[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> HEY, MATE, I'M IN LIVERPOOL,
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP.
YEAH.
I NEED SOMEBODY.
NOT JUST ANYBODY.
CAN YOU PLEASE, PLEASE, HELP ME?
[ LAUGHTER ] OH, THAT'S GREAT.
THANKS SO MUCH, MATE.
I'LL SEE YOU IN A MINUTE.
THANK YOU.
OH.
WHAT A GOOD GUY.
>> HEY.
>> James: HEY, MAN.
>> HEY, JAMES.
>> James: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
>> NO PROBLEM.
HAPPY TO HELP.
>> James: I DON'T KNOW LIVERPOOL THAT WELL.
>> I'LL SHOW YOU AROUND.
IT'S PERFECT.
>> James: DO YOU MIND IF WE LISTEN TO SOME MUSIC?
>> I'D LOVE TO.
>> James: SHALL WE SEE WHAT'S ON THE RADIO?
♪ ♪ ASKED A GIRL
WHAT SHE WANTED TO BE ♪ SHE SAID BABY, CAN'T YOU SEE
I WANT TO BE FAMOUS ♪ A STAR ON THE SCREEN
BUT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ♪ IN BETWEEN
BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR ♪ YES I'M GONNA BE A STAR
BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR ♪ AND MAYBE I'LL LOVE YOU
BEEP BEEP'M BEEP BEEP YEAH ♪ BEEP BEEP'M BEEP BEEP YEAH
(
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU WROTE YOUR FIRST SONG?
>> I WROTE MY FIRST SONG WHEN I WAS 14.
>> James: WHAT WAS THAT?
WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
>> I LOST MY LITTLE GIRL.
>> James: HOW'D IT GO?
DO YOU REMEMBER IT?
>> YEAH ♪ I WOKE UP LATE THIS MORNING.
MY HEAD WAS IN A WHIRL ♪ I LOST MY LITTLE GIRL ♪
HER CLOTHES WERE NOT EXPENSIVE ♪ HER HAIR DIDN'T ALWAYS CURL.
HA-HA.
>> James: THAT WAS A HIT!
THAT WAS A HIT!
>> YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: VERY DIFFERENT FROM MY FIRST SONG I WROTE FROM MY
BAND AT SCHOOL.
>> WHAT WAS THAT?
>> James: IT WAS CALLED "GIRL ARE YOU READY?"
>> THERE WAS A GIRL INVOLVED?
HOW'D THAT GO.
>> James: IT WENT ♪ GIRL ARE YOU READY, JUST TELL
ME ARE YOU READY ♪ GIRL ARE YOU READY, I AIN'T
GOING TO RUSH AND YOU INTO A BIG DANCE BREAK.
VERY SIMILAR.
>> JAMES, IT'S NOT REALLY SIMILAR.
[ LAUGHTER ] LOOK WHERE WE ARE NOW.
WE'RE ON IT.
IT FEELS ONLY RIGHT WE WOULD LISTEN TO THIS WHILE WE'RE HERE,
DO YOU THINK?
♪ MEMORY TO KNOW.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME AND GO ♪ SAY HELLO.
>> HELLO.
♪ PENNY LANE IS IN MY EARS AND IN MY EYES
♪ OH YEAH.
>> James: ALMOST GOING TO COME UP AND GO -- THEY'LL NEVER
BELIEVE IT.
♪ PENNY LANE, THERE WAS A FIRE WITHIN AN HOUR GLASS
♪ IN HIS POCKET IS A PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN
♪ HE LIKES TO KEEP HIS FIRE ENGINE CLEAN
♪ IT'S A CLEAN MACHINE.
>> I USED TO BE IN THE CHOIR OF THAT CHURCH!
>> James: THAT CHURCH THERE?
>> ST. BARNABUS, YEAH.
>> James: YOU WERE IN THE CHOIR?
>> I WAS A CHOIR BOY.
THANK GOD FOR THAT CHOIR.
>> James: INDEED.
>> MY BROTHER GOT MARRIED IN THAT CHURCH.
