At a sold-out event held this past Wednesday at London's Roundhouse—a renowned multi-arts space and youth charity located in Camden—fans gathered to hear the musician offer intimate insights into his creative process. During the evening, he candidly admitted that he frequently lacks a concrete plan when writing songs, a approach he wears as a badge of honor.
Photo: Ben Gibson
The presentation was moderated by comedian Rob Brydon, who guided the audience through the night as the artist’s latest record, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, was played in its entirety. The listening experience was punctuated by McCartney himself, who interspersed the tracks with personal stories, thoughtful reflections, and spontaneous acoustic guitar performances.
The primary focus of the evening centered on the narrative arc behind his new collection of songs. Throughout the session, Paul explored the inspirations for the album, detailing how the project serves as a nostalgic chronicle of memories drawn from his own youth.
"I don't want to know any rules because that’s the fun of it," Paul said.
McCartney added that he has a "hard time doing down songs" because "it’s just not me".
"Positive songs I really like. If I’ve got a down song, I’ll suddenly try and lift it, give it a happy ending or something."
Speaking about his Beatles co-songwriter, the late John Lennon, he added: "I look back and I just think, 'wow’.
"We met in Liverpool just as a couple of kids.
"People would say, ‘what do you do?’ and I said, ‘well I like writing songs’ and most people would go ‘oh, yeah, what football team do you support?’
"But when I met John, I said ‘oh I like writing songs’ and he said ‘so do I!’
"He was the first person I’d met who ever said that."
Paul explained how his track Down South was about hitchhiking holidays he used to take with his late bandmate George Harrison, who he praised as being someone who grew into a very "erudite, smart guy, very spiritual, very beautiful guy".
He said: "We had some great times together.
"Besides, this was all before The Beatles, so this really gave The Beatles its strength.
"We knew each other really well."
Reflecting on the success of the band, he said: "I can look back on it now like I’m a major fan.
"When you’re doing it, you’ve got to be a bit modest. But once it’s all done, you don’t have to be modest at all!
"So I do enjoy looking back on those memories."
Later, he mentioned his vegetarianism and Pilates, and reflected: “I wrote ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ thinking: ‘64! My God, how old! And then I thought: “Ah, I’m 64! Wait, I’m 74!”. And now I’m thinking about 84…’”
Brydon asked him, “Is your hearing still good?”, to which McCartney replied: “It can be a bit hit-and-miss. Sometimes I hear pretty well, but the thing is, you miss a few words, so it can be a bit weird.”
- Photo: Ben Gibson
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