26-03-2011, 09:24
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PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS "band on the run" 1974, vinyl,japanese original cd, 25th anniversarycd, 30th anniversary cd/vinyl.
#1UK, #1 US, #1 Aust.
the band quit on the eve of recording, the studio in Lagos was only partially constructed when they arrived to record,it was monsoon time in Lagos, Paul and Linda were held up and robbed at knifepoint and the mastertapes stolen....yet out of all these trials and tribulations
came what is regarded as Paul McCartney's greatest album.
Macca has always had a knack of dressing up mediocrity and making it sound like brilliance and this album is a prime example of this.
lyrically the album is very weak, on the reverse though, the music is first class rock 'n' roll, none moreso than on the superb sounding "jet", which is a rock mastpiece in anyone's terms! then there's the trademark McCartney sing-a-long tunes that stay stuck in your head upon hearing like "mrs.vanderbilt","mamunia" and "picasso's last words", elsewhere, theres a blues tune in "let me roll it" which is in similar vein to the Beatles "oh,darlin'". then there's great pop tunes in the title track, "no words" and "1985" and the usual acoustic track, this time in the classic jazz/pop sounding "bluebird", but as with the rest of the tracks here the lyrics are weak IMO as a PM fan.
there's nothing experimental or out of left-field here, just Macca playing to his roots and strengths and although this is not my favourite PM album by any means it is probably his most concise effort in his entire career, thus this one gets near full marks...for that alone. i would almost certainly encourage anyone to use this album as a starting point to the solo career of Paul McCartney.
worst song: 1985
best song: Jet
tracks:
1. band on the run*** #3UK, #1US
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wA4ZxGd3U live
2. jet*** #7UK, #7US.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlELackcEu0 live
3. bluebird***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZOtzVaxYUE live
4. mrs.vanderbilt*** #41Aust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59t5eMfqlBw live
5. let me roll it***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLjOeNFCKpI live
6. mamunia***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbZWZoYQ_...698B326DBE audio
7. no words**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D7SGV3gx...re=related audio
8. picasso's last words (drink to me)**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnCIVPYERSc audio
9. nineteen hundred and eighty five**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c5pgo6zU...re=related audio
3s=6
2s=3
1s=0
rating: 2.7
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.