History tells us that The Beatles are one of the most influential rock bands ever, literally. The group is now mentioned in general history books, an idea that still surprises Paul McCartney.
McCartney recently did a Q&A for Lily Cole’s Impossible site and shared the answers on his site. A student of Popular Music in Liverpool asked the former Beatle how he felt about the Fab Four being the subject of music classes.
The “Band on the Run” singer explained that he it “ridiculous, and yet very flattering.” After all, they never studied popular music themselves. Their education was the musicians they loved, like Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.
“So our study was listening,” McCartney noted. “But to be told - as I was years ago now - that The Beatles were in my kid’s history books? That was like ‘What?! Unbelievable, man!’ Can you imagine when we were at school, finding yourself in a history book?!”
While McCartney noted that schools like the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), he did question the point of studying popular music, notes Rolling Stone, since it probably won’t help you become a better musician. “It may be that you use it to teach other people about the history, that's all valuable,” he said, but if you learn about Bob Dylan and John Lennon, don’t expect to become the next Dylan or Lennon.
“It was an early decision when we were thinking of our policies for LIPA, we said: ‘We want to train people to be all rounders. Give them as much info as we can. But you can’t tell them how to become a Bob Dylan or a John Lennon, because you know, nobody knows how that happens,’” McCartney explained.
McCartney recently released his latest solo album, NEW and the single “Hope For The Future” for the Destiny video game.
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