Why doesn't Paul McCartney play bass during the interview segments of the Beatles an-

Maybe he really can't play?

Maybe he just wants to talk, and not talk "shop?"

Maybe he thinks of himself as more of a songwriter now?

Who knows?

Mike

 

I also would have liked to see him play more bass.

That being said, I think that much of the world and us bassplayers like to view Paul as a bass player exclusively, when he may see himself as more of an all around musician.

Just my .02 on the subject.

 

Paul was a guitar and piano player before he learned to play the bass. He really didn't want to play bass at first but got "voted" into doing it after Stu Sutcliff(sp?) left the band. He eventually grew to like it and became quite good at it, however he will probably always be more comfortable on guitar and piano. Those are the instruments that he has always written on.

 

Really?

For some reason it's a sin to want to play bass. Alot of people that play it are not proud of the fact they do, isn't that crazy?

I would be very sad indeed i Paul feel into that ego trap.

 

I think in that time in the late 50s the bass player was the fat guy in the background.....

And i think Mccartney was a guy who wanted to sing and play lead guitarr.

He took over the bass because no one wanted to play it....but later in the Beatles both Lennon and Harrison took up the bass and played.........Listen to The Long and Winding road..its John Lennon who play bass on that one and a Mr Mccartney who laughs at lennons misstakes...

 

Carol Kaye played bass on all original Beatles and Wings recordings.

 

she walked in through the outdoor?? the kind you find at a second-hand store?

 

Thats the first time I have ever lost my coffee on the computer screen. Ahhh, that made my day.