Paul McCartney (109 page)
Authors: Philip Norman
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians, #Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts, #Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous
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CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Prologue: All Our Yesterdays
PART ONE: Stairway to Paradise 1 ‘Hey, mister, gimme a quid and I’ll show you Paul McCartney’s house’
2 ‘Apple sandwiches with sugar’
3 ‘I learned to put a shell around me’
4 Puttin’ On the Style
5 ‘Chalkandcheese!’
6 ‘Paul seemed to make John come alive when they were together’
7 ‘Just who do you want to be, Paul? Tommy Steele?’
8 ‘Everything’s mad here. People never sleep’
9 ‘Sing “Searchin’”, Paul!’
10 ‘Oo, Vi, give me legs a comb’
11 ‘Just think–Little Richard’s got on my shirt! I can’t believe it!’
PART TWO: The Barnum & Bailey Beatle 12 ‘Did you know he sleeps with his eyes open?’
13 ‘Changing my life with a wave of her hand’
14 ‘Long life and happiness and lots of marzipan butties’
15 ‘This is what a Beatle does in the evenings’
16 ‘It’s a big one, ’cos I like big houses’
17 ‘You might almost have said an alien had landed on the Mull’
19 ‘An irresponsible idiot’
20 ‘Everything was off the top of Paul’s head’
21 ‘A beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful things’
22 ‘It was the coup de foudre the French speak of in hushed tones’
23 ‘You have found her, now go and get her’
PART THREE: Home, Family, Love 24 ‘You’ve been playing on the roof again and your Mommy doesn’t like it’
25 ‘Fuck you, money!’
26 ‘Go on, cry! You’ll be in the paper’
27 ‘Paul is still with us’
28 ‘It was a barrelling, empty feeling that just rolled across my soul’
29 ‘It was almost as if I was committing an unholy act’
30 ‘Hell, we’ve really blown it here’
31 ‘Screw you, I’ll make an album you’ll wish you’d been on’
32 ‘An old estranged fiancé of mine called Paul’
33 ‘Man, if I was Paul McCartney, I’d buy the road’
34 ‘They’d saved themselves for him’
35 ‘Oi, Paul, you know that Mull of Kintyre? It’s fakking great!’
36 ‘McCartneyesque whimsy on punk steroids’
38 ‘It put everyone in a daze for the rest of their life’
PART FOUR: Carrying That Weight 39 ‘Give me back my babies, Lew’
40 ‘About as close as you can get to a non-movie’
41 ‘I bought your songs, Paul’
42 ‘You’re such a lovely audience’
43 ‘I work my arse off, I do. I work my bloody arse off’
44 ‘Everyone wanted to be the icing on the cake. No one wanted to be the cake’
45 ‘This letter comes with love from your friend Paul’
46 ‘She radiated hope’
47 ‘Let me Love You Always’
PART FIVE: Back in the World 48 Lonesome Town
49 ‘I’ve just got a leg missing. I’ve still got my heart’
50 ‘Hey, that’s pretty good. Is it one of yours?’
51 ‘You don’t say a lot, do you, Paul?’
52 ‘She could not afford to sue all the newspapers she would like to’
53 ‘Even by British tabloid standards, the nastiness has been extraordinary’
54 ‘His wife, mother, lover, confidante, business partner and psychologist’
55 ‘There’s always that moment of “Can I do it?”’
Epilogue: ‘See ya, Phil’
Photos
Also by Philip Norman
Picture Credits
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Copyright
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Copyright © 2016 by Philip Norman
Cover design by Mario J. Pulice; photograph © Gunther/MPTVimages.com
Author photograph by Nina Burke
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Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Prologue: All Our Yesterdays
1 ‘Hey, mister, gimme a quid and I’ll show you Paul McCartney’s house’
2 ‘Apple sandwiches with sugar’
3 ‘I learned to put a shell around me’
4 Puttin’ On the Style
5 ‘Chalkandcheese!’
6 ‘Paul seemed to make John come alive when they were together’
7 ‘Just who do you want to be, Paul? Tommy Steele?’
8 ‘Everything’s mad here. People never sleep’
9 ‘Sing “Searchin’”, Paul!’
10 ‘Oo, Vi, give me legs a comb’
11 ‘Just think–Little Richard’s got on my shirt! I can’t believe it!’
PART TWO: The Barnum & Bailey Beatle
12 ‘Did you know he sleeps with his eyes open?’
13 ‘Changing my life with a wave of her hand’
14 ‘Long life and happiness and lots of marzipan butties’
15 ‘This is what a Beatle does in the evenings’
16 ‘It’s a big one, ’cos I like big houses’
17 ‘You might almost have said an alien had landed on the Mull’
19 ‘An irresponsible idiot’
20 ‘Everything was off the top of Paul’s head’
21 ‘A beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful things’
22 ‘It was the coup de foudre the French speak of in hushed tones’
23 ‘You have found her, now go and get her’
PART THREE: Home, Family, Love
24 ‘You’ve been playing on the roof again and your Mommy doesn’t like it’
25 ‘Fuck you, money!’
26 ‘Go on, cry! You’ll be in the paper’
27 ‘Paul is still with us’
28 ‘It was a barrelling, empty feeling that just rolled across my soul’
29 ‘It was almost as if I was committing an unholy act’
30 ‘Hell, we’ve really blown it here’
31 ‘Screw you, I’ll make an album you’ll wish you’d been on’
32 ‘An old estranged fiancé of mine called Paul’
33 ‘Man, if I was Paul McCartney, I’d buy the road’
34 ‘They’d saved themselves for him’
35 ‘Oi, Paul, you know that Mull of Kintyre? It’s fakking great!’
36 ‘McCartneyesque whimsy on punk steroids’
38 ‘It put everyone in a daze for the rest of their life’
39 ‘Give me back my babies, Lew’
40 ‘About as close as you can get to a non-movie’
41 ‘I bought your songs, Paul’
42 ‘You’re such a lovely audience’
43 ‘I work my arse off, I do. I work my bloody arse off’
44 ‘Everyone wanted to be the icing on the cake. No one wanted to be the cake’
45 ‘This letter comes with love from your friend Paul’
46 ‘She radiated hope’
47 ‘Let me Love You Always’
48 Lonesome Town
49 ‘I’ve just got a leg missing. I’ve still got my heart’
50 ‘Hey, that’s pretty good. Is it one of yours?’
51 ‘You don’t say a lot, do you, Paul?’
52 ‘She could not afford to sue all the newspapers she would like to’
53 ‘Even by British tabloid standards, the nastiness has been extraordinary’
54 ‘His wife, mother, lover, confidante, business partner and psychologist’
55 ‘There’s always that moment of “Can I do it?”’
Epilogue: ‘See ya, Phil’
Photos
Also by Philip Norman
Picture Credits
Newsletters
Copyright