Paul McCartney Praises Dave Grohl, Talks Twerking with Katy Perry in Twitter Q&A
Paul McCartney’s Twitter Q&A’s are always packed full of tiny nuggets of wisdom and humor from one of the world’s biggest rock stars. Take his last one for example, prior to the release of his latest NEW, the Beatles legend revealed that he loves to listen to Kanye West, The Civil Wars and The National. Today, he held a far more extensive Q&A and touched on just about every aspect of his life, from what TV shows he enjoys (Veep has even more cred now) to the songs he sings in the shower (proving there are two kinds of people in the world: those who sing in the shower, and liars).
On the musical front, Macca dished on his buddy Dave Grohl several times, including recommending the Foo Fighters’ new song to a young tweeter as well as including the brain behind Sound City as one of his favorite directors. He also suggested Grohl’s face as the design for someone’s pumpkin. Aside from Grohl, he had even more praise for Kanye and Jay Z as well as Katy Perry’s twerking ability, is still really starstuck by Bob Dylan and dropped a recording with John Bonham.
The biggest hidden gem in the hour-long session, however, was the re-emergence of Rick Rubin to Twitter. Sort of. Rubin asked McCartney about his spirituality, marking his third tweet ever and first in 18 days. Then promptly deleted it. Come back, Rick.
Check out all the highlights below.
.@JenniferMcBowie I love ‘Veep’ and ‘Family Feud’ (“We asked a hundred people!”) #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
Twitter was invented so Paul McCartney could deliver his cheese recommendations.
.@triglarrrrrrr @twitter I like a lot of them. How about cheddar, goats, feta and de Boursin #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
Someone get Umphrey’s McGee on the phone and let’s arrange a McCartney sit-in on “Waterfalls.”
.@yourloveaway_ Yes I do – ‘Singing in the Rain’ or ‘It’s Raining Men’ or ‘Waterfalls’! #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
The first of many Dave Grohl shout-outs, but really, that “Something From Nothing” track is pretty excellent. Listen to it here.
.@oeizes I’ve been enjoying @foofighters new track ‘Something From Nothing’ and @Sia ‘Chandelier’ #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
Don’t be starstruck, Paul. After all, Dylan was the guy playing in your tribute concert.
.@declanjayyy Even though I’ve known him for a long time the nearest is probably @bobdylan #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
He meant twerking, but tweaking with Katy Perry would also be a certain amount of fun, I imagine.
.@declanjayyy The last time I tweaked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it! #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
This is as good of a time as ever to remind you yet again that Macca and Yeezus might possibly be recording something together.
.@Phil_McNamara There are many, but @S_C_ & @kanyewest comes to mind #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
Pumpkin Grohl! (As you would expect, it’s been done).
.@rachael_nicolee Dave Grohl! #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
MORE GROHL.
.@sixtimelosers Scorsese, Fellini and Dave Grohl! #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014
Rick Rubin sends his third tweet ever and then promptly deletes it, but Paul saw it. Paul sees everything, after all.
.@RickRubin Yes I do. I don’t know quite what, but I believe in a benevolent spirit that is behind everything that we do #askPaul
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014