2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

101 Macca Songs Countdown (Volume 1) (101-81)

Since we finished the "Ranking The Tracks" series, we bring to you audio only faithful, a series we did in the Fall of 2021 on YouTube titled "Top 101 Macca Songs Countdown" where each week we ranked our Top 101 Paul songs of all time. Solo Wings everything.  This was very popular on our channel.  There was 5 installments.  So this will run the first Saturday on the audio portion of our show for the next 5 months (first Saturday of each month).  We hope you enjoy it!
 
Tom and Andy 

”Stuck Inside These 4 Walls” (New Monthly Show)

The premiere of a new monthly series featuring 4 Beatle YouTubers/Podcasters. Tom and Andy are joined by Joe, (MeanMrMayo) and Tony (BeatleyTone's Beatles Channel) for the first installment of a series we've called "Stuck Inside These 4 Walls" which we plan to be done monthly. We ask 4 Questions and kick it "Around The Horn". Topics can range from collecting habits, or anything related to the Fab Four and their solo careers. Thanks to Joe and Tony for agreeing to come on and do this with us!

Episode 194: ”Top 10 Pre-Pepper Paul Tracks”

We decided to tackle some Beatle era Paul for this week's show. As news was slow last week (we recorded this before the book announcement) we felt that discussing some Beatle Paul songs was a fresh idea. With a caveat. Paul's Beatles tracks from 1967 and on are so richly (and deservedly) celebrated, this week we name our Top 10 Pre-Pepper Paul songs between 1962 and 1966. This can include covers as well. We left out a few "biggies" and also included some you probably wouldn't have included. As Tom mentioned "It's our list. As of now." Ours and I'm sure yours is always subject to change.
What's Your Top 10 Pre-Pepper Paul? We will likely do a "Blue Album" version of this in the near future. :)
Happy Weekend 2Legs Faithful

Bonus Episode: ”1964: Eyes Of The Storm” (New Book Annoucement)

Well it didn't take long for Paul to drop an announcement for a new book release.  1964: Eyes Of The Storm will be published on 13th June 2023 featuring 275 photos taken by Paul between late 1964 and early 1964 when The Beatles arrived in the US.  Full Press Release:
In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive. They intimately record the months towards the end of 1963 and beginning of 1964 when Beatlemania erupted in the UK and, after the band’s first visit to the USA, they became the most famous people on the planet. The photographs are Paul’s personal record of this explosive time, when they, The Beatles, were inside looking out and were the ‘Eyes of the Storm’. 
In a new exhibition and book, Paul will present his photographs from the six cities of these intense, legendary months – Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami – and many never-before-seen portraits of John, George and Ringo.
‘Anyone who rediscovers a personal relic or family treasure is instantly flooded with memories and emotions, which then trigger associations buried in the haze of time. This was exactly my experience in seeing these photos, all taken over an intense three-month period of travel, culminating in February 1964. It was a wonderful sensation to be plunged right back.
Here was my own record of our first huge trip, a photographic journal of The Beatles in six cities, beginning in Liverpool and London, followed by Paris (where John and I had been ordinary hitchhikers just over two years before), and then what we regarded as the big time, our first visit as a group to America’ - Paul McCartney
In a new book accompanying the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Paul presents 275 of his own photographs from an iconic time in music history, organised into portfolios from the six cities The Beatles visited in this intense time period. In his Foreword and Introductions to these city portfolios, Paul remembers ‘what else can you call it – pandemonium’ and conveys his impressions of Britain and America in 1964 – the moment when the culture changed and the Sixties really began.
1964: Eyes of the Storm includes:
Six city portfolios – Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami – featuring 275 of Paul’s photographs and his candid reflections on them
A Foreword by Paul 
Beatleland, an Introduction by Harvard historian and New Yorker essayist Jill Lepore
A Preface by Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and Another Lens, an essay by Senior Curator Rosie Broadley
 
 

Episode 193: ”The Album Game”

Hi Gang,
We decided to play a fun game for this episode suggested to us by a listener that was also done on the (Things We Said Today Podcast. We take the 70s Macca/Wings albums and we pick one song from each that could work in either direction. (I.e One from Ram that could work on Wild Life) etc. The only exceptions being McCartney and Back To The Egg  because you can't go backwards (in the case of McCartney) or forwards (BTTE) on these (if we're staying in the 1970s timeline). This was a cool exercise and in most cases we had some choices that really worked well.
What would you swap out? And a shout out to Kyle again for the suggestion. Tom and Andy

Episode 192: ”The McCartney Legacy” (Review)

For our first new episode of 2023 we will be reviewing what we can now call the acclaimed and landmark "The McCartney Legacy (1969-73) Volume 1" by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair.
Still reading yours? Done? Let us know your thoughts.
We will be reading and re-reading the book for years to come. Tom & Andy

Audio Archives: ”Pipes of Peace”(December 1983 Interview)

We are kicking off the new year with a new series called "Audio Archive Interviews" that will drop on the first Saturday of each month (as we don't post new episodes the first week).
We will feature an audio only interview from a given year with hopefully some refreshing perspectives for Paul fans. For our first one, we featured an interview Paul gave to the BBC on 14th December 1983).
In this interview Paul gives a track by track breakdown of his recently (October) released album Pipes of Peace. (Which in 2023 will be 40 years old, scary). Interviews like this are gold for Macca fans because the music and the songs were fresh and Paul openly speaks about all of the tracks and how they came about.
Lots of Jackson discussion as well. We hope you enjoy this new series as much as we did discovering these. Happy New Year again!

Ranking The Tracks Volume 27! (McCartney III, 2020)

Our final one!  Streamed on YouTube December 2020.  Look for other bonus audio content on the first Saturday of each month outside of our traditional episodes.  Happy New Year! Tom and Andy

Episode 191: 2022 Year In Review

"Good Morning, Young Master, it's the end of 2022."
This week as we say adios to 2022 we look back at the year that was for Paul. From the February 2022 1/2 speed Wild Life release to the 7" Box Single release, we cover it all including the return to touring with the GOT BACK shows which we both attended. We also recap the other live concerts we attended during the year, pay tribute to those musicians we are fans of that passed, and a look ahead to 2023 for 2Legs!
Happy New Year everyone! Tom and Andy

Episode 190: ”Best Friend” (Part 4, with Antony Rotunno)

Happy Christmas 2Legs Faithful. We hope you are gearing up for a Wonderful Christmastime this year! Yes, it is Christmas Eve but we have a special one for this week. Last year we had Antony Rotunno (Glass Onion: On John Lennon) podcast on our show for a series we've dubbed "Best Friend" where we explore the in depth relationship between John and Paul throughout the 1970s.
For 2022, and for Part 4 of this deep dive we focus on the late 70s, (starting with Lennon and Allen Klein finally setting their dispute in January of 1977. However the focal point of our show this week is primarily the pivotal year of 1980. Lennon returning to music, giving prolific amounts of interviews throughout the Fall of 1980, McCartney's responses to his comments.
We've included some audio, photos and video clips sprinkled throughout this one. 
Antony's Podcast: Glass Onion: On John Lennon
We hope all of you have a 'Wonderful Christmastime' with you and your families.
Peace.
Tom and Andy