Paul McCartney Answers YOUR Questions
5/13/202636 min
Richard Osman and Marina Hyde are joined by the most influential pop writer of all time - Sir Paul McCartney. The Beatles legend answers your questions on the changing nature of fame, his relationship with ambition and why you must always play the hits at live shows. Filmed at Abbey Road Studios. The Rest is Entertainment is brought to you by Octopus Energy, Britain's most awarded energy supplier. Lloyds. 250 years on and still backing the nation's aspirations. Join The Rest Is Entertainment Club: Unlock the full experience of the show – with exclusive bonus content, ad-free listening, early access to Q&A episodes, access to our newsletter archive, discounted book prices with our partners at Coles Books, early ticket access to live events, and access to our chat community. Sign up directly at therestisentertainment.com For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Video Editor: Adam Thornton Assistant Producer: Imee Marriott Senior Producer: Joey McCarthy Social Producer: Bex Tyrrell Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsMarina Hyde· Host0:01
"The Rest is Entertainment" is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, celebrity culture has a way of taking very small preferences and promoting them until they require a lot of paperwork.
Richard Osman· Host0:09
Yeah, it's like the first time you've ever gone on a show and you say, "Oh, could I have some sparkling water?" And then, like, forever it's like, "Oh, he has to have sparkling water, he must have sparkling water. It's very, very important." And that's what we call the rider.
Marina Hyde· Host0:18
The rider. Right. In some cases, the rider didn't stay sort of practical for long. You know, it started as a wish list, and then it sort of strayed into a kind of a hostage note from the ego. There was a point in J.Lo's ego where she was having, like, you know, you know, the white drapes, the white candles, the white absolutely everything. White flowers, white, you know, sofas, everything. Most people don't actually need a rider in this life of ours, however, but there is something reassuring about not having to specify everything twice or more.
Richard Osman· Host0:43
And this is one of my absolute favorite things about Octopus Energy. If you ring them about anything, your number is recognized, and you'll go through to a team who deals with you and have dealt with you before. So yeah, you have a, a, a team, they recognize your number, and you go through to people who you don't have to explain the same thing to 15 times.
Marina Hyde· Host1:01
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to this episode of "The Rest is Entertainment", questions and answers edition. I'm Marina Hyde.
Richard Osman· Host1:10
And I'm Richard Osman. A slightly different episode this week.
Marina Hyde· Host1:14
Our guest, I, I often use a phrase, needs no introduction, but it's Paul McCartney. He definitely needs no introduction.
Richard Osman· Host1:20
Yeah, Sir Paul McCartney.
Marina Hyde· Host1:21
Yeah.
Richard Osman· Host1:21
Um, of Wings. [laughs] Of course. Uh, so we recorded this last week. They said, um, "Sir Paul would, um,