I read once, one of Paul's great moment is when a fan saw him in person walking down a street and the fan responded "OMG it's Paul McCartney from Wings" .. :-)
Why didn't the interviewer ask Paul about Denny Laine's contribution to the album?? He asked about Linda. Denny contributed acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, keyboards, lead & backing vocals. And i'm sure he co-wrote more than the one song he was credited for. He made a BIG contribution to all the Wings recordings!!
It's Paul that's why, he's a self centred guy. Look how many band members he went through. They got paid a stingy basic wage apart from Denny. My class schoolmate was Jimmy McCulloch his best guitarist & he nearly shot Paul up at his farm. Very controlling.
Paul played Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keys and Piano on this Album. He did all the Vocals. He did the backings on most of the songs. Laine played rhythm guitar and sang backing vocals. Plus Paul is a much bigger star than Denny Laine. But be honest... Paul was Wings. With some adding live musicians.
Nice documentary, I was 10 years old when this album came out, I picked it up on 8 track tape and fell in love with it right away. I'm now 59 years old and just learned that Paul played the drums on it , that's amazing, nice work Paul.
Wings (mainly the Threesome) really really made me so happy...all of the songs seem to indelibly linked to women and happy times in my life. Thank you very much Denny, Linda and Sir Paul.
Every time I hear Band on the Run, I keep repeating the very beginning because my mom died in 2010 and when he says, "like you mama, you mama, you" it means a lot to me.
March, April 74' a guy spun this in his apartment. Never forget it! Every day I grow more in awe of this guy. I remember taking the Meet the Beatles album to 3rd grade in 1963 and teacher wouldn't allow me to play it on show and tell day.
What a fantastic story! Loved hearing Paul tell it and what a struggle it was that paid off with such a great album. Still one of my favourites since the day it was released that I still often listen to. What a talented trio!
I loved hearing This. Interview with Paul, I think Paul is the best storyteller, he has a fantastic memory, I love his passion, he is just a treasure. Such a great album, I just love him❤️
early 70s just out of vietnam, going to college on the coast of california, trying my best to make a marriage successful..... then this album came out and totally blew me away....played it constantly for a year or so....every time i listened to it, i liked it even more....marriage did not work out, finished college, moved to texas.....massive personal social changes in the country and myself at the time...i know this album helped me transition.....sometimes i would weep singing along.....thanks beaucoup wings...
Im sorry but never knew of wings or there music i was too young, being born in the late 60s my parents only listened to the bebop of the late 50s at home so i never had the chance to listen to real music not even the beatles it was elvis buddy holly marty wild and people like that untill mull of kintire,
Wow.... What a thing to share and say, thank you, that in itself is why people make records, I expect that would please every member of wings to read that.
I was 16 in 1976 and parents bought Meet the Beatles when I was 4. Bought Band on the Run instantly and saw them in concert in 76 in Cincinnati....awesome band with awesome songs
Great documentary. I was one of the million fans who saw the Wings tour in 1976. We in Seattle were absolutely convinced that "our" gig was going to be the one where the Beatles reunited. Ten minutes into the concert, we forgot all about that. Epic evening. We stood on the floor of the Kingdome, right next to the stage right speaker stack, maybe 30 feet from the stage. The next day was the last day of my junior year of high school (see also, Dazed and Confused), and I couldn't hear for shit the entire day. Let Me Roll It remains my favorite Wings song ever.
Ha ha I was there too. Travelled from Vancouver island to see them. They recorded this concert and used parts of the Seattle gig on their triple album.
I remember running down a hill by a lake in the seventies, when I was a kid, singing Live and let die. Wings songs sounded so powerful to me. I heard them before the Beatles.
I was 15 and that was my first concert and we ran into the KINGDOME and got within 40 ft of center left stage and out of a 100 concert following it's still the greatest show I've seen ! You remember the band on the KINGDOME roof pumping up the crowd before the gates opened 😊
I watched this interview NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT? ... THANKS SIR PAUL. ...GREAT INTERVIEW. ...AND GREAT INTERVIEW ERRRR...THANKS STILL FABB...AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. .. FABULOUS XX
When I was like 7 years old I grew up in Detroit and my music teacher was in love with the Beatles and when this album came out she brought it in and made us all learn how to play most of the songs on the album I still love that woman for doing that cause I play the guitar and the bass,, but if it wasn't for her I would have never got past the baritone
@@dansmithinc I think my favorite Beatles album was Abby Road, particularly the "B" side, which included the medley of short songs all blended together.
