#PulMcCartney #RockShow #Wings "Venus And Mars/Jet" Paul McCartney & Wings Paul McCartney: Bass/ Voice Linda McCartney: Piano/ Synthesizer/ Voice Denny Laine: Rhythmic Guitar/ Voice Jimmy McCulloch: Lead Guitar Joe English: Drums
@@eric7922 yeah, i kinda figured it was a given that Geddy make every list like this. Kinda like Babe Ruth is mentioned when’re the conversation is about hitting home runs.
Singing lead while playing a counter bass line has been described as running your head and belly in opposite directions while hopping backwards. Not easy to do! Few pull it off better than Macca.
It’s kinda sad wings were always living in that shadow because they were truly great in their own right. No one will ever top or even match the Beatles, but the comparison is unfair. Wings was awesome and that’s enough
@@jameswilspn1907 duly noted, but a band is a band, and maybe it's fair to say that their are bands inducted in the HOF that are bloody-shite compared to wings. I'm very fortunate to have seen this band in '76 in Landover, Maryland on Sunday night 05/16/76, my very first concert actually .and it's the one and only time I've seen Paul in concert.
Stop all this under rated slop. Just because we don't go on about him doesn't mean he's not rated. He was the one of many drummers Paul has used & a good drummer otherwise he'd not been employed. Joe English a HIGHLY RATED drummer. Fact. Ok.
I was at the 1976 Wings concert in Cleveland, Ohio --- May 10, 1976. It was amazing. Paul's voice was pitch perfect-- you could hear a pin drop during "Yesterday". And this opening--- Venus and Mars, then right into Jet--- had everyone on their feet and screaming. It was an incredible night.
Gotcha my brother - May 15th, Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland just outside of DC. I agree - the sound was perfect and the opening of Venus and Mars / Rock Show / Jet was fantastic. It definitely was an incredible night - my first big concert - and still one of the best concerts I've ever seen (400+ shows later). 30+ songs with incredible pacing, including an acoustic set, an incredible mix of Beatles and Macca stuff with a couple others thrown in, periods of Paul at the piano, then a fantastic build up of rockers leading to a great climax with two awesome encores. THE consummate professional of them of all!
A shame that Wings will always live in the shadow of the Beatles. They were an amazing band in their own right and one could even say that their earlier material and pretty much anything wings circa '70s, was better, for lack of a more fitting adjective, then some Beatles material. I really try to stay away from and don't like referring to one over the other using, "better". Its just different and amazing in its own way. Wings rock.
I've seen a lot of concerts up to that point and after that point this stands within one of my top three concerts of all the groups I've seen the night was magical
@@bethelight5613 you could not be more wrong. Plenty of young people love Paul McCartney because he has more talent in his pinky toe than any main stream artist today. Why are you commenting on these videos just being rude to people enjoying themselves and just being a prick all around EDIT: Also you realise the person who posted the comment is pretty far from reaching her 80s right?
This is how Wings opened up the show at the Cow Palace in June of 1976 I stood for the whole concert about 25 yards or so from the stage. Like others have said on this post the band and the music was awesome that night and the musicianship was excellent my first concert after being assigned Travis Air Force Base in California was this concert what a blessing and what a way to open a show.
Forget it.... this line of Wings is nothing short of absolutely, completely and utterly, for me, UNTOUCHABLE !!! These Wings Rule! Have a go at Flynn with'em
People can argue all they want but paul was definitely the most talented out of the beatles. People may think different musically but in terms of musical intelligence it's paul.
