Paul McCartney: "Have you got any ideas?" Elvis Costello: "Have I got any ideas?" 50 million ideas come out.

@stilltainted922

5 жыл бұрын

i loved his Elvis Costello voice that he put on there

@Shane-zx4ps

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanemmettfullerton it’s an Irish ☘️ thing..

@dalekelley

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Elvis Costello writing ideas in a book on an episode of "2 and a Half Men." Seriously... He was getting ideas from Sean Penn. 😂

@patrickbrownson1

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha Very accurate.

Anyone here who hasn't seen it, check out Elvis Costello doing Penny Lane in the White House with Paul's backing band and with Paul in the audience

@stuartharrison165

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's excellent , same for Dave Grohl doing Band On The Run .

@keykrazy

3 жыл бұрын

Came here from it, lol (And now i'm a-gonna go check out Foo Fighter Dave's rendition of BOtR!..

@QuantumPyrite_88.9

3 жыл бұрын

Saw the video with Elvis and it was awesome .

@garymerritt3616

3 жыл бұрын

Actually just saw it! Like five minutes ago. Excellant!

@rebelno9737

3 жыл бұрын

That was a bit rubbish..he wasn't hitting the notes..I like him as artist though

McCartney's a great story teller.

@alfching2499

3 жыл бұрын

Always looks like he’s making it up as he goes along he’s got that am I telling the truth or not face

The thing about people with glasses is BRILLIANT. Speaking as someone with glasses, I'm sure he's right. It changes your outlook in ways that are hard to predict. Very Marshall McLuhan.

Nice comments about Elvis Costello whom I also liked.

A pity they never really worked together again. I think they came up with great tunes. They really were a great team.

@Psiberzerker

3 жыл бұрын

Spike: The Beloved Entertainer.

@manolokonosko2868

3 жыл бұрын

McCartney may come off like a likable guy on TV but there's a good reason John Lennon and George Harrison, plus a long list of studio musicians and ex-Wings band members don't ever want to have anything to do with him again. Elvis Costello, Eric Stewart, and even Denny Laine got fed up with Sir Paul The Cheap. Yoko didn't break up The Beatles, Paul did.

@rebelno9737

3 жыл бұрын

@@manolokonosko2868 skimping on royalties?

@Charleybones

3 жыл бұрын

@@manolokonosko2868 interesting thought. I do recall hearing that the collaboration between Paul and Elvis did have some friction. Hard to believe it though as Elvis is a Liverpoodlian too, and the reverence that Elvis must have had for great songwriters, in particular ,melody master like Lennon and McCartney must be enormous. When I listen to the Spike album I don hear any Macca influence. It makes me wonder how much there actually was.

@kevinobrien9626

2 жыл бұрын

Neither guy takes shit, and both have fuck-you money. Most of Costello's collaborations seem one-and-done, come to think of it.

What an awesome tidbit. I need to look up their collaboration. I wasn't aware of it.

2 wonderful legends!

my desert island elvis album: 'this years model'.

he looks so good here! So talented! My favorite is Let it Be

If I have a criticism about Paul it’s that sometimes he can be ungenerous in his assessments of others in relation to himself. He gets defensive. Elvis Costello was unstinting in his praise of Paul and their collaboration was terrific, and I think it benefitted Paul a lot. I think Paul’s defensiveness is largely a reaction to how malicious Lennon was to him after the Beatles broke up. He savaged the work and contributions of his own best friend and key collaborator. And all of the critics followed his lead. It is only really in the last ten years that Paul has finally gotten his due and that the haters have largely been drowned out. But the injuries Lennon inflicted on McCartney left lifelong scars.

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, I honestly think this is why Paul didn't like working with Elvis Costello. Every criticism probably reminded him of John

@stms4411

7 ай бұрын

I detect a certain snarky tone coming from Paul, as if he’s reticent to give Elvis credit. Not Sir Paul’s best look imho. There was something there that didn’t allow them to continue to collaborate- what a shame!

Going to see Elvis in Worcester Massachusetts in March. Can't wait !!!

@neboshman

5 ай бұрын

Not long now bro.

"Is it crap?" Hilarious!

