Who gives a healthy shit what Paul's brother thinks about any of it? As if any of their relatives have some kind of extraordinary imput. They don't. They were, by random circumstance, just there.
Joe Brown and George later became very good friends and neighbors. Joe was George's best man at his wedding to Olivia. Joe also was a feature performer at the Concert For George; he did the closing number "I'll See You In My Dreams".
thanks for sharing this video. This was my 1st time seeing & hearing Mike McCartney speak. Paul is his big brother - hard to believe, but I can see the family resemblance & I love the Liverpool accent. I'm so glad Mike took so many cool pictures of the Beatles & of a younger Paul before the Beatles happened. What a rough, yet carefree life it was.
What a nice fellow and fine story-teller..you can tell he loves to have a laugh...you could do worse than having Paul for an older brother ; )...like being second in line to the throne.. ; )..what gets me, through all these, is the looking out for other people that Paul did, like for Julian...could be from having a little brother like Mike ; )
my friends uncle used to watch little richard in liverpool and he loved that song, but until he saw this video he didnt know he was in the same room with the beatles
@kaitlinan Paul moved out due to his career with the beatles. Mike stayed. And in truth, The Beatles did try to polish up their accents a bit, enough to be understandable to the rest of Britain and the world. I read somewhere that once when he got back home to Forthlin late at night after a telly stint, Mike told him the show was great, but asked "Why do you talk like that on telly? You sounded like George gone wrong!!" Paul replied: I know that, and you know that... but THEY don´t!
@kaitlinan Yeah heheheh, that's also true but Paul and Mike took no heed. :) I actually read that bit from Mike McCartney's book "The Macs". It tells about the first telly presentation, where the Beatles first wore the velvet collar suits and Mike had to watch the show from the local pub.
Pst, is dad asleep?-Course he is, it's past 2!-We were celebrating. did you watch?-Yeah, it was gear! Had to watch it at the pub!-Could you see the velvet collars?- I saw it all. But why did you talk like that on telly? You sounded like George gone wrong, you don't talk like that!-I know that, you know that, but THEY don't know that. - Monkey suit and phoney accents? It worked, it was fantastic! - Gear! I'll be off then nite nite. -Night brother...psst, Paul, can I have your autograph?- Sod off.
all the mccartneys were murdered & replaced with lookalikes so they wouldn't spill the beans when paul died in that car crash.also all his uncles,aunties & cousins were as well i think the death toll is 3006 & rising but they had to make sure it stayed a secret
@manc1962 It looks like all of the photos pf Paul in the video have been elongated! Anyone who doubts that, if you find the originals you will find the original Paul has a round face, not a long face. The Pauls after 1967 all had long faces.
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Mike. He was so down to earth, and so nice. He actually took my glasses off and put them on, and someone snapped a photo, which I still have, of course. He signed a Lennon pic for me (the Statue of Liberty photo) and inscribed it "to Tim...Friend of John." I walked away feeling I knew him my entire life and wanted to go and have a Guinness with him. Good people, the McCartneys.
@tmac052558 Thanks for that story. :) That's exactly how I remember Mike from meeting him 20 odd years ago. I've got a picture of me kissing him on the cheek (I asked first!). He didn't mind. :)
And let me take this opportunity to say 'Merry Christmas, Mike'! :)
In the late 80's, Mike was on Larry King's show to promote his book of photographs. Larry asked him "Are you close to your brother"? Mike got this real sad look on his face and said "Unfortunately.....yes." That was a great example of rough Liverpool humour. I'm sure Paul got a great kick out of it. Paul and Mike were and are still very close. Mike was also very close with Linda, because their mutual love of photography.
I read Mike McGears biography years ago and he tells a story of recording an album and Paul producing it, Jimmy Hendricks came in and laid out a wickedly great guitar solo but Mike didn't understand how great it was and asked for additional takes...everyone said that the first take was the one...by the time he agreed they had taped over it...oops...
so then i noticed one day in 66', my brother wasn't acting the same. he sounded like a robot... something had to be wrong with dear old paul. A couple years later I read the magazines. My brother died and me mum never told me.
It's from the BBC's 'Daytime Live' show with Pamela Armstrong, which aired in 1987 and 1988. Can't remember much else about it. I just recorderd this little clip at the time. I used to always have my vcr standby just in case there was something about the Beatles on tv and that's how I got this. :)
@JaneFokster Strange. I've never heard of them. I assume they didn't make it big? It must be hard to be Paul's brother and not get big in the business.