>> James: NO WAY!
>> LEGENDARY.
HE SAYS HI, BY THE WAY.
♪ PENNY LANE IS IN MY EARS AND IN MY EYES.
>> James: LET'S GO IN AND SAY HELLO.
HI.
>> OH MY GOSH!
>> THERE THEY ARE.
THE BOYS.
>> James: I GOT A FEELING THIS ONE MIGHT BE ON THE WALL AS
WELL, PAUL.
THERE WE GO.
[ MUSIC ] >> HELLO, DARLING.
HI.
HELLO, DARLING.
THE LAST TIME I WAS AROUND HERE, CERTAINLY NO ONE WAS NOTICING ME
AT ALL.
♪ PENNY LANE IS IN MY EARS AND IN MY EYES
♪ THERE BENEATH THE BLUE SUBURBAN SKY
♪ PENNY LANE.
>> James: WE HAVEN'T GOT A HAT.
[ HARMONICA ] [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ]
>> James: YOUR MUSIC IS SO FULL OF POSITIVITY AND JOY AND A
MESSAGE OF LOVE AND TOGETHERNESS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S
MORE RELEVANT NOW TODAY THAN IT'S MAYBE EVER BEEN.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE STRANGE THINGS.
WE DIDN'T EXPECT IT TO LAST 10 YEARS.
IT KEEPS GOING ON AND ON AND ON, AND IT KEEPS BEING RELEVANT.
>> James: YEAH.
>> I HAD A DREAM IN THE 60'S WHERE MY MOM WHO DIED CAME TO ME
IN THE DREAM AND WAS REASSURING ME SAYING, "IT'S GOING TO BE OK.
JUST LET IT BE."
OH, I FELT SO RELIEVED LIKE -- OH, IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
SHE GAVE ME THE POSITIVE WORDS.
I WOKE UP.
I GO, WHAT WAS THAT?
SHE SAID, LET IT BE.
I SAID IT WAS KIND OF GOOD, YOU KNOW?
SO I WROTE THE SONG.
IT WAS FULL OF POSITIVITY.
>> James: THAT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORY I'VE EVER HEARD.
♪ WHEN I FIND MYSELF AT TIMES IN A STRUGGLE ONE THING COMES TO ME
♪ SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM LET IT BE
♪ AND IN MY HOUR OF DARKNESS SHE'S STANDING THERE IN FRONT OF
ME ♪ SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM LET
IT BE ♪ LET IT BE.
LET IT BE ♪ LET IT BE.
LET IT BE ♪ THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER, LET
IT BE.
>> THIS IS A HARMONY ♪ LET IT BE.
LET IT BE ♪ LET IT BE.
LET IT BE ♪ THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER, LET
IT BE.
>> James: OH, MAN!
THAT GOT ME EMOTIONAL THERE.
>> IT DID.
>> James: IT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME.
>> I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING AROUND THE CORNER.
NO.
THAT'S GREAT.
THAT'S THE POWER OF MUSIC.
IT'S WEIRD, ISN'T IT?
HOW THAT COULD DO THAT TO YOU?
>> James: WELL I CAN REMEMBER, I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDDADDY WAS
A MUSICIAN AND MY DAD SAT ME DOWN AND SAYING, "WE'RE GOING TO
PLAY YOU THE BEST SONG YOU'VE EVER HEARD."
I REMEMBER THEM PLAYING ME THAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> James: IF MY GRANDDAD WAS WITH ME HERE NOW, HE'D GET A
KICK OUT OF THIS.
>> HE IS.
>> James: OH MAN.
YEAH.
>> OK, THIS IS FORK IN THE ROAD.
>> James: ON THE 20 HERE?
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LIVED IN THAT HOUSE?
>> 12 OR 13, I THINK.
>> James: WHEN'D YOU LEAVE?
>> 18 OR 20.
>> James: SHALL WE COME IN AND HAVE A LOOK?
>> I'VE NEVER BEEN IN SINCE I LIVED THERE.
