights of course. Light on plot, sure. But it's Paul! And we love it! We hope you enjoy our conversation throughout the film.
MPL - Call us! We'll assemble the Archive Set for FREE!
Still hate it? Love it? Let us know in the comments!
Welcome Back 2Legs Faithful! Well this week we tackle something different!
Our Top 10 Worst/Least Favourite Macca Songs.
So much of our show is about what we love about Paul but like everyone - there are duds in the catalog. This week Andy and Tom sound off on their Top 10 Worst Solo Macca Songs!
What are your Worst/Least Fav Solo Paul Songs?
Have a great weekend!
Andy & Tom
At long last we finally got around to recording this one! Author and Music Journalist Mr. Eoghan Lyng (Culture Sonar/Stripped), U2 On Track, George Harrison In The 1970s, joins Andy and Tom for Episode 261. In Part III of the Paul and George relationship we examine their mainly George's icy comments directed at Paul between the years 1982 and 1988.
A lot happened during this interval of time. Yoko, George and Ringo discovered the infamous "McCartney Clause" in 1983 setting off a series of lawsuits which ultimately resulted in Paul not attending the Beatles 1988 Induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
George's comments on Broad Street, George's continued projects with HandMade Films as well as his commercial success with Cloud Nine are discussed in this episode with Eoghan.
We will likely wrap up this series sometime in 2025 with a fourth and final installment which will carry us through the 1990s, Anthology, George's untimely passing in 2001, culminating with the celebration of life that was/is the Concert For George in November 2002.
Eoghan's Link:
Peace Andy & Tom
The #1 Fan On The Run Joan Borelli is in Uruguay and will give us a recap of Show #1!
buymeacoffee.com/2legspodcast
Hi! This week Andy and Tom are very pleased to have Super Fan "Dino V" join us for a chat about the November 2001 release of Driving Rain. It's an album that gets a lot of chat on McCartney fan pages/sites - mostly negative.
We contextualise the time period from whence it came. Discuss reasons why it gets the bad rap it has received 23 years on since it's release. 'Freedom', 9/11, The Heather factor. Too long of a record.
All these points and more are discussed! It was an album that we (Andy & Tom) were majorly excited for in 2001 when it came out. But it hasn't aged well with later day epics such as Chaos and Creation In The Backyard, Memory Almost Full, Electric Arguments and New.
Dino also gives us a background into his super Macca fandom. (He's truly hardcore! Having met Paul & Linda on several occasions). Having chats like this are good because it does give us a reason to go back and listen and see if our opinions have changed with time or have stayed the same.
Thoughts on Driving Rain? Let us know in the comments!
Peace
Andy & Tom
Hi All! Quick one this week!
What do you think is the singular Paul/Wings album that divides his fan base? Andy and Tom pick one each and shoot on why they feel theirs are.
What one album do you think divides the fan base?
Let us know in the comments
One Hand Clapping in Cinema's Thursday!
All The Best!
Andy and Tom
A topic much discussed on our show, but we've never done a proper Top 20 Countdown of Macca's B-Sides. Partly in reply to our wonderful friend Beatley Tone who did a fabulous ranking of his own. Tom and David did one back in the pre-Andy era but for E258 Andy and Tom revisit our favourite 20 Macca B-Sides.
Some of them are so damn good they should be A Sides! We obviously agree on a good chunk but differ on a few too! All Paul. All The Time.
Peace,
Andy & Tom
We as Macca fans are really in the golden age of books being published that just focus solely on the man's solo career. We waited decades for it but over the last 10 + years we have been spoiled. (Perasi, Kozinn/Sinclair, Blaney, Montgomery, Benitez, Allan) etc. Joining us for E257 is Ian Derbyshire. He is the author of the new book Macca In The Long Noughties: Paul McCartney tracks, life and tours 1998-2009.
Ian tells Andy and Tom what inspired him to focus on this specific period and why we feel it's a welcome addition to the library. It's an interesting period because it of course journeys a life without Linda. The book is not just all music either.
There are personal stories included here, the Heather Mills era covered quite extensively. A very detailed approach on the tours during this era particularly the European gigs.
Among other things, Ian chronicles public appearances Paul made, a very nice chronology to open each year. A quick and enjoyable read about a "recent" era in Macca-World.
Ian started a thread on the Hoffman Forums polling fans which was the best Macca record during this era. Link is here. Vote!
Amazon Link for Ian's book (also available in Kindle): We thank Ian for his work and hope you all enjoy it as well!
Andy & Tom
Finally! The McCartney guys add their 2 cents on a Lennon album. Yes, we've done this occasionally but fear not Paul is mentioned a few times in this episode. Andy and Tom recorded this shortly after the Chicago Fest. We are a bit late to the "Mind Games" hype reviews but we hope you enjoy our take. Andy discusses the Cube, Tom discusses aspects of the Blu-Ray discs and the "Mind Games" associated with the entire set. Now that the dust is settling on this release - how do you feel it stacks up among the previous Lennon releases?
A winner of a set.
Well Done Sean and Company!
Andy and Tom.
Hi All! It's been a minute but we've been busy as ever and it's summer!
But we are back and happy to share with you our very latest episode! Recorded Live at the Chicago Fest this was our panel discussion on "Give My Regards To Broad Street" at 40: A Re-Evaluation."
We had a multimedia presentation with music and video (which we've re-edited into the episode for better listening).
Also joining us for this discussion is Fest Guest and Resident Musician Scott Erickson. The audio is good and we had great Q and A's from the audience!
Good to be back and we hope you enjoy it!
Andy and Tom
Hello All! Hope you're keeping cool as we breeze thru July 2024!
A topic tackled 'Once Upon A Long Ago' in the pre-Andy era but this week we revisit the topic of songs Macca composed specifically for Films throughout his career.
Beginning in 1967 with The Family Way, we examine the songs written, the films for them, and in some cases why the Director scrapped them. (Tsk Tsk!) Some work well; some not as much is our overall take.
What say you? Favourite Macca Film song?
We return with the "Iconic Song Series" for E253! And we were very pleased to have Allan Kozinn (Co-Author The McCartney Legacy join us again for this episode where we opted to tackle 'The Back Seat Of My Car'. Recording sessions, musical structure and lyrical analysis are all a part of this episode! Allan also gives us an update of where Volume 2 of The McCartney Legacy is at.
All three of us reckon this ranks among Paul's finest hour, musically.
What say you? Let us know!
Hello All! We're back with a traditional episode this week. This time diving back into the Interview Archives (as we've done in the past) with Paul (& Linda's) appearance from November 1987 on the UK BBC1 Programme Wogan, hosted by Terry Wogan. We've re-edited in the performances of 'Jet', 'Once Upon A Long Ago' and 'Listen To What The Man Said' as the interview on YouTube had these cut.
Paul had made appearances on Wogan in the past, (1986) and made future appearances in 1989 and 1990. The purpose of this visit was to continue to the heavy promotional blitz he was doing at the time to promote All The Best! which was already certified platinum in the UK by this time. You'll see Terry present him with a gift of it.
We also discuss the recent additions to the GOT BACK tour and overall shows for the fall. Exciting times for Macca fans!
We hope you're all doing well.
Summer is here!
Did you watch this episode live when it premiered?
Let us know!
Peace
Andy & Tom
Our first (and last due to tech issues!) ever true live "real" episode! As we break down OHC track by track with former Leg David Gargalino! Originally Broadcast on our YouTube Channel on 20th June 2024.
Peace
Andy and Tom
We went live on our YouTube outlet to celebrate our 250th episode! Cameos from Joe Mayo, Kit O'Toole, Beatley Tone and others! Here's to 500!
Andy & Tom
We are very happy to have one of the distinguished authors/researchers/film editor Adrian Sinclair back on 2Legs this week. Adrian is the co-author of the celebrated The McCartney Legacy Volume 1 1969-73, along with Allan Kozinn.
Adrian joins Andy and Tom as he gives an overview of this period in Wings history. Starting with the seeds of the era in during the infamous trip to Nashville in the Summer of 1974, then Geoff Britton and Jimmy McCulloch joining before heading back to London and Abbey Road where One Hand Clapping was planned to be filmed and released.
The film was directed by David Litchfield but has remained on the shelf but snippets have been officially released most recently on the Archive Edition of Band On The Run (Nov. 2010). Adrian tells us about meeting David Litchfield and we are also happy to include a short soundbite of an interview he conducted with Litchfield during 2018.
All this on the heels of One Hand Clapping the soundtrack album which is due out next week on the 14th June. We hope this episode gears you up even more for the release. Volume 2 of the McCartney Legacy is expected to be released on 10th December 2024.
We thank Adrian for his time and hope you enjoy it!
Andy and Tom
We are very happy and proud to have had Luca Perasi back on Episode 248 of 2Legs! Luca is the author of several books: (Paul McCartney Recording Sessions 1969-2013, Paul McCartney Music Is Ideas, Volume 1 1970-1989, Peter Gabriel: The Rhythm Has My Soul. The Stories Behind The Songs) and newly published Band On The Run: The Story of A Classic Album to coincide with the album's 50th(ish) Anniversary. (As the album finally shot to #1 in the US in the Summer of 1974).
Luca explains why a singular text on Band on The Run is needed, (and more McCartney albums, as you will hear/see. Contexualising the period from whence it came, we discuss the Lagos trip, conditions, the crucial role Assistant Engineer Pete Sweetenham (Geoff Emerick's assistant) plays in the development of some areas of research.
Contemporary reviews, polyphonic art forms, we cover it all here and more. Thanks Luca.
We can't wait to see what else is coming down the road from you! Luca was also consulted by MPL for research on the 2022 release The 7" Singles Box.
Luca's New Book on Band On The Run.
Peace, Andy & Tom
We've got some friends joining us this week! In June 2007 Andy, Tom & James Liverani and Joe Mantineo all were lucky enough to attend the "Secret Gig" Promotional Show for Memory Almost Full at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. Tom, James, and Joe along with Andy recount their Memories (not almost full) about this epic concert, celebrities who attended, and the whole experience which is now 17 years ago which is absurd. Thank you Tom, James and Joe for sharing your stories and experiences. Anyone else out there fortunate enough to be at this show with us?
Let us know!
Peace Andy and Tom
James' link playing with Paul:
We dive back into the Beatles for this episode because hello how could we ignore the first commercial world wide home video release of Let It Be. Yes we all had the boots, the laserdiscs, the VHS copies from the rental stores we copied as kids, but now we have it fully restored FINALLY. In superior video and audio quality. Streaming now on Disney + Michael Lindsay Hogg's original film has seen the light of day with the technical assistance of Peter Jackson and his team in New Zealand we can now "Let It Be".
Your Thoughts?
Andy & Tom
It's been a hectic April! New Ringo EP, One Hand Clapping announced this past week, RSD and now finally a "new" Beatles related text has been published. All You Need Is Love: The Beatles In Their Own Words is a new book of interview transcripts conducted by long time Beatles associate Peter Brown and his co-author Steven Gaines.
These interviews were conducted between 1979 and 1981 with all then surviving members of the Beatles and their entourage which formed the basis for their 1983 controversial "tell all" book The Love You Make: An Insider's Story on The Beatles. One of the more significant interviews is the one that Paul gave for the book. Which we think took place sometime in 1980 (There are no dates given for the interviews but it was certainly before December 1980 as he refers to John in the present.
Much of the interview questions centered around the breakup and his relationships with Brian, John, Yoko and Linda.
Have you picked it up yet? Thoughts?
Let us know!
Peace Andy & Tom
This past week the much bootlegged album/sessions of One Hand Clapping leaked suggesting a 14th June release. We discuss. From our YouTube channel.