@grim107: Well, The Scaffold were a kind of musical comedy group and they actually had a few BIG hits in the UK in the late 60s. Including 'Thank U Very Much' (which Mike McCartney wrote) in 1967 and 'Lily The Pink' (a traditional) in 1968. Both songs are still pretty well known today as 'golden oldies'. And they are on YouTube, so have a listen. You may have heard them before without realizing Paul McCartney's brother was in the band. ;-)
@grim107 Mike actually called himself 'Mike McGear' while he was in the Scaffold. Probably because the name McCartney was also a bit of a burden going into the music business.
"Ringo" fans.... In honor of Ringo's 70th, I hope U will check out my "RINGO"video. It's very retro with Beatleish touches & was done as a labor of love and with the utmost respect for the Fabs. My attempt at putting a little bit of the Beatle spirit out there for Beatle fans. It's also my tribute to George Harrison's slide playing as well as Ringo's unique style.
@beerborn I'm not a Liverpudlian either, but it's something like this: "It was from the upper yard smokers corner, we used to lob brown paper water bombs down on to the lower yard kids, and masters and prefects. And then get ????? and get smacked bums. I narrowly missed Derek Hatton, but I certainly got newca....NEWScaster no less, Peter Scissons!"
Maybe someone else can fill in the last missing words. :P
@JaneFokster He said "and then get taken to the head and..." where you have ?????.
Beerborn, basically, he used to throw waterbombs at the schoolmasters (teachers) and prefects (The really good kids who were given some authority like being a hall monitor). Then he'd get taken to the head, short for headmaster, which is like a principal, and get hit for doing it.
@JaneFokster It was from the upper yard, smokers corner, we used to lob brown paper water bombs down on to the lower yard kids, and masters and prefects. And then get taken to the head and get smacked bums. I narrowly missed Derek Hatton, but I certainly got newca....NEWScaster no less, Peter Scissons!"
@beerborn 'and then get taken to the head' ie headmaster. Trust me that is not a strong liverpool (scouse) accent. If you want to hear a hard core liverpool accent youtube 'Yosser Hughes' or 'Ricky Tomlinson'
@beerborn I am from Liverpool. To complete Jane Fokster's excellent work, here are the missing words:
"...And then get taken to the head and...", 'head' in this context being short for headmaster, or in American English, a principal. Derek Hatton went on to become Liverpool City Council's deputy leader and Peter Sissons became a long-serving BBC newsreader and political presenter. For what it's worth, my father went to the same school as Paul + George but was the same age as John/Stuart/Ringo.
in american english, he's saying they used to throw wet paper balls(kinda like spitballs) down at the schoolkids, and then get spanked(smacked bums) for punishment.
Excellent video - so glad I happened upon this. Always wondered about Paul's brother. Does he live in Liverpool? Wish I knew more about Paul's family - his father and mother before she passed away. GREAT picture of a very young Paul at 2:11 !!!! He hasn't changed much!
@unrealvariety dude w're all full of shit, or didn't you notice.....I am entitled to my opinion, he looks like Davy Jones.........Have you seen what Davy Jones looks like now?
I'm really diggin this. I'm a huge Beatles and Paul fan, so this is really cool to see. I'm going to see Ken Mansfield Tomorrow. Ken worked at Capitol Records and also Apple Corps, and is on the roof top at the Let It Be filming. I cant wait to hear his stories. Thanks for posting this.
I happen to know Mike personally and I can tell you this - he is definitely NOT gay, and he is one funny, amusing, guy! He will take time to talk to anyone and always likes to share an amusing anecdote or two.
@p1ppl I've never met him, but from the interviews I've seen, Mike seems like a great guy with a wicked sense of humor. He never seemed resentful of his brother's success. And from all accounts he is still very close to Paul - he's been Paul's best man three times!
@jimpurdie No evidence of that. He's been married twice and has 6 kids, three by each marriage. I think, if he were gay, he'd have come out a long time ago. I can't imagine it would have made any difference to his brother.
He looks very different that Paul McCartney. I know he has a brother, and I've seen pictures from when he was young, but I would not have recognized him.
Paul looks a lot like his father, but Mike must have his mother's looks then.
That was great. I read his autobiography years ago. He's an interesting person in his own right, and not to take anything away from him but it certainly helped to be in on the ground floor when history is being made. Thanks for posting.
Wow, me a baby boomer and I didn't know about him. We probably read about it at the time (all the news had everything you can think of to read about Beatles and Stones:) but I forgot. Really cool.
