Video: 'Paul McCartney interview 15 May 1969 BBC Radio Merseyside'

(Thursday, May 15, 1969) — Paul McCartney of The Beatles was interviewed today by Roy Corlett,, who had been a fellow pupil at the Liverpool Institute when McCartney was there, at Rembrandt, the house McCartney had bought for his father Jim in 1964, for the May 16, 1969, edition of the BBC Radio Merseyside program Light and Local.

The Beatles’ recent recording activities were discussed, with McCartney saying that although The Beatles had been out of the public eye, they were busy in the studio. He also said business issues were occupying much of their time, and said he was glad of a break, saying he “still can’t stand business.”

Corlett asked about public and press criticism of The Beatles’ private lives, which McCartney correctly inferred as meaning John Lennon’s relationship with Yoko Ono. He discussed how he felt torn between loyalty to Cynthia Lennon and the realization that John and Yoko were in love.

McCartney ended the interview by looking into the future, saying he didn’t want to be playing rock ‘n’ roll at “sixty with grey hair,” but that he’d continue singing and making music until his last days.