CREATED FOR HIS EIGHT GRANDKIDS.
>> I'VE GOT A FEELING WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF
FUN HERE TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: AT 77 YEARS OLD SIR
PAUL McCARTNEY IS STILL ROCKING
AND ROLLING.
AS PART OF THE BEATLES AND
WINGS, AND AS A SOLO ACT
McCARTNEY'S BEEN PERFORMING TO
SOLD OUT CROWDS FOR NEARLY SIX
DECADES.
OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER
HE'S WRITTEN AROUND A THOUSAND
SONGS.
BUT NOW HE'S TACKLING ANOTHER
KIND OF WRITING.
WHEN I THINK CHILDREN'S AUTHORS
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT PAUL
McCARTNEY.
>> NO, IT WAS ONE OF MY
GRANDCHILDREN ONE DAY SAID, HEY,
GRANDDUDE.
I THOUGHT, THAT'S KIND OF COOL,
YOU KNOW.
IT GOT ME THINKING.
SO I WROTE DOWN SOME LITTLE
HEY, GRANDDUDE IS ABOUT A
GRANDDAD WHOSE GRANDKIDS CALL
HIM GRANDDUDE.
HE CALLS THEM CHILLERS.
THEY HAVE ADVENTURES.
GROWING UP I LOVED READING TO MY
CHILDREN AT BEDTIME.
I LOVED BEING PART OF THAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> DO YOUR GRANDKIDS -- WHEN
THEY WERE YOUNGER, DID THEY HAVE
AN IDEA THAT GRANDDUDE WAS THIS
WORLD FAMOUS MUSICIAN?
>> NO, NO, THEY DIDN'T.
YOU KNOW, I SAY, PEOPLE COME TO
SEE ME, PEOPLE PAY TO COME AND
SEE ME.
I'M FAMOUS.
YEAH, ALL RIGHT.
>> WHATEVER.
>> YEAH.
WATCHING TV, THEY GRADUALLY GET
THE SAME THING.
THEY GET THINGS LIKE PEOPLE
ALWAYS WANTING A PHOTO OF ME.
BUT THEY'RE VERY COOL WITH IT.
>> McCARTNEY IS NO STRANGER TO
FAME, JUST 21 YEARS OLD WHEN THE
BEATLES TOOK AMERICA BY STORM ON
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.
55 YEARS LATER HIS LATEST STUDIO
ALBUM, EGYPT STATION, IS HIS
FIRST SOLO RECORD TODAY BUT AT
NUMBER ONE.
AN HONOR NOT LOST ON THE ROCK
LEGEND.
>> YOU'RE MAKING MUSIC OR 60
YEARS.
IS IT AS MUCH FUN NOW, ARE YOU
ENJOYING IT AS MUCH AS YOU DID
THEN?
>> YEAH, IT'S COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT.
>> HOW?
>> BECAUSE I'M A GROWN UP.
I THINK BACK TO WHEN WE WERE
KIDS DOING OUR FIRST SESSIONS.
>> AND YOU WERE KIDS.
>> WE WERE KIDS.
I MEAN, EARLY 20s.
SO WE WERE WIDE EYED.
SO IT WAS THAT KIND OF WONDER.
IT WAS LIKE WOW.
RECORDING STUDIO.
NOW, YOU KNOW, AFTER 60 YEARS,
IT'S NOT THAT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF THRILL.
WRITING THE MUSIC IS STILL A
THRILL BECAUSE OUT OF NOWHERE
YOU PRODUCE A RABBIT, YOU KNOW.
AND WOW.
AND IF YOU GET ONE YOU LIKE IT'S
A GREAT FEELING.
BUT IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
VIBE FROM THE KIDS KNOCKING OUT
A RECORD.
>> IS THIS TRUE, THAT SOMETIMES
YOU HAVE TO RELEARN THE OLDER
STUFF?
>> YEAH.
I HAVE TO RELEARN EVERYTHING.
