McCartney 3,2,1
McCartney 3,2,1 Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
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"Two music obsessives geeking out over multitrack tapes"
Paul McCartney sits down with legendary producer Rick Rubin to pick apart the music that built his career, isolating basslines and vocal tracks from Beatles and Wings recordings while they talk shop. Shot in stark black and white with just a mixing console between them, it's less a documentary than an intimate masterclass. The pace is unhurried and conversational, carried entirely by McCartney's stories and Rubin's genuine musical curiosity. If you love hearing how songs were actually built, this is catnip.
the isolated studio tracks revealing exactly how iconic songs were assembled piece by piece.
you want narrative documentary storytelling rather than a loose, technical studio conversation.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | These Things Bring You Together | 9.1 | 289 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Notes That Like Each Other | 8.8 | 247 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | The People We Loved Were Loving Us! | 8.9 | 221 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Like Professors in a Laboratory | 8.7 | 205 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Couldn't You Play It Straighter? | 9.0 | 194 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Long and Winding Road | 9.0 | 189 | — |