'Silly Love Songs' (from 'Rockshow') - Paul McCartney And Wings 

He's Paul McCartney, that's how

because he is a genius

@paolito Amazing, right?? It's equally as difficult to play percussion and sing at the same time too.

MAYBE YOU'RE AMAZED!!! 🤩👍

Are you kidding?? Ive been a left handed bassist for 20 years now & I cant do it. With all respect: YOU try it! ! 😖😖

Same could be said about Geddy Lee

...No explanation is necc for Pail McCartney or Geddy Lee. Just dont let them crowd out other self-accompanying bassists of great skill. We may all have equal rights from God's p.o.v., but we weren't all created with equal gifts... Many of these men & women on my list are grossly unrelated. Then again, many had no desire for the epic-level of fame which McCartney attained to & still has. Others shouldve received proper public recognition & critical acclaim decades ago: Steve Winwood -- Singer, multi-instrumentalist, & R&M man. He IS a one-man band & recording & mixing engineer all to himself. You name it, he plays it, with exception of brasswind & woodwind George Benson -- ditto. Everything Steve does, George does Benjamin Orr of the Cars -- Leading alto, backing singer (alto & tenor), songwriter. Rest In Peace, Ben, both you & Ric: 1947--2000 Janice Marie Johnson of A Taste of Honey -- Songwriter, lead soprano, backing tenor, bassist (chief instrument), rhythum guitar, 7 piece drumset Timothy B. Dalton** of the Eagles -- Backing tenor & alto, underrated & under-employed as a lead singer, bassist, songwriter Marcus Miller -- Dear God! Blues & jazz capacities of celestial heights: true blues scale, diminished augmented & altered minor scales. Only jazz artists that compare are Duke Ellington or Miles Davis, truly Lester Snell -- Chiefly a bassist, but also a rythum & strings arranger, songwriter, & producer. Not a vocalist, but who cares. Time will escape me if I name off the many acts that he was instrumental in making a success of. A direct pupil of the great Richard Hammond & an associate of Clive Davis. (Not an assoc producer of Clive, but a friend) both Hammond & Davis enjoyed the pleasure of producing Aretha Franklin, firsthand... Clive is originating founder of Arista Records *EDIT:* Yes, that's Timothy B. Schmit of the Eagles! My mistake 🤬

I know it’s absolutely insane!

Yes Geddy LEE is amazing! I love Rush! But Paul has such a a sweet voice, he can sell you on anything!

Luigi Cornielles, it just takes practice... one of the tricks is when the phrasing of the lyrics is actually in sync with the bassline, other times you have to separate the two. Not easy for sure, and then at the end of the night, one person realizes what you did and compliments you, and it’s NEVER going to be a female !

I hate to even think about it 😢

Na man, he'll be here there or everywhere.

Among us

he will live forever in our hearts

think he is more alike mozart

55 old, forever and ever no no way dear Sir! Будем жить!

Welcome back

Not only Critics, but John said it as well! It is an interesting story for sure.

I LOVE this song!!! It's EVERYTHING that is needed to counteract the world of negativity we all encounter each day. Paul McCartney is one of THE most positive people in history who has had such a positive effect on humanity as a whole. A life well lived AND it's not over yet! 💖💖💖

Of course, rock critics were in love with Led Zeppelin and the like, they trashed Pop, but actually Pop is musically better than rock proper. From here Phil Collins took off.

Why he is the "best beatle". He has his agendas and beliefs, but he never let it sully up his music. All but he and Ringo. However, Ringo, to me, can't really write songs consecutively.

it is!! also ob la di ob la da for me this man put Happiness in songs like we're always looking for Happiness but here it is it's in paul's songs

This song makes me so HAPPY!

Love how you describe it!

I think is much nostalgic than happy.

I agree

And it ended up being one of my favourite of his songs. There's _nothing_ wrong and everything right with that! John could be a mopey bastard. ;0)

nycinstyle The other thing that is brilliant about this song is that he wrote the melody to be extremely simple so that it wouldn't conflict with his cool bass line and also makes it much easier for him to sing while he is playing such a complex base line. When you get right down to it the first verse of the song is basically on one note, again allowing him to focus on the complex bass line.

Pianoman 70s style Yes, I agree. No one will ever doubt someone who says Paul McCartney is quite simply a FANTASTIC songwriter. His phenomenal success as a songwriter is second to none.

Why did Lennon take such a stance on McCartney for writing silly love songs? Despite the fact on Double Fantasy Lennon's tracks were silly love songs, I'm not saying any of the songs are bad I actually love them. But his love songs weren't much different from McCartney's ones!

Gordon Smith Well, Double Fantasy came out in 1980. A good seven to nine years after Silly Love Songs. John perhaps had a change of mind and heart when he now had a family in the way that Paul did. Living with a wife and child he now loved. Or perhaps he was playing those mind games.

Example of a song where the bass line drives the entire flow of the music. It would sound incredibly dead without it being loud. The rickenbacker really gives it a great tone that fits the song nicely!!

Yes Paul McCartney is a awesome singer and great bass player

This and Goodnight Tonight. Two of his best.

Magic rick bass line.

My favorite bass line ever.

We’re all jealous of him, lol. All that talent AND he was one of the most beautiful men to ever walk the earth. Really not fair at all.