We are big time proud and happy to share that Ms. Caitlin Larkin joined us for Episode 244 this week on 2Legs! Caitlin is a DJ on The Beatles Channel on SiriusXM (Channel 18) and can be heard Monday to Friday from 12PM to 1PM EST.
Caitlin has been a panelist with Andy at Fests in Chicago and New York the last few years and she shares her Beatles upbringing, her experience in radio, landing the gig at Sirius and what it was like when 'Now and Then' dropped at the station.
She also provided her "Top 12" Paul Solo Songs because she couldn't name just 10! @CaitlinLarkin on All Socials
Calling all Bootleg Fans! It's like Christmas in April!
Recent boots have surfaced (don't ask us where to find them!), stemming from the Geoff Emerick Estate sale which includes many Rough Mixes of BOTR material as well as later Wings material.
These are on the Misterclaudel and HMC labels. We have only heard the Misterclaudel as of this recording.
We would also like to give a special shout out to Hoffman/Beatles forum member "mikecarrea" who always has the inside scoop on this stuff and has painstakingly broken down the differences between the two. His analysis can be found here.
We discuss the potential use of AI on some of these tracks. In favour of it or not?
Have you heard any of these yet?
Peace,
Andy & Tom
(PS - We do not condone the purchasing of bootlegs whatsoever).
We are very proud to announce the start of a recurring monthly series (which will be a regular episode) titled Iconic Song Series. We will pick one Classic McCartney solo track and once a month we will be joined by Allan Kozinn and (eventually) Adrian Sinclair. Co-Authors of the celebrated The McCartney Legacy. By now all followers of our show and McCartney fans in general know that Volume 2 of their book has been announced and scheduled for a 10 December release with pre-orders available now on Amazon.
We were beyond happy that Allan and Adrian were willing to join us for a recurring show on 2Legs. And this topic lends itself well. For the first installment we chose 1970's 'Maybe I'm Amazed' from Paul's first solo album McCartney.
We discuss historical significance, where Paul was at the time (personally and professionally), lyrical meaning, track by track (analysis). (As in number of tracks used to make the record.). It's well known that Paul recorded much of McCartney at home over on Cavendish Avenue. But for what is essentially one of if not his best known solo song Paul recorded this at E.M.I.
These and all the other tiny details we all love to learn about are included in this episode!
We thank Allan and Adrian for joining us for this series and we look forward to doing more!
Suggestions? Let us know or email us!
All The Best!
Andy and Tom
Hello 2Legs Faithful!
This week we chose to analyse (in real time) another vintage Paul interview. As we have done in the past, (1986's Paul McCartney Special) etc. This time around we opted to view the rare 1980 Interview conducted by Tim Rice of all people which was recorded in May 1980 and later released that August. This was a promotional piece to promote McCartney II which had just been released.
We like to focus on interviews pre-1989/90 when Paul's interviews became more formulaic with his answers. And certainly any interview pre-December 1980 are valuable. We find that to be the case with this one. And would a video interview about a new solo album in 1980 have happened without the events that happened in January of that year? We discuss all this and more.
How do you feel about Paul's interviews over the years?
Let us know in the comments!
See ya next time
Andy & Tom
Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone Magazine recently wrote a 15,000 word excellent article on his choices for the Top 100 Solo Beatles Songs of All Time. Surprise Surprise - Paul wins with 33 entries, John 30, George 24, Ringo 13.
What Macca Tracks made the cut? We discuss. And some of the other tracks by the others.
Article
Do you largely agree/disagree?
Andy & Tom
D.I.L.Y.
Hi all! For Episode 239 Andy and Tom invited Daryl Easlea who edited and assembled the special edition of Record Collector Magazine first published in the UK in December and arriving Stateside in January. Daryl is a lifelong collector on all things Beatles, Solo and McCartney and has been in the industry for the past 25 years.
He assembled a great team of writers for this issue. There is a submission for every studio album, sections on live, classical, and Firemen albums. Retrospective essays, and one of the most thorough (UK) discographies we've ever seen.
If you didn't snap this up, get it here! or 'Do It Now' as the man sings!
Daryl's X: @lordwakering @rrpgeditor @RecCollMag
Andy was part of the Historians Panel at the 2024 Fest. Topic: "Free As A Bird, Real Love, Now And Then: The End Of Beatles History?". This was great fun and joining Andy was Susan Ryan, Jim Ryan, Janet Davis and Caitlin Larkin of the Beatles Channel on SiriusXM. Good Chat!
Hi Everyone! Fresh and Rested from the FEST, Episode 238 finds Andy and Tom discussing the second compilation hits package from Paul, All The Best! from 1987 and it's UK vs US configurations and our earliest memories with it.
We think it holds up rather well and a brilliant marketing and promotional campaign ensured the album sold well in the homeland (#2) while not doing as well in the US (#62). It was a pretty pivotal moment in Macca's career coming after some bad critical reviews with Give My Regards To Broad Street (84) and Press To Play (86). (Even tho we still love them). He was also pushing a new single at the time with 'Once Upon A Long Ago.'
We discuss this and ponder other potential tracks that could've gone on it.
Ta Ra,
All The Best! :)
Andy and Tom
Finally caught our breath to recap the 2024 NYC Fest and give our thank you's to everyone we met and talked to and hung out with! Roll on Chicago!
Well, we finally got our hands on it! Joining Andy and Tom this FEST weekend for our review of the "Underdubbed Mix" of Band On The Run is none other than Mr. David Gargalino, original co-host of 2Legs.
We go track by track on the new mix. Vinyl and CD for all 3 of us! Tom gives his opinion on the 1/2 Speed remaster as well (Andy & David had not listened as of recording date).
No OBI strip with the Deluxe Box, so what do we need? Another Copy! Let us know your thoughts and opinions on the Underdubbed Mix. Underwhelming? Thoroughly Enjoying It.
And we'll see you this weekend at the FEST!
All the best! Andy and Tom
This week on 2Legs we were delighted to have back Mr. Eoghan Lyng (Author: George Harrison in the 1970s, U2onTrack) and contributor to publications Culture Sonar, Penny Black Music and Far Out Magazine for Part II of our "Deep Dive" on the Paul & George relationship. This installment centres on the years 1976 to 1981.
While not a prolific period of trading barbs between the two but there are some nice quotes from the pair during this interval. We discuss among other topics, the 1978 Rutles Film All You Need Is Cash and Paul's response to it, Ringo's wedding and working together in 1981 for 'All Those Years Ago'. Eoghan also recently interviewed Genesis Guitarist Steve Hackett. (Link Below)
We definitely have enough "legs" for a part 3 as we progress through the 1980s. Thanks Eoghan for coming on our show again!
Andy & Tom
Eoghan's Links:
https://eoghanlyngwriter.wordpress.com/
X:
Hackett Interview
Hi gang, As we prepare for the 2024 Fest in a few weeks we did a quick fun one for E235. What are some of your favourite Paul/Wings songs to just sing your heart out to while driving, (or other places?). This week Andy and Tom rolled off a bunch of our favs. Some you probably would guess, some others. Not very ballad heavy you would think! We also discuss some recent and upcoming appearances on other people's channel's/shows and sneak some NFL Playoff talk. Stay warm (those of you east of the Mississippi!)
And a big Thank You to Dylan Sevey for our new intro!
Andy and Tom
Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends! Happy New Year! We are back with our first show of the year (as Tom recovering from a wicked cold) to do a hypothetical "Over/Under" show for Paul-related activities for 2024. This includes touring, album releases, archives, etc).
What do you think Paul has in store for 2024? or are you in the know?
Let us know below!
Andy and Tom
Another year has come and gone. This will be the 8th Year for 2Legs overall since starting in 2016, and 4th full year for Andy since joining in late 2019. We recap the year that was. Books, Releases, Announcements, Tours, Deaths and Collaborations as well as our favourite episodes we recorded in 2023 and our Hopes for 2024. Wishing you and your families a very happy, healthy and safe New Year in 2024.
Thanks for always having our backs! Andy and Tom.
A Year Anniversary the marketing people felt necessitated yet again another vinyl configuration for McCartney III. First issued in December 2020, here we are again with another variant. 3 different "swirl" colours. Joining Tom and Andy for 232 is original 2Legs Co-Host David Gargalino and we discuss marketing strategies and why we would or would not decide to go for it. Did any of you go for it? Get burned by the policy in trying to get all 3? Or was it a hard pass?
Let us know!
Merry Christmas 2Legs Faithful!
Andy and Tom
We were honoured to have legendary DJ Ken Dashow (Q104.3 FM in New York) join us for Episode 231!
If you are in or from the NYC area and a Beatles fan you will know this voice by heart! Ken has been on the air in NYC since 1982. He began his career in earnest starting out at WNEW 102.7 (Where Rock "Lived") and has been at Q104.3 (iHeartMedia) since 1997.
He is the afternoon drive host during weekdays and on Sunday's hosts his own "Breakfast With The Beatles" programme. A Native New Yorker (like Andy), he has a career in radio that is second to none in terms of his staying power, his love for what he does and the message he continues to deliver every day to his listeners. He has interviewed Paul on two occasions and maintained a life long friendship with Denny Laine (which we cover in this episode) up until his passing last week.
Ken has relationships and friendships with colleagues across the rock world, (including members of Wings) and notably Little Steven Van Zandt (Come on Stevie, prog ain't that bad!) as well as Paul's current touring band.
Ken has also served as the MC at the Fest For Beatles Fans for a number of years now and can be found at the NY/NJ Fest every year on the Main Stage. We discuss the recent Beatles news, stories of meeting Paul and Denny and his career overall.
This will go down as one of our favourite episodes ever and we thank Ken for the time he gave us!
Ken's link
Roll Up, Roll Up For Episode 230! Steve Matteo, author of the new book Act Naturally: The Beatles On Film joins us this week for a dive into the Paul-centric and driven project and the Beatles 3rd film, Magical Mystery Tour. Steve has published other works on the Beatles and is a regular Fest attendee as well. He will be at the NYC Fest in February. Steve chronicles his methods on research and we contexualise the MMT period (post-Epstein death etc). While it may not be as revered as Help! and certainly not A Hard Day's Night, Magical Mystery Tour is worthy of a viewing if only for the performance of 'I Am The Walrus'.
Steve's link:
Andy went live on our channel (Tom was tied up) when we learned that founding Wings member Denny Laine succumbed to cancer this past week. Denny was a stronghold for Paul through the 1970s when Paul needed companionship the most. His contributions to Paul's music and his own will stand the test of time.
Andy paid his respects and took comments/questions from our YouTube audience on 5th December 2023. RIP Denny.
'We've Already Said.... Goodbye.'
'No Words For My Love'
A live episode from our channel we did the day before Thanksgiving this year with our friends Joe Mayo, and Beatley Tone.
We're back! Last week Andy and David (former Co-Host) attended separate launches for Ken Womack's new book on Mal Evans titled "Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans." Andy attended the NYC launch. David attended the Cleveland event at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We recap the experiences of both! If you haven't picked up the book yet, please do so! You won't regret it! Have you read it so far?
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Beatles-Legend-Untold-Story/dp/0063248522
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to you all! (if you celebrate it)
Tom, Andy and David
Well, as we did a rare thing and dropped a new show on the opening weekend of the month given the highly anticipated release of 'Now And Then' on 2nd November we dropped 227 that weekend and it has performed very well for us! One of our best! Thank you everyone!
We took the week off as we flipped schedules and are back this week with a brand new show discussing Paul's recent Musical Collaborations. Paul has participated in 4 recent recordings. He appeared with Dolly Parton (& Ringo) and others on her version of 'Let It Be' on her recent album Rockstar. He appears on Jimmy Buffet's final LP "Equal Strain On All Parts" on a track called 'My Gummy Kicked In'. He wrote and plays on 'Feeling The Sunshine' a song he wrote for Ringo for his latest EP Rewind Forward and lastly contributes bass on a new Rolling Stones song titled 'Bite My Head Off' off their new LP Hackney Diamonds.