DID YOU KNOW.....that Paul and Mike McCartney actually made an album together....songs of Mike, paul & mike collaboration? It was called "McGear". Mike went under the name Mike McGear because he did not want the album to be a success just because he was pauls brother. Although it was a total commercial flop it was not due to lack of good songs. Personally I liked it very much. On most of the songs you could not distinguish Paul from mikes voice. I'll bet you could find the cassette tape on ebay
It would be SO hard to be Paul's brother. He's had one triamph after the other for the last 50 years!!! He's like... THE living legend. Talk about living in a shadow! =(
Paul es único, ni su hermano ni su hijo se parecen absolutamente nada a él. Realmente es un ser excepcional.. Mike parece una persona tan natural y sencilla a pesar de ser hermano de una leyenda viva del rock. Gracias JaneFoskter
It's amazing to me how he looks nothing like Paul whatsoever. Usually siblings look at least a little alike. He really really really looks like his dad.
Look at him walking down the street at around 2:17. Think about how many people he passed that had no idea that he was Paul McCartney's brother. He was just "some guy".
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since we have living relatives How about we do a DNA comparison and put this whol;e Paul is Dead thing to rest...What you wanna bet Sir Paul would never go for it?
I can see a lot of his brother in him. They both have the soft-spoken, kind and humble way about them. I've loved Mike's "Remember" book and claimed it as a true favorite for years. It's so wonderful to finally see him in a video and hear him speak the words I've read so many times. :)
I had an interesting chat with Cavern Dj Bob Wooler, back in 1995.
He mentioned the stink of the Cavern - cigarettes, BO, toilets and diinfectant.
He told me he gave up doing Beatles conventions when he saw the shutters coming down over Japanese fans' eyes when he told them the unpleasant truth of the early days
That was so cool. Mike captured very personal moments. He doesn't give himself the credit he should. it is always great to see pictures that you haven't seen of the group before..THANKS
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whats with the brothers of well known people..they always look like a retarded version...like tom hanks' brother, patrick swayze's brother...grotesque charactures of the better looking, more talented and successful brother....same with this stooge...anyone can take a photo..but not everyone can be say a doctor....eat my ballsack
Great stories!
billymullarky 3 months ago
Who gives a healthy shit what Paul's brother thinks about any of it? As if any of their relatives have some kind of extraordinary imput. They don't. They were, by random circumstance, just there.
JeffersonDinedAlone 3 months ago
@JeffersonDinedAlone Really? I think the family dynamic is interesting.
LadyGrinningSoul 3 weeks ago
@JeffersonDinedAlone
You sound as if you haven't had a healthy shit in quite some time!
odiugelcnu 2 weeks ago
Joe Brown and George later became very good friends and neighbors. Joe was George's best man at his wedding to Olivia. Joe also was a feature performer at the Concert For George; he did the closing number "I'll See You In My Dreams".
observer9670 3 months ago
thanks for sharing this video. This was my 1st time seeing & hearing Mike McCartney speak. Paul is his big brother - hard to believe, but I can see the family resemblance & I love the Liverpool accent. I'm so glad Mike took so many cool pictures of the Beatles & of a younger Paul before the Beatles happened. What a rough, yet carefree life it was.
ABCLakey2012 3 months ago
how strange is that all those famous people from the same school whats that all about
james7167 3 months ago
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onelove779 4 months ago
You mean Mike "McGear"? What a douche.
devtrev 4 months ago
whats the first song ?
deadcorpse12 4 months ago
My husband and two of his brothers don't sound anything alike, either.
kirchfam 5 months ago
He has the same nose as Paul, hahah :')
If I saw him walking down the street, I'd probably take a second glance at him!
Cheeseychum 5 months ago
Mike looks more like his dad than paul does.
fairyfellermaster 5 months ago
1:19 And that's how those DAMN facebook pictures started! :\ (but that one is the best.)
FlyingSQUIRRILLLS 5 months ago
His brother must expose the Paul McCartney's double and do a press conference
to show that Paul is William Campbell.....lol Before it's too late and we will think
he's actually Paul.
jpsmart59 6 months ago
He doesn't look anymore like Paul than that Faul guy does.
MandyVin17 6 months ago
he doesnt sound like Paul ,, his accent seems to be more like john's
mugwamp4 6 months ago
Paul loves that poll!!!1:43
beatlebabe1969 7 months ago
He sounds like George Harrison haha
I've heard he's a good photographer but I've never seen his work
Zimnyification 7 months ago 2
His photo collection will be worth mega bucks if and when he decides to sell them
Studmasterify 7 months ago
After the "gig" ... lol He cringes upon having to use that hip term, just like I do.
vampyros1 8 months ago
>w< that first song!! what is it called!? it it so cute~♥
MangaTokyoMewMew 8 months ago
His eyebrows, his eyes, his lips and his chin sorta look like Paul's!
