Talk:Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney's recent appearance in Spinal Tap 2 The End Continues has yet to be added to the list of his filmography. 82.132.187.143 (talk) 09:33, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

"Helen Wheels" was NOT on the "Band On The Run" album. 2A0C:4F41:1C06:E800:85DF:BD69:6C9B:2A2E (talk) 14:18, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

The article for Band on the Run says it was on "(US version and select CD reissues)." Martinevans123 (talk) 14:36, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

In the beginning of the article is this sentence:

"Starting with the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, he gradually became the band's de facto leader, providing creative impetus for most of their music and film projects."

This highlighted part of the statement reads more like an unsupported opinion than a fact. It is not justified by any verifiable source or footnote and appears to greatly overstates McCartney's influence and importance to the Beatles' recording history to the detriment of the other members of the band. McCartney did not "provide the creative impetus for most of their music" at any time in the band's lifetime.

McCartney himself, as seen in the Get Back documentary by Peter Jackson, while in conversation with John Lennon in January 1969, appears to believe that Lennon has always been the leader of the band. In Part 2 of the Get Back documentary DVD set, John and Paul are discussing what's been going wrong with the fractious Get Back sessions, and they are especially concerned about George Harrison's discontent. At 14:43, McCartney says, "I tell you one thing. What I think...the main thing is this: You have always been boss. Now I've been, sort of, secondary boss." Lennon, "Not always." McCartney, "No, listen. Listen. No, always!"

I recommend the statement I quoted above be edited or else entirely struck from the article, unless someone can provide more factual evidence that McCartney "gradually became the band's de facto leader, providing creative impetus for most of their music..." beginning in 1967. Because even McCartney, in 1969, didn't even think of himself as the leader of the Beatles, and he certainly was not the main creative force "for most of their music." Prudence2001 (talk) 22:04, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

You have to read more than the lead. Read the remainder of the article, including the section on the Beatles that is sourced to Ian MacDonald, a leading expert on the Beatles. A few words between Lennon and McCartney in the Get Back documentary is no basis for removing properly sourced content. If it's sourced later in the article, a citation is not necessary in the lead. Sundayclose (talk) 23:49, 30 October 2025 (UTC)

I agree. ~2026-34906-2 (talk) 22:45, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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There's the need to add a "books" section in Paul McCartney Wikipedia page; various others musical artists have it (Bob Dylan, John Lennon and so on). These are the books subsections that need to be added:

Children's Books

- High in the Clouds (2005)
- Hey Grandude! (2019)
- Grandude's Green Submarine (2021)

Drawings, paintings, photos, poems and lyrics

- Composer / Artist (1981)
- Paintings (2000)
- Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965‑1999 (2001)
- 1964: Eyes of the Storm (2023)

Autobiographies

- The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present (2021)
- Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run (2025) ~2025-33081-51 (talk) 19:01, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Even if it was clear, it would probably need consensus. NotJamestack (talk) 19:37, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

There is not a change to do, there is an addition to be made. A "bibliography" needs to be added to Paul McCartney's Wikipedia main page. ~2025-33081-51 (talk) 20:13, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

 Not done. Please provide reliable sources that support your suggested edits. Additionally, some of what you suggest is vague, confusing, and incomplete. Did McCartney write/create all of the children's books, drawings, paintings, photos, poems? For lyrics to "Blackbird", is that separate from the Lennon-McCartney songwriting credit? For autobiographies and any books written by McCartney we need full citation information that includes authors, publisher, year of publication. Sundayclose (talk) 19:45, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes McCartney create himself all the books I mentioned. It's not a complete list but they are the most obvious ones that need to be cited; just like it happens for any other artist on Wikipedia.

Here's the source with all the infos: Paul McCartney | Books ~2025-33081-51 (talk) 20:11, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

In the table, what is the point of the 'Result' column? Is there ever going to be an entry which is other than 'Honoured'? Masato.harada (talk) 18:30, 15 November 2025 (UTC)

Agreed. Removed. – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 20:35, 1 March 2026 (UTC)