’Paul Or Nothing’ Podcast

Hey everyone, and welcome back to a side-series where we are discussing every music video and promotion clip that Paul has released since 1970. After concluding the last episode with the videos from London Town, we now get to talk about Wings' second TV special where they would perform seven songs, plus one non-album single from their upcoming 979 release, Back to the Egg. Wish me luck folks... Pl...

Hey there everyone! It's time for another episode of "Listen with Sam" where I have, once again, found another format on this podcast that will allow me to talk about Wings. This time we will be listening to Wings debut album Wild Life. If you haven't seen the blog, check it out at  www.paulmccartneypod.wordpress.com  where you can see loads of episodes start out life as a random blog post, before...

Hey everyone we're back!!! Yes, after a brief seasonal holiday Paul or Nothing is back with a long overdue segment from one of our many stalwart side series. It's time for some hotter hits and colder cuts than ever. For this exploration into non-album and obscure McCartney tracks we will be exclusively covering all of the material that he and Wings recorded in America, during both the infamous Nas...

Hello goodbye everyone, and welcome to another special interview on this episode of Paul or Nothing. This week we speak (exclusively) with frequent McCartney collaborator, photographer and director Brantley Gutierrez! You may know him as the director of Macca's "Who Cares music video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WOb6ePqjIE   Brantley is an incredible artist, cinephile and musician in his ow...

Hey there everyone. Have you ever wondered what The Beatles set list would look like if they ever got back together in 1981??? If so, then this is the podcast for you! Join me and friend of the show/friendly rival Tom Hunyady, as we wax hypothetical. Peace and love. Check out Tom's main Paul McCartney podcast at -  https://2legspodcast.podbean.com   And for Tom's solo Beatle videocast/podcast, wit...

A hoy hoy everyone, today me and good friend of the show, Mr. Tom Kwei, will be taking a trip to Springfield for an opportunity to not only talk more Macca talk, but also the greatest comedy of all time, The Simpsons. McCartney's now-iconic turn with televisions favourite animated family is one of my favourite moments of the show, and I always knew they is was going to be an episode I wanted to co...

Hey everyone, I know this semi-animated concert film has been out for a while now, but alas, I could not afford the massive Wings 1971-71 box set. However, thanks to our Patreon supporters I could afford to rent it off iTunes which is the next best thing. Hope you all enjoy folks. The Wings are here! Peace and love.. If you haven't seen the blog, check it out at  www.paulmccartneypod.wordpress.com...

Hello there everyone, and welcome to another bonus episode of Paul or Nothing. This time I have another hot take for you all on some brand new Paul McCartney content. It's a double A-side with songs taken (yet again) from the Egypt Station sessions (hopefully the last), and I can't wait to review it with you now. The exact time this episode will drop is supposedly when my local record store will o...

Hey there everyone and welcome to The Sweetest Little Show in town, as we continue on with Part 2 of our dissection of 1983's Pipes of Peace by Paul McCartney. Last time we covered all of the history and context of the  album, and now with part 2 we are going to do a song-by-song, track-by-track analysis of the album itself.  Please enjoy this podcast from a very average person...   If you haven't...

Greetings fellow Paul bearers and welcome to the first of two instalments that explore the 1983 album by Paul McCartney, 'Pipes of Peace'. This is, apparently, the twin album to Tug of War and the culmination of Paul's prolific post-Wings period. In this episode we cover...  Working with Michael Jackson. The gerat Beatle Songwriting Swindle, aka. The Beatles VS Michael Jackson. The recording of th...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of "Listen with Sam", where this week you and I get to sit back, and listen to what may very well be...the best album that Paul McCartney ever made. It's RAM time folks. Pipes of Peace is the next episode I swear! Okay? I swear! If you haven't seen the blog, check it out at  www.paulmccartneypod.wordpress.com  where you can see loads of episodes...

Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Paul or Nothing (with the help of a USB plugin keyboard) and I am excited to bring you my review, recounting and recanting of Mark Lewisohn's "Hornsey Road"! This live talk/lecture/performance, whatever you want to call it is a sneak peak at Lewisohns "Tune In" series, as he does a live deep dive on The Beatles final album, Abbey Road. My special...

Hey there everyone, I’m just releasing this bonus episode just after spilling water all over my keyboard... I’m awfully sorry for any delays, and I will do my best to get Pipes of Peace out in one form or another as soon as possible.   In the mean time, please enjoy my digression packed discussion with Nathan, aka the host of The Deep Purple Podcast [@DeepPurplePod], where we attempt to discuss th...

