Talk:Paul McCartney

He could be classed as an orchestral composer, a chamber music composer, an actor, a poet, screenplay author etc. etc. Why is he limited by the definition Rock Artist (whatever that is!)? Duncan 10:04, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm not going to explain what a "rock artist" is, since everyone knows that.

Please do enlighten me. According to your categorisation it can be anything (and everything) from Chumbawamba to Bob Dylan to Ozzy Osbourne. Have not got a clue why these should all be lumped together, adding to the confusing mess, other than they are all musicians.

McCartney could be called a "composer", although he never wrote classical music,

His orchestral and chamber music will be classical in the future but I never mentioned classical.

but then we can call every musician who releases work under his own name a "composer", even singers who don't write their own music. McCartney never released poetry,

see Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics 1965-1999, Sir Paul McCartney, Faber and Faber (2002)

acts not very often,

but often enough to be notable

never wrote any screenplays,...

Won BAFTAs for his animated films, screenplay credit etc.

(Seriously: why did I add that Wikipedia article if you have so many questions about McCartney's professions? Even Wikipedia only lists him as rock and pop singer, guitarist and pianist. )

I do not have any questions about McCartney. You should not believe anything you read on Wikipedia without checking it out for yourself.

User:Spider of Destiny 23:23, 13 December 2010 (UTC)