Paul McCartney Claims He Can Recall His Own Birth

Sir Paul McCartney, 84, has stated that he believes he can remember his own birth, recalling the sound of forceps during his delivery. He shared this unusual memory on the "Good Hang with Amy Poehler" podcast, admitting that he is unsure if the recollection is genuine or fabricated.

"I have this feeling that I kind of remember being born," McCartney said on the podcast. "I remember white tiles, very sort of hygienic white tiles and um chrome instruments and a clanging uh because I was a forceps birth. They had to pull me out."

McCartney was born on June 18, 1942, at Walton Hospital in Liverpool. He has previously spoken about such early memories, acknowledging their dubiousness.

"These things you don't know if you've made it up," he told Poehler. "Or or if it's But I I have this feeling that I kind of remember being born."

In earlier comments to The Guardian, McCartney elaborated on this memory, describing it as "highly dubious" but persistent. "I feel the white tiles and chrome instruments and the sounds. It's probably total bulls***... In fact, it almost certainly is. An imagined memory! And I was a forceps delivery. I don't quite understand what that is. I think they had to pull me out with some pliers."

McCartney's music often draws on memory, as reflected in his latest album, "The Boys of Dungeon Lane," which he described as containing "memory songs" about his youth and bandmates. "I like to go over memories, because it brings me back to the time. It brings me back to the people," he said.

Paul McCartney's early life and that of his bandmates in The Beatles are set to be depicted in a series of biopics directed by Sam Mendes. Paul Mescal is slated to portray McCartney in one of the films, with Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.