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Paul McCartney and who?

Huge Macca fan here. Always have been. Evan as a kid lol.
Since Wing's demise in 79 or 80, Paul has worked with a handful of other artists. There was the collaboration with Stevie Wonder, the collaboration with Micheal Jackson. Both of which I saw more as gimmicky, publicity grabs. Then I think there was a collaboration with Elvis Costello. Never paid no attention to it cause I was never a fan of Elvis. Then of course there was Sirvana! With the surviving Nirvana members. That was pretty cool. Abliet a vie for relavence, you gotta admit, that was pretty cool!
In your mind sometimes you pair up favorite your artist with others from the existing echelon of stars. And wonder 'What if...'
Who would you like to see Macca do a collaboration with?
Personally, I've always wanted to have him collaborate with Ray Davies of the Kinks. That would be pretty cool I bet!
McCartney's penchant for old timey music styles. Think 'When I'm 64',
'Your Mother Should Know', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Honey Pie'. Coupled with Davie's historical examinations of British society and nearly equal songwriting abilities, they could prob come up something really interesting.
My question to you, who would you like to have seen Paul work with?
 
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Yoko Ono! :)

I don’t think McCartney has pursued “relevance” for a long long time. He does what he wants because it’s interesting to him at the time. The man loves music writing, collaboration, and performance.
Relavance with the younger crowd. Astute, experienced promotional genius he is I'm sure it was part of his calculations and planning.
But sure he wanted to work with Dave Grohl. Everybody does!
 
Huge Macca fan here. Always have been. Evan as a kid lol.
Since Wing's demise in 79 or 80, Paul has worked with a handful of other artists. There was the collaboration with Stevie Wonder, the collaboration with Micheal Jackson. Both of which I saw more as gimmicky, publicity and money grabs. Then I think there was a collaboration with Elvis Costello. Never paid no attention to it cause I was never a fan of Elvis. Then of course there was Sirvana! With the surviving Nirvana members. That was pretty cool. Abliet a vie for relavence, you gotta admit, that was pretty cool!
In your mind sometimes you pair up favorite your artist with others from the existing echelon of stars. And wonder 'What if...'
Who would you like to see Macca do a collaboration with?
Personally, I've always wanted to have him collaborate with Ray Davies of the Kinks. That would be pretty cool I bet!
McCartney's penchant for old timey music styles. Think 'When I'm 64',
'Your Mother Should Know', 'You Gave Me The Answer', 'Honey Pie'. Coupled with Davie's historical examinations of British society and nearly equal songwriting abilities, they could prob come up something really interesting.
My question to you, who would you like to have seen Paul work with?
Don't forget another stab at relevance in the 90s - The Fireman.
 
Close...Paul, Zak Starkey, Dhani, Sean Lennon, produced by Giles Martin.

I wonder if there’s enough juice left to do something with Brian Wilson?
Good one. On the same "before it's too late" vein, I recently got a heads-up to this puppy (pun intended)
Here If You Listen - Wikipedia
so I'm gonna say David Crosby, Bill Laurence, Michael League, Becca Stevens and Michelle Willis. Not because I see any particular resemblance in style, but because I'd love to see where contrasts and compromises would lead these folks and Paul down/up to.