I looked up Wings on their Wikipedia page and it astonished me how the British press in the beginning criticized Paul in his efforts to get a new band going post Beatles. I think somehow they believed he was nothing separate from the Beatles. UK public wasn't very receptive ,either. They only had one #1 hit there- Mull of Kintyre . On the other side of the spectrum ,the US embraced his new band whole heartedly. The band collected hit after hit . I'm trying to think of one that didn't top the US chart. Five #1 straight albums,also. Pre Wings ,post Beatles ,Paul had two big US hits with Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey and It's Just Another Day
Can't imagine what I was doing in 1976, to miss him and Wings. Saw him only five times. At Summerfest a man in front of me said he'd seen Paul a dozen and that was the best. I saw him at Lambeau Field in Green Bay and that is the best experience. Radio and newspapers said Paul was the best thing to happen in GB along with the Packers
My classmate at Cumbernauld High. Don't forget one of the greatest one hit wonders he played in Thunderclap Newman 'There's Something In The Air'. Rock In Pleasure Jimmy miss you matey..
I was at that show, and startled the whole band at a critical moment yelling '' HEY! LOOK UP HERE!. and Paul jumped out of his rocking chair, held up his guitar and did a couple WOO'S. even the horn section was startled. thats how loud i yellled. Afterwards all i could see was eyes all around looking at me for rows and rows of the fans. Even my best friend Bob was startled. Hell it startled me too. It just popped out.
McCartney live shows were always a sensation. I’ve been to 4 concerts. Shame his voice has gone now. He strained those cords for too many years, giving it 100%.
Along with John. They were a miraculous pair, twin brothers, musically speaking. True soul mates. The fact that they were born in the same city and that their paths crossed during their teen years is nothing short of baffling. Legendary stuff that'll still stun people hundred years from now, no doubt.
He's on wife no.3, so doubt it. Paul has s complex relationship issues. One year on after Linda's passing he sees Heather & dates. One year. He has a need for a woman in his life. Linda knew this & probably told him to get hooked up as quick as he wanted. He doesn't fall in love initially as it was with Linda. It was let's start a family which he craved for & did & got hitched & love grew. If his 3rd wife died he would do the same. Complex man.
@@SFCISME I don't dispute that but he didn't fall in love just agreed to get married & have children & love grew & she knew exactly what to do ie subservient to top dog Paul. Heather Mills was badly treated by him as she was not gonna be a Tammy Wynette stand by my man, & he got rid pronto, locks changed etc. Wife 3 was selected & she knows the score. It's not about love just a support for Paul. Is he looking for another Linda? Probably.
Ikr if I were there I would’ve lost it once Jet started playing after Rock Show. I always thought Jet and Rock Show had the same vibe. Also the first time I listened to the Venus and Mars album I thought there was no way he didn’t start shows with that one… I guess I was right lol
@@greg62945 That was a factor. If you notice, he avoided doing his big screamers live ("Oh Woman, Oh Why", "Monkberry Moon Delight", the screaming part of "Maybe I'm Amazed", etc.) He knew what he could do live consistently, which was obviously a lot because he had a naturally huge range to begin with.
Damn I miss them, they were so good, in spite of what the naysayers and critics have said about Wings. Some of them even said disgusting things about Linda that went far beyond unfairly critiquing her musicianship. It's all self serving BS, look at the record sales, and concert ticket sales figures. Thank God they filmed the tour for posterity.
Wings seems to me as the precursor to so many good bands like queen for example, sir paul is certainly best composer of all time in rock specially. god bless him
John the asshole was praised as a saint in the 70s and his buddy who owned the rolling stone magazine did all he could to trash Paul. Paul was leagues better than John and had way more class than him too. George was always the jealous little brother throwing shade at Paul anytime he could.
John received all of the accolades for being the "serious" one. Meanwhile, Paul was creating timeless music and having fun. Long live "Wings." Blackbird fly.
Yeah ... but without John's foot on his ass, he wrote such smart lyrics as "Someone's knocking at the door ... somebody's ringing the bell ... do me a favor, open the door, and let him in." Talk about mailing it in.
