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103: Paul McCartney at 80 - A celebration Part 3

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Arts, Performing Arts, Music, Music Commentary

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🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Andy Dawson, Martin Carr and Annie Nightingale discuss their favourite Paul McCartney moment with Chris Shaw.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to I am the Eggpot with me Chris Shaw. To celebrate Paul McCartney's 80th birthday, over four episodes, I'll be speaking to a

0:22.8

popery of delicious guests who'll be choosing their favorite Fab Maca song.

0:27.0

We'll also be hearing from lots of egg pod listeners who picked a song that means the most

0:30.3

of them.

0:31.1

So let's get part three underway, take it away egg potters.

0:51.3

There were rules you never. away at police. This is Amy.

0:52.4

This is Amy, and my song of choice by Paul is Queenie Eye from 2013's new.

0:58.3

I like the song for many reasons.

1:00.9

It's quite a personal song which references his childhood and remembrances of playing a game that uses the words Queenie Eye.

1:09.1

And I also like it because Paul tends to throw a couple of

1:14.0

curveballs in it, one being he gets very soft in the middle of the song, despite the punchiness of it

1:20.0

overall. I really enjoy the fact that he is making it sound somewhat vintage, but also somewhat

1:27.0

very of today's sound.

1:29.7

So for all those reasons, my song for Paul is Queenie.

1:36.2

When you let me go, everything was chosen.

1:41.3

Oh, no, no.

1:43.5

You let me go. Everything was chosen. My name's Dillan, I've chosen, my love. You're letting me love,

1:46.0

everything was your little guy back.

1:50.0

I'm from Brisbane, Australia, and I've chosen A Love for You, which is a Hidden McCartney gem from 1970.

1:58.0

It was recorded during the sessions for RAM, but it wasn't released until 2003.

2:03.6

This is a song I can happily listen to over and over again. It's one of those catchy, melodic songs that Paul seems to do so easily.

2:10.6

As always, it has a great vocal. Musically, it's quite upbeat and cheery, with some nice piano and guitar accompaniment. But this is balanced by lyrics which are a bit more downbeat, seeming to portray a friendship that is in fear of losing.

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