2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Episode 278: "Remixes!"

Hello 2Legs Faithful!
We finally were able to record a proper episode again after a few hectic weeks post-Fest and Venus and Mars 50th Anniversary. This week on 2Legs Andy and Tom talk Macca Remixes! There are plenty of Macca Remixes out there; most of them coming during the Maxi-Single era of the 1980s. Special Thanks to Susan Gagne for this topic! The most recent one would be the remixes of 'Hope For The Future' that came out on that EP. "Thrash", "Beatsession", "Jaded" and "Mirwais" (2014).
We give 5 selections (and play some samples of all the songs!) and list an honourable mention. It many cases sometimes the remix of a particular song worked out better than the official album version! What are some of your favourite Macca remixes he's released over the years?
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Bonus Episode! Paul McCartney's Ultimate ERAS Playlist (1963-2020)

A Bonus Episode this week!
On Our YouTube channel we did a special livestream that ran 6 Hours and 20 minutes!  Andy, along with 2Legs Collaborator Kyle Hand and Beatley Tone (and guests) we complied an 11 song playlist for every Era of Paul McCartney's Career from 1963 to 2020 (Please Please Me to McCartney III).  This is not for the faint of heart!  It might take you a week (or a month) to listen to!  
We had fantastic responses from the viewers for suggestions.  Many thanks to our guests: RussBeatle63, Susan Ryan (SRR), Eoghan Lyng, Joan Borelli, Tom Frangione, Adrian Sinclair and Boyan Archer for collaborating with us to come up with this playlist!  Not an easy task and at 6 hours and 20 minutes 2Legs now holds the record for Longest Podcast Episode discussing The Beatles! 
 
Ram On!
 

Episode 277: "Venus And Mars At 50" | Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair (2025 NY Fest)

Hello 2Legs Family!
An episode recorded live at the 2025 Fest For Beatles Fans in Jersey City we are extremely proud to share this with you this week. Hot on the heels of the Venus and Mars 50th Anniversary half speed master release in March, Andy and Tom had the privilege to interview our friends Adrian Sinclair and Allan Kozinn, Co-Authors of The McCartney Legacy book series at the Fest to discuss this landmark Wings album, its context, some stories about the sessions, the artwork and we get Adrian and Allan's ranking on each track as well!
This was a lot of fun and our BEST Fest panel yet! We'd like to thank all the Fest attendees who elected to watch this live. Some people left because the room was full and we apologise for that but we hope you enjoy this video recording of the discussion! We'd also like to especially thank Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair for their time and their work on these books.
They have spent 10 years working on these two books and their work should be celebrated and recognised by Macca fans and scholars worldwide.
Peace Andy and Tom

Episode 276: Paul McCartney's "White Album"

A Fun and Quick one this Fest Week!
For E276, continuing on the theme that Andy, Kyle and Tony have been doing on their "Hands Across The Water" Live Shows, this week Andy and Tom compiled a 30 song Paul/Wings/Solo playlist based on the running order of The Beatles 1968 White Album.
Paul's career is so eclectic and varied it truly is like one big White Album! Many thanks to viewer Chris Hahn for this suggestion!
What does your Paul "White Album" look like? Tell us in the comments and we hope to see you this weekend at the NJ Fest!
Peace and Love to all!
Andy & Tom

Episode 275: Most Streamed Songs!

Welcome Back Gang! We're back with a very fresh episode! This week on 2Legs we discuss the Top 10 Most Streamed Macca Songs. Using Spotify as our base and the website:
Some real surprising results and interesting statistics in these lists! Our in-house producer Kyle Hand joins us towards the end to share some more insight and stats! The NJ 2025 Fest is 'Getting Closer'! Join our Patreon for more perks including our Discord Community!
We are planning a 2Legs hangout that weekend as well!
All this and more to come!
Peace Andy and Tom

Episode 274: "McCartney and Dylan" (With Jeff Slate)

