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Paul McCartney reflects on meeting John Lennon and their songwriting partnership

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Paul McCartney has reflected on meeting John Lennon and their songwriting partnership in The Beatles.Lennon, who died in 1980, would turn 80 on October 9 and, ahead of the milestone birthday, his son Sean hosted a two-part programme looking back at his life.In the second part, which aired on BBC Radio 2 earlier tonight (October 2), Sean spoke to his brother Julian and McCartney.In McCartney’s segment, he recalled when he first realised Lennon was special.

He said he had first noticed him on the bus and thought he was “an interesting looking guy”, but had no idea he played music until their friend Ivan introduced them at the village fete where The Quarrymen were playing.“I knew nothing about him except that he looked pretty cool,” he.

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