Would have loved to be there when they were collaborating ... musical minds

Elvis Costello is actually very similar to Lennon lyrically and not full of shit. I think he challenged McCartney big time. Not sure if he could handle that. Costello wished he wrote Blackbird but McCartney wished he penned Alison.

love you both. thank you. sat at a table next to elvis in a caf'e in chelsea , he was writing. he's special. cool. late lunch saturday afternoon.

@totalrobot

4 жыл бұрын

I thought he didn't want to go to Chelsea. Something stinks here.

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

Honestly a nightmare scenario what if he writes you into his song as some type of drunken philistine

@simonsherratt1484

6 ай бұрын

​@@totalrobotunderrated comment

I like Annie Nightingale, but that was a really mean question! He was very gracious, considering.

At 0:05 she says, "say to you, that's crap". Paul is looking at her like, "i don't ever write crap so that issue never comes up, lady."

@fastinbulvis2223

19 күн бұрын

Exactly! What a dope of an interviewer. Though the tv screen-sized sunglasses were a dead giveaway.

Holly shit, i have glasses, I'm practically John Lennon 🤯

@burmashave

3 жыл бұрын

To be Lennon, you'd probably start by realizing the difference between "holy" and "holly".

Veronica is an amazing song.

Ah the good old iconoclastic Eighties...imagine an interviewer daring to suggest any of McCartneys Beatles songs were "crap" now

Oh no, Elvis. We don't need fifty million ideas.

@vernpascal1531

3 жыл бұрын

@@margaretbutera-morris929 Now Now..they are both incredible...

hmm Let me ADJUST MY GLASSES while I look at this more closely. `@@`

As an Elvis fan, I hear how Paul was a positive influence. Great as he is, Elvis can be too wordy, and his melodies can get too convoluted.

@CScott-zu5mv

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a pity when someone puts great words over complex melodic melodies. That’s just the worst. Maybe Gregorian chants are more your speed.

@glennmartin9043

2 жыл бұрын

@@CScott-zu5mv It's also a pity when someone can't stop himself from being a snotty, condescending prick.

@patriciofernandez2711

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah as much as I love a lot of EC's stuff, he does tend to "over-write"

@BeatlesCentricUniverse

3 ай бұрын

Nonsense. EC is a songwriting genius. One of the best EVER.

@glennmartin9043

3 ай бұрын

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse With absolutely no faults?

Paul, I know what you mean about glasses. I mean I used to wear them for most of my life (stopped when Sight For Sore Eyes kept screwing up my prescription, or whatever), but they never made me feel more introverted-it was just one more chore to have to do to be in the world. I know it LOOKS like spex-wearers are more introverted/intelligent, but I can assure you: that's not true, that's just how it LOOKS when you need glasses for looking. But I feel the same w/o glasses as I did with em. Ask any glasses-wearer.

I'm a guy with specs and my last name is Costello

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

And your first name is Pog? Awesome

very edifying Paul

My hero... 😎 but clearly less self assured here than he is today 🤔

They are both great songwriters. They've both written great lyrics and music. They've both written some average stuff too. But all of it is no doubt better than anything you or I could come up with.

@davidmathews2599

2 жыл бұрын

Speak for yourself lad. I'm right up there with them in their finest hours. No big deal it's just what I do.

@patriciofernandez2711

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm pretty good myself

@bruceevans3476

Жыл бұрын

Nice.

@mikeoleary1723

Жыл бұрын

McCartney is on some of the songs on Spike. The album has it moments but is not as strong as the albums that went before. Costello's first six albums are excellent.

What the fuck is he talking about? He fingered his best album in decades thanks to his collaboration with Costello. He makes it sound as if it's the other way around.

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

Elvis Costello had just come out of a flop era too...

I always hoped he'd write a few tunes with Paul Weller .

@dudleyburrow

2 жыл бұрын

Weller = Over rated.

so like 🍭 candy..

Re: comments on spectacles: There's a fine line between "stupid" and "clever".

Wasn't easier. you resonated with him. meaning John....So it was easier..

What year is this?

As someone who's worn glasses or contacts my entire life, I do think my poor eyesight has affected the way I perceive the world ... and not just in that I have to squint at things when not wearing my correctives. While very common, it's still a handicap to be myopic. I wonder sometimes, if the word went totally primitive and I had no means of correcting my eyesight (either lost / didn't have my specs), I'd be at a distinct disadvantage against predators vs. someone with perfect vision.

