McCartney: A Life in Lyrics - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I love listening to the stories behind the songs. The format of two friends sitting down & casually chatting about the inspiration for each song is perfection. Will be re- listening to all of these classics. Thank you for this behind the scenes look & the memories!

I was so overwhelmed with excitement to find out about this podcast, and I continued to be overwhelmed with excitement as I listened to Paul McCartney explain his songs. He’s vulnerable and open and so kind to share these stories. It enriches my Beatles and McCartney music listening even more. So lucky to have a gem of a musician like him in the world. Glad this author made this into a podcast as well as the book! Which I also purchased after hearing these episodes.

Amazing chats about process and meaning. No speculating about context because the artist is right there.

I just loved every episode of season one of the McCartney podcast. I am expecting, equally, to enjoy season, two just as much, if not more! My only critique, complaint is that in some of the episodes it sounds either as if Paul has cotton in his mouth, lol, or is talking while eating. I understand the reasoning for that, and understand that originally these were not intended to be podcasts, but rather background information for publications or a publication. Still, since I am an American, I have difficulty sometimes understanding an English accent. When you couple that with someone who is speaking with food in their mouth, it makes it a little bit more difficult. I had to listen to some sentences and phrases more than a few times to understand what was being said. But again, that is my absolute only criticism. Everything else was phenomenal!

I don’t mind commercials in podcasts. I get it. But when the podcast is really one non stop continuous ad with a smattering of content, I lose interest in even the most interesting podcasts. Would give it 5 stars with 30 percent fewer ads. So my rating is for the entire podcast which includes ads.

The content is great but the amount and length of commercials makes it excruciating to listen.