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Paul McCartney discusses the break up of The Beatles and the chance of the band getting back together on Countdown in 1980. Video from ABC Arts on Facebook.

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00:00Here we are today at Abbey Road Studios, where you used to record with the Beatles.

00:04Does that bring back fond memories for you?

00:06Yeah, well, I've recorded here quite a lot anyway, even without the Beatles.

00:10But it is, it's like one of the favourite studios.

00:12This is where I made my first record with the Beatles.

00:17Terrified out my mind down there.

00:20Does the media campaign to get the Beatles to reunite annoy you?

00:25Yeah, a bit, you know, but there's nothing you can do about it,

00:28so I don't get really annoyed.

00:30It's just one of those things, you know, when you reach a certain level of fame.

00:37Like with the Beatles, you know, once we split up,

00:38there were just a lot of people offering a lot of money

00:40and saying, well, get back together for me then.

00:43But the trouble is that if you were even going to consider doing something like that,

00:48you'd have to have a really great enthusiasm within the group,

00:51because, you know, you can't just start things just for some money and go and do it.

00:55Not a thing like that, anyway.

00:56So the missing factor is the enthusiasm at the moment, which is fair enough, you know.

01:02I mean, we kind of, we did our bit.

01:04I think the four of us would probably just prefer to, like, leave it as it was

01:10and leave the whole story intact rather than sort of coming back and doing some disastrous reunion show,

01:17you know, like Sinatra's 50th Farewell concert, something like that, you know.

01:23Nothing against Frank Mind.

01:26Of all the things you've ever done, is there anything in particular that you consider your best work?

01:31I don't know.

01:36I don't kind of think in those terms.

01:38I think it's people, like, who analyse the music scene, think in terms of that, what was his best one.

01:45But I don't know.

01:46If I just had to answer it for some quiz or something, I might say Sgt. Pepper.

01:50Or I might say Yes Today.

01:54Or I might just as easily say something daft, like She Said, She Said, which is, like, just a track I like, you know.

02:02Hard question.

02:03Hard question.

Paul McCartney on ABC's Countdown in 1980 - from Facebook | The Senior | July 25, 2025

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