We rank and give our thoughts on these performances and how they stack up against each other and also show a bit of our new Red/Blue/Now And Then Merch and discuss the upcoming appearances for Ken Womack's new book on Mal Evans. What do you think of Paul's contributions on these latest songs? Thanks as always for supporting us 2Legs faithful!
Tom and Andy
From Our YouTube channel. We discussed our thoughts on the 12 Minute Documentary for 'Now and Then' with Beatley Tone.
The time has come.
The song is here.
'Now and Then'
Mitch Axelrod (Fab4Free4All) Podcast joins Tom and Andy on this supremely epic occasion to discuss the Last Beatles Song ever.
We hope you enjoy it.
https://www.fab4free4all.com/
A special bonus episode!
Andy made an appearance on NJIT's Radio Station WJTB this past week on the show "Dylan's Jams' one of his former students. He asked him to be a part of a special episode focused on the Beatles. The announcement of "Now & Then" and the Red/Blue album reissues wasn't announced before we scheduled the show so it was a nice timing coincidennce.
Finally! After a few years and many requests we finally take a deep dive into the 3rd Fireman album, 2008's Electric Arguments'. Arguably what could be considered another solo album like McCartney II or III, this album 15 years on has been lost a bit with the embarrassment of studio albums released between 2005 and now. Tom could not make this week's show, so joining Andy is original 2Legs Co-Founder David Gargalino.
We talk Beatles/Now & Then and also dive into a little bit of prog rock with YES/King Crimson talk towards the end! Does this album still resonate for you? It does for us (maybe even more now). Let us know!
Well, sort of. This week on the show Tom and Andy (with a big thank you to our friend Kyle Hand for the suggestion) come up with 3 documentaries we would like to see produced (Beatles Anthology style) on certain eras in Paul's career. How would the narrative be told etc. Fun little exercise. We like our choices. What eras would you choose?
"Fans On The Run" Mega Fan Joan Borelli and her friend Matt Haines joined us for a recap of the first show of the GOT BACK Tour which is now Down Under in Australia for the first time since 2017!
Tom and Andy return for a new show for October! This week we have a quick chat about 'Helen Wheels' which celebrates it's 50th Anniversary this month. Our thoughts on the song as a standalone single, and it's "lost in the shuffle" status among so many other gigantic 70s hits. We also discuss the marketing decision for the US market to include it on Band On The Run from Capitol A&R man Al Coury.
What say you? Should it be on the LP or not.
We'll take a tally and discuss on our next show! Come on UK fans!!! :)
Good to be back!
Part 2 of this! Tom is back after a week off, and we pick 15 songs from the 1980s/1990s McCartney Catalog that we feel are "As Good As The Beatles".
Hope you like it! Tell us some of yours! See ya next week!
Throwback Show! One of the co-founders of 2Legs joined Andy this week as Tom has been crazy busy and needed the week off, so I was joined by none other than Mr. David Gargalino for Episode 222!
David and Tom started 2Legs in 2016 and this week David tells us how it started, some notable guests, and why he exited. David and Andy discuss all things Beatles, McCartney (our fav lineups) and even the recent Who's Next/Lifehouse box set.
(Andy unboxed on his channel - Who's Next Unboxing
Thanks for pinch hitting this week David!
Hello All!
Another Guest Author Interview! This week Tom and Andy were joined by Dr. Richard Driver, Author of the new book That Was Me: Paul McCartney's Career and Legacy Of The Beatles.
Richard's book analyses The Beatles' impact culturally in America, and then Paul's trajectory throughout the 60s. The majority of his book is all about Paul Solo (which we all love since so many books are not written that way). We contextualise some of the Beatles impact during the 60s during our discussion which was quite fun. ("Popular Than Jesus"/"Two Virgins"/Drugs etc). Paul and his workaholic lifestyle as a coping mechanism. And of course discussion on Paul/Wings and the like. All fun stuff.
Richard is a 2nd generation fan who caught the Macca bug circa the Flaming Pie era. It was a very fun discussion and we really look forward to having Richard on again!
Info:
https://twitter.com/ppbkwriter
Website: https://ppbkwriter.com/
Lexington's publisher page for That Was Me:
Book Link
Discount code from Lexington for 30% off the listed price on that website: LXFANDF30
It's been a minute but we're back with a new show!
Just Tom and Andy this week after a very busy August (Fest, and 3 stellar author interviews) we kept this one light and simple.
We're going to do a 3 part show where we pick 15 songs from each era of McCartney's career that we think equal Beatle level compositions.
This month we focus on the 1970s. Future episodes will be 80s/90s and 00s/10s.
Hope you are all well and thanks for sticking with us!
We have plenty lined up for the rest of the year!
We were honoured to have the esteemed author and journalist Mr. Peter Doggett join us for Episode 219! Peter penned the superb book You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After The Breakup (initially subtitled The Battle for the Beatles Soul which was stupidly rejected by the publisher) in 2009.
It is the best piece of writing that focuses on the relationships all 4 Beatles had throughout the 70s, 80s and through the time of publishing. It is also the only book to keep the scope of research dialed into one focus: the lawsuits and the specific details of them. Percentages for each Beatle, contracts, Allen Klein - and the disovery of the "McCartney Override" all packed into this show!
We thank Peter for his time and if you have not checked this out go get it now:
You Never Give Me Your Money
Peter's website and his most recent book: Growing Up: Sex and the 1960s"
Recorded at the 2023 Chicago Fest with Dr. Kenneth Womack and Dr. Kit O'Toole, Andy participated in a discussion on the 1980s Solo Beatles career. Apologies on the audio quality on this one. But it was a good discussion. Enjoy!
Fresh Off from the Fest (although this was recorded prior) we welcome back Author John Blaney on this week's episode. John is the author of the now 5 part series of books titled The Songs He Was Singing, which is a complete and chronological review of McCartney's Discography. Later this year he will be publishing Volume 5 which we discuss on the show. Volume 5 covers the period of years 2010-2019. Only 2 new albums of original material during this time frame (New & ES) but a ton of other releases (RSD singles/Kisses/Pure McCartney) and the Archive Project began.
We were happy to have John back again and please support his book here which is scheduled for release on 20th October 2023.
Amazon Pre Order Link
Recorded at the 2023 Chicago Fest. Here is our crossover panel discussion with Allan Kozinn (The McCartney Legacy Co-Author) joined Andy, Kit'OToole (Talk More Talk/Toppermost of the Poppermost) and Ed Chen (When They Was Fab/Toppermost). Thank you Allan and Kit and Ed for being a part of what was one of the highlights of the weekend!
We are very happy to have Chip Madinger & Mark Easter back again this year for another deep dive for a Year In Review show. Chip and Mark published the epic Eight Arms To Hold You book in 2000. It is the must own book for fans of the Beatles Solo music. See link below to purchase the 2018 revision on Chip's site. This time we chose 1989. A very productive and busy year for Paul that centered around the release of Flowers In The Dirt.
Was it a "comeback"? or just another record? A lot of people like to crap on Flowers these days but we still think it holds up although as you see our guests and hosts don't like every track! Our discussion also focuses on the heavy promotion Paul did at the time. We included 3 segments from various appearances throughout the year and Chip and Mark tell us in detail about the shows they saw on the World Tour that began in September of 1989.
These guys are truly the benchmark for this stuff and we are happy to present another episode for you. The history books will note 1989 as a big year for Paul and we agree.
Let us know your memories of this period and if you saw any of the concerts!
Thanks Chip and Mark!
Chip's Site for the book (and his other book "Lennonology")
Well we made it. The final installment of this incredibly challenging ranking series is here and Tom and Andy welcome several friends and long time fans of 2Legs to hear their final Top 20!
Originally Broadcast November 2021.
Something new we started earlier this year previously with Off The Ground. We give a re-listen with our YouTube audience for the almost now 10 year old NEW. Which still sounds as fresh as it did back then. The YouTube police quickly cracked down but we are happy to share the audio of it here.
Our 6th Episode of the monthly show we do with Beatley Tone and Joe Mayo. We take Q & A's from our viewers/listeners.
"Hey Hey" (a "most" memorable song on Pipes of Peace right?) Everyone!
We're back and we did another documentary watch/review this week. And a very emotional/heartwarming one. 1997's In The World Tonight was produced to showcase the making of the now iconic 25 year old LP Flaming Pie.
A real return to form for Paul, made in the homespun affair just like 1970's homemade McCartney debut. It also highlights what else Paul was up to during this period. Animated short films, classical composing, becoming knighted and naturally recording at home with Linda and family.
We see tremendous footage of Paul alone in the woods with a fire strumming his guitar, contemplating life. As well as golden clips of Paul working with Geoff Emerick, George Martin, Jeff Lynne, Steve Miller. Feeling the enthusiasm of the Beatles Anthology is evident watching Paul here.
Couple that with the fact this was the last time we saw/heard dear Linda on a Paul album makes it even that more special. This was originally broadcast in the USA on 16th May 1997 and on 18th May 1997 on ITV in the UK. The "Town Hall Meeting" was not part of the original broadcast and was added in for the home video release which came later in October 1997.
One of our favourite "in the making of" films he's done. What say you?
Another multi series deep dive! We did a multi part series previously on John and Paul with Antony Rotunno (Glass Onion Podcast).
We felt the time was right to tackle the next one and for it we enlisted the help of Author/Journalist Eoghan Lyng (George Harrison In The 1970s U2 on Track), to join us for this first installment on the somewhat frosty relationship Macca and George had between the period of January 1969 thru the Spring of 1975. We present a timeline of events where the two paths traded barbs in the press (which wasn't much), but notably business pertaining to Apple, Paul and Linda appearing at one of the Dark Horse Tour's.
We also have a few clips in this one. Not directly related to Macca but we felt the inclusion of the rare late 1974 radio interview between John Lennon and George was worthy of inclusion as it was likely the last time those two conversed. As well as some nice footage of Paul and George signing the dissolution papers in December 1974.
We will definitely continue this series at some point and we thank Eoghan for his time and knowledge (and impersonations!)
Eoghan's Links:
https://eoghanlyngwriter.wordpress.com/
This week on 2Legs, we were joined by longtime friend and follower of the show, Kyle Hand who had a great suggestion for a show he told us about at the NY Fest earlier this year.
This week we picked our favourite 21 Paul songs from the 21st Century to create a fictional double LP. All albums standard/covers were fair game.
The albums we pulled from were Driving Rain (2001), Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005), Memory Almost Full (2007), Electric Arguments (2008), Kisses On The Bottom (2012), NEW (2013), Egypt Station (2018) and lastly McCartney III (2020).
This was a fun topic and we thank Kyle for the idea! What are your fav 21 songs from the 21st Century?
All the best,
Tom and Andy
A new month, and a brand new show to kick off July 2023! We had a fun time with 'This One' (pun intended!). This time we dived into the now obsolete and forgotten BBC Documentary titled The Paul McCartney Special.
Originally recorded in July of 1986 and broadcast in August 1986 on the BBC and released on Home Video (1987). It was presented and hosted by Richard Skinner of the BBC. It was a very important documentary at the time because you saw for the first time pro shot footage of some really rare early Wings footage. ('Wild Life' etc). It has since been superseded by other McCartney home video releases notably the inclusion of the "Bruce McMouse" Film in the Wings Live 71-73 Box. (Big Barn Box). As fas the interview itself, it kind of jumps all over Paul's career up to that time. It was mainly used as a promotional tool for the then forthcoming LP Press To Play. The Wings period is discussed but minimally, and is erratic.
We did stream an edited YouTube version for this episode and the user had to obscure some of the images (but oddly not the sound) in order to clear copyright. This and some really poor timed ads added to the entertainment.