I'VE WRITTEN AN AWFUL LOT.
SO YOU CAN'T RETAIN THEM ALL.
WE GO INTO REHEARSAL AND I LEARN
THEM, YOU KNOW, OH, YEAH, THAT'S
HOW IT GOES.
>> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE
RELEARNING THEM DO YOU KIND OF
LOOK AND GO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
PRETTY GOOD?
>> I DO.
I REALLY DO.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE JOYS
OF DOING SOME OF THE OLD SONGS.
I SAY, OH, THAT'S CLEVER.
I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY,
YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO SLOW DOWN
A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS YOU DOING
IT?
>> MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE
AUDIENCES.
>> IS THAT ONE OF THE BEST
PARTS?
>> YEAH.
YOU COME ON, AND IT'S LIKE, WOW,
THEY LIKE ME.
AND IT'S A THRILL.
IT'S A BIG THRILL.
>> COME ON, YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
>> WELL, I MEAN, HEY, LISTEN, IT
DOESN'T GET OLD.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE LOVE YOU,
PEOPLE LOVE YOU.
>> YES.
>> AND THAT'S A GREAT FEELING.
>> RINGO STAR.
>> AT HIS RECENT CONCERT IN LOS
ANGELES BEATLES FANS GOT AN
UNEXPECTED BLAST FROM THE PAST
WHEN HE WAS JOINED ON STAGE BY A
SURPRISE AND VERY SPECIAL GUEST.
>> IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO THINK
THAT THAT STILL WORKS.
WE THOUGHT WE HAD FIVE, TEN
YEARS MAXIMUM, REALLY.
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN, WE WERE A LITTLE ROCK
AND ROLL GROUP FROM LIVERPOOL.
THAT WAS BEYOND THE
EXPECTATIONS.
BUT THEN FIVE YEARS CAME, TEN
YEARS CAME.
AND WE WERE STILL ROCKING.
AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF KEPT
GOING.
SELF-PERPETUATING.
>> AFTER A LIFETIME FILLED WITH
MUSIC AND MEMORIES HE SAYS HE'S
STILL NOT READY TO TAKE THAT
FINAL BOW.
>> MORE STUDIO MUSIC?
>> HOPEFULLY.
I'VE GOT TO THINK OF IT FIRST.
I'M THINKING RIGHT NOW.
>> ARE THERE MORE ADVENTURES OF
THE GRANDDUDE.
>> PEOPLE LIKE IT AND PEOPLE
WANT IT.
I'M SURE I CAN THINK OF SOME
MORE.
>> WE HOPE SO.
>> THANK YOU, AL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREAT TO MEET YOU, AL.
>> YOU TOO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
♪ PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
ENOUGH ♪
>> I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, WHAT
WAS WONDERFUL IN THE THROUGH
POINT BETWEEN HIM AND RINGO IS
THAT THEY ARE SUCH GENEROUS
PEOPLE WITH THEIR TIME, WITH
THEIR EMOTIONS.
IT WAS REALLY A TERRIFIC MOMENT.
>> FASCINATING.
>> HE ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE TO
THINK TOO HARD ABOUT NEW MUSIC
BECAUSE HE FAMOUSLY AD LIBS WHEN
HE'S IN THE STUDIO.
HIM AND THE BAND WILL MAKE UP
ALL THESE SONGS.
THOUSANDS OF NEW SONGS THEY
THINK ABOUT PUTTING OUT.
>> HE'S CO-WRITTEN AT LEAST A
THOUSAND SONGS, KIND OF
INCREDIBLE.
>> INCREDIBLE.
>> IT EXCITES HIM JUST AS MUCH.
>> REALLY.
ON THE THIRD HOUR PAUL McCARTNEY
TELLS US WHAT LEGENDARY BEATLES
SONG CAME TO HIM IN A DREAM.
>> IN A DREAM.
>> WE SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT HIS