Rolling Stone Menu Hear Paul McCartney Chew Celery in Unearthed Audio From Super Furry Animals Reissue
20th-anniversary edition of Welsh band’s
Rings Around the World features original LP, B-sides, outtakes, demos, remixes, and curios like legendary Beatle’s vegetable solo
By Frederike Helwig
Paul McCartney chewing celery on Super Furry Animals’ 2000 song “Receptacle for the Respectable” ranks among the strangest guest appearances of the legendary songwriter’s career. Now, ahead of the 20th-anniversary collection celebrating Super Furry Animals’
Rings Around the World, the Welsh band has offered up the isolated, one-minute version of McCartney’s vegetable solo.
After a chance encounter with the band at the 2000 NME Awards and following SFA’s involvement in McCartney’s Liverpool Sound Academy project McCartney agreed to appear on their then-in-the-works new album, with a catch.
A source told The Sun: Admittedly, this is no Hey Jude. But it might provide some nice background noise for a true Beatles fan. Or a vegan.
The quirky collaboration came about after Macca met the band at an awards show, and after allegedly playing celery on Beach Boys 1967 song Vegetables, the star agreed to lend his chewing skills for their track.
Unexpected: Sir Paul made a recording of himself muching on some food 20 years ago and gave it to Welsh band Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals keyboardist Cian Ciarán said: He was going to come to the studio and then decided not to for some reason.
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