I’ve never seen anything like this on film before. Paul really has nothing at the 30 second mark—but 45 seconds later he’s got the makings of a hit single.
There’s a widespread view that creative people wait for moments of inspiration. But McCartney, at age 26, is literally able to force these moments to happen. What a skill! And note his confidence & absorption. This is what the ‘flow state’ looks like in real time. - Ted Gioia, Author of 11 books including Music: A Subversive History, The History of Jazz, and Delta Blues.
This was an absolutely amazing moment. I could watch 8 hours just of these guys creating songs off the tops of their heads.
paul was on alan alda's podcast a couple years ago, and he talked about his process, basically noodling around with chords, till something catches and a melody starts to emerge, and then words. it seems like it just pours out of him like a fountain that he literally can't shut off.