Always thought he was the most talented of the four, but the least cerebral.
He’s always tried to stay “current” by doing things like duets with Michael Jackson.
Sir Paul is slowing down. I saw him last October and he was not on his game. We all get older. No worries.
However as you say, we can go back even to the 1960s and see his interviews are never very deep, we’ve always assumed he was just being politely coy and career-wise can afford to be brief and agreeable to every idea. Perhaps.
I wondered years ago why there were no interviews where he is critically taking apart some idea or substantial concept. Completely the opposite for John, he was someone often firing on all cylinders in interviews with acerbic ideas and immediate wit and often even kicking many Beatles songs he didn’t like that week to the curb.
Paul was and still is all-in on the Beatles, neither John nor George were believers. People don’t like it when you pull the curtain back and speak the truth about something they already have vested preconceived ideas about. Ringo is just along for the ride.
And yeah, I cannot name a single Taylor Swift song.
“Paul McCartney is senile.”
my first thought as well ...