Words can’t express what this man and his music have meant
to my life. Yes I rag on him a lot for
this stale setlists, use of teleprompter, inability to sing well anymore, but
he’s my idol and I respect him. I came
close to meeting him once. I was at a
Paul Simon concert and he was about 10 rows away. I spotted him first and whispered to Austin “there’s Paul
McCartney.” The crowd lost their shit
just by catching a glimpse at him.
Seeing him in the flesh, and not on stage wearing his old suspenders and
tie endeared him to me. I taught myself
to sing by singing his songs, which explains my singing voice. I was, and still am a Paul McCartney solo fan
first. Then I stumbled upon this other
band he used to be in before Wings called The Beatles. The Beatles made a pretty nice noise and I
can see why 50 years on, new generations are experiencing the magic. I first saw my idol in concert in 2002. What a night that was, you can read the
‘rewind’ blog entry all about that special evening above. I have since seen him 7 times total.
Enjoy the ride Sir Paul, because there will never be another
one of you, ever! Congrats on the first
7 decades, I know you will be around for at least 7 more, just hope I’m here to
see it too!
And I also wanted to lay to rest a rumor that Paul owns the rights to "Happy Birthday," he does not.
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