Larry King is kinda goofy, but I thought it was an ok interview, and certainly felt a little less scripted than the usual interviews mccartney does.
I don't get what people are complaining about at the end, McCartney talks to Larry's kids. Granted perhaps he isn't some sort of cool guy, but sometimes it just seems people want to criticize him.
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It's not that people want to criticize him, but if you have ever been around him and able to see the different personas that he has you would recognize the difference. He can be a personable guy in his "Beatle Paul" way but as well his business persona is totally different as is his real disposition.
I've met him a few times and have been in the proximity to see the differences in his personalities as an entertainer. No snub, just an observation.
Regards,
I've met him a few times and have been in the proximity to see the differences in his personalities as an entertainer. No snub, just an observation.
Regards,
Ashley please tell us more about your encounters with Paul. I'd love to hear about them. Seems like you must know him pretty well based on your comments about his personality. Oh, and just for the record, you were way off base with your comments about how he treated the young boy (L. King's son). I described how it went down in my earlier post.
It is what it is!
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ie: David, I can't say that I know him, but I have met him several times. My cousin works for a large sound and lighting company in Texas that has had equipment and personel on several of the tours. I have been fortunate enough to be invited backstage to sound checks and press conferences during several tours. On the Driving the US tour, I had an invite to several shows as well.
Paul can be a very gracious fellow but that is a well cultivated persona that goes back to the Beatle days. Not to say that he is disingenuous but he is a sharp entertainer. If you watch him in a less formal manner and see the interaction with others, he doesn't put the 'Beatle Paul' on.
I happened to see the LK show both broadcasts and I saw the interaction with the boy a bit different on the steps. I saw Paul briefly say a word as he walked up the stairs as he pointed at the boy and tapped the boys right arm as he kept going. He has been doing this stuff for 45 years and it seems like it just doesn't matter. The comments from fans are routine for him and he responds in an obligatory fashion. Many performers don't want any contact with others while some of the biggest names are very polite and warm to the approach.
For instance, Keith Richards and Ron Wood are both polite gentlemen. I had the pleasure to spend some time with them in Keith's lounge on the Voodoo Lounge tour in several cities. Keith happened to introduce me to Clarence Thomas. Keith seemed amused that I would remember the two of them on the same Ready Steady Go show. After about twenty minutes in the lounge/dressing room Kieth had to get makeup for the show. As I was leaving i told him that "it was a pleasure to meet you Mr. Richards". He replied that it was a pleasure to meet you "Ashley". This after I had been introduced to him only once. Ron wood is the very same and very personable and very much the 'jokester'.
Great guys that remember peoples faces and names,not just for the moment.
I'll post some pics of the people that I can talk about from a personal standpoint. No BS.
Regards,
Paul can be a very gracious fellow but that is a well cultivated persona that goes back to the Beatle days. Not to say that he is disingenuous but he is a sharp entertainer. If you watch him in a less formal manner and see the interaction with others, he doesn't put the 'Beatle Paul' on.
I happened to see the LK show both broadcasts and I saw the interaction with the boy a bit different on the steps. I saw Paul briefly say a word as he walked up the stairs as he pointed at the boy and tapped the boys right arm as he kept going. He has been doing this stuff for 45 years and it seems like it just doesn't matter. The comments from fans are routine for him and he responds in an obligatory fashion. Many performers don't want any contact with others while some of the biggest names are very polite and warm to the approach.
For instance, Keith Richards and Ron Wood are both polite gentlemen. I had the pleasure to spend some time with them in Keith's lounge on the Voodoo Lounge tour in several cities. Keith happened to introduce me to Clarence Thomas. Keith seemed amused that I would remember the two of them on the same Ready Steady Go show. After about twenty minutes in the lounge/dressing room Kieth had to get makeup for the show. As I was leaving i told him that "it was a pleasure to meet you Mr. Richards". He replied that it was a pleasure to meet you "Ashley". This after I had been introduced to him only once. Ron wood is the very same and very personable and very much the 'jokester'.
Great guys that remember peoples faces and names,not just for the moment.
I'll post some pics of the people that I can talk about from a personal standpoint. No BS.
Regards,
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A classy rejoinder, Ashley.
I exchanged about ten words with Ron Wood at a booksigning once and got the same impression--he seemed genuinely nice.
I exchanged about ten words with Ron Wood at a booksigning once and got the same impression--he seemed genuinely nice.
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Ashley,
Sounds like you are very fortunate to have relatives that can gain you access to some of these great musicians. I'm sure it must be a thrill actually being able to carry on a conversation with these greats, much less hanging out with them for a while. You're a lucky one!
As far as the L. King broadcast, I was able to record the whole show via my DVR system. That way I could watch the show whenever. So after reading a couple of post indicating that Paul had somewhat dissed the youngster (L. King's son), I wanted to check it out in more detail and see if his actions were as rude as it was indicated. After reviewing that part of the show several times I was able to see that Paul not only addressed the boy (albeit briefly) as he was walking up the stairs to his seat, but also as I stated before, he had already exchanged high fives with him and another youngster prior to that on his initial walk over to the seating area. So, to me, I felt like in this instance he was getting judged unfairly for his actions.