Icymarky0123 8 months ago
What a nice fellow and fine story-teller..you can tell he loves to have a laugh...you could do worse than having Paul for an older brother ; )...like being second in line to the throne.. ; )..what gets me, through all these, is the looking out for other people that Paul did, like for Julian...could be from having a little brother like Mike ; )
celloprofundo 10 months ago
my friends uncle used to watch little richard in liverpool and he loved that song, but until he saw this video he didnt know he was in the same room with the beatles
scarface12347 10 months ago
Great! Especially to see these same places I've visited.
rhythmantic 10 months ago
Awesome!!
rhapsody5876 10 months ago
great stuff. thanks for this.
liuzhou 10 months ago
Yep, he sounds like George Harrison!
iwillstom 10 months ago
why does mike mccartney have such a strong scouse accent and paul has a very slight one?? xD
kaitlinan 11 months ago
@kaitlinan Paul moved out due to his career with the beatles. Mike stayed. And in truth, The Beatles did try to polish up their accents a bit, enough to be understandable to the rest of Britain and the world. I read somewhere that once when he got back home to Forthlin late at night after a telly stint, Mike told him the show was great, but asked "Why do you talk like that on telly? You sounded like George gone wrong!!" Paul replied: I know that, and you know that... but THEY don´t!
CuteMcBeauty 9 months ago
@CuteMcBeauty oh? Interesting. :) I heard Paul's mother made him talk in a 'higher class' accent when he was young
kaitlinan 9 months ago
@kaitlinan Yeah heheheh, that's also true but Paul and Mike took no heed. :) I actually read that bit from Mike McCartney's book "The Macs". It tells about the first telly presentation, where the Beatles first wore the velvet collar suits and Mike had to watch the show from the local pub.
CuteMcBeauty 9 months ago
Pst, is dad asleep?-Course he is, it's past 2!-We were celebrating. did you watch?-Yeah, it was gear! Had to watch it at the pub!-Could you see the velvet collars?- I saw it all. But why did you talk like that on telly? You sounded like George gone wrong, you don't talk like that!-I know that, you know that, but THEY don't know that. - Monkey suit and phoney accents? It worked, it was fantastic! - Gear! I'll be off then nite nite. -Night brother...psst, Paul, can I have your autograph?- Sod off.
CuteMcBeauty 9 months ago
@CuteMcBeauty He said "nite nite?" I don't feel ashamed anymore for saying that!! :D
CookieRocksTheWorld 6 months ago
This is sooooooooooooooo cool ty ty ty!!!!!!!
SueBeaWho 11 months ago
I do believe Mike McCartney is a wonderful photographer and story teller
buskerbuoy 11 months ago
Pleas stop with that stupid stuff that "Paul" is not "Paul" That's rubbish
maccagenius 11 months ago
all the mccartneys were murdered & replaced with lookalikes so they wouldn't spill the beans when paul died in that car crash.also all his uncles,aunties & cousins were as well i think the death toll is 3006 & rising but they had to make sure it stayed a secret
manc1962 11 months ago
@manc1962 It looks like all of the photos pf Paul in the video have been elongated! Anyone who doubts that, if you find the originals you will find the original Paul has a round face, not a long face. The Pauls after 1967 all had long faces.
BushZappa 11 months ago
That was a very interesting clip. Thanks for posting it.
DougCameraMan 1 year ago
It's funny -- the tone of his voice and his accent actually sound like George. But every once in awhile his inflection sounds exactly like Paul
kennedynut 1 year ago
u RHINE. i really like the way he says that
jelly1245 1 year ago
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Mike. He was so down to earth, and so nice. He actually took my glasses off and put them on, and someone snapped a photo, which I still have, of course. He signed a Lennon pic for me (the Statue of Liberty photo) and inscribed it "to Tim...Friend of John." I walked away feeling I knew him my entire life and wanted to go and have a Guinness with him. Good people, the McCartneys.
tmac052558 1 year ago 23
@tmac052558 Thanks for that story. :) That's exactly how I remember Mike from meeting him 20 odd years ago. I've got a picture of me kissing him on the cheek (I asked first!). He didn't mind. :)
And let me take this opportunity to say 'Merry Christmas, Mike'! :)
And a very merry X-mas to everyone, of course. :)
JaneFokster 1 year ago 11
@JaneFokster thats so great! It would be great to meet him. yall make him sound so nice :D
and you to kiss a McCartney lol
doglover52 8 months ago
7:30 LOL!
yyyonii 1 year ago
In the late 80's, Mike was on Larry King's show to promote his book of photographs. Larry asked him "Are you close to your brother"? Mike got this real sad look on his face and said "Unfortunately.....yes." That was a great example of rough Liverpool humour. I'm sure Paul got a great kick out of it. Paul and Mike were and are still very close. Mike was also very close with Linda, because their mutual love of photography.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago
I read Mike McGears biography years ago and he tells a story of recording an album and Paul producing it, Jimmy Hendricks came in and laid out a wickedly great guitar solo but Mike didn't understand how great it was and asked for additional takes...everyone said that the first take was the one...by the time he agreed they had taped over it...oops...
