2Legs: A Paul McCartney Podcast

Episode 168: Middle 8’s/Bridges With Dylan Sevey

An episode for the musician! Paul has some excellent Middle 8's (UK) and Bridges (US) in his oeuvre. From The Beatles to his solo career.
Returning again is 2Legs in house musician, producer (and soon to be author - more on that in the show), Dylan Sevey to discuss the art of the Middle 8/Bridge and how McCartney as a writer does this in his music.
The 3 of us discuss some of our favourite Middle 8's/Bridges as they are sometimes a forgotten piece of the songwriting process which people usually focus on Verse/Chorus etc.
What are some of your fav's? Rock on

Episode 167: Tom & Rick’s GOT BACK Experience at SoFi Stadium!

Our very own Tom Hunyady attended the SoFi Show of the GOT BACK tour in Inglewood California on May 13th 2022! Hear how it all came together out of the blue!

Episode 166: ”Hey Jude” (Interview with Author James Campion)

James Campion joins us this week to discuss his new book Take A Sad Song...The Emotional Currency of 'Hey Jude'  which will be published on June 1st, 2022 by Backbeat Publishing.
Link for James' website and book:
James' Website
Amazon
James discusses his career and writing and why he chose to tackle and analyse one of The Beatles most celebrated songs. Beatles historical context, Paul as a writer during this time and the legacy of 'Hey Jude' some 50+ years later and why the song has such "emotional currency." Tom and Andy definitely agree. We think you will too! Thanks to James and his agent for arranging this interview and we look forward to seeing it succeed!

BONUS EPISODE: ”Flaming Pie at 25”

For a special one off-episode, we commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the 1997 LP Flaming Pie.
 
 

Ranking The Tracks, Volume 19! (Flaming Pie, 1997)

From our YouTube Series, "Ranking The Tracks" originally streamed March 31st, 2021. 

Episode 165: ”1989-90 World Tour with Adrian Allan”

Adrian Allan joins us for the 3rd time this week to promote his new book covering the 1989-1990 World Tour. Paul's first world tour since Wings' 75-76. This tour reached many continents and Paul performed in Rio De Janeiro in front of over 180,000 people. Adrian's book covers a wide range of topics including Paul's ecological stances, Britain's politics at the time, and incorporating the "Friends of The Earth" campaign as a part of the tour.
Adrian's Website: https://paulmccartneyafterthebeatles.com/

Episode 164: ”Tug Of War” (40th Anniversary)

April 1982. April 2022. 40 years.
A milestone anniversary for one of Paul's landmark and best albums, Tug Of War.
This week Tom & Andy are joined by Mitch Axelrod (Fab4Free4All Podcast) to discuss the album, where we picked it up during our fandom. We discuss the origins of the album, the final days of Wings, the tracks, the videos for it, whether 'Ballroom Dancing' would've made for a better 3rd single, is the hate for 'Ebony & Ivory' overdone (we think so) and naturally the post-December 1980 context that the album was made in.
You never know who may be listening to ya. Cheers to Tug of War.  May it continue to shine and be the epic LP Paul will be long remembered for!
Mitch's Link: https://www.fab4free4all.com/
Tom & Andy

Episode 163: ”Ranking The #1 Songs!”

Macca has had 11 #1 Songs between the US and UK Charts:
'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' (US)
'My Love' (US)
'Band on the Run' (US)
'Listen to what the Man Said' (US)
'Silly Live Songs' (US)
'With a Little Luck' (US)
'Mull of Kintyre' (UK)
'Coming Up' (live) (US)
'Ebony and Ivory' Both
'Pipes of Peace' (UK)
'Say Say Say' (US)
For fun this week Tom & Andy decided to rank these 11 based on their favourites and why. We also discuss differences between chart placements on other songs, near misses. How some songs went higher in the US (in the 70s) but in the 80s (in certain instances) Paul performed better in his native homeland. And the oft discussed "songs that weren't right for the US market" which record labels stupidly thought was important regarding songs written by Paul McCartney when it came to releasing them or pushing them. As Tom says: "It's Friggen Paul McCartney!" We know most will agree.
 
How do you rank Paul's #1 Singles between the US/UK? Let us know and Ram ON!

Episode 162: ”A Friend Like You” (Part 2) With Ken Michaels

Ken Michaels (Host/Co-Host Things We Said Today Podcast, Every Little Thing, Ken Michaels Radio) joins us again for a continued conversation on songs Paul wrote or contributed to others for, (Ex-Beatles, Charity singles, Linda's and others). This episode focuses on the music Paul wrote/produced between 1980 and 1998.  
Ken's Websites:
Every Little Thing
Things We Said Today Podcast
Ken's YouTube
 

Ranking The Tracks Volume 18! (Off The Ground, 1993)

From our YouTube Series "Ranking The Tracks".  Originally broadcast March 24th, 2021.