Paul Weller celebrates Paul McCartney's 70th birthday with a cover
-  Today Paul McCartney turns 70: his birthday is being celebrated all over the web by magazines, blogs, social media and so on. But one of the best birthday wishes to the former Beatle comes in the form of a cover song by another great artist: Paul Weller  has re-recorded McCartney's "Birthday".  You can listen to the song on Rolling Stone and download it onltyfor today at Amazon.com, with al proceeds going to WarChild. "I wanted to do something for Paul's 70th. The man's been, and still is, an immense and enduring inspiration for me", Weller told the magazine. "It was him and his three friends that made me want to pick up a guitar in the first place," said Weller. "I saw him play live recently and he inspired me just as much as ever, he was brilliant. I just hope he likes our little version, a token of my and the band's love for him and his music." Â
-  Today Paul McCartney turns 70: his birthday is being celebrated all over the web by magazines, blogs, social media and so on. But one of the best birthday wishes to the former Beatle comes in the form of a cover song by another great artist: Paul Weller  has re-recorded McCartney's "Birthday".  You can listen to the song on Rolling Stone and download it onltyfor today at Amazon.com, with al proceeds going to WarChild. "I wanted to do something for Paul's 70th. The man's been, and still is, an immense and enduring inspiration for me", Weller told the magazine. "It was him and his three friends that made me want to pick up a guitar in the first place," said Weller. "I saw him play live recently and he inspired me just as much as ever, he was brilliant. I just hope he likes our little version, a token of my and the band's love for him and his music." Â