>> James: IT'LL BE INCREDIBLE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET IN THERE.
LET'S HAVE A LOOK.
COME ON, YOU SHOULD LEAD THE WAY.
>> HELLO.
IT'S PAUL MCCARTNEY.
>> OH MY GOD!
>> James: I'M JAMES.
DO YOU HAVE A MIND IF WE LOOK AROUND?
>> THIS IS WHERE MY DAD USED TO DO THE LAUNDRY.
THERE WAS NO WASHING MACHINE OR ANYTHING.
HE WOULD JUST DO HIS SMALLS IN THERE, YOU KNOW,.
>> James: RIGHT.
>> OVER HERE, THIS IS WHERE ME AND JOHN WOULD OFTEN COME TO
REHEARSAL TO WRITE AND, UM, THIS IS MAINLY OUR ROOM HERE.
>> James: THIS IS WHERE YOU AND JOHN WOULD SIT AND ROCK?
>> YEAH, BECAUSE MY DAD WOULD BE IN THERE WATCHING TELE OR DOING
SOMETHING AND WE'D BE IN HERE.
WE'D JUST WRITTEN "SHE LOVES YOU" WHICH WAS TO BE A BIG
BEATLES HIT.
MY DAD WAS IN THERE.
WE WERE JUST FINISHING UP IN HERE, JOHN AND I.
WE WOULD PLAY IT DOWN FOR MY DAD, YOU KNOW.
HE WAS A MUSICIAN.
HE PLAYED PIANO.
>> James: YOU WOULD GO IN HERE AND SAY, "DAD WE THINK WE HAVE A
SONG."
>> LISTEN YOU WANT TO HEAR A SONG?
HE GOES, FINE.
THEN WE START SINGING, AND HE LISTENED TO THE WHOLE SONG AND
HE SAID, "IT'S VERY NICE, BUT SON, THERE'S ENOUGH OF THESE
AMERICANISMS AROUND.
COULDN'T YOU SING SHE LOVES YOU YES, YES, YES?"
NO.
WE DIDN'T HEED HIS ADVICE.
HAD WE HAVE DONE, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED?
>> SHE LOVES YOU YES, YES, SHE DOES ♪
>> James: COMING BACK HERE AND BEING IN HERE, WHAT DOES IT MAKE
YOU FEEL?
WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU THINK OF BEING BACK IN HERE?
>> IT MAKES ME REALIZE HOW LONG THE JOURNEY'S BEEN TO DATE,
BECAUSE WE REALLY LIVED HERE.
I REMEMBER ME AND MY MOM AND DAD.
IT SEEMED LIKE THAT'S THE WAY LIFE WAS IN.
THEN WE HAD SCHOOL.
THEN WE WOULD WRITE SONGS ABOUT IT LIKE PENNY LANE AND THEN THIS
SONG RIGHT HERE.
♪ GOT OUT OF BED.
THAT'S ME, RUNNING LATE FOR THE BUS.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME THINK, WOW, THE DISTANCE FROM HERE TO WHERE
WE WENT AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, IT'S LIKE PHENOMENAL.
THERE'S THE ACOUSTIC CHAMBER.
>> James: THE ACOUSTIC CHAMBER.
>> ♪ EVERYTHING SOUNDS BETTER IN
THE VAULT JAMES ABSOLUTELY.
>> HERE IT DOESN'T SOUND AS GOOD.
I WOULD SPEND HOURS IN HERE WITH MY GUITAR.
♪ SHE LOVES YOU YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> James: I'M THINKING THE BEATLES WERE HUGE WHEN YOU STILL
LIVED HERE, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
ANY FANS CAME TO THE DOOR, HE WOULD SAY, COME IN, LOVE, YOU
WANT A CUP OF TEA?
WE WERE TRYING TO NOT DO THAT.
ONE NIGHT, I WAS A BIT FED UP WITH ALL THE FANDOM AND ALL OF
THAT.
YOU'RE COMING HOME, AND YOU WANT TO LET IT GO.
TOMORROW I'M GOING TO BE BACK IN THAT.