@Prancer1231

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. I'm the same, and it definitely affects the way you see the world. And I also think it's true that people who wear glasses tend to be more introverted. Of course there are exceptions to everything, but in general.

What a poignant response. I agree whole heartedly and thank you for your passionate words.

who is the interviewer?

Rickenbacker 12 string in the background

Astro would call him "Relvis Rosterro."

A very extreme example. How about Give Ireland Back to the Irish v A Good Year For The Roses?

@sensey07

3 жыл бұрын

Good year for the Roses (first performed by George Jones) written by Jerry Chesnut kzread.info/dash/bejne/a4Goxruqka_LZNo.html

Most of Macca's 80's interveiws are a bit cringe-worthy in places. I don't suppose Paul would ever publicly admit to having writers-block (hence the collabaration with mr Costello).

@NotActuallyGaryUsher

7 жыл бұрын

The collab with Elvis was certainly not due to any writers block. There are sixty or seventy solo demos of Paul's between 85 and 89 and an entire unreleased album from 87.

@NotActuallyGaryUsher

7 жыл бұрын

Not to mention that of the 19 songs that came from the Flowers In The Dirt project, only four were co-written with Costello.

@peterowen9183

3 жыл бұрын

@@NotActuallyGaryUsher Absolutely. But in addition to those four, there's another dozen or so songs from those writing sessions which emerged on other McCartney and Costello LPs in subsequent years. Neither of these people were suffering from writers' block!

Paul was much better than John, and is kind, but bitter, at the same time. John was lacking in so many departments.

@popvinnik

2 жыл бұрын

Such as?

Has he ever given a straight answer in his life?

@billytrack

4 жыл бұрын

Yes and no answers make for short interviews

@sst3d

4 жыл бұрын

Dan Heilman nope

@jmm1000

4 жыл бұрын

cant very well come out and say "frankly, im kind of a douche"

@69realstar2

3 жыл бұрын

No probably not the guys thru almost evrything super nova star like Paul Could go thru..but some times there are clues u pick up u know when he's sencere n he is play ex beatle paul.. I think he is Real good man at heart he still love the Beatles With heart n soul...

What year is this interview from? Late 80's I assume?

@Danimal77

2 жыл бұрын

They collaborated in 1987-1988 and the interview's from 1989.

Anyone know what they wrote together?

@shawnuel

9 жыл бұрын

"Back On My Feet", the B-side of McCartney's 1987 single "Once Upon a Long Ago", later added as a bonus track on the 1993 re-issue of McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt. Costello's "Veronica" and "Pads, Paws and Claws" from his album Spike (1989). McCartney's "My Brave Face", "Don't Be Careless Love", "That Day Is Done" and the McCartney/Costello duet "You Want Her Too", all from McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt (1989). "So Like Candy" and "Playboy to a Man" from Costello's Mighty Like a Rose (1991). "The Lovers That Never Were" and "Mistress and Maid" from McCartney's Off the Ground (1993). "Shallow Grave" from Costello's All This Useless Beauty (1996).

@janetaldrich7747

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that list!

That thing he said about people that wear glasses is monumental, next level, horseshit.

@sup9542

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was weird. Maybe he's noticed it particularly with rock stars who wear glasses, not just people in general. Maybe to wear glasses as a rock star you have to have a certain attitude of not caring what people think.

@tomas6700

3 жыл бұрын

This is the best comment I have seen (read) in a long time. And it was not necessary to say. What McCartney said.

@monsieurcommissaire1628

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you apparently never had to go through years of school wearing the infernal things.

@jacomans9078

3 жыл бұрын

It’s true

@cd3949

17 күн бұрын

It's an observation. Simmer down, cupcake.

Maybe McCartney, at his peak, had the edge on Costello musically but Elvis' lyrics beat Paul's all day long.

@lyndagomes7132

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree!

@lyndagomes7132

2 жыл бұрын

Tomy...did you ever work @ kfjc?

@flamingpi2245

Жыл бұрын

Though I love the man, I’d have to say so

@leoninocat5070

6 ай бұрын

Beat Let it be?hey jude?

I did sense a similarity between John and Elvis....although I don't think it has anything to do with glasses (don't know where Paul got that idea). Rather than Elvis working with Paul, it would have been more interesting to see John and Elvis work together (pretty sure the timeline wouldn't allow for that, but it would have been great to see them do a song together had John not been taken so early).

