>> Stephen: IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
THIS MOMENT IS WHY.
HEY, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH ELVIS COSTELLO.
YOU AND YOUR LOVELY AND TALENTED WIFE WENT TO THE LONDON PREMIERE
OF "GET BACK" WHICH FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT--
>> I HAVE NOT HEARD YOU MENTION IT THAT.
HAVE YOU SEEN IT, STEPHEN?
I HAVE NOT HEARD YOU MENTION THAT?
>> Stephen: I'M SLIGHTLY OBSESSED.
A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE THERE?
LIKE, McCARTNEY WAS THERE.
>> PAUL McCARTNEY WAS-- HE ACTUALLY INTRODUCED THE FILM.
AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE OF US THAT
HAVE WATCHED IT, HAVE SEEN IT ON DISNEY, WHATEVER THAT IS.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ON A RELATIVELY SMALL SCREEN, OR
WHATEVER SIZE YOUR TV IS.
THIS WAS IN AN IMAX THEATER IN THE CENTER OF LONDON.
>> Stephen: WOW!
>> SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SOME VERY BIG RINGO.
THIS WAS, LIKE RIPPINGO MAX UP THERE.
>> Stephen:URE SURE, SURE.
>> AND PETER JACKSON.
IT WAS A SORT OF EDITED VERSION FOR THE SCREEN.
SO PETER JACKSON SPOKE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF EDITING AND RESTORING
THE FILM.
I DID NOTICE HE WAS HOLDING A DIFFERENT BEATLE GUITAR EVERY
TIME THEY CUT TO HIM.
HE WOULD BE HOLDING A BASS LIKE PAUL PLAYED --
>> Stephen: JACKSON WOULD.
>> YES, AND HE EXPLAINED IT, AND WE WATCHED ONE OF THE DAYS OF
THE FOOTAGE.
AND MOST OF THE ROOFTOP CONCERT.
SO IT WAS PRETTY THRILLING.
THE THING, HONESTLY, THOUGH, WE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO GO AFTER
THE SCREENING TO THE PARTY, AND I -- YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING
THEY NOTICED AT THE PARTY WERE, OF COURSE, PAUL'S DAUGHTER,
MARY, AND DANNY HARRISON, GEORGE'S SON, AND THE SON OF
GEORGE MARTIN.
AND I THOUGHT HOW VERY BEAUTIFUL FOR THEM TO SEE THEIR PARENTS AS
YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE BEATLES, YOU KNOW, WHO-- I WAS,
LIKE, NINE YEARS OLD WHEN THE BEATLES HIT.
I WAS IN THEIR FAN CLUB.
FOR ME IT WAS VERY STRANGE TO BE AT A PARTY WITH PAUL McCARTNEY
AND HIS FAMILY OBSERVING THAT.
>> Stephen: HOW WEIRD MUST IT BE FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAVE
WRITTEN WITH PAUL.
SEEING THE WAY HE'S COLLABORATING WITH JOHN, HOW
MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER.
WHAT A LOVE STORY THAT IS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WRITE WITH HIM AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A FAN
YOUR WHOLE LIFE?
>> THE ONE THING I HAD TO KEEP IN MY MIND IS I WAS ME, AND HE
ASKED ME-- HE DIDN'T WANT ME TO TURN UP IN SHORT TROUSERS AND
TALK ABOUT BEING A FAN OF THE BEATLES WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KIT
KID.
HE WANTED ME TO BE 33-- OR WHATEVER AGE IT WAS-- WHEN WE
WROTE THESE 15 SONGS.
AND HE WAS VERY GENEROUS, HE SAT ACROSS FROM ME AND WE PLAYED
MUSIC.
I DARE SAY THERE WAS SOME SIMILARITIES THE WAY WE WROTE
THE SONGS BUT WE DIDN'T WRITE "I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND."
THOSE GUYS WERE TEENAGED FRIENDS WHO WENT TO OUTER SPACE ON A
MISSION THAT WE ALL GET TO SEE THE END OF IN "GET BACK."
FOR ME, I WAS SOMEBODY LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH PAUL.
I MET THAT FAMILY WHEN HIS SON RAN INTO MY STUDIO, IN 1982,
PURSUED BY HIS ELDER SISTER, PURSUED BY HIS ELDER ELDER
SISTER, AND MOTHER, JUST LIKE ANY KID.
AND I WAS LIKE WHO IS THAT LITTLE BLOND KID.
THAT'S JAMES McCARTNEY, THAT'S STELLA McCARTNEY, AND THIS IS
LINDA McCARTNEY.
THAT WAS A VERY BIZARRE MOMENT, BUT I WAS 26, 27 WHEN THAT
HAPPENED.
SO I'M NOT 26 NOW.
I'M 36.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: AND YOU LOOK
GREAT.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
>> IT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL THING I HAVE TO SAY.
>> Stephen: SPEAKING OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS AND HOW
MUSICIANS WORK, THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WERE
SAYING, WHO WERE SPECULATING OLIVIA RODRIGO ON HER SONG
"BRUTAL" WAS LIFTING PART OF "PUMP IT UP," YOUR SONG.
AND THIS WAS-- YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SPECULATE ONLINE.
AND YOU SAID VERY GENEROUSLY, "THIS IS FINE BY ME, BILLY.
IT'S HOW ROCK 'N' ROLL WORKS.
YOU TAKE THE BROKEN PIECES OF ANOTHER THRILL AND MAKE A BRAND
NEW TOY.
THAT'S WHAT I DID."
>> YEAH.
BY THE WAY-- ( APPLAUSE )
BY THE WAY, I WAS A BIT CONFUSED.
WHEN I SAID "BILLY" I THOUGHT I WAS SPEAKING TO BILLIE EILISH.
AND I THOUGHT THERE'S A POUND NOTE IN THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS SOMEBODY WHO WROTE INDIGNANTLY ONLINE, AND I
DON'T OFTEN WRITE BACK, BUT THERE THIS CASE I DID, AND THE
NEXT THING I KNEW IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER PURPOSE DO THEY STILL
HAVE NEWSPAPERS, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: THEY DO, YET.
>> I DID THINK IT WAS A LITTLE SILLY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MY SONG
"PUMP IT UP" WAS, I DON'T THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A JEANEROUS
TO KNOW I HEARD-- BOB HAD HEARD CHUCK BERRY'S "TOO MUCH MORNINGY
BUSINESS" AND THERE ARE SONGS IN BETWEEN AND SINCE THAT HAVE
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKEN THAT DELIVERY OF QUICK WORDS OVER A
SIMPLE RIFF, AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW ROCK 'N' ROLL DOES WORK.
>> Stephen: IS THERE AN ARTIST WO YOU PERHAPS HAVE GIVEN
TRIBUTE TO THE MOST IN YOUR WORK?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE'S ONE, BUT IT ALL GETS WRAPPED UP.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HOPE TO DO.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.
STICK AROUND AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ELVIS COSTELLO,
EVERYBODY.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )