Paul McCartney at 70

A certain Liverpudlian I'm quite fond of turns 70 today. Now I've written a lot of posts about him and his music before, but I can't let the day pass without making another. For a start, have the best summing up of Paul McCartney's life so far, both hilarious and touching, as given by Alec Baldwin two years ago when they were honouring him at the Kennedy Centre. (So much better when comedians do interviews with or summations about any of the former Beatles; biographers and rock journalists tend to either get in overawe or unfunny hostility.)

Aside from chortling over the funny bits, I love the phrase "he married rock'n roll to beauty".

( Beneath the cut are a few examples of how he did that )