Thank you for doing this, I always appreciate you doing my suggestions. 😊 It's a great song from a very creative time in Paul's career. Paul has never confirmed what the song was inspired by exactly, but here is one explanation he gave in an interview, which contradicted later: "We've got a Labrador puppy who is a runt, the runt of a litter. We bought her along a roadside in a little pet shop, out in the country one day. She was a bit of a wild dog, a wild girl who wouldn't stay in. We have a big wall around our house in London, and she wouldn't stay in, she always used to jump the wall. She'd go out on the town for the evening, like in the animated film 'Lady and The Tramp' . She must have met up with some big black Labrador or something. She came back one day pregnant. She proceeded to walk into the garage and have this litter ... Seven little black puppies, perfect little black Labradors, and she's not black, she's tan. So we worked out it must have been a black Labrador. What we do is if either of the dogs we have has a litter, we try to keep them for the puppy stage, so we get the best bit of them, and then when they get a bit unmanageable we ask people if they want to have a puppy. So Jet was one of the puppies. We give them all names. We've had some great names, there was one puppy called Golden Molasses. I rather like that. Then there was one called Brown Megs, named after a Capitol executive. They've all gone now. The people change the names if they don't like them." This was also confirmed by an interview with Paul Gambaccini, broadcast on BBC Radio in December 1978. However, in a 2010 interview on the UK television channel ITV for the programme 'Wings: Band on the Run' (to promote the November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney said that Jet was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject; indeed, the true meaning of the lyrics has defied all attempts at decryption.
Some footage of his Australian tour in 1975 including bits of a press conference that's disrupted by Norman Gunston. The ''Band On The Run'' album was a favourite in the house for a couple of years. Surprised you guys haven't heard this song!
@@hanierfamily It's a famous song! I don't think there's that much of an age difference between us, but I heard this song on the radio through out the 70's and 80's.
1973 was Paul's best post Beatles year. Band on the Run had 4 - 5 good songs. He also released 'My Love', 'Live & let die & 'Helen Wheels' which were good.
Clicked on this thinking I would never of heard it but surprised I did know it once I listened to the video. It must have been on the radio when I was a little kid. Like this more than any Beatles I heard.
Astonishing. It's actually a pretty decent McCartney track and a worldwide top 10 hit in 1974, but in the Beatles discography the song would have a hard time making it into the top 50.
Big hit and a favorite from the Band on the Run album. For a Ringo song that was a hit "It Don't Come Easy" is a good one. Also a funny song Ringo did is the "No No Song" which was also a hit.
Always loved Jet, great Wings song! You stopped the video at Norman Gunston. Jet was a dog or a pony on the McCartney farm in Scotland. It was an animal for sure.
Yes, I remember that. Zappa got Norman instantly. I seem to remember Norm on harmonica finishing off their jam with the ABC news theme, ha!, ha!, ha! @@stevedotwood
One of my favourite Lennon Albums is Walls & Bridges… which features Whatever Gets you through the night….9 Dream…. And my personal favourite….. Nobody Loves you when your down and out….a great Macca song from Band on the Run….👍🇦🇺.
This is one of my favourite songs from Wings. It was an impossible task to follow the Beatles but they all had a good go at it! 'Band on the run' and 'Venus and Mars' are two great albums. Any songs from those is worth a reaction. Cheers guys.
LOVE this song... so catchy. "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" is probably my favorite McCartney solo... but "Live and Let Die" and "Band On The Run" are right there, too.
A good one for sure and my first listen to was off of the album Wings Over America live! You need to react to Band On The Run, a fun and kind of true story!
Paul McCartney's solo stuff is hit and miss for me, but this is definitely a hit. Wings seem to be a bit forgotten these days, maybe because they were a very successful band that seemed to be slightly apart from the usual more committed rock fanbase, they were never quite cool enough, but had huge crossover appeal.
This band on the run album was his best, as far as I'm concerned, Paul always had a habit of writing nonsensical lyrics, but still very enjoyable. I grew up listening to my older sibling's music, the Beatles, then John Lennon's imagine and George Harrison's all things must pass and loved it all.
So many great ex-Beatle stuff out there. For Ringo you might want to try Six O’Clock from the Ringo album. Written by McCartney for this album for Ringo 👍
Even if some of their tracks aren't to my taste, there's no question of their quality. I really like this, Band on the run, and Live and Let die. Try Ringo with Photograph.
Early today , but worth it cos this band and this track is simply superb ! I’m not gonna explain the dichotomy of being a hairy arsed auld Scottish punk but being daft about most things Macca and all things Wings in particular . The musicianship and phrasing are unrivalled and we should all enjoy and marvel at Paul McCartneys body of work whilst we still have him . May I suggest for the future Wings - Juniors Farm ! Love this track if you were unsure of my meaning 😅 👍🏴
Great reaction to this track. Please, please react to my favourite track from the Band on the Run album, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five. It is an awesome track and I'm sure you'll love it.
This is another song i like to play along with while im having a few ales. I guess Jet is short for suffragette. Not sure who is referring to, there have been many notable suffragettes. Obviously a woman who wasnt keen on getting married. Interesting, the plane shown flys the QANTAS kangaroo, and where you paused the video showed Norman Gunston, a character created by actor Gary Macdonald. Norman was hoot, because his guests werent told it was a comedy. So much so that he nearly got punched out by Mohamad Ali. Oh, and his interview with Gene Simmons from kiss on when he and Cher were an item. Norman made the comment that it must have been convenient because Gene was know for his long tongue, and it was wrll known that Cher was a nudist... Again, he nearly got punched out. Norman covered ABBAs Fernando. Please, do not play that!!!!
In the Beatles universe, Billy Shears only exists in the minds of these conspiracy theorists. Well, it's kind of part of the Beatles legend. One can not do anything...
From the same sessions I prefer "Helen Wheels" (which was not on all releases) and even more so I prefer "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" which is one of my favourite songs
I think, it's nonsense, but in the mid-70s Playboy Magazine felt compelled, to call the Wings the worst band in the world. Perhaps it was also because McCartney was unjustifiably accused of breaking up the Beatles for years. But also on a few bad tracks...