Best,
Sounds like you are very fortunate to have relatives that can gain you access to some of these great musicians. I'm sure it must be a thrill actually being able to carry on a conversation with these greats, much less hanging out with them for a while. You're a lucky one!
As far as the L. King broadcast, I was able to record the whole show via my DVR system. That way I could watch the show whenever. So after reading a couple of post indicating that Paul had somewhat dissed the youngster (L. King's son), I wanted to check it out in more detail and see if his actions were as rude as it was indicated. After reviewing that part of the show several times I was able to see that Paul not only addressed the boy (albeit briefly) as he was walking up the stairs to his seat, but also as I stated before, he had already exchanged high fives with him and another youngster prior to that on his initial walk over to the seating area. So, to me, I felt like in this instance he was getting judged unfairly for his actions.
Best,
It is what it is!
>>He has been doing this stuff for 45 years and it seems like it just doesn't matter. The comments from fans are routine for him and he responds in an obligatory fashion.<<
I haven't seen the King footage, but IMO Paul has given plenty of himself for decades, and even if he's sometimes less than gracious, he's entitled to that since we all have bad days. By many accounts John was even more extreme--he could be either delightful or caustic to fans, depending on his mood that day. We all have carefully cultivated personas...how do we carry outselves at a job interview or on a first date as opposed to dealing with an idiot cashier or a nagging spouse?
Very cool it would be to meet Richards/Wood...maybe they are charming because they both are always slightly drunk? LOL, kidding...
I haven't seen the King footage, but IMO Paul has given plenty of himself for decades, and even if he's sometimes less than gracious, he's entitled to that since we all have bad days. By many accounts John was even more extreme--he could be either delightful or caustic to fans, depending on his mood that day. We all have carefully cultivated personas...how do we carry outselves at a job interview or on a first date as opposed to dealing with an idiot cashier or a nagging spouse?
Very cool it would be to meet Richards/Wood...maybe they are charming because they both are always slightly drunk? LOL, kidding...
It was the same with John Entwistle of the Who as well as Roger Daltry. I happened to be able to spend quite alot of time with John on several occasions. He would talk guitars and gear with me as well as cars and food and everything in between. John was such a regular guy who loved to play music. We would stand around the stage during load in and cut up with everyone who was on the bill on Ringo's All Starr lineup. The only ones not there was Ringo and Billy Preston. Zak was even really nice even if he didn't like the chocolate cake that we all had for dinner. The whole group was laid back and jovial. John was always open when we talked guitars that he would let me have full access to his guitar world. Showing me his Buzzard basses and letting me play what ever I wanted to feel the action and setups. Great guy and I miss him and considered myself a friend. He would always come right up and pick up where we had left off from the time before at another show.
Roger Daltry is another nice hospitable guy always with a smile and hand shake.
Pete Townsend, on the other hand, would pass a brief pleasentry but was always as if he didn't have time for anyone else outside his entourage.
I'll post some further stories of Alan Rogan and my slight connection to George Harrison, if ever so slight.
Regards,
Roger Daltry is another nice hospitable guy always with a smile and hand shake.
Pete Townsend, on the other hand, would pass a brief pleasentry but was always as if he didn't have time for anyone else outside his entourage.
I'll post some further stories of Alan Rogan and my slight connection to George Harrison, if ever so slight.
Regards,
I'll have to agree with David, Mr.King should stick to his Paris Hilton types. What a moron - blowing this unique opportunity for the sake of his raging ego (and that poor kid).
Kudos to Yoko and Olivia for being so cool during Mr.Kings relentless interrogation. At least Paul & Ringo hammed it up enough to make watching it bearable...
Kudos to Yoko and Olivia for being so cool during Mr.Kings relentless interrogation. At least Paul & Ringo hammed it up enough to make watching it bearable...
I've got a better candidate for "worst Beatle interview ever". Did anyone ever see the "Tonight Show" in 1968 when John and Paul were the guests, plugging the opening of Apple?
Johnny Carson picked that night to be off. The guest hosts were Joe Garagiola and Tallulah Bankhead (I'll give you all a minute while you "Google" Tallulah Bankhead...).
At the tender age of 16, and hungry for any morsel of the Lads on American TV, that was a crushing interview. I love Joe...when he's doing baseball. But this was like Abbott & Costello interviewing Churchill and Roosevelt. It was like they didn't even know who the Beatles were -- or they knew, but were still treating them as a joke.
That Tonight Show interview made Larry King look like a genius by comparison. I always held it against Carson that he couldn't show up for the Beatles -- but he made Tiny Tim a national event.
But I digress....
Johnny Carson picked that night to be off. The guest hosts were Joe Garagiola and Tallulah Bankhead (I'll give you all a minute while you "Google" Tallulah Bankhead...).
At the tender age of 16, and hungry for any morsel of the Lads on American TV, that was a crushing interview. I love Joe...when he's doing baseball. But this was like Abbott & Costello interviewing Churchill and Roosevelt. It was like they didn't even know who the Beatles were -- or they knew, but were still treating them as a joke.
That Tonight Show interview made Larry King look like a genius by comparison. I always held it against Carson that he couldn't show up for the Beatles -- but he made Tiny Tim a national event.
But I digress....