Paul McCartney’s confession after recording with the Rolling Stones, according to Mick Jagger

You Rolling Stones They don’t know how to play. For Hackney Diamondstheir next studio album — set to come out on October 20th — simply invited names of the caliber of Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder It is Lady Gaga. The last two two collaboration, “Sweet Sounds of Heaven”, It’s already out as a single; already that of the eternal Beatles,“Bite My Head Off”has not yet been released.

Apparently, the participation of Macca awakened some curious feelings in the musician. Firstly, because he collaborated as a bassist and not on vocals. Second, for having brought a “band” feeling that he hadn’t had for many years — as he had definitively established himself as a solo artist since the end of the 1990s. Wingsin 1981.

The vocalist is the one who guarantees Mick Jagger. In an interview with CBC (via Igor Miranda website), the star revealed a series of details regarding the partnership. At first, he talked about how everyone got into the situation of recording together in the studio. The “bridge” was the producer Andrew Watt.

“Paul was in Los Angeles while we were recording and he was scheduled to work with our producer, Andrew Wattone week. Andy he had told us: ‘I’m working on this album, and if it takes six months I’m not going to do anything more than that’. Suddenly, we have this week and he says: ‘I forgot to tell you… I have to work with Paul this week’. So we arranged the agenda and he said: ‘why don’t we call Paul to come here and play something?’. So I said: ‘what?’. Paul never played bass with me. I’ve sung with him, but he never played bass with us.”

In the end, it worked. Everyone loved it — including Paulwho confessed to having felt renewed after finally participating in a band again, even as a guest.

“We suggested that he play on a more punk song (‘Bite My Head Off’). I didn’t know how it would work, but he did great and loved participating. He said: ‘It’s great to play with a band! Super fun to play with a band’. Paul it was so natural and relaxed. He had fun. We finished the song very quickly.”

Paul McCartney on collaborating with the Rolling Stones

Even before Hackney Diamonds have been announced, Paul McCartney I had already commented on the collaboration. And for a Brazilian vehicle: the newspaper The globe.

“One day I was having dinner with Ronnie (Woodguitarist of Stones), I asked how the recordings were going and he told me: ‘oh, sometimes I have to be the mediator of the Mick It’s from Keith (Richardsguitarist)…’ And then I said that I had a guy to help them, the Andrew Watt, producer I was working with. Later we even discovered that the Mick I was already talking to him. And then one day the Andrew He asked me, ‘Would you like to play bass on some tracks?’.”

According to The globespecifically two songs had the presence of Macca. It is not known whether the second song ended up being discarded. The artist revealed that he was excited about the situation.

“I realized that I had known these guys forever, that I had been to their shows, and they had been to ours, and that John (Lennon) and I had even done some backing vocals for one of their songs. But I had never played with them, all together, in the same room. So, I loved it.”