The Beatles Bible - Topic: Paul McCartney & Wings

I Look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping on Paul McCartney & Wings

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:16:17 +0100

I just wanted to share this amusing GIF of Paul in the Wings era....I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING. I love this man!

GeorgeTSimpson on Paul McCartney & Wings

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:51:30 +0100

I love the wings, they're my favourite band next to the beatles. Paul solo is also amazing (maybe i'm amazed, another day), but all in all I think the wings were better (complete band on the run and venus and mars album, mull of kintyre, live and let die, silly love songs

Into the Sky with Diamonds on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 31 May 2012 12:53:23 +0100

If I could take but one McCartney album with me it would be Chaos and Creation. (Ask me again next year)

Except for "Follow Me" it's a great album start to finish. It's the "weighty-ist" of all his works. Even the little musical fade-out at the very end has some great little melodies.

Granted, I've listened to the others so often that they don't quicken my pulse as much.

Given time, I'm sure Chaos and Creation will settle in among my other favorites.

(I admit it's missing a rocker)

meanmistermustard on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 31 May 2012 12:33:04 +0100

Yip I need to get past my reservations and get C&CITB. Its just that as soon as i think of Driving Rain and Memory Almost Full i break out into cold sweats. When i next see it cheap i'll pick up a copy.

Ben Ramon on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 31 May 2012 11:29:17 +0100

meanmistermustard said
I found Memory Almost Full to be a bore with nothing going for it at all. However any change of liking Memory was drained by the trully awful drivel of Dance Tonight. The song i chose to use as my break when seeing Paul live last year. Hated it the first time i heard it, never grew on me, saw the video, hated it more.

I really need to get Chaos and Creation but cant find any enthusiasm to do so. I was one of the ones who bought Driving Rain full price. Any one who did deserves ...

Old Siam Sir on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 31 May 2012 04:27:25 +0100

Taken as a whole, yes, his wings output is better by percentage. I personally love everything Wings ever did almost as much as The Beatles. Although, RAM - McCartney - and McCartney II are just as good as anything Wings did. RAM is his best I think and it's almost a Wings album. It was his first album with a band again and it promted him to start Wings. All he needed was Denny! Wings greatest collections always include Uncle Albert and Another Day from the RAM sessions. Plus, two songs on Red Rose Speedway are actually RAM session ...

meanmistermustard on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:42:59 +0100

I found Memory Almost Full to be a bore with nothing going for it at all. However any change of liking Memory was drained by the trully awful drivel of Dance Tonight. The song i chose to use as my break when seeing Paul live last year. Hated it the first time i heard it, never grew on me, saw the video, hated it more.

I love Wild Life tho. Strange how opinions change.

I really need to get Chaos and Creation but cant find any enthusiasm to do so. I was one of the ones who bought Driving Rain full price. Any ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:21:34 +0100

Okay, devil's advocate. Look at Chaos and Creation, Memory Almost Full, Electric Arguments, Good Evening NYC. I've heard most of Paul's work, and there is no drop of quality I can trace to Wings. Because Wild Life sucks.

meanmistermustard on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:53:26 +0100

I got the Band On The Run 2 disc as it was only £2 more than the single cd. The bonus tracks are that great, apart from Country Dreamer, a mccartney gem. Tho none of my family can bare Jet.

Overall i prefer the wings catalogue to his solo output. Flowers In The Dirt was a great return to form after the mediocre Pipes of Peace and the abysmal Broad Street (1 worthwhile song) and Press To Play (nothing at all). Shamefully it only lasted for that 1 album.

As for Wings, Speed of Sound is a fave due to the vocals by the ...

CranberrySauce on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:30:48 +0100

The sad thing is I own only bits and pieces of Macca's solo work (thanks to iTunes), but I do have a live album (Back in the U.S.) that has a fair amount of his solo work/work with Wings. I've been meaning to purchase Band on the Run for ages now, and I'm addicted to the title track.

*17* Paul wants me to purchase it, too...

JET! on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:18:18 +0100

I just thought I'd remind everyone that Band on the Run is awesome. And I love the stutter halfway through the riff on Let Me Roll It. Has anyone heard that anywhere else? I thought it was quite innovative.

JojosCoolCherryCream on Paul McCartney & Wings

Sun, 08 May 2011 18:29:38 +0100

I just got Band on The Ru (with the DVD, Bonus CD, and regular CD), and Memory almost Full (Regular CD, and DVD)...Memory almost Full is a great one!! I'd have to say I like it just a little more than Band on the Run.

JET! on Paul McCartney & Wings

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:29:22 +0100

Thank you! Thanks for for reminding me of it. Music is the most amazing thing, isn't it?

mr. Sun king coming together on Paul McCartney & Wings

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:33:07 +0100

JET! said:

So THAT was the start of my musical education. Interesting that I should remember it more than a decade later...

The same thing always happens to me with Anna (Go To Him) from PPM. I always get a fleeting flashback to my old house when I was like 3

mithveaen on Paul McCartney & Wings

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:40:07 +0100

That story is really fantastic Jet!