Paul McCartney Breaks Down His Most Iconic Songs | GQ

12,913,583
0
Published 2018-09-11
The Beatles legend Paul McCartney runs GQ through his 60-year career, including I Lost My Little Girl, Yesterday, I Saw Her Standing There, And I Love Her, Eleanor Rigby, A Day in the Life, Hey Jude, Helter Skelter, Blackbird, Let It Be, Hi Hi Hi, Here Today, Jet and I Don't Know.

Still haven’t subscribed to GQ on YouTube? ►► bit.ly/2iij5wt
Subscribe to GQ magazine and get rare swag: bit.ly/2xNBH3i
Join the GQ Discord to talk men's fashion, watches, and more: discord.gg/gqmagazine

ABOUT GQ
For more than 50 years, GQ has been the premier men’s magazine, providing definitive coverage of style, culture, politics and more. In that tradition, GQ’s video channel covers every part of a man’s life, from entertainment and sports to fashion and grooming advice. Welcome to the modern guide to style advice, dating tips, celebrity videos, music, sports and more.

youtube.com/user/GQVideos

All Comments (21)
  • @darkloathe
    1:55 "when john and i- john lennon" TRUST ME WE KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
  • @jakestone4390
    "When John and I--John Lennon and I" We know, Paul.
  • @HyBr1dRaNg3r
    I was on a huge Beatles kick for years and what I always found cool was that you could basically listen to any song and say “This was written by John” or “This was Paul” by the guitar “structure.” Then if you still couldn’t figure it out, it was probably George! Just can’t imagine where music would be without the Beatles!
  • @TaPPhil93
    This man is actually one of the most influential song writers. He thinks in music. Everything he sees and heard is music
  • @mrmink
    His patience to go over this stuff again and again in interviews is amazing.
  • I love that he says "John Lennon" and "George Harrison" like we don't know which John and George he's talking about. Lol Love you Paul. McCartney.
  • @petes9524
    Not just a musical genius, a really decent kind man. Thank you Paul McCartney, you're up there with the giants of humankind.
  • Paul has incredible fond and warm memories about John and his former bandmates that it's wonderful to hear him speak about them so caringly and kindly.
  • @axel.lessio
    1:54 "when John and I... John LENNON and I..." – Thank you for the clarification, Paul, for a moment I thought you meant John Travolta.
  • When u want to write stuff like McCartney but his formula is "well it just came into my head and then I wrote the song"
  • @Charlie-fx2cz
    0:22 I lost my little girl (No intro graphic) 1:10 Yesterday 1:50 I saw her standing there 3:38 And I love her 4:49 Eleanor Rigby 8:21 A day in the life 11:11 Hey Jude 14:05 Helter Skelter 16:33 Blackbird 18:17 Let it be 20:19 Hi hi hi 21:27 Here today 23:02 Jet 25:21 I don’t know (Name of the song) P.S. Everything he says before the little graphic is in reference to the previous song (:
  • @jasona1806
    Paul McCartney is just so important to so many of us, his music has given us all so much joy.. So thankful for Paul and the Beatles.
  • @fa-ls9jw
    imagine being Paul McCartney. what a life. he even seems surreal.
  • How to write a song according to Paul Mccartney: It comes into your head and you write it
  • @jw9366
    Best song writing duo in history. They are the GOATS of songwriting. Unbelievable.
  • @erdnaxela9772
    Having lost my mother years ago at the age of 15, his explanation about Let it be origins made me cry. So much respect for this legendary musician.
  • "If you have 3 hours I'll tell you about Africa" Paul, my dear, I'd spend the rest of my life listening to you
  • @MrSuzuki1187
    These two lit up my life as a teenager in those days. And I am still thrilled to listen to their early music at 72.
  • John, Paul, George, and Ringo... Geniuses with Heart and Soul...