@ferabra8939

9 жыл бұрын

+Margo Gadet Actually, I think Lennon heard and liked Elvis Costello. He even quoted one of his songs in an interview before passing. He said "I still believe in love peace and understanding as Elvis Costello says". It could have happened in 1980, when Lennon was alive and recording. However, I disagree with you. Costello and Lennon would have brought to the table too much cynicism and acid wit. That, or one of them should have assumed another role. No contrast, no shadows and light. Which is why they were so great writing with McCartney.

@ohpopshop

8 жыл бұрын

+Fer Abra Minor fussy detail: that's actually a Nick Lowe song, but Elvis' cover of it (produced by Nick Lowe, no less) was a hit in 1978.

@ferabra8939

8 жыл бұрын

ohpopshop I didn't say Costello wrote the song. I know it's by Nick Lowe, but thanks. If as you mention, it was a hit in 1978, the timing is correct. Lennon heard it and quoted it in 1980. Makes sense.

@ohpopshop

8 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah, I know, it was just the wording was ambiguous and could be read that way. Sorry, I work as a writer and editor so I get fussy about language :-). Anyway, no worries!

@dragankostic26

5 жыл бұрын

it brang ci nisizam to Yu

and what did John write on his own Pauly Paul?

@Crisstti

7 жыл бұрын

What's your point? he simply brought up one example. They were talking about HIS songwriting, so he brought up a song of his.

@hw343434

3 жыл бұрын

John wrote masterworks on his own; “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “Revolution”, “All You Need is Love”, “Come Together”, “I am the Walrus”, “Dear Prudence”, “Ticket to Ride”, “Help”, “Imagine”, “Jealous Guy”, etc etc etc

It's funny how much grey Paul had in his hair in 1989 but he has none now.

did paul know that elvis' dad once opened for the beatles?

You are rambling Paul.

@cygnusfloyd

6 жыл бұрын

He's probably high.

When you got a winning formula why would you shy away from it not want to sound like it if it's Beatle like

So between Paul and Elvis who's gott the better numchucks skills?

By the way I wear glasses not contacts and YES I am superior!!! Thanks Paul!! ;p

Paul's accent is much more American since he married Nancy -- random observation.

@MrDaiseymay

9 жыл бұрын

+ClueSign I think the opposite . To me he sounds more scouse in his old age.

@ClueSign

9 жыл бұрын

Philip Croft To my American ears, 'scouse sounds a bit like Brooklyn, so maybe it's a bit of both.

What? People with glasses...ummmm...I guess I should be an amazing songwriter then..

God Paul you are great. I know, you told me so. Arse.

He's the William Shatner of rock

I love it when millionaires mow each other’s lawns. Big fan.

Wow! That's deep. John Lennon and Elvis Costello have similarities, they both wore specs. Obviously not the smart one in the Beatles was he?

@shawnuel

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Jackson He is plenty smart. He is not very eloquent as a speaker, though. And sure, like all of us, he says some stupid things

@marleyvonhoffstein3193

4 жыл бұрын

@@shawnuel Yeah, we all say stupid things, but generalising about people who wear specs, when over half the world population wear specs? That is stupid on an epic scale.

Veronica

what dos Whimpey know?

You know what makes someone come off like an idiot? Using of when they should use off.

This is a strange interview. Guys with specs...?

The percentage of people who wear glasses is high but most have contacts...I think he was just comparing Declan to John in that way...

He's stoned

@GreenshieldKnight

10 жыл бұрын

When isn't he?

Once the question was quite common, "Lennon or McCartney?" This is a perfect example of why my answer was without fail "Lennon."

I loved the Beatles and also Paul and John Lennon's each of their solo LPS. I never thought of who was better as they were definitely together or separate favorites of mine. I think it's not appropriate to trash either Paul or John and it's in bad taste.

@treetopjones737

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Apples & oranges.

The early rocky demo of My Brave Face with Costello singing was really good. Then McCartney slowed it down and applied slick, 80s pop production to it, making it bland and plodding. A shame, as it was a good tune. I think they were both too long in the tooth for a partnership by that point. These things work best with a male and female vocal with different styles who bounce off each other and do different parts.

The Beatles were really good

When toadies are forever telling you how good you are you end up starting to believe it.