Stay cool out there folks!
The summer is here!
Peace
Tom & Andy
Our monthly live series over Youtube with fellow Beatle people Joe Mayo and Beatley Tone. Originally streamed 25th June 2023.
A surprise Bonus Episode! We were happy again to have Ms. Joan Borelli back on the show. Joan was with us last year when she went to the first GOT BACK show. Joan was fortunate enough to be one of the lucky attendees to the recent Paul discussion with Conan O'Brien for the launch of the "Eyes of the Storm" book. Her luck does not run out there! She then bought a copy of the book which was SIGNED BY PAUL. Only 175 and available from the UK only. She bought the book, made the trek to London to obtain in.
Then cashing in, she attended a "Evolver 63" presentation by Mark Lewisohn. As if that wasn't enough she then hiked it up to Liverpool, stayed overnight in the Hard Day's Night Hotel, attended a Paul Tribute Show at the Cavern on his Birthday, and visited all 4 Beatles childhood homes, before heading back to London to return home. Wow. Is all we can say! Congratulations Joan and thank you for sharing this incredible experience with us!
We celebrate Paul's 81st Birthday with a deep discussion on his first solo single 'Another Day' b/w 'Oh Woman, Oh Why'. And joining us once again is our friend and colleague Luca Perasi.
Author of the new book: "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas - The Stories Behind The Songs 1970-89 Volume 1.
Thanks again for a great episode Luca!
Finally got around to it folks. Sorry about the wait. We review the 7" Singles Box, show a few favs from it and discuss the new book "In The Eyes of the Storm", Paul's appearance with Conan O'Brien (which had real time updates as Paul was on with Conan in NYC while we were recording), as well as a few minutes on the "new" Beatles single (that DOESN'T include AI!) Happy Weekend All :)
We showed a lot of photos in this one so our apologies to our audio only faithful on this one.
We were honored this week to have the celebrated journalist and author Mr. Chris Welch join us!
Anyone who has followed Popular Music especially in the 1960s and 1970s will no doubt know this man who has been a staple of the Music Journalism scene since the 1960s. He has written over 40 books and thousands of articles.
He first joined the British weekly music magazine Melody Maker in 1964, staying on until 1979. Chris has interviewed, hung with and traveled with every major rock act from the 1960s and 70s, including The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, Spencer Davis Group, and MANY more and later notably YES in the 70s and also Wings.
So this was a homerun for us! Of Chris' many published works, he wrote the The Definitive Biography on Paul which was published in 1974. He later penned Close To The Edge: "The Story of YES published first in 1999, with a revision in 2003.
He recently published a new book on the life of ELP Keyboardist Keith Emerson.
We could have talked for hours about Chris' experiences. The man has lived quite the life and we are so thankful for the time he gave us! Thank you so very much Chris!
His Links: www.chriswelchonline.com
Keith Emerson Book
We're back with another author this week!
We were happy to have Ken Womack back on 2Legs this week! Ken needs no introduction. Anyone who is up to date on Beatles-related literature over the past 15 years knows this mans credentials. He wrote the authoritative biographies on George Martin, Solid State (Abbey Road), John Lennon 1980, All Things Must Pass Away among many others. (The Cambridge Companion to The Beatles, being Andy's personal favorite). He's also host of the Podcast "Everything Fab Four."
He is a Professor of Popular Music at Monmouth University (NJ). This week Ken gives us some insight into the life of Beatles roadie and loyal assistant Mal Evans. Mal worked with the Beatles from the Cavern days until and after the end, until his untimely passing in 1976.
Ken's book on Mal's life "Living The Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans" will be published in November by Dey Street Books. It will be one of the most celebrated books to be added to the Beatles literary canon. We discuss Mal's relationships with all 4 Beatles and importantly what became of Mal post-breakup.
Ken's websites:
https://kennethwomack.com/
https://www.monmouth.edu/directory/profiles/kenneth-womack/
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Beatles-Legend-Untold-Story/dp/0063248522
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-fab-four/id1531380522
Our 4th installment of this series that we do monthly on YouTube with our friends MeanMrMayo and Beatley Tone. We ask one question each, then kick it to the audience. Fun format. Video version if you audiophiles are interested.
We were very honored to have guest author Jude Southerland Kessler (Author of the John Lennon Series) on this week's episode of 2Legs! This week we take a look at the dynamic between John & Paul's relationship during 1963 centering around Paul's 21st Birthday which garnered some headlines in the U.K.
We discuss their trip to Paris and what their relationship was at that moment in time. Jude made 7 trips to Liverpool across the span of 7 years to do her research. Something that instantly clicked with Andy :) We discuss common friends, interviews she conducted, Liverpool geography and witnesses that were at Paul's 21st Birthday, namely Bill Harry. One of the few people who are still left from.
Jude has 5 books currently published, Shoulda Been There (1940-1961), "Shivering Inside" (December 1961-April 1963), She Loves You (May 1963-March 1964), Should Have Known Better (March 1964-March 1965), Shades Of Life" (Part 1) January 1965-August 1965. She is also the co-host of the "She Said, She Said" Podcast along with Lanea Stagg.
Thank you very much Jude for coming on and sharing some of your memories and history with us!
Tom & Andy
Jude's links:
John Lennon Series
She Said, She Said Podcast
Off The Ground is 30 years old in 2023. We decided to have fun on our YouTube channel and listen to it live while we interacted with viewers. It was quickly blocked after, but the audio is preserved and we hope you enjoy our discussion as the songs play throughout the album. We'll do more of these later in the year!
All the best,
Tom and Andy
And we're back! A few weeks ago we did our Top 10 Album Openers, this week we pick our 10 favourite Paul album closers. S
ome may surprise you, some won't. A few updates on Paul and discussions on what we've been up to (listening wise) close out Episode 207.
What's your Top 10 Album Closers? Have a Fab Weekend, Tom & Andy
We're back with our first new episode for May! We're going a bit different for this one. Beatle focused. This week we welcome Journalist Al Sussman (Beatlefan Magazine, contributor to Bruce Spizer books and Things We Said Today original cohost), and Ethan Alexanian (Fans On The Run Podcast) to discuss the differences between the US and UK versions of Rubber Soul. Most boomers/first generation American fans remain loyal to the US. However depending on when you first introduced to it you may have a different take. Did you discover it during the CD era when all the markets was changed to reflect the UK release? Or were you a Baby Boomer who bought it in 1965?
Al Sussman: https://www.beatle.net/meet-al-sussman/
Ethan's Podcast: https://fansontherun.podbean.com/
See ya next week Tom & Andy
Hello audio faithful. A bonus episode for y'all. Yesterday (30 April) we hosted another installment of the monthly series "Stuck Inside These 4 Walls" on our YouTube channel with fellow YouTubers Beatley Tone and Mean Mr. Mayo. This one was live so we fielded questions from the audience this time.
Luca Perasi joins us again to review and discuss his new book: Paul McCartney" Music Is Ideas The Stories Behind The Songs, 1970-1989. This is Luca's second book on Paul. He previously published the Paul McCartney Recording Sessions (1969-2013) book in 2014. This is a new approach and deeper dive into the actual songs and how they came about, when they were written, influences as well as incorporating a lot of research and information from Luca's first book.
These works will be the definitive word on all things Macca. And to think, at 600 some odd pages it only goes up until 1989! We ask Luca why a second book, how his approaches were different this time around. We discuss a few of our favorite tracks an entries in the book.
We thank Luca very much for some time spent with us and are really excited for him about his second book. It is a tremendous asset of info for all McCartney & Beatles fans and should be in every fan/collector's library!
Luca's Book
Luca's First Book (Recording Sessions)
Another Top 10 Show. We love these and hope you do too. This week on 2Legs Tom and Andy recap their recent musical excursions (Tom saw "Love" in Las Vegas and Andy saw Jon Anderson), and the duo pick their Top 10 album opening tracks from Paul's main canon. Some big favourites will be listed but also 1 or 2 might surprise you. What's your Top 10? Tell us in the comments. We'll be doing a Top 10 album closers as well as a sequel.
Hi Gang, We're back with our "Blue Album" version of our Top 10 Paul Beatle tracks between 1967-1970. We are (mostly) recovered from the Fest and have been busy but we figured we'd do a nice fun easy one to get back into the swing of shows. We have some obvious choices, and some not so obvious. What are some of yours? Hope you are all doing well and thank you very much for hanging with us on the audio platform!
Tom and Andy
Tom and Andy are back from the Fest and present another Interview Review episode. This time we take a look at an interview published in April of 1982 in the Canadian Magazine "Music Express" and it was conducted Ray Bonici. In the interview Paul speaks candidly about Denny Laine, John and Yoko and the Beatles. A rare thing these days.
Transcript and source
Tom and Andy are back from the Fest and present another Interview Review episode. This time we take a look at an interview published in April of 1982 in the Canadian Magazine "Music Express" and it was conducted Ray Bonici. In the interview Paul speaks candidly about Denny Laine, John and Yoko and the Beatles. A rare thing these days.
Transcript and source
Our first ever panel at the Fest coincided with the 50th Anniversary release of Red Rose Speedway. We didn't get a whole lot of time for this one but we enjoyed the live in person aspect, energy and fielded a few questions from the audience. We discussed a lot in 30 minutes. Our ratings on tracks, the proposed double LP, songs that could've gone on it etc. This was recorded on Sunday 2nd April at the NY/NJ Fest.
Thank you to ALL who came to our panel and to Susan Ryan for scheduling us this year!
Keep Getting On The Right Thing!
Our 200th Episode! We invited colleagues, friends, fans and listeners to join us for our 200th Episode. An idea by Tom started in 2016, joined by his cousin David Gargalino, the show was an audio only format where Tom and David produced 68 episodes. Kit O'Toole was the first guest on the show (she joins us for this 200th). After David needed a pause, Tom found Andy Nicholes via Facebook in 2019 after he did a one-off podcast of his own called "Backwards Traveller", and Andy thinking it's easier to do this with 2 people, than 1 happily accepted. And here we are. Thank you to all our listeners, family, friends and fans for following us and our show and we are happy that you share the same Macca passions we do! On to the next 200!
Tom and Andy
YouTubers, MeanMrMayo and BeatleyTone join us for the 2nd Installment of the series "Stuck Inside These 4 Walls" where we ask each other 4 rounds of Beatles/Solo hypothetical questions and opinions.
Tom and Andy will be appearing at the 2023 Fest For Beatles Fans next week! They will be on several panels and we inform our fans/listeners where and when. Can't wait!
Joan Borelli joins us once again for an instant reaction to last nights concert at Carnegie Hall, a tribute show called "The Music of Paul McCartney" which featured some well known acts, and some not so well known. Joan, the superfan was kind enough to give us a nice recap.
Our First Ever March Madness Tournament but with Macca songs! Join us at 1PM EST as we go through the first round of songs and 4 regions. Will there be any upsets? Join us and see and play along with us!
A new month and as usual we drop a YouTube only series on the audio end for our loyal audio only fans. Here's the second episode of the Top 101 Macca Song countdown which premiered on October 13th, 2021.
Macca and the Hall of Fame. This week, with Andy back to almost 100% we discuss Paul's association with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. From his non-appearance at the Beatles induction in 1988, to his own in 1999. We discuss his speeches for others, (John in 1994, James Taylor in 2000, Ringo in 2015) as well as his own. We've also included all the speeches as well.
One thing we can agree on - talking publicly in front of "the establishment" is something that isn't easy for our kid. It seems though by 2015 with Ringo's he got a bit more comfortable. We also discuss Record Store Day 2023, and other upcoming releases as well as Paul's recent appearances at the Super Bowl and his appearance at Yale for a discussion on "The Lyrics" book. What are your thoughts on Paul and his relationship with the HOF? Does it matter anymore?
