Paul Mccartney was asked about bootlegging concerts several times in press conferences on the 89-90 tour. He just said "What are ya gonna do?!" He confessed that he actually brought a cassette recorder into a Prince Concert and recorded it.

He confessed that he actually brought a cassette recorder into a Prince Concert and recorded it.

Paul has actually admitted on several occasions that he was a bootlegger of other peoples concerts. When he was asked if this fitted in with his attitude of prohibiting others from taping his shows he said - "Yeah some guy accosted me on the street the other day and said, " your Company has just sued me for bootlegging, and I saw you say you like bootlegs." And I said, "Yeah, but you got caught"."

wonder which show it was ? sott ? lovesexy ? nude tour ?

Come on Prince - you gonna go sue him as well ?
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He won't sue Paul, He'll just e-mail him and request that he sends the recording to: "The Ways of the Pharaoh"

Paul sounds like a bit of a tosser to me!

CAMILLE4U said:

That's SIR Paul to you, commoner ... but yeah, he IS a tosser!

Paul and Prince are mates anyway, Paul McCartney was in Minneapolis jamming with Prince when 9/11 happened according to an interview I read with him.

swiftyweb said:

thats amazing actually! i wonder what happens to that! wow! on the topic of the tosserness of paul though, i hate to hate him cos he seems anice bloke, but sometimes i feel hes a complete nob. like reworking let it be the way he wanted it to be done, as soon as george died, when the 3 other beatles all said phil spector did a good job considering what they left him with (100s of hours of crap). plus supposedly changing the cover of abbey road remasters so he doesnt have a cig in his hand is shit. maybe him and prince are swapping ideas on covering up their past!

Maybe I was a bit harsh with what I said. I guess I just don't like his "U got caught" attitude.

someone get me the quote that says he and P were jammin' , NOWWW.

Is it true about them jamming together?

Paul McCartney wasn't in Minneapolis during 9/11. He was sitting on a runway in one of New York's airports (JFK?) and could see the flames and smoke from the WTC. That's why he felt so called to participate in the Concert for New York and to write Freedom.

He's said as much in various interviews and at the concert I went to.

Of course, he may well have jammed with Prince at some other time (although I find this unlikely). If You Wanna from McCartney's best solo album (imho), 1997's Flaming Pie, was written in Minneapolis during a day off. The liner notes say "Inspired by being in (still then The Artist Formerly Known As) Prince's home city, Paul sat with a guitar and wrote a 'driving across America' song."

Interesting that that was written as if Prince had changed his name back to Prince, which he didn't do for another 3 years...

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booyah said:

you're right. paul was in NY during 9-11. however he has talked about prince countless times in interviews.
he is a big fan, i have a bootleg where he mentions prince
while his band does a cool version of a bo diddley tune
(from a soundcheck in mpls circa 1993)

as for the him being a nobber...all the beatles were.
john especially. the thing is don't believe everything you
hear that he supposedly said. i've follwed the dud for years.
and the truth is he hates bootlegs of his stuff.
i know from firsthand expereince that he had a "bootleg
seller of his "stuff" thrown in jail for putting out his and
other beatles "unauthorized" stuff.

the guy i question i met.

paul bootlegging shows he goes to? possible.
but him leeting peeps do his NOT a chance.
he's got a litle bit of prince him y'all! (ha ha)

that bootleg dude is still in jail!

The guy that i met that mccartney had jailed...i met him at
a legit music convention (he was doing his thang without
people knowing it) the dude was from england and that's where mccartney's people had the authorities nail him.

what's a trip is people from the 60's like the GRateful
Dead used to allow their fans to tape their performances!
(A true story)

people as big as prince.mccartney,zappa etc etc...aren't
stupid. they know there are fans who will find a way to
record their shows...no matter what they do.

they bitch about it all the time.
but as long as there's concerts there will be bootlegs.

(after all...if paul can bootleg his own shows...(haha)

charles
(paul did go see prince perform in england. i bet he
met him,too...two great minds...and egos in the same place,
huh?)

booyah said:

You could be right about the september 11 thing. But i have heard from PM's mouth that he was jamming with prince at some point. It was a TV interview, not read from linenotes or magazines. Do you really thing flaming pie is his best solo album? I prefer McCartney 1

well "someone " recorded one of Paul Mccartney's London shows that I attended in April 2003 ..
was it me ? LOL who knows

I gotta say security was pretty pathetic LOL

They were searchin people but thats easy enough to get around


Oh well Paul maybe next time ! hehehe

swiftyweb said:

McCartney 1 and Ram are also great albums, and have been my favorites for a while. I only recently discovered Flaming Pie and was quite impressed, though. Songs like Calico Skies, Somedays, and The Song We Were Singing remind me of why I like his music.

booyah said:

mccartney's best records(in my opinion are:flaming pie,
run devil run (unbelievable performance for the old boy)
band on the run,ram,flowers in the dirt and the RUssian
ALbum.

i wonder if prince will still be performing when he gets
to mccartney or jagger's age?

(i think he will)

There's a difference between recording a gig for your own private enjoyment, and selling it on for your own profit - that is the moral issue. I own many bootlegs, and I legitamise it to myself by the fact that i always by every official release by the artists i buy bootlegs off. Jeez man, I paid £50 for ONA live when i alreaady owned about 10 different good quality versions of the show.

BTW, Pauls best album IMO is Ram, although Ive really liked the last few hes put out. Paul can be a bit of a tosser, but then again so can prince. They're only human at the end of the day, but both fucking awesome musicians.

Although I'm not really a fan of Mr. McCartney, I was flipping through my radio stations the other day and heard a song of his called "Temporary Secretary" that just floored me!! It was the weiredest song, but very experimental, and I love it, after only hearing it this one time. What album is it from?

booyah said:

I do love "The Songs We Were Singing", i think it is very emotional and show how fond he still his of John, despite everything. Some things cannot be broken.

Mindbells9 said:

It was from his 1980 album McCartney II. As so-so album containing a few great songs, Coming Up, Waterfalls and One Of These Days.