Paul McCartney at 71
Macca embraces the classic Hawaiian shirt/vintage microphone combo
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Give My Regards To Broad Street, 1984
He was advised against the boots, but you don't tell a Beatle what to wear, no sir
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ABC Special, 1972
The Beatles: they were very clean
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A Hard Days Night, 1964
Great hair, great guitars, great suits: that's how it's done, kids
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Paul and John, 1964
Smoking: it looks cool and chicks dig it (disclaimer: neither of these things are true, and never refer to women as chicks, it's rude)
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Press conference, 1966
The Fabs get the shock of their life as they arrive at Idlewild Airport
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Beatlemania, 1964
A back-lit mullet in the wild
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Houston, Texas, 1976
Our money is on Bowie in the fourth
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McCartney vs. Bowie
The lovely Linda leans in
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Paul and Linda, 1967
Faster than a speeding bullet
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Double exposure, '70s
Liverpool lads become legends
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Beatles in America, 1964
On their way to the toppermost of the poppermost
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The Beatles in colour, 1963
Look upon this mighty face fuzz and tremble, hipsters of the 21st century
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Bearded Beatle
We get your point, Paul
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Bonnaroo, 2013
But who looks more confused, Ed Sullivan or Ringo?
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Educating Ed
If you want to get ahead, get a hat. A terrible, terrible hat.
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New York, 1975
Tea for two
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Nashville, 1974
That bass doesn't look right - Macca sans Hofner just feels wrong...
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Live in Paris, 2006
Two policemen and someone's mum couldn't stop the hordes of teenage Beatlemaniacs feeling up Macca's collar
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Mobbed, 1966
Brian plots his revenge for being left out of the hug
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With James Brown and Brian Wilson
Stop that. It's silly.
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Pipes Of Peace, 1984
Did Paul really invent the Ugg Boot in the mid '60s? Yes, yes he did.
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Filming Help!, 1965
Playing dress up in 1981
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Macca does Buddy
Paul punctures the 1920s look with a horribly 1970s bass
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Goodnight, 1974
Lighting them up, Superbowl style
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Superbowl, 2006
No words could ever do that 'tasche justice, so we won't try
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The Rolling Stones at Knebworth, 1976
Serious pinstripes for serious times
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On tour, 1993
Get out of the way, Donovan.
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India 1968
Paul receives the Legion d'honneur and treats the occasion with the respect and gravitas it deserves. Oh, wait...
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With Francois Hollande, 2012
Poor tragic Mal. We salute you, sir
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With Mal Evens, 1968
Hey Jude. Yes, again,
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London Olympics, 2012
Paul hangs out
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On set, 1964
The Queen always uses her fake hand when there's a lot of shaking to be done
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Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl...
Macca gives another lackey the hairdryer treatment
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Filming A Hard Day's Night, 1964
What's so funny about peace, love and understanding? Huh?
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Zurich, 2012
That pair behind clearly aren't paying attention
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With Neil Young, 2012
A woman on each arm and two thumbs in the air: texbook McCartney
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