Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne as soon as had a surreal expertise smoking weed with Paul McCartney.
He confessed to having cringy interactions with celebrities “on a regular basis” throughout a latest dialog with The Guardian. As proof, he supplied up an anecdote involving the well-known Beatles star.
“The primary time we met Paul McCartney – he wasn’t there to fulfill us, he was at one in all these festivals, and he got here in via the backstage,” Coyne mentioned. “Nobody actually knew he was there. He got here in together with his spouse, Linda, and I simply adopted him up on stage. He thought I used to be a part of his entourage – apparently he didn’t thoughts that I used to be there.”
“However I stood proper behind him as he watched Neil Younger play. I’d seen Neil Younger play – I used to be there to take a look at Paul McCartney greater than the rest,” Coyne continued, estimating that the story befell someday round 1993. Because the Flaming Lips singer stared at one in all his idols, he couldn’t assist however discover one thing.
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“I keep in mind his ear was very crusty,” Coyne famous. “I imply, you’re simply taking a look at Paul McCartney as a human, you recognize? You don’t get to do this fairly often. And I keep in mind taking a look at his ear and – look, generally once you’re touring round so much, your ears are sort of crusty.”
Paul McCartney Handed Wayne Coyne a ‘Massive Joint’
Coyne’s lengthy stare upon McCartney was damaged up by a pleasant supply.
“I don’t smoke pot, and he had an enormous joint, and he handed it to me as if I used to be a part of his entourage,” the singer recalled. “I took an enormous puff of it, which I shouldn’t have completed, however I assumed, ‘Effectively, how typically do you get to smoke a joint with Paul McCartney?’” Coyne concluded. “It was wonderful.”
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