Happy Birthday Paul McCartney. ‘Celestial Paul’

This day (June 18, 1942), in Liverpool, England, is born Sir James Paul McCartney, English singer, songwriter, founder / member of the Beatles and Wings

VIDEO DIGEST

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Tracklist :

1 . Yesterday (w/ The Beatles, 1965)

2 . Don’t Let Me Down (w/ The Beatles)

3 . Maybe I’m Amazed (w/ Wings)

4 . Bip Bop (1971)

5 . C Moon (w/ Wings)

6 . Acoustic Medley (1973)

7 . The Backyard Tapes( 1974)

8 . Venus and Mars/Rock Show (w/ Wings, 1976)

9 . Live At Mike Yarwood Xmas Show (1977)

10 . With A Little Luck (1978)

11 . Goodnight Tonight (w/ Wings, 1979)

12 . Take It Away (1982)

13 . So Bad (1984)

14 . Press (1986)

15 . Once Upon A Long Ago (Sanremo, 1988)

16 . Making of ‘My Brave Face’ (1989)

17 . John Lennon Tribute (1990)

18 . Let It Be (1993)

19 . Young Boy (1998)

20 . Concert for Linda (1999)

21 . Freedom (Nobel Peace Prize, 2001)

22 . Something / Back In The U.S. (2002)

23 . Twenty Flight Rock (At Abbey Road Studios, 2005)

24 . On the Upright Bass

25 . Dance Tonight (w/ Natalie Portman)

26 . Paperback Writer (Citi Field, New York City, 2009)

1 . Jet (Live on Later…with Jools Holland, 2010)

1 . The End / Hey Jude (Olympics Games, 2012)

1 . Queenie Eye

1 . You Won’t See Me (2016)

1 . Drive My Car (São Paulo, 2017)

1 . Come On To Me (2018)

1 . Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (w/ Ringo Starr, (2019)

PROLOGUE

The house precedes the guitar, and domestic order precedes any declared ambition. The piano is already present when the voice begins to circulate, not as rupture but as continuation, placed in the living room before becoming an instrument. In Liverpool, then Speke, then Allerton, music operates as available practice, transmitted without explanation, used without immediate purpose.

The father maintains continuity. Jim McCartney, former salesman, wartime worker, amateur pianist and occasional bandleader, plays during family gatherings. When arthritis limits him, the transition occurs without ceremony. The son occupies the piano. The act introduces function rather than direction.

Religion remains minimal. The children are baptized. Practice is limited. No doctrinal structure organizes decisions. Practical rules dominate.

Residences change without narrative. Hospital, council housing, relocation, adjustment. Conditions shift. Continuity remains functional.

School introduces selection. Entrance exams determine access to a grammar school environment oriented toward academic outcomes. Advancement is measurable. Direction is not.

The institution combines constraint and permission. Authority exists. Deviations occur. Incidents become repeatable rather than corrective.

Certain teachers allow extension beyond curriculum. Others restrict. No single framework dominates. Music instruction remains ineffective in practical terms. Learning occurs elsewhere.

Movement between locations creates encounters. Shared transport produces connections. Writing emerges from observation rather than intention.

The instrument changes through necessity. A trumpet is replaced by a guitar to allow simultaneous singing. Technique adjusts to physical requirements. Orientation follows use.

Composition appears as retention. Without recording devices, memory becomes requirement. Songs must persist internally.

Death alters the household. The loss of the mother shifts structure. The father assumes full responsibility. The change is practical.

Domestic space becomes operational. Rehearsal occurs within the home. Noise is tolerated. Output accumulates.

A partnership forms through exchange. Songs are shown, compared, revised. The process is mutual and continuous.

The city provides background sound. Streets, churches, routes. Music circulates without formal documentation.

External expectations remain limited. Career projections default to conventional work. These assumptions coexist with ongoing practice.

Education concludes without resolution. Interests remain multiple. No hierarchy is fixed. Elements remain in use.