@@dansmithinc Now somewhere in the black mining hills of Dakota There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon And one day his woman ran off with another guy Hit young Rocky in the eye Rocky didn't like that… - Oh Man, I sang this so much, I knew lyrics of by Heart. One of the few songs I actually learnt and sang the Lyrics for. About 4 or 5 songs I did that for...
...and to think that I tried to talk a buddy into going to see Bad Company instead of Wings Over America for our first concert - many kudos to Jack for standing his ground and convincing me on that one... That album is also one of my all time faves and one of the best recorded albums (live or studio) ever. Later on Paul was the first concert I took my son to - a nice bookend!
Absolutely the best interview with Paul, period. This album is entrenched in my memories, one of my all time favorites ever. I can't hear it without thinking of my mother, Clara, who loved Paul like a teenage girl fan and loved this album, listening to it in her Cadillac on an 8 track cassette tape. We spent a few weeks in the summer of 1974 at our favorite, shabby grey ship wreck of a summer beach house at Pawley's Island SC, listening to it intermittently the entire time. I've always thought BOTR had a very, exotic, tropical, colonial world traveler vibe. It perfectly and coincidentally matched the humid, semi tropical, atmosphere of a few lazy weeks spent in July at the Carolina coast. It's like a musical scrapbook of a summer now lost in my mind that comes to be every time I listen to it. This documentary is special to me as I learn the story behind this enigmatic masterpiece. Bravo
Such a sweet story and memory. I too was 14 and loved the Beatles.. heartbroken when they broke up and followed all of their solo careers. That BOTR 8 track was everything to me❣️
@@elizabethmartinazzi2233 Every so often, on a warm, sunny day I'll get in my car, roll down the windows and play Mrs Vanderbilt very loud and sing along, at the top of my lungs (especially the Ho, Hey Ho part - my mom loved that) Almost as if I could look beside me and see my mom singing and laughing with her hair blowing in the wind
As I listened to this, I kept thinking the same thing over and over again about it being his best interview ever. Sounds silly, but I feel honored and so happy to have heard it.
This is the great thing about music - it’s a time machine. BOTR is my favorite album of all time and my experience with it is very different from yours, Rusty, but I am similarly transported to earlier days every time I hear it. I love that one album can have a million different associations based on who’s listening to it. Thanks for your very cool story.
Loved hearing the back story on this album!! Love this album sooo much.. so weird how normal Paul McCartney is given his legendary status.... No doubt he is a genius/self taught muscian.. wonderful man.. with such love for music.. and his family!
Me too but think Paul was about 4/5's of Wings. He played multiple if not most of the instruments on the album with songs written by Paul McCartney. The other 1/5 or so, however, does contribute beautifully.
@@gregm4549 "Laine announced he was leaving Wings, due to McCartney's reluctance to tour in the wake of the murder of John Lennon" "the rest of the band only made money when they toured."
@@gregm4549 "After leaving Wings, Laine signed with Scratch records and released a new album, “Anyone Can Fly,” in 1982. He also worked on McCartney’s albums “Tug of War” and “Pipes of Peace” and co-wrote one more song with McCartney - “Rainclouds,” which was issued as the B-side of “Ebony and Ivory.”"
Linda McCartney was always “just herself,” and that genuineness -surely-is what attracted Paul to her. What you see is what you get with her. A RARE find that Paul made. Speaks well of him to have recognized the importance of that.
And now he's a bloated money making machine. Let's see.. Let it Be 6cd/vinyl over £100 & now his Lyrics books at £60. Just in time for Xmas Paul. You're all heart. My Paul died after Anthologies. It changed him big time on what you can do with it all.
@@bluzzedude2677 she targeted Paul big time. She had tried it on with Mick Jagger who rebuffed it. Off she went to the mother country & got her man. Paul didn't know her from adam but Paul has always wanted a 'family' thing & he went ok let's marry, it wasn't a 'love' thing at the start but Paul wants a woman at his feet lovingly looking up at him & there are photos of it up at his farm. Quite engineered by Linda. She was clever at it & made Paul happy. I mean 1 year after Linda death he selected Lady Heather McCartney. Maybe Linda told him you need a lady at your side don't hang about. After Heather's exit & she was outed by Paul's press machine harshly. Paul is powerful. I think she was treated badly overall. If you're out then you're out, like band members. And Paul marries again hmmm🤔.
