{"id":2417320,"date":"2026-05-15T01:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2417320"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:28:19","slug":"paul-mccartney-shares-preview-of-new-song-salesman-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/paul-mccartney-shares-preview-of-new-song-salesman-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney Shares Preview of New Song &#8216;Salesman Saint,&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/paul-mccartney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paul-mccartney\" data-tag=\"paul-mccartney\">Paul McCartney<\/a> stopped by the<em> The Rest Is History<\/em> podcast and sat down with host Tom Holland for a sprawling conversation that covered everything from how he wrote his first song at 14 soon after his mother\u2019s death to how wartime resilience shaped <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/beatles\/\" id=\"auto-tag_beatles\" data-tag=\"beatles\">the Beatles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tMcCartney also previewed his upcoming song \u201cSalesman Saint\u201d from his latest album, <em>The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/em>, set to release May 29. The track begins around the 8:17 mark in the episode below and features Macca taking a walk down memory lane as he sings, \u201cMy father was a salesman\/ My mother was a saint\/ Working every God given minute to make enough to pay the rent\/The way was nearly over\/The peace would soon begin.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 670. Tom Holland Meets Paul McCartney\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/2dHQjOlJHLn4Fg0K1JMimD\/video?si=V4Hie64WTRm2GLLINq_UGg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAfter sharing a snippet of the track with Holland, McCartney discusses witnessing his mother\u2019s courage and profession as a midwife. \u201cI have one big memory of her,\u201d he recalled, detailing that it was during the winter after a heavy snowfall. \u201cShe got called to go to a birth \u2014 call the midwife \u2014 and so she got on her bike, because they didn\u2019t have cars. She got on her bike in this deep snow, with her uniform on, with a little suitcase on the back and a little basket on the front. And I have this memory, in the street lights, of her cycling out through the snow and thinking, wow, that\u2019s pretty brave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe also shared how he wrote his first song when he was 14, shortly after his mother died. \u201cI remember the things that appealed to me about that song. The song was called \u2018I Lost My Little Girl,\u2019 and someone pointed out to me, my mum had died not too long before that. So probably, at the back of my mind, a therapist would say that\u2019s what this was about. But the guitar was your therapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tElsewhere in the interview, McCartney delved into how growing up in Liverpool shaped both his childhood and the spirt of the Beatles. \u201cI do think the character of Liverpool is a very strong one. I think with the Irish influence and then coming through the war, and having to be happy when bombs were falling, there was a lot of music when I was a kid. My dad played the piano at home. There were a lot of jokes. And so they kept their heads above water by laughing at the whole thing. And I think that was something that found its way into the Beatles,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it gave us a good sense of humor \u2014 that no matter what we were going to do, like arrive in America and have the New York press ready to make fun of us, we gave as good as we got. And that was because of our Liverpool upbringing.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>The Boys of Dungeon Lane<\/em>, which was produced by Andrew Watt, includes many songs looking back on the singer\u2019s early days, including one about his friendship with John Lennon titled, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/paul-mccartneys-new-album-duet-ringo-starr-1235558482\/\">Home to Us.<\/a>\u201d (The single is also McCartney\u2019s first with Ringo Starr.) In March, he released \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/paul-mccartney-new-album-the-boys-of-dungeon-lane-1235537203\/\">Days We Left Behind,<\/a>\u201d and like much of the album, the track is steeped in McCartney\u2019s childhood memories, with his upcoming LP even drawing its title from one of the song\u2019s lyrics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul McCartney stopped by the The Rest Is History podcast and sat down with host Tom Holland for a sprawling conversation that covered everything from how he wrote his first song at 14 soon after his mother\u2019s death to how wartime resilience shaped the Beatles. 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