Paul McCartney

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This is a great long autistic rambling which you need not read. I suggest that it was Linda's sickness & death that might have made Paul temporarily evil.

Would this nasty behaviour on the part of Paul have occurred maybe between 1995-1998? That was when Linda was sick and dying. Add a few years for grieving?

I remember a long period of time when Paul went berserk but nobody knew why. His people were terrified of him. He had people going through garbage pails and if there was evidence of meat for lunch, the individual was fired on the spot, and Paul would have the individual blacklisted for further employment anywhere. I was surprised when he carried those rules on tour and made a point of destroying at least one person in each city.

But wasn't that the exact opposite of the kind of guy we were used to? Later, I thought, what if people blamed Paul's smoking for Linda's cancer? He certainly went berserk. Nobody would discuss it, or anything else about Paul; they were afraid of him.

So I look at the copyright date of the biography by Peter Ames Carlin and it's 2009. If he had all details of the Berserk Period, then how long does it take to write a biography? I think the time frame is possible, given the proof of accuracy required - it must have taken forever to write.

He was certainly out of his mind when he married Wife #2.

And when that was all over, he admitted to seeing a psychiatrist, thank heaven.

p.s. no, the dates don't match. Paul & Linda played the Montreal Forum on Dec.9/89 - I remember looking at the marquis and that was when I was told of his wretched behaviour. And the rules seemed to all about Linda - veganism, wall to wall fresh flowers in the dressing room but *absolutely no trees* may lightening strike you.

there is no greatness untinctured by madness.

Good heavens, you're quoting Aristotle!

It is the truth but those people are so rare! I've met a few, very very few. They're brilliant and half-daft.

My brother and I have listened to the Beatles since we were teenagers in the 1990s. It's sad that there are people who don't even know who Paul McCartney is. You'd think they would have at least heard of him. But then again, younger people think I'm weird for not knowing whoever it is they're listening to now.

Now I feel like listening to "When I'm 64", even though Paul must be over 64 by now.

ringo was one beatle paul couldn't push around. he would drum his bass off and after 8 hours or so, would put on his jacket and go home, come hell or high water, sometimes leaving paul steaming.

lostonearth,

Paul McCartney turned 76 on Monday.

Yes, I find it crazy that people don't even know who the Beatles are. More people should know their music. It is fun to listen to, especially the earlier songs.

I know a guy who never heard of Elvis and never saw or heard of Star Wars. Born in a religious family and never had a TV until he got his own house.

Showed him the magic that is Tom Jones

There was no going back

Back in the Seventies I read a column in the paper about how...

Well the story was about a trial of neo Nazi hoodlums in Chicago. Their defense lawyer wanted jurors who werent biased against Nazis. Long story short: they actually found at least one lady in Chicago who "never heard of Adolf Hitler", another person who said that he "heard something about him years ago, but couldnt remember what it was".

I still haven't gotten over being gobsmacked that anyone in the Seventies would not know who Hitler was. Guess that it takes all kinds.

I never could get over how full of himself McCartney was/is.