At a recent event at the White House, everybody’s second favorite former Beatle took the opportunity to unload on America’s most recent former President.
According to Sir Paul McCartney, “After the last eight years, it’s great to have a president who knows what a library is.”
Given this bit of political proselytizing, we humbly suggest that this once brilliant songwriter (and current has been) might very well benefit from spending some time in a library himself. Specifically the sections that Melvil Dewey set aside as the 320’s.
Anyone even vaguely familiar with the social sciences would know that McCartney hasn’t had a president for the last eight, or any years. McCartney has been a subject of a queen for all of his life. Including back in 1967 when he recorded quite a great little song by the name of “Fixing a Hole.”
That song wasn’t on the play-list at the White House the other night. Too bad, because President Obama could have gained much from such clear instruction on what he should be doing with that oil spill down in the gulf.
We always liked Ringo better, anyway.
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Headline is wrong. Should read "Jerk, Jerk, George & Ringo."
My favorite Beatle was Harrison, anyway.
I'm still going to listen to Paul. (He's no Al Stewart, but he's an OK songwriter.) If I didn't stop listening to him for all the pot he smoked, I'm not going to stop because of this. There are few things I hate worse than pot.
I agree. I am sorry he got shot and so on, but he was a jerk. (John Lennon).
Remember he spent the 60-90 stoned out of his mind...
And, he's a liberal.
Goodbye Paul, I refuse...refuse to EVER listen to anything you.
Nothing I hate worse that political celebrities.
PS; I have a rare Paul McCartney unplugged that just went into the trash.
Bite Me Paul
Well said, Ian, and I know the deflation sucks. Better to stand on principle, though.
If anyone wonders who the song writting talent was in the Beatles, consider what happened after they broke up. Compare what Lennon did compared to McCartney did with Wings. I'm not much of a Beatles guy, but Lennon's back must have sore from having to carry McCartney around.
As a huge Beatle's fan I totally agree that Lennon "carried that weight".
He is a seriously ASS. I was very dissapointed. It was an unnecessary and moronic thing to say. It didn't add anything to the conversation nor the event.
On behalf of the Great British public may I apologize to all Americans for the crass, boorish and totally moronic remarks made by that jewel of colossal ignorance, Paul McCartney; I categorically assure you that his opinions do not represent the opinions of millions of us 'Brits'. On reflection, derogatory and infantile comments about the man who kept the USA and The West (including adolescent, classless ingrates like McCartney) safe for 8 of the last 9 years coming from a lifetime-cocooned celebrity (who penned the masterpiece "Why Don't We Do It In The Road") are probably to be expected.
And when he leaves, he can sing "Back in the USSR" to himself ... twinkie!
Hard to take anyone who penned Rocky Raccoon seriously.
Guess Daddy was right again. He never bowed to beatlemania and told us repeatedly these guys were "commies" and other colorful identifiers. RIP Dad, your lessons are still relevant.
In this case, Fool on the Hill would be a perfect fit.
Must have forgotten the lyrics to The Taxman. And gee - and he's such a great judge of character - Sir Paulie, how's that alimony and splitting your wealth with peg-leg working out?
Taxman was their best song by miles. It is so on the money, it was'nt even funny...Yeah, I know, I'm a poet & I don't even know it.
LOL
I did hear Andrew Wilkow on Sirius/XM say that he wanted KFC to have a Heather Mills value meal. It would consist of 2 breasts & 1 leg, with a drink.
Taxman is a really great song. Strangely enough it was because of "the taxman" that Michael Jackson ended up owning so many of the Beatle's songs. If Lennon/McCartney had maintained ownership of their songs then the royalties would have placed their income into a tax bracket that paid something like 90 percent . . . and so Northern Songs was established and ownership went elsewhere. Taxman, incidentally, is a Harrisong.
I believe Taxman was written by George Harrison. No?
Yes it was a George song, though I think it was still owned by Northern Songs as Harrison didn't start his own publishing company (Harrisongs Ltd.) until later. He wrote some really great songs.
Losing all the money to Heather Mills was probably a surprise . . . he no doubt figured that she didn't have a leg to stand on.