@@cactaceous idk man, the hits he wrote like let it be, yesterday, hey jude had great lyrics, also he wrote good songs in band on the run and in his solo career In conclusion, whenever he wrote good lyrics it became a hit, meaning he preferred quantity over quality and thats why the beatles had so many songs in such a short span of time
The song is not about someone knocking on the literal door though. It’s talking about cultural paragons relegated to the periphery of “history” that haven’t changed our society’s behavior because we don’t take what they embodied seriously (“Martin Luther,” as in King jr.; “Sister Susie,” as in B. Anthony, “Brother John,” as in F. Kennedy)
Paul at his peak. His ex 2 moron partner were eating dust and running out of steam. John was a house husband and George's Dark Horse Tour was a tragedy. Ringo was Ringo.
You can always tell how much Paul loves to play live, it’s really a shame that his time in the Beatles had next to none of it in their later years, I’m sure a tour would have brought them closer together
Dunno about that. Beatles songs were becoming hard to play and they were focusing on making good / introspective songs , meaning that touring won't help and that prob they couldn't handle the stress of it, guess it was for the best
@@andrewvincent7299 agreed. One of the few songs that sounded better in one particular live recording than the studio versions ever did or could have. Whoever the sound/recording engineers were at those specific concerts deserve huge props.
IMO... same, you heard some of the Joe English Band material? A live version of a song called "Victory" has a good solo from Joe, pity camera work isn't closer...
yip wings were better than beatles woudve been in 70s ...wings 4th best selling group in 70s proves it....no lennon crap just pure mccartney musuic ,,,so diverse not lennon rubbish
There was no 'sound of' the Beatles, every album & vibe was different from them. The Beach Boys had one sound which was their beautiful harmonising. Stones had one sound of rockin' blues. Beatles were chameleons & you couldn't pin them down on any sound bar utter brilliance guaranteed.
The only Wings song McCartney does now is Juniors Farm which is weird because I don't even remember that on the radio as a kid. I wonder if it's because of legal reasons? I like all the songs from Wings over America and Rock show is a great film. It would be great to see some of this in his new shows.
He still does plenty of wings songs. Band on the run, live and let die, letting go, let me roll it, juniors farm, and nineteen hundred and eighty five were in his 2022 tour setlist
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The only thing I noticed different about this performance (of Jet) was Linda’s keyboard solo. Here, she “plays” it fast like on the record, but in “Rockshow” she “played” it a bit slower, which doesn’t sound quite right. Has there been an alteration to the original performance? Everything sounds just like I remember, except for that “Jet” keyboard solo from Linda.
Yeah, there has been alterations to some of Paul's vocals, his bass playing, and Linda's solo when compared to the original Rockshow vhs that came out in the early 80s. This is the 2013 version which I'm not too pleased with the changes on some of the songs when it comes to the vocals and instrument playing.
It seems like Paul McCartney was under the influence of the current music in the 1970s. This sounds very much in the vein of the USA bands of the 70s, like Kiss, Eagles, etc. Or it is them who were influenced.
I’ve been a musician since the 70s, and I hear ZERO similarity to Kiss or the Eagles. Can you specify what you’re hearing that reminds you of those bands?
@@darwinsaye Okay, listen from 1:06 and further. It sounds similar to Kiss - Rock N Roll All Nite by Kiss, live version from the seventies (1975), not the exact chords or melody but rather the whole style of music. Do you agree?
@@sevchyk Nope, didn’t backtrack. I listened and compared them where you suggested. Sorry, but musically speaking, they share a similar tempo and both are based on kind of chugging guitar riffs, but other than that, nothing. They’re completely different genres, classic stadium rock and kind of blues based rock n roll/ pop. You also mentioned the Eagles which again is a completely different genre, country rock. While they may all share some similar elements, like overdriven guitars and riffs, I don’t think they are much in the same vein. It’s kind of like saying The Cars and Gary Numan are similar because they are both new wave era bands, or Cream and Pink Floyd are similar because they both were going in the psychedelic era. If you hear similarities, that’s fine, I’m not looking for an argument, but to me they are more different than similar.
I remember singing a blurb from this afternoon recesss.. mention mounts you score an once...😂😂😂😂😂.. I had know idea what it meant.. Later on my pot smoking sister asked if I was high 😂😂😂p