On what co-incidentally happens to be her 90th Birthday today, a topic we have yet to tackle on 2Legs. The sometimes frosty, sometimes warm relationship between Paul and Yoko. Joining Tom this week (Andy was down for the count with bronchitis) is Ms. Madeline Bocaro. Author of the book "In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono". We feature several video/audio clips throughout the episode, (the 1986 Q Interview) and others. Thank you Madeline for a great discussion! Please keep your comments civil and respectful.
https://madelinex.com/
Madeline's Book
The Queen of All Beatles Media joins us on 2Legs once again! Kit O'Toole, who has been on our show many times (and was our first ever guest) joins Tom and Andy for a discussion on a Macca song and potential single that was scrapped at the last minute but plans were in the works for it to be released! What song is it? Tune in! After you listen/watch, let us know do you agree that it was wise to scrap it or should it have been released? Kit, if you didn't already know, (but probably should) is the author of 2 books: Songs We Were Singing: Guided Tours Through The Beatles' Lesser Known Tracks (12 Par Publishers) and Michael Jackson FAQ (Backbeat) Busy and exciting times for us Beatles/Paul Fans.
Stay "Tuned In" to 2Legs for all relevant news!
Kit's Adult Education Class at Monmouth University
Kit's Website
Saturday night 2/4/23, MPL announced that a brand new documentary tentatively titled Man On The Run, will be released in 2024 and Directed by Morgan Neville. Busy week of Macca News and we were joined by Mitch Axelrod (Co-Host, Fab 4 Free 4 All Podcast) to discuss this upcoming and exciting release.
Since we finished the "Ranking The Tracks" series, we bring to you audio only faithful, a series we did in the Fall of 2021 on YouTube titled "Top 101 Macca Songs Countdown" where each week we ranked our Top 101 Paul songs of all time. Solo Wings everything. This was very popular on our channel. There was 5 installments. So this will run the first Saturday on the audio portion of our show for the next 5 months (first Saturday of each month). We hope you enjoy it!
Tom and Andy
The premiere of a new monthly series featuring 4 Beatle YouTubers/Podcasters. Tom and Andy are joined by Joe, (MeanMrMayo) and Tony (BeatleyTone's Beatles Channel) for the first installment of a series we've called "Stuck Inside These 4 Walls" which we plan to be done monthly. We ask 4 Questions and kick it "Around The Horn". Topics can range from collecting habits, or anything related to the Fab Four and their solo careers. Thanks to Joe and Tony for agreeing to come on and do this with us!
We decided to tackle some Beatle era Paul for this week's show. As news was slow last week (we recorded this before the book announcement) we felt that discussing some Beatle Paul songs was a fresh idea. With a caveat. Paul's Beatles tracks from 1967 and on are so richly (and deservedly) celebrated, this week we name our Top 10 Pre-Pepper Paul songs between 1962 and 1966. This can include covers as well. We left out a few "biggies" and also included some you probably wouldn't have included. As Tom mentioned "It's our list. As of now." Ours and I'm sure yours is always subject to change.
What's Your Top 10 Pre-Pepper Paul? We will likely do a "Blue Album" version of this in the near future. :)
Happy Weekend 2Legs Faithful
Well it didn't take long for Paul to drop an announcement for a new book release. 1964: Eyes Of The Storm will be published on 13th June 2023 featuring 275 photos taken by Paul between late 1964 and early 1964 when The Beatles arrived in the US. Full Press Release:
In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive. They intimately record the months towards the end of 1963 and beginning of 1964 when Beatlemania erupted in the UK and, after the band’s first visit to the USA, they became the most famous people on the planet. The photographs are Paul’s personal record of this explosive time, when they, The Beatles, were inside looking out and were the ‘Eyes of the Storm’.
In a new exhibition and book, Paul will present his photographs from the six cities of these intense, legendary months – Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami – and many never-before-seen portraits of John, George and Ringo.
‘Anyone who rediscovers a personal relic or family treasure is instantly flooded with memories and emotions, which then trigger associations buried in the haze of time. This was exactly my experience in seeing these photos, all taken over an intense three-month period of travel, culminating in February 1964. It was a wonderful sensation to be plunged right back.
Here was my own record of our first huge trip, a photographic journal of The Beatles in six cities, beginning in Liverpool and London, followed by Paris (where John and I had been ordinary hitchhikers just over two years before), and then what we regarded as the big time, our first visit as a group to America’ - Paul McCartney
In a new book accompanying the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Paul presents 275 of his own photographs from an iconic time in music history, organised into portfolios from the six cities The Beatles visited in this intense time period. In his Foreword and Introductions to these city portfolios, Paul remembers ‘what else can you call it – pandemonium’ and conveys his impressions of Britain and America in 1964 – the moment when the culture changed and the Sixties really began.
1964: Eyes of the Storm includes:
- Six city portfolios – Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami – featuring 275 of Paul’s photographs and his candid reflections on them
- A Foreword by Paul
- Beatleland, an Introduction by Harvard historian and New Yorker essayist Jill Lepore
- A Preface by Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and Another Lens, an essay by Senior Curator Rosie Broadley
Hi Gang,
We decided to play a fun game for this episode suggested to us by a listener that was also done on the (Things We Said Today Podcast. We take the 70s Macca/Wings albums and we pick one song from each that could work in either direction. (I.e One from Ram that could work on Wild Life) etc. The only exceptions being McCartney and Back To The Egg because you can't go backwards (in the case of McCartney) or forwards (BTTE) on these (if we're staying in the 1970s timeline). This was a cool exercise and in most cases we had some choices that really worked well.
What would you swap out? And a shout out to Kyle again for the suggestion. Tom and Andy
For our first new episode of 2023 we will be reviewing what we can now call the acclaimed and landmark "The McCartney Legacy (1969-73) Volume 1" by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair.
Still reading yours? Done? Let us know your thoughts.
We will be reading and re-reading the book for years to come. Tom & Andy
We are kicking off the new year with a new series called "Audio Archive Interviews" that will drop on the first Saturday of each month (as we don't post new episodes the first week).
We will feature an audio only interview from a given year with hopefully some refreshing perspectives for Paul fans. For our first one, we featured an interview Paul gave to the BBC on 14th December 1983).
In this interview Paul gives a track by track breakdown of his recently (October) released album Pipes of Peace. (Which in 2023 will be 40 years old, scary). Interviews like this are gold for Macca fans because the music and the songs were fresh and Paul openly speaks about all of the tracks and how they came about.
Lots of Jackson discussion as well. We hope you enjoy this new series as much as we did discovering these. Happy New Year again!
Our final one! Streamed on YouTube December 2020. Look for other bonus audio content on the first Saturday of each month outside of our traditional episodes. Happy New Year! Tom and Andy
"Good Morning, Young Master, it's the end of 2022."
This week as we say adios to 2022 we look back at the year that was for Paul. From the February 2022 1/2 speed Wild Life release to the 7" Box Single release, we cover it all including the return to touring with the GOT BACK shows which we both attended. We also recap the other live concerts we attended during the year, pay tribute to those musicians we are fans of that passed, and a look ahead to 2023 for 2Legs!
Happy New Year everyone! Tom and Andy
Happy Christmas 2Legs Faithful. We hope you are gearing up for a Wonderful Christmastime this year! Yes, it is Christmas Eve but we have a special one for this week. Last year we had Antony Rotunno (Glass Onion: On John Lennon) podcast on our show for a series we've dubbed "Best Friend" where we explore the in depth relationship between John and Paul throughout the 1970s.
For 2022, and for Part 4 of this deep dive we focus on the late 70s, (starting with Lennon and Allen Klein finally setting their dispute in January of 1977. However the focal point of our show this week is primarily the pivotal year of 1980. Lennon returning to music, giving prolific amounts of interviews throughout the Fall of 1980, McCartney's responses to his comments.
We've included some audio, photos and video clips sprinkled throughout this one.
Antony's Podcast: Glass Onion: On John Lennon
We hope all of you have a 'Wonderful Christmastime' with you and your families.
Peace.
Tom and Andy
Christmas Time Is Here Again for all of us in Macca World.
Between the Legacy Book, the Singles Box Set, it just does not stop. We are thankful for so much to celebrate this holiday season. Continuing on in the good news department, for this week's show Italian Author/Journalist Luca Perasi ("The Paul McCartney Recording Sessions 1969-2013), as well as Italian transcription for "The Lyrics" book joined us to discuss his involvement with the 7" Singles Box Set, working with MPL on the project. Also, here on our show Luca announced that he has a new book coming out in January 2023: Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind The Songs (Vol.1 ) 1970-1989). Luca last joined us in December 2020 when McCartney III hit and we were very happy to have him back on the show.
Luca's Site
Finally!
The moment (or one of them) that we Macca diehards have been waiting for.
The imminent release of The McCartney Legacy Volume 1 1969-73 (Dey Street Books) will be published on 13 December 2022. Over 700 pages of text dedicated to the first 4 years of Paul's solo career.
Notable Authors Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair joined Tom and Andy for a discussion on how the book project came about, detailed areas of research and research methods, interviewees, and how they ultimately came to write the most dedicated volume ever on Paul McCartney's Solo Career. Beginning with the end of the Beatles the pair have painstakingly written (and have backed up with facts) all of McCartney's recorded activity in this 4 year interval. Recording sessions, vacations, songwriting sessions, you name it - it's in here.
This is a piece of work that has been long overdue, (decades in fact). Allan and Adrian have dedicated the past 8 years of their lives working on this book. This is the McCartney Book to end all books.
Run, Click whatever your preferred buying method is - to go and get this book - Now! You will not be disappointed.
McCartney Legacy Website
Amazon
While we realize this is mostly a visual episode we thought our audio audience might be interested in the specs and initial impressions of the newly released 7" Singles Box set of which only 3000 were manufactured. Check out our YouTube channel if you are interested in seeing what the singles look like!
Thanks
Tom and Andy
We're getting down to the wire with the Ranking The Tracks series here on the audio portion of our Podcast. This installment we ranked all the non album tracks (and there are many) between the years 2000 and 2019. Originally streamed on YouTube 2nd June 2021.
Here's the 30 we ranked:
Vanilla Sky - 2001
Tropic Island Hum - 2004
I've Only Got Two Hands -2005
Growing Up, Falling Down - 2005
Comfort of Love - 2005
Summer of '59 - 2005
She Is So Beautiful - 2005
I Want You To Fly - 2005
This Loving Game - 2005
Whole Life - 2005
In Private - 2007
Why So Blue - 2007
222 - 2007
Meat Free Mondays - 2009
(I Want To) Come Home - 2009
Scared - 2013
Turned Out - 2013
Get Me Out Of Here - 2013
Struggle - 2013
Hell To Pay - 2013
Demons Dance - 2013
Hope For The Future - 2014
In The Blink of an Eye - 2017
Get Started - 2018
Nothing For Free - 2018
Get Enough - 2019
Frank Sinatra's Party - 2019
Sixty Second Street - 2019
Home Tonight - 2019
In A Hurry - 2019
Exciting times for Macca Fans. McCartney Legacy book, 7" Singles Box set all in December 2022. Stay Tuned to our social media pages for updates and info on all things Paul!
A special episode & a very significant year for Paul. 1980. This week on 2 Legs we invited Chip Madinger (Lennonology) and Mark Easter who co-authored "Eight Arms To Hold You" back on the show for another "Year In Review" episode. 1980 starts and obviously ends terribly for Paul.
But throughout the year he collected a Grammy, had a US #1 Single, and #1 UK album, and planned on forging ahead with Wings even after Japan in January. We added some vintage news clips and a music video in between our discussions this week. We hope you enjoy them.