I remember my brother buying this album in the spring of '74. We listened to it ALL Summer long. Every time I hear these songs it takes me back to hot Summer nights when I was a boy.
I knew Linda and Paul at the time and, trust me, they were beautiful together. Linda most certainly was a great woman ... in her own right, as a photographer, as a partner, as a wife, as a mother, as a person. Let no one persuade you otherwise.
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there was a documentary made about his mid-70s tour with Wings. I think the title is "Rock Show", and it was produced by Harvey Weinstein, of all people.
I agree. I always come back to him at different stages of my life and find myself more and more in awe if him and the epic expanse of his talent and work. My life would virtually be in black and white without him and this album is a huge part of that.
Good interview. I was 12 when the Beatles first came to the US. George & Paul are like elder brothers to me. I've been a gigging musician since then. And so cool that Linda was in the mix with Paul and the others.
I love that he wanted to start over, from scratch. I love that he always wanted to experiment regardless of how it's was received by fans or critics. He's lived a life of creative freedom that I've always admired.
Denny Laine doesn’t get nearly enough credit. His playing and his harmonies with Wings were always top-notch. (And ‘Let Me Roll It’ is just a fantastic song)
That’s so crazy to see them getting ready for the cover of Band on the Run.. I was only 7 at the time, I had no clue those were all stars, I only remember it was my sisters album and I didn’t want to scratch it.
i was 14 at the time and i knew they were stars on the cover - I just thought they were all different stars than who they were haha! Classic pre internet age misperception.
Funny! I had a very similar situation/memory... My brother (decade older) had Wings Greatest Hits on 8 Track. Long story short, I wore it out! Literally! Ended up buying the album later as an adult.
This album has a very special place in my heart after living in Lagos for two years, my home away from home :) everytime I hear it I'm brought back to the jungles and kind people who live there
The 1976 concert was my first time to see Paul live, what a thrill! McCartney, though, is my favorite album. I've loved Paul since I was a 7 year old girl and saw him for the first time on Ed Sullivan. I've had a lot of firsts to Paul's music :) Great interview.
I'm a Deep Purple, Hendrix, Beck, Floyd, Yes, Bad Co, Zepp, Hall and Oates fan.. Even Early Elvis. But none of them were Macca. Im now gonna play the album.
@@julianciahaconsulting8663 his music has been disappointing since 1974. He made a couple great records, and before that he was with the Beatles. It’s his time in the Beatles the reason he’s legendary, not his solo career
OK, interview was from 2010, fairly contemporary. Interviewer was good; McCartney is delightful, down to Earth, engaging. For some reason whenever a former Beatles speaks, it puts me in Lala Land. Thanks to Paul for sharing, i love him for doing this interview and sharing that time back then with me; thanks. And throwing in some home movies and clips and photos is a real joy. In '73, I was 13 years old. I didn't know what the excitement was all about. Seemed to me that Wings was 1/4 of the Beatles. It took me a couple of decades before I loosened up and came to love the fun and musicianship and creativity of Wings. Hugs to Paul and his family.
Having been a fan of Paul since The Beatles, and even more so after, I was surprised at all that I didn’t know! Loved the interview, loved Wings…and absolutely loved Linda ❤️
excellent interview by Dermot of a pop icon. It must be very difficult to interview people like Paul who have been asked the same questions again and again. But Paul as well as being a great musician, is the coolest guy on the planet. He remains true his roots and a relatively modest guy without any of the pretentions of other artists. Great sense of humour and attitude.
Band on the run as a track has a symphonic quality to it. In two movements, the first depicting desperation and hopelessness; the second part freedom, liberation, ecstasy. It is definitely one of my all time favourite tracks. Equal to anything he did with the Fab Four. Everything about the song fits so beautifully. It is simply pure genius. The work of a Mozart of contemporary music.
Nope. Wrong. Band on the Run is full of individual songs. RAM is Paul's greatest album & is a symphonic piece. Every song links into each other using Paul's great medley skills. In fact for me it's just one long song & music piece that you turn over & off you go again. The only way to appreciate this is only on vinyl. On cd it just doesn't feel like it. I bought it in '71 & it's the best. Another Day a single has nothing to do with Ram & the Ram cd Paul adds this on both sides & ruins the complete feel of it. A lot of young American fans didn't realise this & once I imparted it they thanked me in understanding the Ram LP. Vinyl is the only way. Band on the Run doesn't compare & I don't take to it. The least played Wings album in my collection.