TVKalmes 1 year ago
would you give that brother 1/2 or a few mill to shut the fk up
panzermort 1 year ago
He kinda sound like John, dunno why lol =)
ThreePipeProblems 1 year ago
Welcome in the family !!
MyCarla27 1 year ago
i don't see the resemblance at all lol
ShowCaseProductions 1 year ago
@ShowCaseProductions Me neither! xD
ZtellaStar 1 year ago
@ShowCaseProductions well i think with the nose
bluemoon4111 11 months ago
so then i noticed one day in 66', my brother wasn't acting the same. he sounded like a robot... something had to be wrong with dear old paul. A couple years later I read the magazines. My brother died and me mum never told me.
quidnick 1 year ago
@quidnick dudethat's not funny at all you must be one of those sychophants who believe that 'Paul is dead myth'.
skeaneable 1 year ago
@quidnick Paul is live :)
Edgarthebug2012 6 months ago
Where's the clip taken from, Jane?
spikepedestal 1 year ago
@spikepedestal
It's from the BBC's 'Daytime Live' show with Pamela Armstrong, which aired in 1987 and 1988. Can't remember much else about it. I just recorderd this little clip at the time. I used to always have my vcr standby just in case there was something about the Beatles on tv and that's how I got this. :)
JaneFokster 1 year ago 3
I think ur work is very artsy.Beautiful.Keep em comeing mike.
SmokinMo11 1 year ago
Maybe better known as Mike McGear.
palmqvist2000 1 year ago
I don't know how I would feel being Paul's brother...
raverock 1 year ago
I remember The Scaffold very well and how very handsome Mike was when he was young.
Babyhowdy233 1 year ago
Ahhhh baby brother Mike!!! Every bit as interesting as the whole beatles myth!! Thanks for this upload!!!
marniedrew 1 year ago
To me his voice actually sounds more like George's than Paul's.
badtown88 1 year ago
This is very very interesting. Every photo tells a story.
rockinrex 1 year ago
Thank you
EnlocalWeb 1 year ago
I wonder what would have happened if Mike went into the music business...
grim107 1 year ago
@grim107
He did. He was in The Scaffold. :)
JaneFokster 1 year ago
@JaneFokster Strange. I've never heard of them. I assume they didn't make it big? It must be hard to be Paul's brother and not get big in the business.
grim107 1 year ago
@grim107: Well, The Scaffold were a kind of musical comedy group and they actually had a few BIG hits in the UK in the late 60s. Including 'Thank U Very Much' (which Mike McCartney wrote) in 1967 and 'Lily The Pink' (a traditional) in 1968. Both songs are still pretty well known today as 'golden oldies'. And they are on YouTube, so have a listen. You may have heard them before without realizing Paul McCartney's brother was in the band. ;-)
JaneFokster 1 year ago
@grim107 Mike actually called himself 'Mike McGear' while he was in the Scaffold. Probably because the name McCartney was also a bit of a burden going into the music business.
JaneFokster 1 year ago
mike took some of the best photos of the beatles , and if it had not been for him then a lot of the beatles early history would have been lost
svengorran 1 year ago
Great video, it's nice to see early behind the scenes photos and hear stories. Thanks Mike!
Americanpye66 1 year ago
How tall is Mike? He seems to be a couple inches taller than his older brother.
jimmmmybrady 1 year ago
"Ringo" fans.... In honor of Ringo's 70th, I hope U will check out my "RINGO"video. It's very retro with Beatleish touches & was done as a labor of love and with the utmost respect for the Fabs. My attempt at putting a little bit of the Beatle spirit out there for Beatle fans. It's also my tribute to George Harrison's slide playing as well as Ringo's unique style.
Peace,
Vinnie Zummo, former Joe Jackson guitarist
Vazmusic 1 year ago
Great stuff Michael thanks. Boy you sure did have a front row seat to greatness eh?
whathoney73 1 year ago
Actually I should rephrase my question.
