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Sir Paul McCartney talks to Gary Barlow about the art of songwriting and what it was really like to work with everyone from John Lennon to George Martin to Kanye West

The legendary Sir Paul McCartney talks to Gary Barlow about the art of songwriting and what it was really like to work with everyone from John Lennon to George Martin to Kanye West. He reveals how he and John Lennon only began writing songs because other bands were performing the same covers as them at The Cavern Club.
He shares the powerful influence Sir George Martin had on their songs and how he and John Lennon rarely wrote any musical notation down. That meant they would often arrive in the studio, not remembering their own melodies and having to recall them just from the chords and lyrics. Sir Paul also describes how the brilliance of George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the studio added to the magic of some of the best songs ever made.

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Sat 27 Nov 2021 02:00
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Music Played

  • The Beatles

    Words Of Love

  • The Beatles

    Long Tall Sally聽

    • The Beatles - Past Masters, Volume 1.
    • Apple.
    • 10.

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 001.

  • Eddie Calvert

    Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White

  • Kay Starr

    Little White Lies

  • The Beatles

    Please Please Me

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 7.

  • The Beatles

    I Saw Her Standing There

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

  • The Beatles

    Come Together

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 025.

  • The Beatles

    From Me To You

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 002.

  • The Beatles

    And I Love Her

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 5.

  • The Beatles

    Yes It Is

  • The Beatles

    Yesterday

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 011.

  • The Beatles

    Penny Lane

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 017.

  • The Beatles

    Do You Want To Know A Secret?

    • Please Please Me.
    • Parlophone.
    • 11.

  • Rihanna, Ye & Paul McCartney

    FourFiveSeconds

    • (CD Single).
    • Roc Nation.

  • All Day (feat. Paul McCartney)

  • Ye

    All Day (feat. Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London & Paul McCartney)

    • GOOD Music / Def Jam.

  • The Beatles

    In My Life

    • 1962-1966.
    • Apple.
    • 11.

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  • Sat 11 Jan 2020 21:00
    91热爆 Radio 2
  • Sat 27 Nov 2021 02:00
    91热爆 Radio 2

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