Please visit Lennonology if you're interested in picking up a PDF revision of "Eight Arms" and Chips epic work on Lennon's solo career he worked on with Scott Raile. We hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving (if you celebrate) and we're 'Getting Closer' to the 7" Inch Box release!
Andy & Tom
Hey Gang, We're back with a brand new episode. This week we went back to the Documentary/Film/Concert review series that we've done in the past. (Red Square, Broad Street, Space Within Us) but this time we opted to view and discuss the 1989 Doc Put It There.
The film chronicles Paul's then newly assembled band of Hamish Stuart (Average White Band), Robbie McIntosh (Pretenders), Paul "Wix" Wickens, and Chris Witten (Dire Straits) and of course Linda preparing for the upcoming World Tour that took place between September 1989 to July 1990. Paul mostly discusses about rehearsing the band with the new material from Flowers In The Dirt. Paul also occasionally dives into the tracks on the album. The documentary was directed by longtime McCartney film collaborator Geoff Wonfor and Paul was interviewed by Tracy McLeod.
One of the better documentaries in Paul's career we both felt. You? Be Well, Tom & Andy
The 4th Quarter is here and we have McCartney Product. After a quiet year (1-2-3 box aside) Paul has hit us with a new box set containing 80 singles from his career from 1970 to 2022. We went live on our YouTube channel with friends Joe Mayo and Beatley Tone to discuss. This is the audio version. Traditional episodes will resume next week.
Carry That Weight... we mean Crate!
Andy & Tom
From our weekly YouTube live series "Ranking The Tracks", we rank the tracks on the 2018 classic Egypt Station. Originally streamed 26th May 2021.
Hi all!
This week on 2Legs we welcome Tony from "Beatley Tone's Beatles Channel", a fellow YouTuber who joined the community a year ago or so. Tony has been an ardent supporter of 2Legs, and has created some excellent videos on his channel, specifically the deep dives into the McCartney Archive Series which launched in 2010.
For this show, Tony, Andy and Tom chose 5 moments from Paul's career that we felt he "got right." That could be an album, a relationship, a song, anything really related to his career.
We kicked around some good topics and we hope you agree with some of our choice. What are some others? Let us know!
Hi 2Legs Faithful!
We tackled the live albums back in 2016 when David Gargalino was a co-host but not since Andy joined 2Legs. This week we discuss the main canon live albums, Wings Over America, Tripping The Live Fantastic, Paul Is Live, Back In The US/World, and Good Evening New York City. We discuss the other alternative live albums and almost live albums that were and should be. We put them into context for where Macca was at the time as well and what their legacy if any has as time marches on.
Be Well, Tom and Andy
Hi 2Legs Faithful!
We tackled the live albums back in 2016 when David Gargalino was a co-host but not since Andy joined 2Legs. This week we discuss the main canon live albums, Wings Over America, Tripping The Live Fantastic, Paul Is Live, Back In The US/World, and Good Evening New York City. We discuss the other alternative live albums and almost live albums that were and should be. We put them into context for where Macca was at the time as well and what their legacy if any has as time marches on.
Be Well, Tom and Andy
Another dive into a McCartney interview from the past. This time we tackle the January 1974 Rolling Stone Interview. The first time Paul was their subject interviewee and on the cover as a solo artist. Fresh off the heels of the recently released "Band On The Run", Paul is interviewed by music critic Paul Gambaccini. Tom and Andy scope out the best bits and analyse them.
For your convenience the link to the full interview is below as featured on the excellent Paul McCartney Project website.
1974 Rolling Stone Interview
Another dive into a McCartney interview from the past. This time we tackle the January 1974 Rolling Stone Interview. The first time Paul was their subject interviewee and on the cover as a solo artist. Fresh off the heels of the recently released "Band On The Run", Paul is interviewed by music critic Paul Gambaccini. Tom and Andy scope out the best bits and analyse them.
For your convenience the link to the full interview is below as featured on the excellent Paul McCartney Project website.
1974 Rolling Stone Interview
First original show for October! Happy Fall 2Legs fans.
For this week Tom and Andy tackle a fun one. Choosing their favourite Macca songs from A to Z. There is no "X" (unless you hardcore Macca fans know an unreleased "X" track we may have missed).
We included one or two ourselves. As well as honourable mentions. What's your Macca A to Z? Tell us in the comments.
Tom & Andy
First original show for October! Happy Fall 2Legs fans.
For this week Tom and Andy tackle a fun one. Choosing their favourite Macca songs from A to Z. There is no "X" (unless you hardcore Macca fans know an unreleased "X" track we may have missed).
We included one or two ourselves. As well as honourable mentions. What's your Macca A to Z? Tell us in the comments.
Tom & Andy
We rank the tracks on NEW. From our YouTube Series Ranking The Tracks originally streamed 19th May 2021.
We rank the tracks on NEW. From our YouTube Series Ranking The Tracks originally streamed 19th May 2021.
This is going to be a fun one folks!
This is mainly directed for our YouTube audience so if you're an audio only listener we encourage you to check out the video version of Episode 181.
Artist Jeff Cummins joins Tom and Andy on 2Legs this week. Jeff previously was on an audio only-Pre-YouTube era version of 2Legs in February 2019.
Jeff is a much celebrated graphic artist who painted the famous inner sleeve of Wings Over America, the artwork for the 'Temporary Secretary', Say, Say, Say ' and 'This One' singles.
Jeff also has done a ton of work for other artists including Yes, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman and the Moody Blues. (Andy's a happy camper lol). He has also done work for the Doctor Who series.
His new book "The Invisible Artist" is available through his website here: https://jeffcummins.wixsite.com/jeff
We throughly enjoyed this lively and funny chat with Jeff (Despite Andy's allergies) and we hope you do to. Till next time Tom and Andy
This is going to be a fun one folks!
This is mainly directed for our YouTube audience so if you're an audio only listener we encourage you to check out the video version of Episode 181.
Artist Jeff Cummins joins Tom and Andy on 2Legs this week. Jeff previously was on an audio only-Pre-YouTube era version of 2Legs in February 2019.
Jeff is a much celebrated graphic artist who painted the famous inner sleeve of Wings Over America, the artwork for the 'Temporary Secretary', Say, Say, Say ' and 'This One' singles.
Jeff also has done a ton of work for other artists including Yes, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman and the Moody Blues. (Andy's a happy camper lol). He has also done work for the Doctor Who series.
His new book "The Invisible Artist" is available through his website here: https://jeffcummins.wixsite.com/jeff
We throughly enjoyed this lively and funny chat with Jeff (Despite Andy's allergies) and we hope you do to. Till next time Tom and Andy
Ever wish you went to a solo acoustic McCartney concert? ala 1991's "Unplugged" concert? But you want just Solo Songs?
This week on 2Legs we dive into that fantasy again. Joining Tom this week (Andy joins at the end) is Tim aka "Judge Timbers" on YouTube.
Tim is a self taught musician and follower of our show and kindly ranked our show as one of his favourite podcasts. Please give his channel a like and sub please. He has been on YouTube for quite a number of years and have a lot of content and educational videos on how to play guitar. He's also a big Tom Petty fan!
Tim's Channel: Tim's YouTube
Special Thanks to Mr. Bob Davison for the idea for this show! Tom & Andy
Ever wish you went to a solo acoustic McCartney concert? ala 1991's "Unplugged" concert? But you want just Solo Songs?
This week on 2Legs we dive into that fantasy again. Joining Tom this week (Andy joins at the end) is Tim aka "Judge Timbers" on YouTube.
Tim is a self taught musician and follower of our show and kindly ranked our show as one of his favourite podcasts. Please give his channel a like and sub please. He has been on YouTube for quite a number of years and have a lot of content and educational videos on how to play guitar. He's also a big Tom Petty fan!
Tim's Channel: Tim's YouTube
Special Thanks to Mr. Bob Davison for the idea for this show! Tom & Andy
In the December 1984 issue of Playboy, Paul and Linda gave a very frank interview to Joan Goodman, and the questions centered on John Lennon naturally, but also Wings.
This week on 2Legs, Tom and Andy scan the interview transcript and discuss the juicy bits. A side of Paul (especially Linda in this interview) that we rarely saw ever publicly.
Here's the full text of the interview if you're interested! 1984 Playboy Interview
In the December 1984 issue of Playboy, Paul and Linda gave a very frank interview to Joan Goodman, and the questions centered on John Lennon naturally, but also Wings.
This week on 2Legs, Tom and Andy scan the interview transcript and discuss the juicy bits. A side of Paul (especially Linda in this interview) that we rarely saw ever publicly.
Here's the full text of the interview if you're interested! 1984 Playboy Interview
Happy September 2Legs Audio Faithful. We're approaching the end of the Ranking The Tracks series (not 'The End of The End' but we discuss that one here!). We have more audio only content for this medium in the future. This edition of Ranking The Tracks originally streamed on YouTube May 13th, 2021.
Very happy to have John Blaney (Author, The Songs He Was Singing, We All Shine On, Soul Man again this week on 2Legs.
John was first on 2Legs back in 2019. John tells us about his roots, working in record shops and even had chance encounters with George and Macca!
He explains why he felt the need books on discographies that just focused on solo careers was needed. At the time of publishing of his first book The Songs He Was Singing there was no single dedicated text to just McCartney solo's career. He followed this up 2 years later with one on Lennon. He later expanded the McCartney book into a series of 4 volumes and then later authoring 2 books on George.
We were very happy to have John on again and he showed off some true rare memorabilia. We were a bit jealous! Thanks John!
A special one this week. Our first ever crossover episode with two other excellent podcasts/videocasts.
This week, Andy is joined by Kit O'Toole (Author, Lecturer, Podcaster,) and co-host of Talk More Talk: A Solo Beatles Videocast and Ed Chen (Co-Host) of When They Was Fab podcast. The three amigos were all at the Chicago Fest and decided to record one together. We recorded this on Saturday 8/13/22.
Our panel was chosen for the Fest to represent Beatles-related podcasters. (Yes, I wish it could've been all about Paul but concessions had to be made!) We discussed the evolution of Beatles documentaries bookended by Let It Be (1970) and Get Back (2021) and various documentaries (official and otherwise) that fall between this time period. Specifically, the conversation centers around what documentary each co-host found as they started or began their musical discovery of The Beatles.
Missing the other leg Tom on this one but in 2023 the 2Legs will be at both fests to record and go live (hopefully).
Thank you Kit and Ed,
AN-
First Generation Beatles Fan John Nicholes (Andy's Dad) joins us for a fun chat what it was like to be a Beatles/Paul fan right in the thick of it in the 1960s and 70s and also gives us his thoughts on RAM and Paul overall as well as his own musical landscape of artists he saw in the NYC area throughout the 60s and early 1970s. Thanks for coming on the show pops!
We are very happy to have two of the best back on this week!
On this week's episode we start a new series called "Year In Review" where we will pick one year in Paul's career and have Chip Madinger and Mark Easter (Eight Arms To Hold You and Lennonology books) join Tom & Andy to discuss and analyse a given year in McCartney's career.
For our first one we chose the epic year of 1975. Wings coming into their most well known era and Paul's at the top of his game. We discuss a 1975 timeline, the formal dissolution of the Beatles, what if John joined Paul in New Orleans, Venus and Mars being recorded and the UK and Australian Tours which took place in September and November of 75.
We enjoyed this and looking forward to doing more.
Have a specific year you'd like to see discussed with Chip and Mark? Let us know in the comments! Tom & Andy Pick up a digital copy of "Eight Arms To Hold You" at www.lennonology.com
Ever Experience Macca Burnout?
One infamous YouTuber did and on this week's episode of 2Legs he explains why he jumped off the Paul bandwagon for a while.
YouTuber CanadianStudmuffin aka Larry Graves joins us this week to discuss what turned him off Paul's music and when he jumped back on board. Our discussion also went into rock groups performing live today still, (Andy having seen Jon Anderson of Yes recently) and how the live acts that still carry the banner of a group even tho there may be 1 or none original members still in it.