Could some Liverpudlian please explain to me " in Layman's Term", what he just said from 2:53 thru 3:12 in plain simple English???
beerborn 1 year ago
Great brother !!! And funny too..............
shnozzel12 1 year ago
Could some Liverpoodlian please explain to me what he just said from 2:53 thru 3:12 in plain simple English???
beerborn 1 year ago
@beerborn I'm not a Liverpudlian either, but it's something like this: "It was from the upper yard smokers corner, we used to lob brown paper water bombs down on to the lower yard kids, and masters and prefects. And then get ????? and get smacked bums. I narrowly missed Derek Hatton, but I certainly got newca....NEWScaster no less, Peter Scissons!"
Maybe someone else can fill in the last missing words. :P
JaneFokster 1 year ago
@JaneFokster He said "and then get taken to the head and..." where you have ?????.
Beerborn, basically, he used to throw waterbombs at the schoolmasters (teachers) and prefects (The really good kids who were given some authority like being a hall monitor). Then he'd get taken to the head, short for headmaster, which is like a principal, and get hit for doing it.
zepdec 1 year ago
@JaneFokster It was from the upper yard, smokers corner, we used to lob brown paper water bombs down on to the lower yard kids, and masters and prefects. And then get taken to the head and get smacked bums. I narrowly missed Derek Hatton, but I certainly got newca....NEWScaster no less, Peter Scissons!"
itsMrNoble 1 year ago
@JaneFokster I think he says: And then get things at their heads and get smacked bums.
bledpicker 1 year ago
@JaneFokster I think he says: And then get things at their heads and get...etc
bledpicker 1 year ago
@JaneFokster ????? = "and get taken to the head[master]"
Fharad99 1 year ago
@beerborn I THINK he said ".... and we would get taken to the head ( Bathroom ) and get smacked bums. "
brokenseatbelt 1 year ago
@beerborn 'and then get taken to the head' ie headmaster. Trust me that is not a strong liverpool (scouse) accent. If you want to hear a hard core liverpool accent youtube 'Yosser Hughes' or 'Ricky Tomlinson'
pme96 1 year ago
@beerborn I am from Liverpool. To complete Jane Fokster's excellent work, here are the missing words:
"...And then get taken to the head and...", 'head' in this context being short for headmaster, or in American English, a principal. Derek Hatton went on to become Liverpool City Council's deputy leader and Peter Sissons became a long-serving BBC newsreader and political presenter. For what it's worth, my father went to the same school as Paul + George but was the same age as John/Stuart/Ringo.
delacote60 1 year ago
@beerborn
in american english, he's saying they used to throw wet paper balls(kinda like spitballs) down at the schoolkids, and then get spanked(smacked bums) for punishment.
boneypart 1 year ago
Excellent video - so glad I happened upon this. Always wondered about Paul's brother. Does he live in Liverpool? Wish I knew more about Paul's family - his father and mother before she passed away. GREAT picture of a very young Paul at 2:11 !!!! He hasn't changed much!
2079423644 1 year ago
God this is soo friggin interesting,lol.He looks nothing like Paul though.Did they have milkmen in those days?Hahahahaha!
pablogeebee1 1 year ago
site orquidhea no youtube
Juniororquidhea 1 year ago
He looks like Davy Jones talks like im too
winitred000 1 year ago
No he dosen"t you"re full of shit.
unrealvariety 1 year ago
@unrealvariety dude w're all full of shit, or didn't you notice.....I am entitled to my opinion, he looks like Davy Jones.........Have you seen what Davy Jones looks like now?
winitred000 1 year ago
I'm really diggin this. I'm a huge Beatles and Paul fan, so this is really cool to see. I'm going to see Ken Mansfield Tomorrow. Ken worked at Capitol Records and also Apple Corps, and is on the roof top at the Let It Be filming. I cant wait to hear his stories. Thanks for posting this.
jpvnk1968 1 year ago
Lol, Paul blew up a hotdog stand.
internetphill 1 year ago 4
I happen to know Mike personally and I can tell you this - he is definitely NOT gay, and he is one funny, amusing, guy! He will take time to talk to anyone and always likes to share an amusing anecdote or two.
p1ppl 1 year ago 23
@p1ppl I've never met him, but from the interviews I've seen, Mike seems like a great guy with a wicked sense of humor. He never seemed resentful of his brother's success. And from all accounts he is still very close to Paul - he's been Paul's best man three times!
observer9670 3 months ago
@p1ppl I interviewed Mike for a magazine some years ago - he was a total gentleman!!!!*****
groucho39 3 months ago
what a pleasant fellow
satanrocks668 1 year ago
Wow. This is great. Just great.
