2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Episode 196: Paul and Yoko

On what co-incidentally happens to be her 90th Birthday today, a topic we have yet to tackle on 2Legs. The sometimes frosty, sometimes warm relationship between Paul and Yoko. Joining Tom this week (Andy was down for the count with bronchitis) is Ms. Madeline Bocaro. Author of the book "In Your Mind: The Infinite Universe of Yoko Ono". We feature several video/audio clips throughout the episode, (the 1986 Q Interview) and others. Thank you Madeline for a great discussion! Please keep your comments civil and respectful.
https://madelinex.com/
Madeline's Book

Episode 195: ”The Lost Single” (with Dr. Kit O’Toole)

The Queen of All Beatles Media joins us on 2Legs once again! Kit O'Toole, who has been on our show many times (and was our first ever guest) joins Tom and Andy for a discussion on a Macca song and potential single that was scrapped at the last minute but plans were in the works for it to be released! What song is it? Tune in! After you listen/watch, let us know do you agree that it was wise to scrap it or should it have been released? Kit, if you didn't already know, (but probably should) is the author of 2 books: Songs We Were Singing: Guided Tours Through The Beatles' Lesser Known Tracks (12 Par Publishers) and Michael Jackson FAQ (Backbeat) Busy and exciting times for us Beatles/Paul Fans.
Stay "Tuned In" to 2Legs for all relevant news!
Kit's Adult Education Class at Monmouth University
Kit's Website

Bonus Episode! New Wings Documentary (with Mitch Axelrod)

Saturday night 2/4/23,  MPL announced that a brand new documentary tentatively titled Man On The Run, will be released in 2024 and Directed by Morgan Neville.  Busy week of Macca News and we were joined by Mitch Axelrod (Co-Host, Fab 4 Free 4 All Podcast) to discuss this upcoming and exciting release.

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!