You wouldn't think Paul McCartney would be intimidated by being in the studio with anyone, but he says he was a bit nervous about recording with Barbra Streisand.
They did a duet on his song "My Valentine" and McCartney says the session was "nerve-wracking. Nail-biting! I did the session with her in L.A. and I was pretty terrified.
I think the session was about three hours, you know, a normal kind of session, and it was produced by my friend Peter Asher.
But it started off with a big 40-piece orchestra on the Sony lot, which is one of the old Hollywood film studios; it’s very impressive. And we were on ‘The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage,’ so no pressure there!"
He added that "I didn’t realize how rounded she is, creatively. They were filming the session and as soon as we went in, she said, ‘Who put that camera there? That shouldn’t be there, bring it over here. And what about those lights?’ I thought, ‘Wow, you’re directing it!’ But then I suddenly remembered she’s directed three big movies. She’s a smart cookie."
"My Valentine" is off McCartney's 2012 album, Kisses on the Bottom.
Streisand's The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two is out June 27th.