Will you love Paul McCartney, now that he is 80 years old?

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Paul McCartney is turning 80 and those lines from

, which envisioned his retirement, now seem overwhelmed by the astonishing vitality of its author: "On Sunday mornings, take a walk, garden, tend the grass, who could ask for more?

"

For too long,

was considered the least interesting of the Beatles, the most

, the most panoli, the most (make a face of contempt) commercial!

Nothing to do with John's revolutionary spirit, George's spirituality or Ringo's hooligan sympathy.

Paul was gray, predictable and conservative, he wasn't cool.

Besides, his songs were always the most simplistic of the Beatles, the most smug, right?... Ah! But time is stubborn and insists on restoring the natural order of almost everything: now everyone knows that Paul is perhaps

.

Why?

What has happened to produce this collective epiphany?

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The pandemic and the Simpsons

magazine

in which

confessed to being

, with his new projects: the animated film

, based on one of his stories and co-produced by Netflix, the brand new reissue of his albums

(1997 ) and

(1970) and the final touches of the musical

, which he had been preparing for three years as a tribute to the film of the same name by Frank Capra (which here was titled

).

In addition, in the interview, Paul reaffirmed his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and made a profession of faith in his

, proud that those responsible for

had promised to keep Lisa a vegetarian in perpetuity in exchange for having him as protagonist in one of the episodes of the series.

The Quarrymen, in 1957.

neighborhood cinema

In June 2018, Macca caused a sensation as a special guest of the famous

, the section of James Corden's

broadcast in the United States by CBS.

During a few weeks that he spent in the United Kingdom, Corden took the opportunity to record McCartney

, from the house where he lived his childhood and adolescence to a pub, where he played in direct and by surprise some old and new songs, emulating that famous rooftop concert immortalized in the movie

(1970), by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

Shortly after, Paul accepted director Peter Jackson's invitation to embark on the editing of an ambitious series documenting the recording process of that last album published by the Beatles, a company also supported by Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.

Released with all honors by Disney in November 2021,

explains with fan affection the process of decomposition of the Fab Four and

, perhaps the only

who was firmly committed to the continuity of the group.

bear hug

Last year, the production company Walt Disney finally marketed the announced documentary series

, where Paul proudly claimed to producer Rick Rubin as

he always was, recalling small details of his artistic and personal life, breaking down the composition and recording process of some of his albums with or without the Beatles, enthusiastically nodding to the findings and occurrences of his interlocutor, that kind of

that accompanies him throughout the more than three hours of recording, as the greatest of fans, the most dedicated and surrendered to his sense of humor, his sharpness and his musical wisdom.

memory almost full

Next Saturday, June 23rd, Macca will headline the prestigious Glastonbury Festival, an honor he shares with

teen Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar, the latest enlightened hip-hop sensation.

Only Brian Wilson and Bob Dylan,

, have been revered in the same way by the younger generations, who have suddenly discovered, without prejudice, the musician capable of signing four of his best in recent years. albums,

(2013),

(2018),

(2020) and the amazing

(2021), where figures like Beck, Damon Albarn, Phoebe Bridgers, St. Vincent or the Texans Khruangbin support him.

At 80 years old, Paul is today the

,

, and no, his memory is not nearly full, as the title of another of his memorable albums said in 2007.

There is still plenty of free space on his hard drive for us to wonder, stunned, what his next genius will be.

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