The Beatles teamed up with George Martin, who produced their late '60s albums. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" More songs: "All My Loving," "We Can Work It Out," "Sgt. This first chapter starts with stories of the four lads growing up in Liverpool and jumps to a discussion of "With a Little Help from My Friends." "We were stoned and drunk and everything," McCartney recalls about the inspiratiion for the recording. Even someone like Rubin, who's produced albums for everyone from Public Enemy to the Black Crowes, can turn into a fanboy when in the in the presence of one of the two living Beatles. While Rubin may geek out a bit too much about McCartney's underrated bass playing, he is an accommodating host. Essentially, if he had a brilliant idea, the other guys would tell him, "You do it." So, McCartney learned to play guitar, bass, piano and drums. McCartney comes off as humble almost to a fault with lines like, "I specialize in bold mistakes" (referring to his guitar solo on "Another Girl") and "I'd butt in and they'd hate me for it" (referring to "Something"). McCartney often plays piano and sings along (occasionally forgetting lyrics) as Rubin bobs his head in accompaniment. They both slide levers on the board, adding and subtracting song parts. Rubin has access to the entire Beatles catalog and chooses the songs he wants to discuss wisely. McCartney 3, 2, 1features a lot of shop talk by two veterans of the recording studio. It's shot in black and white and is directed by Zachary Heinzenling. Legendary music producer Rick Rubin interviews the former Beatle in a spare studio setting. Paul McCartney is the subject of a terrific documentary series currently streaming on Hulu. Rick Rubin and Paul McCartney on "McCartney 3, 2, 1" (image via Hulu)
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