Tom Holland Meets Paul McCartney
5/14/202640 min
How was Paul McCartney influenced by life in postwar Liverpool? How did he and the Beatles first learn to make music? And were they influenced by literature as well as other musicians?
Join Tom Holland as he asks Paul McCartney these questions and more in a very special interview for The Rest Is History which features a WORLD EXCLUSIVE reveal of one of the songs from Paul’s new album, Salesman Saint. The full album, The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, is out May 29th.
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First 90 secondsTom Holland· Host0:00
Hello, everyone. It's Tom here with news of a Rest is History special. I am interviewing none other than the great, the one and only Paul McCartney. He has a new album out, The Boys of Dungeon Lane. Lots of the songs on that album are about his early years growing up in Liverpool, so I'm talking to him about that, about the context, the history that gave rise to The Beatles. And we have a world exclusive here because one of the songs from that album, Salesman Saint, will be featuring in the interview. So incredibly exciting. Enjoy the song. Enjoy the interview. This episode is brought to you by Lloyds, which has been backing British ambition for over two hundred and fifty years. Now, when you think about it, every dynasty in history has boiled down to two important elements, aspiration and action. And a classic example of this from British history, uh, the rise of the House of Wessex, the family of Alfred the Great and his heirs, who between them established the United Kingdom of England.
Dominic Sandbrook· Host1:13
Yeah, it's a great story, isn't it, Tom? A great lesson in leadership, I think, for anybody. So Alfred and, and his heirs, they marry idealism and pragmatism. Uh, they're brilliant at alliances. They're brilliant at managing power. They're brilliant, of course, at managing their money, which is a key part of political leadership.