We thank Larry for his time and congratulate him for being a prolific YouTuber for over 15 years!
No doubt if you were in stores during the month of June you may have seen the bookazine from TIME titled "Paul McCartney at 80".
Joining us this week on 2Legs is the writer of the magazine Glenn Greenberg. Glenn is a free lance writer who previously published magazines on John Lennon and Star Wars.
Glenn gives us an overview of the "bookazine" concept, his career as a writer and journey of fandom and how he came to write a book destined for a wide audience but also have enough substance for the hardcore fan.
Glenn Greenberg On Twitter
The Frenemy Returns! This week in 2Legs, that other Paul McCartney Podcast, yeah him - none other than Sam Whiles (Paul Or Nothing Podcast) joins Tom and Andy as they reconstruct 3 albums:
Red Rose Speedway
Egypt Station
Back To The Egg
This wasn't too hard for Andy (for one of the albums, can you guess?) How would you or would you even reconstruct any of these albums? and Egypt Station only being 4 years old can rightfully be considered classic? We do! Let us know!
TH & AN
From our "Ranking The Tracks" series, Driving Rain, 2001. Originally streamed April 14th 2021.
Andy recaps his experience seeing Paul (for the 12th time) since 2002 with Tom. This was taken from our YouTube channel on the heels of getting in from the show at 2:00 AM!
Another 50th Anniversary. God we're all getting old aren't we these days with these anniversaries!
Nonetheless, another Macca milestone in 2022 is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the First 3 Wings singles which all happened in 1972. We're early with one of them but figured what the heck. This week on 2Legs Andy discuss 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish', 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'/'Little Woman Love' and 'Hi Hi Hi/C Moon'.
Their legacy in the McCartney canon. We also discuss if they would have fared better if they were just released and billed as "Paul McCartney" and not Wings, coming off the heels of Wild Life.
Anyone out there buy these at the time of release? Were you impressed or just meh? Let us know. Till next time! Tom & Andy
80!
On this special day, we finally ranked Paul's albums from least to best. We chose 26 albums. We did not include live, classical, or Firemen albums.
We included Choba BCCP, Run Devil Run and Kisses On The Bottom. This was our longest show yet! At 3 hours it's a marathon but we felt on this occasion it was ok to a bit over the top about our favourite guy!
We are blessed he has continued to make new music and thankful for everything he has given us.
Long Live Paul! Tom & Andy
Hi 2Legs Faithful! This time we focus on an episode that is not 100% Paul centric but Beatles focused.
Beatles Merchandising was BIG business in the 1960s. The American Company SELTAEB produced many between 1964-1966 when the marketplace for this merchandise (dolls, "Flip Your Wig Game, Beatles Turntable) etc. NEMS (Northern End Music Stores) was Brian Epstein's family company and the record store was originally located in Whitechapel, City Centre, Liverpool.
This week on 2Legs we are joined by Terry Crain who wrote the book "NEMS and the Business of Selling Beatles Merchandise in the US between 1964-1966". Terry was recently featured as a guest author panel at the NY/NJ Fest and will be appearing at the Chicago Fest in August as well. Terry gives us an overview of this topic, how he met collectors across the USA who kept museums in their homes of these products.
They are shown on display in this episode and photographs can be found in Terry's wonderful book. Here is the link: NEMS & Beatles Merchandising 1964-1966
Terry is a wealth of knowledge in this field that gets overlooked and we thank him for his appearance on 2Legs
From our YouTube Series "Ranking The Tracks" we rank the non album 90s tracks. Originally streamed April 6th, 2021
A surprise for us! Denny Seiwell & Fernando Perdomo joined us again for a special interview yesterday!
They appeared previously on 2Legs last year when the RAM ON Tribute album first came out. Now the duo that put the tribute album together are back and planning for a live show where the full album will be played start to finish with some of the musicians who appeared on the tribute record at the famous Troubadour club in LA on July 16th.
We are incredibly proud and pleased to share our special bonus episode with Denny & Fernando with you. And if you are in the area in July please go to the show. Tickets can be found here: (https://wl.seetickets.us/wafform.aspx...)
Fernando and Denny tell us how initially it was just going to be a live show of RAM back in 2020/2021 but Covid put that on hold so they ended up doing the album instead. Now they're initial concept is realized! Congrats to Denny & Fernando on putting this together, staying true to the music and spending some time with us today.
Tom & Andy (A Special Thanks to Ethan Alexanian for technical assistance!)
An episode for the musician! Paul has some excellent Middle 8's (UK) and Bridges (US) in his oeuvre. From The Beatles to his solo career.
Returning again is 2Legs in house musician, producer (and soon to be author - more on that in the show), Dylan Sevey to discuss the art of the Middle 8/Bridge and how McCartney as a writer does this in his music.
The 3 of us discuss some of our favourite Middle 8's/Bridges as they are sometimes a forgotten piece of the songwriting process which people usually focus on Verse/Chorus etc.
What are some of your fav's? Rock on
Our very own Tom Hunyady attended the SoFi Show of the GOT BACK tour in Inglewood California on May 13th 2022! Hear how it all came together out of the blue!
James Campion joins us this week to discuss his new book Take A Sad Song...The Emotional Currency of 'Hey Jude' which will be published on June 1st, 2022 by Backbeat Publishing.
Link for James' website and book:
James' Website
Amazon
James discusses his career and writing and why he chose to tackle and analyse one of The Beatles most celebrated songs. Beatles historical context, Paul as a writer during this time and the legacy of 'Hey Jude' some 50+ years later and why the song has such "emotional currency." Tom and Andy definitely agree. We think you will too! Thanks to James and his agent for arranging this interview and we look forward to seeing it succeed!
For a special one off-episode, we commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 1997 LP Flaming Pie.
Adrian Allan joins us for the 3rd time this week to promote his new book covering the 1989-1990 World Tour. Paul's first world tour since Wings' 75-76. This tour reached many continents and Paul performed in Rio De Janeiro in front of over 180,000 people. Adrian's book covers a wide range of topics including Paul's ecological stances, Britain's politics at the time, and incorporating the "Friends of The Earth" campaign as a part of the tour.
Adrian's Website: https://paulmccartneyafterthebeatles.com/
April 1982. April 2022. 40 years.
A milestone anniversary for one of Paul's landmark and best albums, Tug Of War.
This week Tom & Andy are joined by Mitch Axelrod (Fab4Free4All Podcast) to discuss the album, where we picked it up during our fandom. We discuss the origins of the album, the final days of Wings, the tracks, the videos for it, whether 'Ballroom Dancing' would've made for a better 3rd single, is the hate for 'Ebony & Ivory' overdone (we think so) and naturally the post-December 1980 context that the album was made in.
You never know who may be listening to ya. Cheers to Tug of War. May it continue to shine and be the epic LP Paul will be long remembered for!
Mitch's Link: https://www.fab4free4all.com/
Tom & Andy
Macca has had 11 #1 Songs between the US and UK Charts:
'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' (US)
'My Love' (US)
'Band on the Run' (US)
'Listen to what the Man Said' (US)
'Silly Live Songs' (US)
'With a Little Luck' (US)
'Mull of Kintyre' (UK)
'Coming Up' (live) (US)
'Ebony and Ivory' Both
'Pipes of Peace' (UK)
'Say Say Say' (US)
For fun this week Tom & Andy decided to rank these 11 based on their favourites and why. We also discuss differences between chart placements on other songs, near misses. How some songs went higher in the US (in the 70s) but in the 80s (in certain instances) Paul performed better in his native homeland. And the oft discussed "songs that weren't right for the US market" which record labels stupidly thought was important regarding songs written by Paul McCartney when it came to releasing them or pushing them. As Tom says: "It's Friggen Paul McCartney!" We know most will agree.
How do you rank Paul's #1 Singles between the US/UK? Let us know and Ram ON!
Ken Michaels (Host/Co-Host Things We Said Today Podcast, Every Little Thing, Ken Michaels Radio) joins us again for a continued conversation on songs Paul wrote or contributed to others for, (Ex-Beatles, Charity singles, Linda's and others). This episode focuses on the music Paul wrote/produced between 1980 and 1998.
Ken's Websites:
Every Little Thing
Things We Said Today Podcast
Ken's YouTube
Chip Madinger and Mark Easter of Eight Arms To Hold You and Lennonology Tom & Andy this week for a special episode where we dive into the collaboration between Elton John and the 4 Solo Beatles.
Chip and Mark bring their vast and extensive knowledge to this very interesting topic. We examine the first time Elton had his direct first experience with the Beatles (1963), and then finally how his career coincided along John, Paul, George and Ringo throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s by appearing in concert, on studio sessions and video appearances.
Chip and Mark also updated their epic work Eight Arms To Hold You in 2018 (not anything post-2000 just corrections and new info) and a PDF edition is available at their website Lennonology.
Tom & Andy discuss and display their various items (CD Singles, LP variations) from their Flowers In The Dirt collection. Our apologies for our audio only audiences as this episode was more of a visual one. If you are inclined here is the video version: (YouTube Version)
For this week we answered some questions sent in by our fans/listeners on Macca questions. Topics also covered: Current Tour, The McCartney Legacy book, Some Sopranos talk and Andy recaps his Elton experiences.
"But in this ever changing world in which we live in.."
Yes, that is one of the many topics covered in this week's episode which we are really excited to share with you. Co-Author of the "McCartney Legacy" book, Adrian Sinclair and author/journalist Eoghan Lyng (Forthcoming Book: George Harrison in the 70s) join Tom and Andy for a discussion on 'Live and Let Die' (June 1973 release).
The quad also discuss the James Bond film of the same name, other films/themes in the Bond series. We dispel some myths, analyse the track, discuss our favourite bits, the timeframe in which it was recorded.
A fun fact - most people's first exposure to the song would be a full month before release when it was featured in the "James Paul McCartney" TV Special.
Adrian & Allan's website for the McCartney Legacy Book. (Coming October 2022!) https://www.mccartneylegacy.com/
Eoghan's link for "George Harrison in the 70s"
Tom and Andy take a quick look back at the 1991 "Unplugged" performance and ensuing release of the CD and vinyl.
Author Ray Zirkle joins Tom and Andy for Episode 156 in which he tells us about his latest book "Advertising The Beatles, Volume 2". Ray personally curated the collection over 50 years collecting all memorabilia, news and print adverts for all Beatles and Solo material. He also had a stint working at Capitol Records. He shares his insights about that time, and how he came to publish the books.
Contact Ray here for your copy: beatleadvertising@gmail.com
A new series!
What if you were able to take a handful of your least favourite tracks on some Macca LP's and replace them with outtakes/b-sides from the same era. What would you take out and replace?
This week on 2Legs, Tom & Andy are joined by our "frenemy", Mr. Sam Whiles (Paul Or Nothing Podcast), "Macca In Your Attic" (YouTube) as we pick 3 songs off of London Town, Flowers In The Dirt and Off The Ground and replace them with our alternate tracks.
This was a little fun exercise for a new series that we will definitely be revisiting. Thank you once again Sam!
All the best, Tom & Andy
A topic that we probably should have covered sooner!
But we finally get down to hardcore Macca collecting. 12" Single time! A format that reached it's peak in the mid 1980s (and in Macca world that meant about 68,000 versions of the Dance Version of 'No More Lonely Nights').
This week Tom & Andy showcase the 12" Macca singles in their collection, discussing the artwork and some of their favourite ones, ones that are hard to come by (Bravo again Tom on 'Temporary Secretary', yes Andy still needs it!). Sometimes these were referred to as "Maxi Singles".
