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Paul McCartney Sings The Beatles' Harmony, Talks John Lennon & Obama Performance | Fallon Flashback
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-Welcome to the show, Sir Paul McCartney.
Do you get standing ovations wherever you go?
Starbucks. You walk into a Starbucks.
Everybody's like... "I'll finish my latte later."
-Get on a bus. They all stand up.
-They all stand up completely. Yeah. I should congratulate you.
You just got nominated for a Grammy.
-Yeah, I did. Yeah. Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-You got that nominated for a Grammy,
and then you also got the Kennedy Center Honor.
This is last Sunday. Look at this.
-Yeah, look at this.
[ Applause ]
That's amazing. -Yeah.
-Do you get, like, an award a week now?
Is that what -- -Yeah.
Basically, I'm going for two a week.
-Exactly. Yeah. Good for you.
But that must have been a thrill, huh?
You were out there. -It was a real thrill.
You know, the thing is, I -- In England,
we don't actually know too much about the Kennedy Awards.
Strange. You know? And I would say that to people,
and they kind of look a little disappointed like, "You don't?"
I said, "Well, no, not really." You know, it's like, um --
They don't know much about Jimmy Fallon over there. Yet!
-Yeah. That's it. Yeah. It's about to change.
-Yeah. It's all gonna change.
-It's all gonna change when I release my record.
-But, you know, just because -- You don't live in America,
so you just don't know quite what's going on.
-Yeah. -But it's such a huge deal.
-Oh, it's an honor. -It's really great to see.
I think it's the greatest honor
that Americans can bestow on performing artists.
So I know now.
-Yeah. You absolutely know it.
-I know now, man. It was fantastic.
-You just saw the President and Michelle
because you got the Gershwin Award
maybe three months ago or four months ago or something like that.
So you're like old pals with the President now.
-Oh, you know what? I mean, I love him.
Um, I'm a big fan anyway, you know,
and, um, it was just such an honor to go.
I've never been to the White House.
I've never met an incumbent President.
-Is that right? -Yeah.
-Why? -Well, they just never asked me.
-You're kidding me! No one invited Paul McCartney
to the White House?
What is wrong with America? What are we doing?
Oh, my gosh.
-Well, you know, to go and to meet him...
And he is such a dude. I mean...
He's a nice man, you know? He's very...
He's just a great guy to be in the presence of.
And Michelle is fantastic. -Yeah.
-I was with my girlfriend, and she sees Michelle.
She goes, "Oh, my God! You're so beautiful!"
-Yeah.
-I love women, the way they do that.
-The First Lady. -"Jimmy, you're so great --
I love your tie!" -"You're so handsome!"
-We don't do that, you know? -No, exactly.
Women are totally different.
-But it was fantastic. Really cool.
-He'd probably be the first President
to actually be young enough to grow up with...
not ever not knowing the Beatles.
-I suppose so. I think Clinton was a little bit
in that range, too, yeah. -Yeah.
Was he singing along with all the songs?
-He was. I mean, the thing was, we kind of expected --
Okay, I'm singing "Hey Jude," and we're getting to the end.
We're doing the sing-along. ♪ Na na na na ♪
And I see the President, his wife.
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