Was V&M another near miss for Macca?
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I guess is about attitude. Paul always was the Beatle that really loved to be one of them. John and George had another spirit, so, if Paul wanted to not to live under the shadow of the past, he had to made a bigger effort than the others. Maybe that's the reason of why he made Wings.
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WingsOfMacca:
I guess is about attitude. Paul always was the Beatle that really loved to be one of them. John and George had another spirit, so, if Paul wanted to not to live under the shadow of the past, he had to made a bigger effort than the others. Maybe that's the reason of why he made Wings.
I think you're right in that on one hand, Paul never wanted to leave the Beatles, but on the other hand, never wanted to sit on his hands and live in the past...whether the Beatles had hung together or Paul had to go it alone, he was very much into facing new challenges...He was and still is very ambitious
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I'm not sure if the general public knew that Wings' Wild Life was Paul in late 1971. There were no singles to work the album. Paul had a press party to launch both his group & the album at the same time. Just 1 of many marketing mistakes that Paul made in his career.
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JoeySmith:
I'm not sure if the general public knew that Wings' Wild Life was Paul in late 1971. There were no singles to work the album. Paul had a press party to launch both his group & the album at the same time. Just 1 of many marketing mistakes that Paul made in his career.
Not so, at least in Los Angeles. Tunes from the album got a fair amount of radio play (mostly Some People Never Know), and it was pretty much always introduced by DJ's as Paul McCartney's new record. When the Wings name was mentioned, it was always -- I mean literally always -- preceded the phrase, "Paul McCartney's new band." As for Paul's relationship with the Beatles, in the mid-seventies he was very much in "Forget that, look at what I'm doing now" mode. Circa 1973-4 the Los Angeles Times published an interview with him by the paper's main rock critic, Robert Hilburn, who reported that after a handful of questions about the Beatles, McCartney interrupted him with, "That's enough about the Beatles, okay?"
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RMartinez:
toris:
All I would've done - no disrespect intended to Jimmy fans - is replace Medicine Jar with a Paul song. Other than that, the album retains its "Winner" status for me. The order of songs doesn't detract from substance. A wonderful album.
Nope. That was part of the cool vibe of the album and Wings at that time. Paul WANTED more of a band, much more than today. I like Medicine Jar, it rocked live, and people did not take bathroom or beer breaks during the song. It's a cool riff! C'mon!!
I agree it sits very well on Wings Over America. But, hey, I don't mind the song. I'm just one who prefers more McCartney than the other contributors. Particularly in that era when he was on the roll. I'm being picky, I know. Even though I understand it was all about projecting 'a band'. But I'd keep Spirits of Ancient Egypt. Might've helped it was written by Paul, and he has a vocal say in the song, but Denny does a real good job. That Crossroads theme. Now I never saw that TV show, but I read that they actually started to close it with Wings' version instead of the original theme. That's pretty cool. Wish, when we had to stand at attention at school and sing God Save our Queen, they used Queen's version.
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toris:
RMartinez:
toris:
All I would've done - no disrespect intended to Jimmy fans - is replace Medicine Jar with a Paul song. Other than that, the album retains its "Winner" status for me. The order of songs doesn't detract from substance. A wonderful album.
Nope. That was part of the cool vibe of the album and Wings at that time. Paul WANTED more of a band, much more than today. I like Medicine Jar, it rocked live, and people did not take bathroom or beer breaks during the song. It's a cool riff! C'mon!!
I agree it sits very well on Wings Over America. But, hey, I don't mind the song. I'm just one who prefers more McCartney than the other contributors. Particularly in that era when he was on the roll. I'm being picky, I know. Even though I understand it was all about projecting 'a band'. But I'd keep Spirits of Ancient Egypt. Might've helped it was written by Paul, and he has a vocal say in the song, but Denny does a real good job. That Crossroads theme. Now I never saw that TV show, but I read that they actually started to close it with Wings' version instead of the original theme. That's pretty cool. Wish, when we had to stand at attention at school and sing God Save our Queen, they used Queen's version.
I never knew what Crossroads was for a long, long time. I think it's pretty funny putting it on there. Kind of like when the American group Husker Du did the Mary Tyler Moore theme, though that was just a flip side. My favorite part of "Medicine Jar" on the album is actually toward the end where's that sort of "breakdown" and you just hear the drums and the high harmonies dominated by Linda?kind of appropriately eerie for the message of the song.
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toris:
RMartinez:
toris:
All I would've done - no disrespect intended to Jimmy fans - is replace Medicine Jar with a Paul song. Other than that, the album retains its "Winner" status for me. The order of songs doesn't detract from substance. A wonderful album.
Nope. That was part of the cool vibe of the album and Wings at that time. Paul WANTED more of a band, much more than today. I like Medicine Jar, it rocked live, and people did not take bathroom or beer breaks during the song. It's a cool riff! C'mon!!
