We all have short lists of musicians we like and don’t like–even Paul McCartney. Though the former Beatle was been known to have a sweet disposition, it hasn’t stopped him from making a few negative comments about his peers here and there. Find three musicians McCartney has taken issue with over the years, below.
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3 Musicians That Paul McCartney Dislikes
1. Phil Collins
According to Phil Collins, Paul McCartney got a little snide with him when they first met. Though we don’t have McCartney’s side of the story, for what ever reason, he decided to belittle the former Genesis member.
“I met him when I was working at the Buckingham Palace party back in 2002,” Collins once said. “McCartney came up with Heather Mills and I had a first edition of The Beatles, by Hunter Davies, and I said, ‘Hey, Paul, do you mind signing this for me?’ And he said, ‘Oh, Heather, our little Phil’s a bit of a Beatles fan.’ And I thought, ‘You f**k, you f**k.’ Never forgot it.”
“He has this thing when he’s talking to you, where he makes you feel [like], ‘I know this must be hard for you because I’m a Beatle. I’m Paul McCartney and it must be very hard for you to actually be holding a conversation with me,’” he continued.
2. Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson and McCartney were once frequent collaborators and close friends. That all changed when Jackson decided to buy up the Beatles’ masters. Naturally, McCartney took issue with what he felt was a back stab.
“I think it’s dodgy to do something like that,” McCartney once said of the situation. “To be someone’s friend, and then buy the rug they’re standing on…The trouble is I wrote those songs for nothing and buying them back at these phenomenal sums, I just can’t do it.”
3. Oasis
The Gallagher brothers have taken issue with many artists, so it stands to reason many artists would take issue with them. McCartney is among the list of names who disliked Oasis in their heyday. He felt they were “derivative.”
“They’re derivative and they think too much of themselves,” McCartney once said. “They mean nothing to me.”
[RELATED; The Iconic Oasis Song Noel Gallagher Admits Is One of His Least Favorites]
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