I WANTED A RESPITE FROM IT.
I HAD A LITTLE DISGUISE.
I PUT A LITTLE DISGUISE ON JAMES WHAT WAS THE DISGUISE?
>> MUSTACHE AND GLASSES AND A FLAP HAT AND OLD RAIN COAT.
I SORT OF WALK OUT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FANS OUT THERE.
I WALK OUT AND I'M THINKING, CHEERS.
TADA.
I'M WALKING -- BECAUSE -- "HELLO, PAUL!"
>> James: WELL, I GOT TO SAY, I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS HOUSE
NOW FOR FOUR AND A HALF MINUTES.
>> OH MY GOD.
>> James: YOU MIGHT NEED A DISGUISE TO GET OUT TODAY.
LOOK AT THIS.
WE MIGHT NEED THAT FLAP HAT AND GLASSES AGAIN.
HA-HA.
>> I HAVE A FEELING IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO WORK.
♪ GOING TO GET OLDER MANY YEARS FROM NOW
♪ GREETINGS FROM THE WINE ♪ QUARTER TO 3, WOULD YOU LOCK
THE DOOR ♪ WILL YOU STILL NEED ME WHEN
I'M 64.
ALTOGETHER ♪ WHEN I'M 64.
ONE MORE TIME ♪ WHEN I'M 64!
>> James: HA-HA!
THANKS, LOVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OK, BYE.
>> James: SEE YOU REAL SOON.
THANKS SO MUCH.
CHEERS.
>> ALL RIGHT, FOLKS.
WE'LL KEEP IT MOVING.
SEE YA.
THANK YOU, FOLKS.
[ EVERYONE SPEAKING AT ONCE ] >> CHEERS, THANK YOU.
>> James: GREAT.
NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> OH, BABY.
[ CHUCKLES ] YOU SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE A
TRIP.
>> James: RIGHT?
♪ SINGING OF THE DEAD OF NIGHT ♪ TAKE THESE BROKEN WINGS AND
LEARN TO FLY ♪ ALL YOUR LIFE, YOU WERE ONLY
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARRIVE
♪ YOU WERE ONLY WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARRIVE
♪ YOU WERE ONLY WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT TO ARRIVE.
[ APPLAUSE ] >> James: NOW THE BEATLES
ALWAYS HAD SUCH ICONIC HAIRCUTS AND LOOKS.
WAS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A BAND YOU LOOKED A CERTAIN WAY?
>> YOU KNOW, KIND OF -- YOU KNOW --
>> James: I FEEL LIKE IF I HAD THIS HAIRCUT, GIRLS WOULD
DEFINITELY DIG ME.
WHO WAS IT IN THE BAND WHO WOULD DETERMINE THE LOOK OF EACH
ALBUM?
THE GREAT THING ABOUT ALL OF YOUR LOOKS IS ANYONE COULD PULL
THEM OFF.
>> POLO SHIRTS AND JEANS.
>> James: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I WANT SOME NEW STUFF.
>> A NEW ONE.
>> James: HERE WE GO.
♪ I ♪ I SAW YOU FLASH A SMILE
THAT SEEMED TO ME TO SAY ♪ YOU WANTED SO MUCH MORE
THAN CASUAL CONVERSATION ♪ I SWEAR I CAUGHT A LOOK
BEFORE YOU TURNED AWAY ♪ NOW I DON'T SEE THE POINT
RESISTING YOUR TEMPTATION ♪ DID YOU COME ON TO ME
WILL I COME ON TO YOU?
♪ IF YOU COME ON TO ME WILL I COME ON TO YOU?
♪ DO, DO, DO, DO-DO, DO DO, DO, DO, DO-DO, DO
♪ DO, DO, DO, DO-DO, DO DO, DO-DO-DO, DO
♪ IF YOU COME ON TO ME WILL I COME ON TO YOU?
♪ IF YOU COME ON TO ME THEN I'LL COME ON TO YOU
♪ YES I WILL, YES I WILL YES I WILL, NOW
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> James: NOW, YOU USED TO
PLAY QUITE A LOT OF PUBS IN THIS AREA?
