McCartney 3-2-1 is this Beatles fan’s dream come true.
To hear Paul McCartney talk about the background to some of my favorite Beatles songs is like receiving a letter that the post office lost half a century ago.
The envelope is faded and stained, but there it is! That is my name on it.
There are origin stories about songs like Michelle and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band that both surprise and make sense.
There are interesting connections between the Beatles and other performers from Jimi Hendrix to Ray Roy Orbison and Eric Clapton.
The Hulu series that premiered July 17 includes archival footage— some that I’ve seen before —but the best part is the series’ fascinating deep dives, complete with audio examples, from separate tracks on Beatles recordings. It’s like looking inside of a diamond and parsing the light beneath the surface.
The wonderful interviewer, Rick Rubin, is the host of the podcast Broken Record.
Watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan TV show in 1964 told me that my life could be better than I could ever imagine. The performance was full-force and unforgettable. This band’s music transformed me from a glasses-wearing tomboy-bookworm into somebody who found membership in a generation that believed in possibility.
McCartney 3-2-1 is a gift full of rich details about the music that has been the soundtrack to much of my life.
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