Why Paul McCartney Still Lives In The £40,000 House He Bought In 1965

In 1964 Paul McCartney thought songs lived in the sky, free for anyone to hear. Then he learned that someone else owned them. He lost the Beatles' songs twice, built a fortune by buying other people's songs, and spent half a century learning who owns what. Subscribe to Backstage Fortunes and tell us: with Paul's money in 1966, would you have bought the London house, the Scottish farm, or someone else's songs? This video follows the money behind Paul McCartney: Northern Songs and its sale to ATV, Michael Jackson's purchase of the catalogue, the songs Paul bought through MPL, and his 2017 lawsuit against Sony. We also visit what the money bought: a London townhouse, a hill farm in Scotland and a ranch in Arizona. 0:00 Beatlemania and the Big Lesson 1:10 Who Owned the Beatles' Songs 1:54 First Houses and a Scottish Farm 2:56 Losing Northern Songs to ATV 3:40 Hiding Out at High Park 4:43 Buying Other People's Songs 5:27 Sussex and the Arizona Ranch 6:08 Michael Jackson Buys the Catalogue 7:42 Suing Sony Over Love Me Do 8:24 Touring, the Second Engine 9:05 How Big Is the Fortune 9:56 What the Money Bought Sources: – Wikipedia - Northern Songs, Wikipedia – Wikipedia - Cavendish Avenue, Wikipedia – U.S. District Court - McCartney v. Sony/ATV, S.D.N.Y. 1:17-cv-00363, Complaint (CourtListener/RECAP) – The Beatles Bible - 17 June 1966: Paul McCartney purchases High – Billboard - Paul McCartney and MPL Music: – 'Solace' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au – 'Amberlight' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au – Title "Windswept" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ – Title "Anamalie" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/