@donaldwebb

4 жыл бұрын

what do you mean by this comment? Mccartney and Costello are both good, but yeh once you get a bit of success more success piles on and piles on and some of it in the end is undeserved. People gaping at you with wide eyes mainly because of your previous successes... Still both very talented , but at some point both were basically given a license to print money .

@gato7908

3 жыл бұрын

@@donaldwebb ultimately they both know what worked and what was crap because the people decide that

@chairmanmajong

2 жыл бұрын

Gross comment

both got specs ............................ haaaaaaa

People with specks ????

Wonderful Christmastime and Freedom are what happens when McCartney writes songs by himself.

@chairmanmajong

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and Yesterday, Let it Be, The Long and Winding Road, Here There and Everywhere, For No One, etc- all the terrible songs McCartney wrote on his own.

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Christmastime is one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time, no matter what you think about it

Paul McCartney never likes to hear that his music crap even when it is crap. just ask Hugh Padgham

That stuff about people who wear glasses - such absolute twaddle. Just his mouth moving but the brain is not engaged. Either he's high or he's so used to people listening respectfully to every word he says that he thinks he doesn't have to make sense any more. I've noticed this with a lot of famous musicians - brilliant in their own field, but in every other aspect of human behaviour pretty much hopeless. That's how compartmentalised musical talent is, I guess.

@cd3949

17 күн бұрын

It's an observation. Relax.

A lot of your stuff has been crap Paul I wish i'd of been there to guide you then we'd of have a few more band on the run albums out there.

Beatle Bill alert.

@danneumann3274

9 ай бұрын

So You are one of us, those who know

Shame they couldn't find someone who speaks English for the interview.

Costello was a Beatles mega fan when he was 10 years old. Not quite a meeting of equals

elvis sulky girl...

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

Song of all time

Is she high? Take off the sunglasses.

This is not the real Paul? This is the replacement?

@FrankieParadiso4evah

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, call him Faul and he'll look up.

@scottandrewbrass1931

2 жыл бұрын

Oh look! 2 complete cunts for the price of one.

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

No matter what you believe, this is the Paul that did the collaboration with Elvis Costello, which is the main thing that matters here

I love Paul very much and always will but the "they both have glasses" thing is insulting to both of those fantastic artists

@MultiJoe84

3 жыл бұрын

He didn’t mean it as an insult, as he tried to explain

EGO

@mandolinorchid

9 жыл бұрын

Paul is all about that ego...

@dp6876

8 жыл бұрын

+Heavy Early Paul admits that EC had to help him with the lyrics. It was always McCartney's weakness.

No offense to any giant John fans, but in the interview he seemed a tad condescending to me? Is it just me? Depicting Elvis as a glasses-wearing geek with a book-bag? Maybe it's just me. Just a tad.

@MuhammadFarukh

9 жыл бұрын

I think you confused Paul with John. That's Paul in the interview.

@pvtrichter88

9 жыл бұрын

+Muhammad Farrukh he just doesn't want to call ELVIS a specky-eyed git!!

@MuhammadFarukh

9 жыл бұрын

pvtrichter88 What are you on about? I think you meant to reply to the initial comment not me bud

@pvtrichter88

9 жыл бұрын

Muhammad Farrukh oh my bad !! I believe your right need to focus here evening M8!!

@MuhammadFarukh

9 жыл бұрын

+pvtrichter88 No problem. It's a little misunderstanding haha

It is an open secret that McCartney treated Costello like shit, even to the point of yelling at him in the studio, in front of all the other musicians and studio staff. As a result, "Flowers In The Dirt" ended up being nothing more than a mediocre, on the verge of crap - "Give My Regards To Broadstreet" territory - album,, while Costello's "Spike" was a much better listen.

@rattyeely

Жыл бұрын

Why would Paul yell at Elvis I would think it would be the other way around

@manolokonosko2868

Жыл бұрын

@@rattyeely It's documented that Paul being the know it all boss as you have probably witnessed on the "Get Back" , was resented by Elvis Costello, who had quite a following and a reputation for being a great songwriter. I don't particularly like his voice, but his songs are good. SO, Elvis didn't bow down or kneel before Paul, and didn't want to be treated as a "junior" partner, the same as Paul had done with George Harrison. You can guess how the rest of it went.

paul jelous of john

Sadly, the majority of Paul's post-Beatles catalog is pure rubbish.

Elvis is fab and groovy, McCartney isn't!!!