so Paul McCartney did munch on that celery!

[peerke]

Over the years there has been some doubth that Paul actuallymunched celery on 'Vega-Tables'. Here's the man himself comfirming it.

Paul: “Yeah, that is true, yeah! I mean it was wild and wacky days, you know, and I just went round to the studio because they invited me. I just thought it would be fun to sit there and watch them record, ’cause I’m a big fan. And so I was there, and then it was, I think, Brian who came over and said, ‘Oh Paul, got a favour to ask: would you mind recording something?’ I thought, ‘Oh, no! But great, I could do that’. Oh God, I’m gonna be singing on a Beach Boys record or something, you know! I got a bit kind of intimidated and thought, ‘Okay, here goes nothing’. And they said, ‘Well, what we want you to do is go in there and just munch!’ …Well, I can do that! So, if you hear somebody munching celery, that’s me!”

http://www.meatfreemondays.com/paul-mccartney-i-give-good-celery/

[Sjöman]

peerke, your link doesn't work (because you by mistake clicked on the wrong link-button which put it within [ftp] tags. Http links though may be simply posted raw without tags, so you don't have to use the link button). Here's the working link:

http://www.meatfreemondays.com/paul-mccartney-i-give-good-celery/

[peerke]

Thanks, Sjöman.

[Pretty Funky]

Brian also confirmed it in his 2016 book.

[rickymyfataar]

I knew it! Sounded like Macca to me 

[terrei]

Yeah, but was Pet Sounds inspired by Rubber Soul?

[rickymyfataar]

Yeah, but was Pet Sounds inspired by Rubber Soul?

You betcha!!!

[terrei]

What about the Beach Boys' leader Brian Wilson? I heard that he liked the Four Freshmen and Chuck Berry. Is that true?

[Scaroline No]

It was fun to read Paul's account of it though 

[Amy B.]

Yes, interesting to get Paul's perspective. So often, Brian talks about how he loves Paul, and since Paul is the more confident of the two, you get the sense that Brian is a bit in awe of Paul. To have Paul say he was sort of intimidated when he thought the Beach Boys were going to ask him to sing... I mean, who wouldn't be? Even a Beatle was intimidated.

[Lee Marshall]

Now this is an important question for the Smile crowd who generally, and understandably, want to nuance every angle as per the recording and the specific methods employed in order to reach the finish line on each and every piece of the puzzle.  It's key to understanding the whole enchilada.  Was that celery salted?  And if so ... was it salted a LOT or just a little bit?  Who bought it?  Where?  Was it washed with luke-warm or cold water?  Or was it consumed straight out of the garden?   And did Paul hold it with his left or right hand?
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 [the celery I mean. ]

[CenturyDeprived]

Now this is an important question for the Smile crowd who generally, and understandably, want to nuance every angle as per the recording and the specific methods employed in order to reach the finish line on each and every piece of the puzzle.  It's key to understanding the whole enchilada.  Was that celery salted?  And if so ... was it salted a LOT or just a little bit?  Who bought it?  Where?  Was it washed with luke-warm or cold water?  Or was it consumed straight out of the garden?   And did Paul hold it with his left or right hand?
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 [the celery I mean. ]

You also forgot: organic or pesticide-laden?

[SMiLE-addict]

This could very well be the most famous piece of celery in the history of mankind.

[Scaroline No]

LOL is it bad that I was thinking about it this morning, and wondering exactly how planned or impromptu this Paul munching the celery business was?  Was it like, "Hey man, Paul's here! We're recording Vega-Tables, we should get him on here somehow. I know! Celery! Someone go get some celery!" Or was it more like "Here I am on the day of recording Vega-Tables, and I've invited Paul McCartney because he's a vegetarian and I need a vegetarian around to crunch on celery for percussive reasons, so I'll just run in and grab some celery on my way in to the studio..."

Like this is the key to... something...

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

I think the whole myth of McCartney not being on there stemmed from Andrew Doe's CommGuide. Hadn't seen anyone else debunk it before or since. Probably one of the few things based on "original" research, which would explain a lot, really.

[SMiLE Brian]

This could very well be the most famous piece of celery in the history of mankind.

Up there with the food at the last supper.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

This could very well be the most famous piece of celery in the history of mankind.

Up there with the food at the last supper.

Now I just had a mental image of the Last Supper as a SMiLE skit.

[SMiLE Brian]

Mike as judas!

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

[SufferingFools]

This could very well be the most famous piece of celery in the history of mankind.

Not a Doctor Who fan, are you?

LOL is it bad that I was thinking about it this morning, and wondering exactly how planned or impromptu this Paul munching the celery business was?  Was it like, "Hey man, Paul's here! We're recording Vega-Tables, we should get him on here somehow. I know! Celery! Someone go get some celery!" Or was it more like "Here I am on the day of recording Vega-Tables, and I've invited Paul McCartney because he's a vegetarian and I need a vegetarian around to crunch on celery for percussive reasons, so I'll just run in and grab some celery on my way in to the studio..."

Like this is the key to... something...

Definitely the former, since Paul didn't become a vegetarian until the Seventies.   

[Michael Edward Osbourne]

When Capitol issued the twofers in the '90s, the liner notes of Smiley Smile/Wild Honey stated that McCartney crunched on veggies for percussion. So that's when I found out about it. And that's what I believed.

Then in 2004 I bought The Complete Guide book by Doe & Tobbler. Page 58 of The Complete Guide book states "Two further myths require demolishing: Vege-Tables never was The Earth section of The Elements nor did Paul McCartney either play on or co-produce this or any other version." (I knew he didn't co-produce it or play an instrument on it, but it lead me to believe that McCartney didn't crunch anything on it either.) So for 13 years that's what I believed.

Then a few months ago I bought Brian's book and he stated that McCartney DID indeed crunch the veggies, and now Paul himself is stating the same.

Where's Andrew...I'm gonna tug that beard....

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Exactly.  Doe is the only one who ever stated as such. Completely pulled that one out of thin air (instead of his usual MO of passing off others' research as his own)

[SMiLE-addict]

nor did Paul McCartney either play on or co-produce this or any other version

Well, technically speaking, I don't think you could call chomping on some celery to be "playing" anything, so even if they're wrong, they're technically right.

[Michael Edward Osbourne]

nor did Paul McCartney either play on or co-produce this or any other version

Well, technically speaking, I don't think you could call chomping on some celery to be "playing" anything, so even if they're wrong, they're technically right.

Yeah, true. But it's misleading. Doe could have at least said that even though McCartney crunches on some veggies he did not however do anything else on it. (I personally have never heard any rumors about Paul co-producing or playing bass or anything like that on Vegetables... did I accidentally miss that rumor?)

[MikestheGreatest!!]

Did Paul's actual celery munching has made it out to any of the actual released material?  Or was it replaced by a Wrecking Crew muncher?  Heh!