>> WE PLAYED WHERE WE COULD GET A GIG, ANYONE WHO WOULD HIRE US,
WE WOULD PLAY.
>> James: I WAS THINKING WE COULD GO BACK TO ONE OF THOSE
PUBS AND HAVE A BIT OF FUN.
WOULD YOU BE UP FOR THAT?
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY.
>> James: OK.
[ MUSIC ] WE CAME TO A PUB WHERE PAUL
MCCARTNEY WOULD OCCASIONALLY PLAY AND SOMETIMES GET A DRINK.
WE'LL HIT THE LOCALS AND SURPRISE THEM.
HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
I'M JAMES.
I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD HELP YOU BEHIND THE BAR TODAY.
IF I COULD, I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
REALLY?
HOW ARE YOU?
WHAT CAN I GET YOU?
>> LEMONADE.
>> James: A LEMONADE.
WE CAN DO A LEMONADE.
HERE YOU GO.
WHY DON'T YOU PLAY SOMETHING ON THE JUKEBOX.
WHATEVER YOU WANT.
TAKE YOUR PICK.
ANY OF THOSE SONGS.
WHATEVER YOU CAN.
DO YOU EVER HAVE A CHEEKY LITTLE DRINK?
[ MUSIC ] ♪ HARD DAY'S NIGHT AND I'VE BEEN
WORKING LIKE A DOG ♪ IT'S BEEN A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
♪ YOU MAKE ME FEEL ALL RIGHT ♪ YOU KNOW I FEEL ALL RIGHT
♪ YOU KNOW I FEEL ALL RIGHT.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> James: WHEW!
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: HA-HA!
BEST EVER.
IF YOU WANT A SONG, GO TO THE JUKEBOX AND PUT A SONG ON.
IT'S FREE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
GO.
GO!
[ MUSIC ] ♪ IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE
MARKETPLACE, (
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
(
HA-HA!
♪ LOVE ME DO ♪ SO PLEASE LOVE ME DO ♪
WHOA, LOVE ME DO ♪PARAGRAPH.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ]
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ ♪ BACK N THE U.S.S.R.
(
♪ BACK N THE U.S.S.R.
(
BACK N THE U.S.S.
♪ BACK N THE U.S.S.R.
(
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK THIS IS AN AFTERNOON NOT ONE OF
US WILL EVER FORGET.
THANK YOU, PAUL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU, JAMES.
NOW, JAMES, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US?
COME ON, LET'S DO IT LET'S DO IT.
♪ HEY JUDE, DON'T MAKE ME SAD ♪ TAKE A SAD SONG AND MAKE IT
BETTER ♪ REMEMBER BE EVER INTO YOUR
HEART ♪ HEY JUDE, DON'T BE AFRAID.
[ SINGING ] TO MAKE IT BETTER
♪ BETTER BETTER
♪ BETTER NANANANANA
♪ NANANANANA ♪ HEY JUDE
NA NA NA ♪ NANANANANA
♪ HEY JUDE ♪ ♪ ♪
NA NA NA ♪ NANANANA
NANANANA ♪ HEY JUDE
NA NA NA ♪ NANANANA
NANANANA ♪ HEY JUDE
COME ON, YOU SING IT.
[ SINGING ] NA NA NA
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
♪ HEY JUDE NA NA NA
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
♪ HEY JUDE >> EVERYBODY!
NA NA NA NA ♪ NA NA NA NA
♪ HEY JUDE (
>> MR PAUL McCARTNEY!
♪ NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
♪ HEY JUDE >> James: MY THANKS TO SIR
PAUL MCCARTNEY.
BE SURE TO PRE-ORDER PAUL'S BRILLIANT NEW ALBUM "EGYPT
STATION" AND CHECK OUT HIS TWO NEW SONGS "COME ON TO ME" AND "I
DON'T KNOW" OUT NOW.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MORE OF THE LATE LATE SHOW IN LONDON.