Posted on 12/17/2013 2:03:33 PM PST by a fool in paradise
WTF of the Week: Paul McCartney Wants a Free T-Shirt by Michael Gallucci December 17, 2013 1:48 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter
Apparently being a member of one of the greatest groups of all time and one of the richest and most popular people on the planet isnt enough for Paul McCartney. Now the dude wants a free T-shirt to go with his knighthood and power to shut down Times Square.
As you can see in the above video, the Beatle known as the Cute One back in the day made an impassioned play for a free T-shirt at a Brooklyn Nets game last night. Never mind that he currently ranks No. 21 on the Forbes list of super-rich celebrities or that his recent tour was named one of the Top 20 of the year.
Were pretty sure McCartney can afford, like, several hundred thousand of these T-shirts. Hell, were pretty sure the guy shooting them out of the cannon probably would have just given McCartney one in exchange for an autograph or something.
But people love free st. Doesnt matter if its an extra onion ring with your appetizers at the Applebees down the street from Dicks or a Brooklyn Nets T-shirt that probably wont fit after its washed three times. And it doesnt matter if youre a working-class dad who wants to see a smile on your little boys face or a gazillionaire who hasnt worn a T-shirt in 40 years. People. Love. Free. St.
Were guessing McCartney wasnt as enthusiastic when the free hot dogs were fired his way.
Maybe not so much when you consider she asked for 150 million and Macca had offered 15 million.
Those were the only songs I could think of because I never found either of them interesting. I like music that makes me tap my toe.
Sheesh, McCartney was hamming it up for the Jumbotron. Give the guy a break. It’s not like he bowled over a 5 year old to grab the t-shirt out of her hands.
Hey, sometimes Paul can drive me crazy but trying to snag a free tee at the ball game is as American as apple pie. I bet he’s given out his share over the years. We should just chill and let the dude enjoy the game and catch a little NBA fever.
Right after the Beatles break up he released some pretty good stuff. "Ram" and "Red Rose Speedway" are as good as pop gets. I think he peaked with "Band on the Run". In an interview Lennon gave to Playboy in the year before he died he said he thought Paul had never gotten the credit he was due for his chops on the bass. Lennon said Paul was easily the best bass player he ever played with by a wide margin.
So I take it that Travelena has pretty much replaced Don Ho or Wayne Newton for being a schmaltzmeister? There’s room for everybody on Broadway or in Reno. Just think for millions of folks, Neil Diamond can do no wrong, and has a big cult=like following. I’ve never understood that group, but I’m not his usual demographic. More power to them both.
RIP. Fred
Ask some chicks, he always seemed to be much loved by them.
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Not this chick.
And nowadays he looks like a chick.
Pete made about 5,000,000$ from the Anthology 1 royalties. Good for him.
We held up a poster sized bulls eye target once when they did this at the minor league hockey games. The shooter was determined to hit the target and fired four shirts at us, we got three of them.
Thanks. But, for me there’s no there, there. I like music that is less ‘commercial’. I’ll stick with the blues.
And that's why there's so many flavors of ice cream.
It's just the effect of the plastic surgery he had in the mid 60s when they had to make him look like the real Paul McCartney.
The Walrus is Paul.
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