We also discuss differing versions between US and UK pressings. The format petered out when vinyl died down in the early 90s but as late as 2014 we got another 12" only release with the standalone single 'Hope For The Future'. How diverse is your collection of Macca 12" singles?
Let us know below!
Stay Well
Tom & Andy
Film Review Time Again!
This week Tom & Andy review the 2006 A&E release The Space Within Us. Paul's second concert film with the "new" band he formed in 2001 for the first "Back In The US/World" tour. (Which also received a film release). The tour was promoting Paul's 2005 Chaos and Creation In The Backyard album. Now considered a latter day McCartney classic. This concert film was a little bit better we both felt purely for the change-up of the setlist which included never performed live Beatles songs such as 'I'll Get You', 'Please Please Me' and the first live performance of 'Too Many People' from RAM.
The central focus of the film is Paul communicating with the NASA Astronauts during the concert tying in the "US" concept and "space" ideas. The film is still with it's faults though as ever with modern Paul concert films, too much audience jump cutting/interviews with talking heads which all take away from the concert itself. Which is a pity because the setlist for the US Tour was absolutely classic and the tour itself will be remembered for the change up in the set.
For your review here's a setlist from 2005 in NYC: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/paul-mccartney/2005/madison-square-garden-new-york-ny-5bddb700.html
Have you dusted off this one in a while? Music - Homerun. Others? - eh.
Let us know! Tom & Andy
Happy 2022 Macca Fans! Our first show of the new year and we kick it off with Experimental Macca. In 2005 a low key (LP only) release called "Twin Freaks" was released which featured mash-ups of solo McCartney music.
One year later in 2006 this became widely popular with the Beatles "Love" Cirque Du Soleil soundtrack. Paul made this record in collaboration with DJ "Freelance Hellraiser" (Roy Kerr).
Joining us, is returning guest the Queen Kit O'Toole (The Queen of All Beatles Media) an apt and just title! Kit is the author of several books (Michael Jackson FAQ, The Songs We Were Singing - Guided Tours Through The Beatles Lesser Known Tracks). A researcher and writer of Popular Music for over 20 Years (not to mention contributing author to "Beatlefan" magazine) Kit gives us her opinions on mashups, it's origins, and place and classification as a genre.
Tom, Andy and Kit definitely encourage you to check out this out if you haven't heard it. If you can find a vinyl copy (Cough Cough Tom). It's also on streaming services.
Kit's website:
http://kitotoole.com/
From our YouTube series "Ranking The Tracks". Originally premiered February 24th, 2021.
Our last recorded show for 2021. Tom & Andy reflect on the year; the releases & newsworthy moments. Tom & Andy would like to wish all of our viewers & listeners a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.
We are blessed to be able to be able to cover our favorite musician and having such great community support for what we do. Thank you all. Ta ra. Roll on 2022.
This week on 2Legs we are happy to have Antony Rotunno (Glass Onion: On John Lennon) Podcast, back for Part 3 of our "Best Friend" series. Examining the Lennon-McCartney relationship throughout the 1970s. This episode focuses on the years 1974-1976.
By this time things had cooled down between the two and they famously jammed in March of 74 in LA. We discuss this and other attributed quotes as published in the NME, Rolling Stone, and other publications we reference throughout our chat. Antony also gives us his initial impressions on the "Get Back" docu-series.
We appreciate Antony taking the time to continue this fascinating period and look forward to having him back for a 4th part (1977-1980) and perhaps even a 5th (post-1980) installment. In addition to his Glass Onion: On John Lennon show, he has two other podcasts:
"Film Gold" https://anchor.fm/filmgold and
"Life and Life Only" https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/
We are back! and this week we celebrate the 50th Anniversary release of the first Wings LP "Wild Life! Joining us this week is YouTuber and Steve Hoffman Forum Contributor Norman Maslov. Mazzy is a first generation fan who bought Wild Life when it was first released and gives us his take on what it was like then and his thoughts on the record now. Also recently announced a half speed master of "Wild Life" will be released in February 2022 on PM.com
Ranking The Tracks on "Give My Regards To Broad Street" (1984) originally streamed live on YouTube 2/17/21.
The talented and up and coming Natalia Cardenas, host of the Beatles podcast "She Loves You" (which focuses on the women in the Beatles story) joins Tom and Andy for a continued discussion on the women in Paul's life. She previously was on 2Legs back in May 2021. This installment covers mainly Paul's history with Linda, Heather Mills and current wife Nancy Shevell.
Natalia's "She Loves You" Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/she-loves-you-podcast/id1547096623
LJ returns to 2Legs for a chat on the Wings 1979 UK Tour which was only 19 dates. The tour opened at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool on 23 November and ended on 29th December at the Hammersmith Odeon.
It's here! Finally after almost a year Paul's new book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present" has been published this month. Tom & Andy give their review and thoughts on the book.
Our first (audio) show for November from our YouTube series "Ranking The Tracks" for 1983's Pipes of Peace. Originally streamed February 2021.
The Paul McCartney Archive Series started in November 2010 when Concord first released "Band On The Run". Here we are 11 years later. 13 releases. This week Tom and Andy pick their 5 favorite sets since the campaign started. Also the aspect that many of these (released as late as 2018) are currently out of print making these sets hard to come by for new fans. Prices on secondary markets (Ebay/Discogs) are skyrocketing. Wild. Have you been on board since Day 1 with the Archives? What are some of your favorites/disappointments? Ram On!
This week we look at another aspect of Paul's career. Animation!
Paul has been a big fan of animation and applying it with his music. His ideas for Rupert go back as far as 1970. And of course the ill-fated "Bruce McMouse" film from 1973 (finally released in 2018). Tom and Andy discuss this 2004 DVD release and the 3 films "Tropic Island Hum", "We All Stand Together", and "Tuesday". Paul's longtime animation collaborator Geoff Dunbar was involved in the creation of these 3 films.
Also, Tom and Andy open up this week with a little bit of Let It Be/Get Back discussion as the box sets recently dropped.
Tom & Andy take their turn at discussing the 1987 "Lost" album "Return To Pepperland." Sandwiched in between the Broad Street and Flowers era we discuss the tracks recorded between 84 and 87 with Phil Ramone, and try and see what if anything was worth salvaging. Some saw the light of day officially. This hodgepodge of material is an enigma. Some great. Some downright bad ones but some of our favourite tracks recorded during this period are "Beautiful Night", "I Love This House", "Lindiana". Thoughts? Let us know!
A show long in the making! Tom and Andy are back for their first new show of October. "Defending Broad Street" is a topic that some may consider taboo but it's one they happily take on.
Joining us this week is our friend and longtime 2Legs supporter Ed Crawford aka "Mr. Broad Street." Ed is a major collector of all Broad Street related memorabilia who has also recently launched his own YouTube channel. The trio have a lively discussion on the film "Give My Regards To Broad Street", it's origins, the story and why it should be defended.
Andy and Ed take on the roles of fierce defenders and Tom serves as the moderator and the voice of reason (sometimes) LOL. Do you still enjoy Broad Street? Never liked it? Tell us below! or we'll have to get Big Bob after ya!
Happy October All. As usual our first audio show of the month continues to feature our Ranking The Tracks series we did. This month it's the 1982 classic Tug Of War. Originally streamed on YouTube Feb 3rd 2021.
Paul Sinclair over at Super Deluxe Edition.com has recently published a very nice book analysing "Press To Play" 35 years on with interviews featuring High Padgham and John Potoker. A bit of odd timing to look at PTP now but Tom and Andy ordered their copies quickly and we discuss the book in today's show. Some copies signed by Hugh as well. Paul really does a tremendous job with all his publications over at SDE and we urge our followers who may not be familiar to check his work out. Accurate, thorough and well researched!
www.superdeluxeedition.com
We're Getting Closer!
This week on 2Legs we are joined by DJ/YouTuber Stephen Schnee who was a first time listener in 1979 to the final Wings album, Back To The Egg. Steve centers his shows around the oft forgotten Power Pop genre and the 3 of us have a nice chat on musical genres of the era before diving into Back To The Egg, it's structure, the songs of course and it's lasting impact. This was a fun one and we cannot wait for the archive release of this one!
Spin It On!
Welcome Back!
After a little break Tom & Andy are back for an easy fun one. This week we pick one track from each canon Macca album that we feel is underrated. We also discuss songs that were once criticized but now are appreciated. Tom and Andy also discuss whether they think Paul will tour again or not. We had differing views on this. Will Paul tour again? What are your underrated tracks in the canon? Happy to back!
Tom, Andy and Special Guest Host Ethan Alexanian rank the tracks on McCartney II!
Originally streamed 1/27/21
Tom & Andy rank 22 Non-Album tracks released by Paul/Wings between 1971-79. We think you'll be surprised with some of our rankings!
(Originally premiered on YouTube 1/21/21
Tom and Andy finally address and review "McCartney 3 Imagined" (took Andy a while to get into this), continue ATMP 50th discussion, the recent Get Back rumor posted by Tony Bramwell. As well as a discussion on box set overkill in recent years/over-saturation of Beatles product.
Quick and short this week folks!
Tom & Andy continue a film/DVD review from the McCartney series. This week it's Live At The Cavern Club released in 2001 but originally premiered live in December of 1999 on Direct TV.
As we point out this period represents a small but memorable time in McCartney's career. His first official performance back at the Cavern since the final Beatles performance on 3 August 1963.
Andy gives an overview of the current Cavern Club and his experiences at the venue during his time in Liverpool and how the current club is laid out compared to the original on Mathew Street.
The DVD itself runs short. Just a 45 minute concert - all featuring tracks from the then recently released "Run Devil Run" and features the same musicians assembled for the album. (Dave Gilmour/Ian Paice/Mick Green/Pete Wingfield/Chris Hall). Tom gives an overview of the bonus features (2 interviews and music videos for 'No Other Baby' and 'Brown Eyed Handsome Man' which would not be made available again until the release of "The McCartney Years" (2007).
Anyone catch this live on TV in 1999 like Andy? or have the DVD like Tom? Tell us!
See ya next time.
This week on 2Legs Tom and Andy welcome Scott O'Rourke a DJ on WUSB in Long Island, NY (https://wusb.fm/) and their discussion centers on their favorite "rocking" Paul numbers.
Our kid tends to get labeled as an old softie but in this installment of 2Legs these 3 pick out their 10 favorite heavier rockier Macca songs and the choices are on par! And no doubt prove that Paul was and will always be a rocker at heart.
We had a few similar choices, ones you likely would expect and some odd ball choices too!
What are some of yours?
This week's show is taken from our YouTube channel where Tom and Andy gave their instant feedback on the brand new Hulu Documentary "McCartney 3, 2, 1" made in conjunction with Rick Rubin.
Welcome back!
Our first show of July centers around the 4 Paul/Wings Compilations that are on the market. Starting with Wings Greatest in 1978, All The Best! in 1987 (two different configurations for US and UK audiences), Wingspan in 2001 and lastly Pure McCartney in 2016.
Tom and Andy discuss the what ifs on all of these, how they were marketed at the time and which one stands the best of time. Funny to think that with all of Paul McCartney's music there are only 4 official compilations. Some artists have more comps than actual albums!
What say you? Were any of these your starting point for your Macca fandom?
Tom and Andy are joined by Beatles YouTube creator Matthew Street and we pick our 5 favourite Macca lyrics in the canon. Did we go all soft, or pick "dustbin" type lyrics? Watch and see and let us know what some of your favs are!
Game Time!
This week Tom and Andy jumping on an idea hatched by the Kiss Podcast folks "Three Sides of the Coin" come up with 1 word/phrase to describe each solo McCartney/Wings record. We discuss the main canon (the same as our Ranking series).
The Word can be thoughts on the concept/feel of the record, our personal opinion/memory of it. Just a little fun exercise we had fun with. We agreed on several words too! (Shocker)