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Post by sayne on Jun 5, 2014 2:25:28 GMT -5
I don't know if this was posted or talked about on this board or on Steve's Blog, but I thought I'd post it just in case: kroq.cbslocal.com/paul-mccartney-interview/#commentsPaul doesn't say much that we already don't know about, but it's good to hear him. The thing that irks me, though, is that Kevin and Bean hate Paul and the Beatles. KROQ has always been a radio station that was not Top 40 oriented. They practically invented the indie genre. They started with glam and punk, then new wave, then alternative, and not indie. Kevin and Bean would make jokes about Paul's songs, how he's irrelevant, how they are just so tired of Paul and the Beatles. They would have been happier to interview an indie artist rather than Paul.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Jun 5, 2014 8:31:03 GMT -5
This was a very nice interview, but there were some revelations. Paul did say they were planning some surprise songs for the new tour, and I liked how he was asked directly if he felt it was a good thing that The Beatles ended when they did, to which Paul admitted 'yes', and added "leave 'em laughing", saying they might not have been able to keep it up. That has always been my feeling.
Interesting that Paul was asked about touring and performing so vigorously at his age, and Paul said he really gets energized by the audience and does not feel tired. He also reacted positively to the very young ages of the kids in the audience at his shows, confirming how this "Beatlemania" thing endures through new children, even.
I have already heard Paul discuss when he and John almost went down to SNL before, but this time he was a bit more precise than at any other time, so this is a fleshed-out historical account. (All these interviews are important for historical record, any time some new or more fleshed-out information is provided).
All the time I was listening I kept looking over at a photo of Paul with The Beatles with Pete Best, and recalling Lewisohn's book, with Paul as a teenager seeking success and fame. Now, here I was listening to a 2014 broadcast of a show with this same man at age 72 -- having succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, a legend for so many decades now. I kept looking at that early '60s photo of Paul, and thought how his brain could never imagine 2014 like this. It was just surreal.
I never would have guessed that these hosts hated Paul and The Beatles. That's too bad, because they handled it pretty well. Screw those A-holes, if they can't appreciate the greatness.
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Post by stavros on Jun 5, 2014 16:21:57 GMT -5
Having never listened to KROQ in my life before I never detected any animosity towards Paul in that interview. I thought the guys doing the interview and Paul seemed quite relaxed. The fact that they knew about that SNL 1976 story shows that they had a more knowledge of Beatle folklore than your average Joe (no pun intended )or a very good researcher. Actually if John and Paul had turned up and just appeared at the end of the SNL show by walking on stage it would have been one hell of a story. I still find it sad that it was probably the last time Paul ever saw John in the flesh.
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Post by sayne on Jun 6, 2014 1:44:20 GMT -5
Here's an excerpt in Wikipedia on Kevin of the Kevin and Bean show:
Kevin
Kevin has odd interests and characteristics that are mentioned on the show from time to time:
Has packages mailed to his home using fake names, such as "The Duke of Tarzana".[18] He is married to Melissa Ryder who runs a charity called Friends and Helpers. Has twin daughters. He is very outspoken on his hate for American Idol. He dislikes old people. Is related to former NFL QB Jeff Hostetler . Suffers from Displaced Aphasia[citation needed] While he acknowledges their influence, Kevin dislikes The Beatles. He says this is because when working at an Oldies Station, he was forced to play their music and it got on his nerves. While in rehab for an addiction to pain pills as a result of a botched back surgery, he broke out in order to be with his toddlers on Christmas.
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Post by mikev on Jun 6, 2014 7:41:49 GMT -5
did I miss something? I think that is a pre-Japan interview.
I heard no mention of his illness.
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Post by sallyg on Jun 6, 2014 12:50:00 GMT -5
did I miss something? I think that is a pre-Japan interview. I heard no mention of his illness. Although no date was posted on the station's site, this interview most likely took place before Paul's recent illness.
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Post by Panther on Jun 6, 2014 20:01:29 GMT -5
...but this time he was a bit more precise than at any other time, so this is a fleshed-out historical account. (All these interviews are important for historical record... Beatle interviews are interesting and important in their way, but I certainly wouldn't say a Paul McCartney interview regarding The Beatles in 2014 adds anything to the historical account! If the historians have shown anything with their research, it's that all the ex-Beatles had faultier-than-average memories of the details of anything and everything that happened to them during the 60s. And Paul has the 'faultiest' memory of them all! (which he usually gives a PR-spin as well) Screw those A-holes, if they can't appreciate the greatness. That's a bit narrow-minded. I prefer democratic values. People are welcome to like what they want. What kind of musical climate would the 70s/80s/90s have been if everyone sat around worshipping The Beatles? All the essential music of those periods would never have been made.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Jun 7, 2014 6:07:56 GMT -5
Beatle interviews are interesting and important in their way, but I certainly wouldn't say a Paul McCartney interview regarding The Beatles in 2014 adds anything to the historical account! If the historians have shown anything with their research, it's that all the ex-Beatles had faultier-than-average memories of the details of anything and everything that happened to them during the 60s. And Paul has the 'faultiest' memory of them all! (which he usually gives a PR-spin as well) John and Paul were the only two present in the story about watching SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE at John's apartment. Both men had commented on it at various times, but John is now dead. Would you prefer that Mark Lewisohn tell us what was said between the two of them in John's apartment the night they saw SNL on TV...? Perhaps a house fly on the wall may step forward to be interviewed in one of Mark's future books on the SNL matter. That's a bit narrow-minded. I prefer democratic values. People are welcome to like what they want. . I don't give a rat's ass what you prefer. So people are welcome to like what they want. Okay, but then are other people also just as free to say what they think about what other people like or do not like, without you chastising them? How far do your democratic values stretch? Is it democratic of you to label someone as "narrow-minded" just because they have no tolerance for vocal Beatle-haters? I have democratic values in most things... but anyone who boats that he doesn't like The Beatles -- and in particular, people like the guys here who reportedly rally against The Beatles and make anti-comments -- is an A-hole in my book. And even worse, an a-hole without any musical taste. I noticed you disappeared for days after our recent debate on "J, P, G + anyone = The Beatles". What happened, were you so silenced there that you feel you now have to bust my balls over in this thread?
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Post by John S. Damm on Jun 7, 2014 10:02:27 GMT -5
I like DJs or media types who don't fawn over the Fabs, otherwise they are just sycophants!
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Post by sayne on Jun 7, 2014 13:26:46 GMT -5
I like DJs or media types who don't fawn over the Fabs, otherwise they are just sycophants! Before Jimmy Kimmel got famous, he used to be a regular on the Kevin and Bean show. He was just some shmuck side-kick to the 2 of them. He never showed much interest in the Beatles, either, which is why he was so fake when Paul was on his show. He really could not have cared less that he had Paul on, except for the ratings.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jun 7, 2014 14:57:51 GMT -5
I like DJs or media types who don't fawn over the Fabs, otherwise they are just sycophants! Before Jimmy Kimmel got famous, he used to be a regular on the Kevin and Bean show. He was just some shmuck side-kick to the 2 of them. He never showed much interest in the Beatles, either, which is why he was so fake when Paul was on his show. He really could not have cared less that he had Paul on, except for the ratings. And Paul clearly doesn't remember that when Linda died, Howard Stern and actor Jason Alexander who played George on Seinfeld where mocking Paul's official statement on her passing and having a good old laugh about it. All was forgiven it seems especially as Howard took Paul's side against Yoko in the early and mid-2000's when Paul and Yoko were feuding.
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