After more than 60 years, Paul McCartney has finally revealed to the world his favourite member of The Beatles.
McCartney shared the secret on the latest episode of Chicken Shop Date, of all places, when he headed down to the Temple of Seitan in Camden with host Amelia Dimoldenberg.
While the conversation had many moments to remember, such as McCartney reminiscing about setting fire to a condom in Hamburg with Pete Best and explaining why you should never grow marijuana, him speaking about his late Beatles bandmates was the true highlight.
When asked the big question about whether Ringo, George or John was his favourite Beatle, he solemnly shared, “Well, there’s only one left. Now, currently, it’s Ringo.”
However, that wasn’t always the case with McCartney casting his mind back, adding, “During The Beatles, I think we all used to look up to John; he was like the leader, even though there wasn’t officially a leader of the group. He was very witty, and he was great to have in the group.”
On behalf of George and Ringo, he added, “I think all of us might have said John was the leader of the group.”
Similarly, earlier this week, McCartney mourned the loss of Lennon and Harrison, admitting to The Guardian of their deaths, “You do miss them. I start to get very sad, and I have to think, Wow, wait a minute, everyone misses them, it’s not just me.”
He also recently revealed in conversation with Paul Mescal, who is set to play him in Sam Mendes’ biopics on The Beatles, that he still speaks with Lennon during the songwriting process.
McCartney confessed, “On this record, I might even refer to him in my mind, as if we’re still writing together. I’ll write something and go, ‘What’s that? Is that any good?’.”
Being prompted further by Mescal about the influence of Lennon’s voice in his head, McCartney joked: “Sometimes I’ll get away with it, and sometimes he’ll go, ‘No, it’s shit’,” before adding, “But his spirit’s still in me, and I’m glad of that. And George, too.”
In a four-star review of McCartney’s new album, Far Out observed, “On one hand, The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a good but not great collection of songs, but on the other, also perhaps the best album ever recorded by an 83-year-old?”
The review adds, “I’ve always imagined that McCartney must find it odd to be asked every day about things he did 60 years ago, considering how much he’s done since. But as it turns out, what he really wants to talk about was stuff that he did 70 years ago.”
