# 10 year old girl plays bass with Sir Paul McCartney **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288 "2016-05-21T08:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/1 "2016-05-21T08:36:53Z")
🆒 Wonderful moment for this little girl. She’s braver than me to make a request like this on stage with Paul. He showed a lot of class going along with it. Gifting her a special night this girl will never forget. > **[SEE IT: 10-year-old upstages Paul McCartney during Buenos Aires concert](https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/05/20/see-it-10-year-old-upstages-paul-mccartney-during-buenos-aires-concert/)** > > The long and winding road… leads to an on-stage duet with Paul McCartney. A 10-year-old Argentinian girl carrying a stuffed monkey wowed the crowd when she got up on stage and rocked out with… > [@](#): > > “I want to play the bass with you,” she said, shocking the singer. > > Unfortunately, she didn’t have a bass along — but McCartney was willing to accommodate. > > “I didn’t see this coming,” he said in shock. But he was still prepared, and provided the little girl with an instrument. > > And so, with the bass down around her knees, Leila played and sang along with McCartney for a rousing rendition of “Get Back.” > > He lower the mic for her to chime in — and the crowd loved it. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/2 "2016-05-21T12:24:42Z")
Beautiful – thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/3 "2016-05-21T14:55:14Z")
Fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/4 "2016-05-21T16:33:15Z")
Good stuff. Reminds me of when [Paul Simon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBlY5CImUU) invited a fan onstage to play his guitar. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/5 "2016-05-21T19:42:37Z")
Can anyone tell if she was actually playing the bassline for “Get Back”? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/6 "2016-05-21T23:09:32Z")
I can’t hear her bass over the band. I saw a different article yesterday that said she really plays bass and knows a lot of Beatle songs. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/7 "2016-05-21T23:30:39Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > Can anyone tell if she was actually playing the bassline for “Get Back”? Hey, it’s the thought that counts! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/8 "2016-05-22T01:50:42Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Hey, it’s the thought that counts! I thought it was the time signature. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/9 "2016-05-22T01:54:17Z")
I preferred they’d have tried “You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)” oh well. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/10 "2016-05-22T02:03:56Z")
FINALLY, an emperor has no clothes moment when a mere child shows she’s a better bassist than McCartney! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/11 "2016-05-22T05:30:21Z")
That was pretty cool. Shows what a class act McCartney is. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/12 "2016-05-22T11:26:40Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > FINALLY, an emperor has no clothes moment when a mere child shows she’s a better bassist than McCartney! The man essentially invented melodic rock bass style. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/13 "2016-05-22T11:39:35Z")
> [@Mudshark](#): > > That was pretty cool. Shows what a class act McCartney is. Reminds me of when Sir Paul played the Super Bowl. Beforehand he was interviewed by the reporting team including Terry Bradshaw. In his own inimitable Buffoon Cajun way (not a slam on Cajuns; merely describing the spice he’s sprinkled on his Buffoonery), Bradshaw bursts into Hard Days Night and starts boppin’, trying to engage Sir Paul McCartney. Of The Beatles. Who gamely bops along and saves the moment. Made me so cringey. I appreciated Paul’s save, but sometimes think he’s too accomodating. Then he does this and it’s like, nah - keep going. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/14 "2016-05-22T20:55:34Z")
[ul] [/ul]Caitlin Moran says in the long run\* Paul will turn out to be everyone’s favourite Beatle. She’s probably right. \*I’M COLLECTING THE BEATLES. I DON’T HAVE ALL OF THEM YET. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/15 "2016-05-23T03:12:21Z")
The kid seems pretty good. The intro was a bit shaky though. They should have either played it straight (“I heard this local girl plays bass, and we’re going to play a duet”) or rehearsed the “ruse” a bit more so it was believable, at least sort of. In any case, it’s cool of McCartney to go along with it. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/16 "2016-05-23T05:21:15Z")
Dunno about the rest of you, but I know **dozens** of 10 year olds who can play the bass line of _Get Back_. I shoot concerts of the _School of Rock_ - it’s a real thing, and existed long before the Jack Black movie. And I know this is going to annoy a lot of huge \*Beatles \*fans, but a _Beatles_ show is usually for the younger kids. A year ago, I recorded an 11 year old playing the guitar part of _Television’s Marquee Moon_. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/17 "2016-05-23T05:53:41Z")
She should have said (in her best George voice) “Look, I’ll play the bloody piece however you’d like me to play it. Or I won’t bloody play it at all, if that would make you happy. Whatever it is that will please you is what I’ll do.” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-girl-plays-bass-with-sir-paul-mccartney/755288/18 "2016-05-23T12:00:27Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > She should have said (in her best George voice) “Look, I’ll play the bloody piece however you’d like me to play it. Or I won’t bloody play it at all, if that would make you happy. Whatever it is that will please you is what I’ll do.” 🙂