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Paul McCartney

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

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Paul McCartney is saying that his father was a musician, but his grandfather did not think highly of his father's music. This shows a family dynamic where the older generation did not appreciate the musical talent of the younger one.

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