Paul McCartney, 84, claims he can 'remember being born' as he recalls hearing the 'clanging of forceps' after his delivery

Paul McCartney, 84, has claimed he can 'remember being born' after recalling hearing the 'clanging of forceps' during his delivery.

Speaking on the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast, The Beatles star shed light on the unusual memory and confessed he 'doesn't know if he made it up'. 

He said: 'I have this feeling that I kind of remember being born. Uh, so I I kind of remember white tiles, very sort of hygienic white tiles and um chrome instruments and a clanging uh because I was a forceps birth. I they had to pull me out.'

Paul was born on June 18, 1942, at Walton Hospital in Liverpool to mother Maria Patricia and father James McCartney. 

The music legend has spoken in the past about his memories and admitted they are 'probably total bulls**t', but maintains he can recall the imagery. 

Paul told Amy: 'Yeah. These things you don't know if you've made it up. Yeah, sure. Or or if it's But I I have this feeling that I kind of remember being born....

So I sort of think I remember [my forceps birth]. How funny. That's I don't know if it's true. The other question that she had was, 'What is Monk Berry Moon Delight and have you smoked it?''

Speaking to The Guardian earlier this year, Paul echoed: 'OK, well, now we get into dubious territory, because I have a feeling I can remember being born...

'Highly dubious, highly dubious, but I feel the white tiles and chrome instruments and the sounds. It's probably total bulls***....

'In fact, it almost certainly is. An imagined memory! And I was a forceps delivery. I don't quite understand what that is. I think they had to pull me out with some pliers.'

Paul created a retrospective with his latest album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane - which he said was full of 'memory songs' about his youth and bandmates. 

Of the album, he said: 'I like to go over memories, because it brings me back to the time. It brings me back to the people.'

Paul's youth is about to hit the big screens with Sam Mendes' biopics of each member of The Beatles, with Paul Mescal set to play Macca. 

Alongside Paul is Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison).

Speaking about how he helped train Paul, he said: 'He came into this office and I thought, 'Well, I'll show him how to do Blackbird'. So I picked up the guitar and started playing... and he played along exactly! I think he knew it better than I did!

'It was amazing how studied and how well-educated he was about me. So, yeah, I thought, OK, I'll leave you to it.'