ThePrettyHorse 1 year ago
His complexion seems lighter than Paul's, and he has more prominent teeth.
kirchfam 1 year ago
is pauls brother gay?
jimpurdie 1 year ago
@jimpurdie No evidence of that. He's been married twice and has 6 kids, three by each marriage. I think, if he were gay, he'd have come out a long time ago. I can't imagine it would have made any difference to his brother.
harrisburgpa1 1 year ago
Paul's brother kind of sounds like George on the overdub bits.
tintindwarf 1 year ago
@tintindwarf - wow, you are so right ... very similar!
mkrobinson95 1 year ago
He doesn't refer to himself as Mike McGear anymore?
Lunarmoonbase2 1 year ago
He looks very different that Paul McCartney. I know he has a brother, and I've seen pictures from when he was young, but I would not have recognized him.
Paul looks a lot like his father, but Mike must have his mother's looks then.
IamMagPie 1 year ago
their eyes are similiar
tranurse 1 year ago
That was great. I read his autobiography years ago. He's an interesting person in his own right, and not to take anything away from him but it certainly helped to be in on the ground floor when history is being made. Thanks for posting.
cqsteve1 1 year ago
Wow, me a baby boomer and I didn't know about him. We probably read about it at the time (all the news had everything you can think of to read about Beatles and Stones:) but I forgot. Really cool.
nanarobin1 1 year ago
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Rmarty1955 1 year ago
Not Pauls brother? You mean another McCartney mystery next to the 'Paul Is Dead' rumour? :P
But seriously... obviously this is the one and only Mike McCartney. I had the pleasure of meeting him twice briefly and he's a very, very nice man.
JaneFokster 1 year ago
he really doesnt look much like Paul...but his mannerisms and speech are almost dead on like him...very cool vid...thanks for the post.
NonStopRocker 1 year ago
@NonStopRocker I was thinking the same thing. The way he talks and his body movement is just like Paul. Definately a good post!!!
brokenseatbelt 1 year ago
great info.great video,great history and great comments.thank u very moch.
diagreen 1 year ago
I think mikes shots are as good as anything I have seen in the vintage life magazines and other well known photo-journ mags of the time
inkey2 1 year ago
I didnt' know Paul had a brother. Very interesting video. This fellow would have been part of it all , at least by relation.
xvoy2002 1 year ago
I wonder how many women dated him just because he was Paul's brother...
katie8758 2 years ago
to katie: ill bet he got quite a few dates being pauls brother.....but....he seems like he was a pretty cool dude in his own right
inkey2 1 year ago
He sure does! He seems like a wonderful, down-to-earth man :)
katie8758 1 year ago
DID YOU KNOW.....that Paul and Mike McCartney actually made an album together....songs of Mike, paul & mike collaboration? It was called "McGear". Mike went under the name Mike McGear because he did not want the album to be a success just because he was pauls brother. Although it was a total commercial flop it was not due to lack of good songs. Personally I liked it very much. On most of the songs you could not distinguish Paul from mikes voice. I'll bet you could find the cassette tape on ebay
inkey2 1 year ago
He could be the fifth beatle, why not....
abennati 2 years ago
I don't think living in Pauls shadow was so bad it sounds like he was having a great time
1q6z 2 years ago
He wrote a very sharp (as in witty) book in the early 80s called "Mike Mc Cartney's Family Album"
petewingnut 2 years ago 3
Ooooh, I love that book!!
(why was this marked as spam?! It's the truth!)
JaneFokster 2 years ago 3
It is true because I bought it almost about 25 years ago
petewingnut 2 years ago
It would be SO hard to be Paul's brother. He's had one triamph after the other for the last 50 years!!! He's like... THE living legend. Talk about living in a shadow! =(
And yeah, he DOES sound like George!!
msradx 2 years ago
HE SOUNDS LIKE GEORGE AND JOHN XD
iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat 2 years ago 29
@iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat exactly what i was thinking!!
MiekoandMinaemusic 1 year ago
@iLoveJbMcFlYTakeThat yes lovely thick scouse accent
wojiaokatya 1 year ago
Paul es único, ni su hermano ni su hijo se parecen absolutamente nada a él. Realmente es un ser excepcional.. Mike parece una persona tan natural y sencilla a pesar de ser hermano de una leyenda viva del rock. Gracias JaneFoskter
primaveraIII 2 years ago
@primaveraIII sii el parece una persona comun y corrientee !
SweetBeatles 2 years ago
He sounds more like George :)
salvadormarley 2 years ago 2
Mike doesn't look or sound much like Paul, but has the same way of story telling. :)
LaurenAnyone 2 years ago 2
It's amazing to me how he looks nothing like Paul whatsoever. Usually siblings look at least a little alike. He really really really looks like his dad.
