That's awesome!!! I got all excited just reading it. I can't even imagine experiencing it. It's SO worth the time you put in! Christ, to meet Paul McCartney I'd gladly camp out on a cold sidewalk with a bunch of lunatics. Makes for a good story too. I'M JEALOUS!!
Some questions: Did he look younger than his age? How'd his hair look? Long, short, graying? What was he wearing? Did he seem nice or all business? So, did you wash your hand yet?
Yes, they are stupid questions, but it's the whole cute one infatuation thing he inspires in females that makes me wonder about such inane things.
Hi Sandra - yeah, it was worth it! And the DVDs are up for sale for 600 dollars on eBay - but I'm not selling!!!
And to answer your questions...
Did he look younger than his age? Yes - I think so. He Looks about 10 years younger than his actual age I reckon.
How'd his hair look? Long, short, graying? It was fairly shortish with no discernable grey!
What was he wearing? He arrived in a nice dark blue suit but took his jacket off to do the signing and had a white shirt and dark coloured tie underneath.
Did he seem nice or all business? He seemed very friendly and made a nice comment about my queue buddy's T-shirt! He did seem a bit lonely sat there on his own doing the signings though - of course he was surrounded by security and minders but he was sat on his own at the small desk - with all that's going on that's just how he seemed to me.
So, did you wash your hand yet? Unfortunately, yes!
Well done, thanks for posting that, really nice reading!! I hate those drunken guys who shout things at people though!! Had one sleeping rough near trafalguar square when we went on a climate change march a few weeks ago! well feel proud that you met 1/4 of the greatest ever band!
. He's not the sentimental type that needs to relive the past.
Ummm...other than Let It Be Naked, concerts dominated by Beatle songs, the songcredit debate. I'd say Paul lives comfortably in both the then and now. But I agree with you Sandra, buying a man's product doesn't buy a piece of his soul. It's all a big game and we all know the rules of play.
A part from The Times about the event. Alan's not mentioned. Kevin is!
He was at the Virgin Megastore in Piccadilly, Central London, for a signing session after the release of his soberly entitled classical album Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart).
More than 500 fans, many of whom had been camping outside the store since Monday, queued to meet their idol as he made his first public appearance in Britain since the divorce battle turned bitter.
When he appeared at the side door, a couple of girls had the chance to reassure him with calls of “Paul, we love you” before he was swiftly escorted upstairs and out of sight. Reporters were banned from the top floor by an army of bouncers and publicists.
Kevin Phillips, a social worker from Barnet, North London, was among the crowds waiting to meet Sir Paul. “His ex has been all over the TV all morning, but this seems fairly low key,” he said. “Mind you, all his lawyer has to do is stand up in court and say, ‘He used to be a Beatle, my lord’. Game over.”
Fans were told that they could ask the star to sign only two items — a copy of Ecce Cor Meum, his classical meditation on love and peace, featuring two Oxbridge boys’ choirs, priced £10.99, or a copy of his new live concert DVD, Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us, priced £17.99.
“It is a bit cynical,” said Mike Knowles, 35, a film producer from Derbyshire and former employee of the Vegetarian Society. “Where has the innocence gone? People are feeling sympathy for someone they don’t know. Just because he goes around smiling and holding his thumbs aloft doesn’t mean he is a good bloke.
“Then again, here I am, hoping to catch a glimpse of him, just because I listened to Pipes of Peace when I was 10, in the daft belief he has some connection to my life.
“He is so practised at PR — he basically made the model. It’s the battle of the publicity machines, and at the moment his seems to be winning.”
The album underwhelmed the music critics — comments ranged from “maudlin sentimentality” and “vacuous tosh” to “a feeble cod-classical meditation whose flailing vapidity of the music is matched only by the toe-curling triteness of the words”. But there was no doubt among fans as to which partner, so far, was making the most dignified journey to the divorce courts.
Sir Paul seemed relaxed, joking with fans, and treating some to a cappella renditions from the back catalogue.
“It was amazing,” said Allison Trautman, 20, from Los Angeles, who could not make a signing in New York two weeks ago. “I spent 20 hours waiting to see him for 20 seconds but it was more than worth it.”
Asked whether his appearance belied the strain of his marital problems, she said: “His hair was slightly grey around the sides. It was definitely ‘Freedom from Heather’ hair.”
Chris Redmond, 24, an actor, said that Sir Paul was in high spirits: “He seemed quite chipper to be honest, even though he was surrounded by the usual moody guys in black.”
Lucy Atkins, 28, from New Zealand, said: “I told him he looked gorgeous. He had such a nice smile. I was surprised how happy he looked considering what that woman’s said about him.”
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