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31 March 2008
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‘With A Little Luck’ is the ninth song on Wings’s penultimate album London Town. It was the follow-up to their smash hit single ‘Mull Of Kintyre’. See more…
I enjoyed the chords in that, and I know we recorded it on the boat in the Caribbean when we were doing the London Town album. I have good memories of that song and its belief that things will work out. I’m playing the synth solo there. It’s one of my more hopeful little ditties.
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11.23am
26 January 2017
Offline Just going through Joe’s Wings posts giving my thoughts, hope yall don’t mind. This is another favorite of mine from Paul’s catalogue. The synth work is understated but it fits really nice and segues out of the intro in a really psychedelic way. While not traditionally psychedelic in a Syd Barret/White Rabbit kind of way, I find the late 70s glossy disco sound to be pretty trippy in certain contexts, something that the Grateful Dead realized as well and implemented beautifully during their late 70s early 80s hot streak.
While Paul doesn’t go full disco on London Town , the driving beat in four, the sweeping synths and the repetitive background vocals are somewhat reminiscent. Of course Paul can do no wrong vocally. His light sweet tenor turns into a powerful rock performance, masterfully blending the vocal styles that he’s so good at.
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Offline The keyboard/synth solo always reminds me of the ‘Thomas The Tank Engine’ theme.
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6.28pm
1 December 2009
Offline Never been a big fan of this song, but hearing it just weeks ago, I noticed for the first time how (Paul’s bass aside) there are no guitars at all, and the synths supply most of the music, so that’s kinda interesting.
Synthesizers that were polyphonic (ie. able to produce sound from more than one key at a time) had only been available since about 1975, so if Paul had wanted to create this same record just a few years earlier, he’d have had no choice but to overdub all the synthesized chords note-by-note.
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6.39pm
7 November 2022
Offline vonbontee said
Never been a big fan of this song, but hearing it just weeks ago, I noticed for the first time how (Paul’s bass aside) there are no guitars at all, and the synths supply most of the music, so that’s kinda interesting.Synthesizers that were polyphonic (ie. able to produce sound from more than one key at a time) had only been available since about 1975, so if Paul had wanted to create this same record just a few years earlier, he’d have had no choice but to overdub all the synthesized chords note-by-note.
To me, it’s the only actually inspired song on that whole album.
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1.56am
14 December 2009
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vonbontee said
To me, it’s the only actually inspired song on that whole album.
I haven’t heard it in years, and very few times total, but your post has induced me to start streaming it now, thanks 
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2.05am
7 November 2022
Offline Von Bontee said
Sea Belt said
vonbontee said
To me, it’s the only actually inspired song on that whole album.
I haven’t heard it in years, and very few times total, but your post has induced me to start streaming it now, thanks
I don’t know what it is about the inspired songs vs. the uninspired ones. It’s like the former have melodies that are not just catchy but seem to tap into some Muse that came to Paul; whereas the latter are forced by him when he’s lacking inspiration. Somehow I feel I can tell the difference…
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2.18am
14 December 2009
Offline Good points…it’s like he comes up with a new memorable tune in his head every single week, and only a few of them get worked on enough to become a complete song.
Another thought I’ve had about “…Luck”: I’d almost guarantee Paul was listening to Stevie Wonder’s “Songs In The Key Of Life” the previous year; it kinda reminds me of the opening track “Love’s In Need Of Love Today” in particular
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