The Beatles Bible - Topic: "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

parlance on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:55:04 +0100

People must be on the edge of their seats waiting for Mays question.

*sporfle* The first answer about him mother was touching, but the last two have been... unenlightening. Seems like Paul himself is already bored by the concept.

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AppleScruffJunior on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:08:15 +0100

I was thinking about the birth of Stella weren't there major complications and Stella and Linda almost died? I'm not sure if Paul would want to go through that fear again.... but on the bright side it did give Wings its name And I guess it must have been good to know that Linda and Stella were fine afterwards

meanmistermustard on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:32:58 +0100

People must be on the edge of their seats waiting for Mays question.

unknown on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:21:49 +0100

Yeah, why would he pick the day his kids were born? Newborns are such drags; all they do is sleep.

LongHairedLady on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:15:40 +0100

I wish the answers were longer. They could also choose more interesting questions.

parlance on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:29:36 +0100

Third question answered:

April sees Paul answering the third question in the new website feature ‘You Gave Me The Answer’. This month’s question comes from Michael in South Africa.

Michael asks: “If you could re-live one day in your life what day would it be?”

We caught up with Paul during the rehearsals for his forthcoming all-new “Out There” tour which begins at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil this Saturday. Paul replied, “Thank you for your question Michael. If I could re-live any one day in my life it would have to be when any of my kids were ...

Joe on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:57:23 +0100

AFAIK it's his publicist Stuart Bell who does all his online stuff (including his Twitter feed).

parlance on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:29:17 +0100

fabfouremily said
I wonder if it really is Paul who answers them or does someone in his office just get the answer off him and put a sentence together, which would explain why they lack any real information. I would like to think the former but something tells me that Paul is too busy to be answering questions each month. Though, having said that, how long would it take to write a paragraph?

Given the near-constant interviews he gives, it's hard to imagine he can't answer one question a month for his own website.

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fabfouremily on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:54:37 +0100

I wonder if it really is Paul who answers them or does someone in his office just get the answer off him and put a sentence together, which would explain why they lack any real information. I would like to think the former but something tells me that Paul is too busy to be answering questions each month. Though, having said that, how long would it take to write a paragraph?

meanmistermustard on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:23:49 +0100

Should really be renamed 'you'll never answer my question' considering the amount of questions being asked and the slowness of Paul's responses (and lack of any real detailed answer). Will get fans to perk up their ears in Paul's direction, something he has been great at for years.

unknown on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:45:02 +0100

Yeah, when he answered the first question, I was a little disappointed, but the second answer was even worse. It's a pretty lazy answer, which doesn't even seem complete.

Egroeg Evoli on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:44:52 +0100

parlance said
^^ Great point, Joe.

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Agreed.

parlance on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:11:56 +0100

^^ Great point, Joe.

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Joe on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:50:06 +0100

If Paul was likely to give fairly full answers it might be worth contributing to. Surely each month he could spend a few minutes discussing a subject, rather than just providing a single sentence. For example, if he had a time machine he'd "Go back and spend time with my mum." OK, so what would you say to her, where would you go, what would you do together? Similarly, regarding the James Jamerson answer, which Motown songs in particular are favourites? Did any of his basslines directly influence McCartney's? It's not hard to do this stuff properly.

parlance on "You Gave Me The Answer" contest on Paul's website!

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:11:57 +0100

unknown said

parlance said
New answer from Paul:

Today we're pleased to announce that the second question for 'You Gave Me The Answer' comes from James in ‘Blighty’ (for fans outside of the UK ‘Blighty’ is English slang for Britain):
James asks: "Who was the biggest influence upon your bass playing?" During a recent trip to the PaulMcCartney.com office Paul gave us his answer: "Thanks for sending in your question, James. The biggest influence on my bass playing was James Jamerson who played on many of my favourite Motown releases."

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I don't ...