Hey everyone! As I will soon hear in greater detail, this recording was intended to be Part 2 of our exploration of Pipes of Peace where me and ken were to go through the album song by song. ...that most certainly did not happen.  Instead, enjoy my wonderfully casual conversation with Ken Michaels, aka the guy who was podcasting about the Beatles before podcasting about the Beatles, and indeed pod...

Hey everyone, as predicted our Pipes of Peace (1983) episode is taking a little longer than expected, so I thought I may try out a fun little format that I have been thinking about experimenting with for a while now. Get your own copies of McCartney (1970) at the ready as you and me are going to listen to it together. Well, I say listen, I'm gonna be talking a whole lot too... If you haven't seen...

We are back with another gig review, only this time I wanted to wrap up loose ends and cover everything and anything to do with the Wings Over Europe. In particular we will be highlighting my favourite performance from this whole tour in Groningen, The Netherlands. Come and discover what a Paul McCartney live gig was like before they all became three hours long and ended with "Hey Jude". If you ha...

Hey everyone! We're back for another film review, only this time it's for a film that is actually being watched by contemporary audiences! I know, right!? Today we are here to talk about Danny Boyle's "Yesterday", written by Richard Curtis, and staring Himesh Patel, and Lily James. The film that asks the question, "What would you do if you were the only person on earth who knew about the Beatles....

Greetings everyone, and welcome to the  long overdue interview with one of Beatledom's most notorious authors. I don't want to spoil anything, but a lot of people have a lot of opinions on this Geoffrey fellow, but don't take my word for it. This episode is straight from the horses mouth.  This is an exclusive interview that you will not find on any other podcast. Am I brave, or am I plain stupid?...

All aboard for the last, I repeat, the LAST train to Egypt Station.  Yes folks, it is time to finally put Paul's seventeenth studio album to rest, as we discuss both the songs of Egypt Station II, as well as a little rant about the spate of McCartney re-releases. The songs we cover today are... 1. "Get Started" 2. "Nothing for Free"  3. "Frank Sinatra's Party"  4. "Sixty Second Street"  5. "Who Ca...

Hi folks, new episodes are on the way. Just a little update for you all to let you know what's happening with the show. Don't worry, nothing bad.  Check out my brand new podcast with long time friend of the show, Mr. Tom Kwei.... https://tomwaits.podbean.com/   Here is the first of our brand new episodes where I, for once, get to do the intro! https://tomwaits.podbean.com/e/return-1556470224/   Pl...

This episode could not have been soon enough (soooon enough), soon enough for me. Yes folks, after part 1 where we covered the background, production and reception of McCarney's first post-Wings effort, we are....cough cough 'Here Today' to take an analytical, song-by-song, look at the album itself. After further delays here you are folks. Please enjoy. Peace and love, peace and love. If you haven...

Greetings fellow Paul bearers and welcome to the first of two instalments that explore the 1983 album by Paul McCartney, 'Tug of War'. This is a big album, and as you can see, it's going to be an equally large episode. In this episode we cover... The assassination of John Lennon. The "break up" of Wings. The Denny Laine Incident.  The recording of the album, including working with Stevie Wonder &...

Hi, hi, hi folks and yet again it is time for even more chit chat about Paul and his music videos. Obviously, we are leaping ahead in time a bit compared to our last videography episode, but I simply could not wait to get to Egypt Station the fair way, so here we are. Believe me folks, todays collection is an...interesting bunch to say the least! Today's videos will include.... 'I Don't Know'/'Com...

Hey, hey, hey and hi, hi, hi, welcome to another intermediary episode of Paul or Nothing, where today we get to discuss Paul's first post-Egypt Station content. The song is called "Get Enough" and it really is not a song that only one man discuss. Paul's latest release was the perfect excuse for me to get 2:Legs Podcast host, Tom Hunyady, back onto the show. Please support Tom and his podcast by c...

Greetings all, and I am oh so glad you could join us today on 'Paul or Nothing' where we are continuing our little digression into the world journey into one of the most surprisingly fruitful and fertile aspects of the Macca media machine...his music videos. This is the second part of this side series where we will be analysing, and critiquing all of McCartney's official, and sometimes somewhat un...