Macca wants London Eye
(Thursday August 16, 2007 10:58 AM)
Sir Paul McCartney is hoping to rename the London Eye in his honour to promote a new DVD, it has been claimed.
The Beatles legend releases "The McCartney Years" later this year, and wants to use one of the UK's most famous landmarks to support the media campaign.
The plan may also include a one-off concert on the iconic wheel structure, which could be decked out in the artwork for the video compilation, according to a 'source'.
"The whole idea came together after a series of meetings in Macca HQ. The artwork for the DVD cover is a stylised close-up of Sir Paul's eye - and that got the team thinking.
"It occurred to them that the other most famous eye in the world was, of course, the London Eye and they immediately tried to work together", the 'source' explained.
Is Paul McCartney's eyeball the most famous in the world?
2007-08-16 06:36:13 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
If he wants it he should pay for it, 500 million will do and can be distributed to deserving UK charities.
2007-08-16 06:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by just-dave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not according to Carley Simon. Rumor has it that Warren Beatty is the most vain person on the planet.
"You're So Vain" is a song written and performed by Carly Simon in 1972.
The song is a sarcastic profile of a self-absorbed lover. The song was a number-one hit (it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in early 1973, and also spent two weeks at the top of the Adult Contemporary chart, her first #1 song on either chart), and spawned what many fans consider to be the biggest musical mystery of the era. There has been much debate over who exactly the song is about. Popular guesses on the subject include Mick Jagger (who sang backing vocals on the song), Cat Stevens, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson (with whom she had had brief relationships), unfaithful fiancé William Donaldson, and Simon's ex-husband, James Taylor.
Despite these guesses and many interviews asking who it was, to this day Carly Simon has never publicly acknowledged in full whom the song is about. She commented in an interview that it was about "many vain men I've known in my life". This may make the line "you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you" more logical than if it were about any specific man.
In a 1989 interview, Simon acknowledged that the song is a little bit about Beatty but said that the subject of the song is a composite of three men from her L.A. days.
2007-08-16 13:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by CNuxoll 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He** no! But McCartney's eye may be one of the most sad I've ever seen lately... this from a photo in The New Yorker magazine. They did an article on him around his 64th birthday, asking the usual questions such as "Are you glad/happy/surprised to be 64?" etc...
And McCartney sounded more puzzled to be 64 and essentially alone than anything else... + his "today" photo looked pitiful; very old, older than 64, and very sad.
I wouldn't worry about the man's ego too much. He pays, even when he's unaware of it.
2007-08-16 13:50:04 · answer #3 · answered by LK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm the most vain and conceited person on the planet.
Do you people have nothing else to complain about?
500 people get killed in Iraq and all you can think about is what Paul McCartney's doing!
Anyway - he has every right to be conceited and vain. He was born in the Pool and near Penny Lane. He went to Liverpool Inny - None better!
2007-08-16 15:35:32 · answer #4 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I suppose if most people had lackeys agreeing with their every whim and the worlds adoration for over 40 years they'd be a bit vain too. I've hated McCartney ever since he tried to get the song credits changed from 'lennon/mccartney' to 'mccartney/lennon' - because he was 'still living'.
2007-08-17 07:07:46 · answer #5 · answered by gothicmamma 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I know I just read that how pathetic like he's important enough to change the name of one of the biggest tourist attractions here in london and name it after him. What has he done for the world? Apart from being apart of the beatles who yes i admit were one of our greatest bands, but big deal! If he's that desperate then why not pay to get something made himself and name that after himself, god knows he has enough money to do so.
I swear people like Sir bob Geldof and Bono are the pnes who have done enough for the world to be able to say something like that, but even for them I wouldn't want the name changed, I mean come on it's the LONDON EYE always has been a;ways will be it's not gonna be changed for some egotistical prat like Paul MCcartney.
2007-08-16 14:07:17 · answer #6 · answered by bluewatr111 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Do not think Sir is vain. Were he so, then he would not slop around in a tatty jacket and jeans and a clashing coloured T-shirt. Even the trainers look like thirty bob's worth from spud you lost!
2007-08-17 14:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by Dragoner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a one-off promotional deal. Surely, this cannot be a permanent renaming...I don't get that feeling in the story.
2007-08-16 13:44:07 · answer #8 · answered by Zombie Birdhouse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! Angelina Jolie is vain, Brad Pitt is a pain, and Paul McCartney is an A**
2007-08-16 14:12:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jana 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No I think Paul Newman's eyes are the most famous in the world.
http://www.poster.net/newman-paul/newman-paul-photo-xl-paul-newman-6226281.jpg
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/pix/newman_paul_cp_5138130.jpg
And yes, Macca is definitely into the vanity thing.
2007-08-16 13:42:07 · answer #10 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