NeilFraudstrong 2 years ago
Ha i remember them green and cream buses in Liverpool, those were the days.
Bliz275 2 years ago
man this guy sounds JUST LIKE George H.
brokenseatbelt 2 years ago 19
@brokenseatbelt
Wow. You weren't kidding!
NeilFraudstrong 2 years ago
@brokenseatbelt I agree, when I was listening I thought how much he sounds like George Harrison.
baddave62 1 year ago
it must be tough when being the brother of one of the most important musicians in the world
kurtcobain628 2 years ago
@kurtcobain628
Look at him walking down the street at around 2:17. Think about how many people he passed that had no idea that he was Paul McCartney's brother. He was just "some guy".
NeilFraudstrong 2 years ago
i know that sucks do you know if he died
kurtcobain628 2 years ago
Mike is still alive and well.
NeilFraudstrong 2 years ago
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You people don't know, Mike is Dead as well, that's Robert Campbell, William's brother.
paolomanueldec 2 years ago
Prove your statement or shut up.
kooodeal 2 years ago
It was a joke people, my god where's the british humour gone? Oh, I forgot, most people here on youtube are Americans! X)
paolomanueldec 2 years ago
Your forgiven and your right ,I ain't Brit..
kooodeal 2 years ago
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since we have living relatives How about we do a DNA comparison and put this whol;e Paul is Dead thing to rest...What you wanna bet Sir Paul would never go for it?
Krazede 2 years ago
I see Brother Michael-but where's Auntie Gin?
So I can open the door-Let "Em In".
stratman123 2 years ago 3
The song is Do you remember by the Scaffold, Mike McGear/McCartney's group.Great song, its on there greatest hits CD
kim10800 2 years ago
anyone no the song at the begining of the video
TurntableMadness 2 years ago
He sounds just like George Harrison!
TheBeatles4ever101 2 years ago 3
I think it is George Harrison narrating the video
from the great beyond...lol
jpsmart59 2 years ago
Does anyone know if Mike is left handed like Paul ? It looks like Mikes eyes are blue. I may be wrong.
kim10800 2 years ago
I agree with everyone who wrote that Mike sounds like George Harrison. Been a fan for yrs. He's sure is a cutie .I'd date him over Paul anytime.
kim10800 2 years ago
WOW!! Love it Mike!!Thanks!
60Macushla 2 years ago
I've seen most of those photos before but I no idea they were taken by Paul's brother Mike.
sky0725 2 years ago
I can see a lot of his brother in him. They both have the soft-spoken, kind and humble way about them. I've loved Mike's "Remember" book and claimed it as a true favorite for years. It's so wonderful to finally see him in a video and hear him speak the words I've read so many times. :)
willowsstorm 2 years ago
aaaaah, loved watching this.
nehansan 2 years ago
His voice sounds quite like George Harrison out of all the Beatles when you just hear his voiceover
kenfig 2 years ago
it's surprising
getback9691 2 years ago
I was just thinking how much he sounds like George
hairypolack 2 years ago 3
I met Mike in Glasgow doing one of his photographic shows in January 09 - Good guy and his contribution was immense
RevolverScot 2 years ago
I had an interesting chat with Cavern Dj Bob Wooler, back in 1995.
He mentioned the stink of the Cavern - cigarettes, BO, toilets and diinfectant.
He told me he gave up doing Beatles conventions when he saw the shutters coming down over Japanese fans' eyes when he told them the unpleasant truth of the early days
NonInflatable 2 years ago
Great video.
The anecdotes were top notch and the pictures certainly add a little something more to the Beatles story.
frankophille 2 years ago
Seems very nice person...Like a poet or something...
xXxHippySexxXx 2 years ago 2
That was so cool. Mike captured very personal moments. He doesn't give himself the credit he should. it is always great to see pictures that you haven't seen of the group before..THANKS
darcy994 2 years ago 6
I enjoyed that :~)
gittarr 2 years ago
great flicks Mike !!
gittahfiend 2 years ago
what's the song in the beginning?
MisterHankey009 2 years ago
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whats with the brothers of well known people..they always look like a retarded version...like tom hanks' brother, patrick swayze's brother...grotesque charactures of the better looking, more talented and successful brother....same with this stooge...anyone can take a photo..but not everyone can be say a doctor....eat my ballsack
MutantLarva2010 2 years ago
Is Paul older?
hazerd36 2 years ago 2
Yeah, Paul's about two years older. :)
llamalove191 2 years ago
Met Mike a few years back. Lovely guy and a great photographer
tmac052558 2 years ago
Great video! And great history. Many thanks.
tortugabob 2 years ago