Our first proper episode in a few weeks! Welcome back 2Legs Faithful!
For E274 we were honoured to have the esteemed Jeff Slate, a New York City based musician and journalist join us! In this episode we cover a lot of ground! Dylan and Macca's late career albums from 1997 on (Time Out Of Mind & Flaming Pie) being the re-launch for a renaissance for both elder statesmen of rock at the time. "A Complete Unknown", The Beatles solo careers, Wings, Dylan/McCartney's approaches to their archival releases; the standards albums that both have done. Dylan's relationship with George/John and the non-existent one with Macca.
We even touch on a little bit of The Who! We dish on how they both sound live currently (double standard ?) and the legacy that both will leave behind. Jeff Slate wrote the liner notes to the 50th Anniversary boxset to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017) as well as the Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 14: More Blood; More Tracks (2018). He has collaborated with Pete Townshend on several projects. He co-wrote a biography on Roy Orbison with Roy's sons. He has also interviewed Bob himself! If this wasn't enough he has his own solo career and he's just recently released his 4th Solo album The Last Day of Summer which features Dave Stewart and Earl Slick. Jeff is known for some controversial "hot takes" and you may hear 1 or 2 in this episode! We love and appreciate honesty here on 2Legs!
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Bonus: New Book | "Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run"

Paul McCartney certainly knows how to stay busy!
2 weeks ago Paul "Rocked The Bowery Ballroom" and closed out the 50th Anniversary of SNL!  Today, 26th February 2025 he announced the forthcoming release of his OWN book titled: "Wings: The Story of a Band On The Run."  
The press release:
As the Sixties came to a close, Paul was faced with the daunting prospect of being a solo artist for the first time. Wings’ ascension to the top of the charts with classic albums including Band on the Run, Venus and Mars and At the Speed of Sound, along with the band’s stadium-filling live shows would prove to critics and fans that not all great acts are impossible to follow. Wings:The Story of a Band on the Run is a rousing, stereophonic celebration of the songs, collaborations and performances that would shape the soundtrack of the late 20th century.
Drawn from over 500,000 words, based on dozens of hours of interviews with Paul and numerous key players in the band’s orbit, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run weaves together the improbable trajectory of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band (featuring co-founding members Linda McCartney and Denny Laine) across the technicolor 1970s until their dissolution in 1981. 
Edited by the prize-winning historian Ted Widmer and organized around nine Wings albums, the oral history sheds new light on the immediate aftermath of the seismic global impact of The Beatles’ break-up, as the musical landscape and tastes began to splinter and diverge along with societal views. The narrative follows the various incarnations of the band as they survive a mugging in Nigeria, appear unannounced at UK university halls, tour in a sheared-off school bus with their children, while producing some of the most indelible and acclaimed music of the decade, including: “Mull of Kintyre,” “Live and Let Die,” “Band on the Run,” “My Love,” “Jet,” “With a Little Luck,” “Silly Love Songs,” “Let ‘Em In,” “Junior’s Farm” and more. 
With more than 100 black-and-white and color photographs, many never seen before, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run is part of a larger reexamination and appreciation of the group and their catalog, including the 2024 theatrical release of the rare Wings live-in-studio performance film One Hand Clapping and its accompanying album; 50th anniversary editions of the Wings albums Band on the Run (released February 2024) and Venus and Mars (releasing March 2025); and a forthcoming documentary on Paul McCartney’s solo and Wings-related musical work of the 1970s from Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Morgan Neville.
2025 is shaping up to be a FANTASTIC year for all of us Macca-diehards!
 
 
 

Episode 273: Collecting!

Hi All, Well after all that CRAZY and FUN week with Paul surprising the world by doing 3 shows at the Bowery in NYC, we took a week off to catch our collective breaths!
This week Andy and Tom discuss their Macca collecting habits/trends and most importantly for the music nerd in all of us... how we organise our collections! Do they have to be Chronological? by Label? Reissues? Archives? How do you do it? Let us know in the comments!
What a wild few weeks its been!
Peace Andy and Tom

Bonus Episode: Paul's Performance on the SNL 50th Show

Well Paul seemed to draw the ire of fans/critics again today after his performance on Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary show last night where he sang the 'Golden Slumbers' medley.
Was it deserved or not? Tell us your thoughts!
Golden Slumbers Medley on SNL

Bonus Episode! Bowery Ballroom Recap Night 2!!!!!!!!

#paulmccartney #boweryballroom #2LegsPodcast
 
Andy and Friends Review their epic journey to get to the Bowery Ballroom and see PAUL!!!!!! in NYC for Night 2!