I agree it sits very well on Wings Over America. But, hey, I don't mind the song. I'm just one who prefers more McCartney than the other contributors. Particularly in that era when he was on the roll. I'm being picky, I know. Even though I understand it was all about projecting 'a band'. But I'd keep Spirits of Ancient Egypt. Might've helped it was written by Paul, and he has a vocal say in the song, but Denny does a real good job. That Crossroads theme. Now I never saw that TV show, but I read that they actually started to close it with Wings' version instead of the original theme. That's pretty cool. Wish, when we had to stand at attention at school and sing God Save our Queen, they used Queen's version.
I never knew what Crossroads was for a long, long time. I think it's pretty funny putting it on there. Kind of like when the American group Husker Du did the Mary Tyler Moore theme, though that was just a flip side. My favorite part of "Medicine Jar" on the album is actually toward the end where's that sort of "breakdown" and you just hear the drums and the high harmonies dominated by Linda?kind of appropriately eerie for the message of the song.
Gawd, I've never heard of Husker Du!.... Mary Tyler Moore Show, yeah. Ted Baxter, a legend.... But yeah, pretty out-there to put the theme to a long-running successful soapy as a little nod. Especially as only people inside the UK would've known what the hell that was all about!
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Curiously, 'Medicine Jar' is one of my favorite Wings's songs
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WingsOfMacca:
Curiously, 'Medicine Jar' is one of my favorite Wings's songs
I always liked it!
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RMartinez:
WingsOfMacca:
Curiously, 'Medicine Jar' is one of my favorite Wings's songs
I always liked it!
It's a 'weird' song. I mean, it sounds different than the others. The sound is more clean and strong.
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When I first heard Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (at age 20) I thought it was Paul singing lead! Denny does do a great job on that song.
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Nancy R:
When I first heard Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (at age 20) I thought it was Paul singing lead! Denny does do a great job on that song.
I agree! I always loved that song, and Denny is great on it. Paul does take lead on the chorus, when Denny does his Flamenco wailing in the back ground, which I still remember as being VERY cool live in 1976.
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RMartinez:
Nancy R:
When I first heard Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (at age 20) I thought it was Paul singing lead! Denny does do a great job on that song.
I agree! I always loved that song, and Denny is great on it. Paul does take lead on the chorus, when Denny does his Flamenco wailing in the back ground, which I still remember as being VERY cool live in 1976.
Would you call that Flamenco? Isn't it meant to sound ancient Egyptian, not that anyone knows what that really sounds like?
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RMartinez:
Nancy R:
When I first heard Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (at age 20) I thought it was Paul singing lead! Denny does do a great job on that song.
I agree! I always loved that song, and Denny is great on it. Paul does take lead on the chorus, when Denny does his Flamenco wailing in the back ground, which I still remember as being VERY cool live in 1976.
Would you call that Flamenco? Isn't it meant to sound ancient Egyptian, not that anyone knows what that really sounds like?
Well, sure! I suppose. But I know Denny spent time in Andalucia, Spain studying Flamenco guitar, I suspect he picked up some vocal riffs along the way. I hear a twinge of Flamenco in there. And Ancient Egyptian!
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RMartinez:
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RMartinez:
Nancy R:
When I first heard Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (at age 20) I thought it was Paul singing lead! Denny does do a great job on that song.
I agree! I always loved that song, and Denny is great on it. Paul does take lead on the chorus, when Denny does his Flamenco wailing in the back ground, which I still remember as being VERY cool live in 1976.
Would you call that Flamenco? Isn't it meant to sound ancient Egyptian, not that anyone knows what that really sounds like?
Well, sure! I suppose. But I know Denny spent time in Andalucia, Spain studying Flamenco guitar, I suspect he picked up some vocal riffs along the way. I hear a twinge of Flamenco in there. And Ancient Egyptian!
Oh, yes, Spain ("echoes of sunken Spain") certainly makes sense. I kind of wonder if there's a tinge of some kind of Native American vibe intended, too (from the line about Geronimo), especially at the end of the live version.
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RMartinez:
favoritething:
RMartinez:
Nancy R:
When I first heard Spirits Of Ancient Egypt (at age 20) I thought it was Paul singing lead! Denny does do a great job on that song.
I agree! I always loved that song, and Denny is great on it. Paul does take lead on the chorus, when Denny does his Flamenco wailing in the back ground, which I still remember as being VERY cool live in 1976.
Would you call that Flamenco? Isn't it meant to sound ancient Egyptian, not that anyone knows what that really sounds like?
Well, sure! I suppose. But I know Denny spent time in Andalucia, Spain studying Flamenco guitar, I suspect he picked up some vocal riffs along the way. I hear a twinge of Flamenco in there. And Ancient Egyptian!
Oh, yes, Spain ("echoes of sunken Spain") certainly makes sense. I kind of wonder if there's a tinge of some kind of Native American vibe intended, too (from the line about Geronimo), especially at the end of the live version.
I really hear that too. It's certainly a culturally diverse song!