He played drums often in the studio too, like Band On The Run.

Universal treasure!

💐🌺💐🌺 Lovely! Thank you for contributing

He's a multi-versal treasure

Everything Treasure

Paul is so dam cute

THE best :)

You either don't know what perfect pitch is, or you don't know how relative pitch works. But Paul is great, no doubt about it.

No one beats Jack Bruce.

Great brass playing too.

@@vecernicek2 and?

His melodies alone put him on par with Mozart.

God-level singer, bassist, musician, songwriter, etc,

This bassline is quite simple, but it's true that he has played some insane basslines while singing

@@LageRU-vid it’s simple, but with the added ghost notes and syncopated notes it’s quite hard to do while singing

@@killingmachine10 I guess it just depends on how well you can play bass while singing

Elvis? Elvis who?

yeah... and the most important fact: he WROTE it!

Sir Paul is an absolute living legend!

And without looking the bass, i play the bass and that is really hard

Brendan Jackson it’s because he’s a Gemini😉😆😉😆

Brendan Jackson He still is!

Absolutely!

His bass playing on Let em In kicks rear as well. Always felt that Wings at the Speed of Sound was a bit of an underrated gem.

Chris Squire?

John entwistle?

The song is called Silly Love Songs because it was a reaction to a remark of John Lennon. He said that Paul was only good for silly love songs. Or something like that. Paul's reaction was this song: the number one song in England in that year. Lennon had a god complex. He talked down many excellent musicians.

Chris Squire only evolved from the 70s onward. Before that his playing was pretty good, but still not on McCartney Level@@TheForkhandles

Because he's the master

I can...

@@adicats let's hear it then..post it somewhere and I'll check it out

@@utmostzen9602 still no answer...

The thing is, he can do it standing on his head. Thank goodness Stu left the Beatles.

@The Jakob Hallett Nerve Centre sure looks like it!

@The Jakob Hallett Nerve Centre : is dad dies in march 76, it can't be him

its chuck, brother of jimi macgill

😂😂

@@VideosSMZ xdxdxdxd

Love the full band playing... music today is 1/2 electronic with auto-tune vocals...

Back when artists would pay for a full band. These days they have a keyboard covering the horn section parts.

​@@thesaxguy6125yeah . I get it. There's nothing better then the real deal and I will argue with anyone on that!

I remember the tickets sold out the first day....

I meant to fing Job

So this is alyourer hitting albu on your hitting no d lennonbuuqure

My aunt was at one of the Wings shows in ‘76, she’s now in her late 60’s and still says it’s the best show she ever saw-and she saw a ton of the more popular 70’s and 80’s bands.

Thomas Raukamp oof nowadays he plays like 40

Yeesh... Somehow *_overacheiver_* just doesnt say it. If only I had _half_ the life-energy Paul has...

How many musicians have 28 let alone 40 songs in their catalogue? Haha

McCartney is a true talent!

Billy Joel

Alien hand syndrome

Play it a 1000 times, then sing it....chef's kiss

Because he plays the piano

Much more talented than JPM

​@@dystopia2386only after '66

Indeed !

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oh okay so that was a deliberate error

John should have known!😉❤️You go Paul!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

@@CorleneGreenwood what would make you think that...?

James Richards And what's wrong with that☺️?

ufi arq Id like to know..😊

Hi 👋, how are you doing?

y los saxofonistas geniales

I just noticed that then read your comment!

@Pray without ceasing They did play together in California when John was with the Japanese girl. I and many other fans of the Beatles never knew about it & certainly would have loved to have been there. It was a private thing.

@Pray without ceasing Yep, they were the embodiment of Yin & Yang.

​@@praywithoutceasing4939 What do you mean? I think John was pretty energetic, especially in the early days.

And really love song to his amazing wife Linda and she was always there with him .❤

Yes. Macca is so smooth. Fiddling with pick shows how in the groove he is. As a guitarist, I admire that composure. I saw him in 2015, in the front row, we did the Wings to each other. Love him forever

Why is flipping a pick special? It doesn’t make a different sound sideways does it?

Oh wow! Thank you for pointing that out, great detail

@@moonrock5324 the opposite happens to me. I tend to flick my pick on rests when I get fidgety playing the bass.

He's simply adjusting the pick because the pointed edge has probably moved to a less comfortable position due to sweat. Its makes no difference to the sound but it does increase the chance of striking unwanted strings with other parts of the hand and generally feels "out of place"

I wish music was made like this now. I’m so greatful I’ve experienced this considering I’m 17, nobody my age understands this

A genius beyond compare. It’s enough that the groove is unbelievable and the bass line is legendary, but the fact that it’s a meta response to critics and also a simple love song bop is a pro move. Paul is incomparable

@@lukenimmo6086 Hey I’m 21 Paul is an absolute genius and is so amazing!

Great comment!

@@lukenimmo6086 Good music is Good music and if you need others affirmation then you are not a real fan. Like what you like and don't worry about others. Anyone that thinks that All the good music happened during their "generation" are d bags .

Yes, me too! Her voice is so sweet and fits so well

Yes! Absolutely you are right, she was amazing

ア〜!wonderfulartist

I think Paul really did haha

Yes your so right Matias Linda's backing vocals on this along with Denny superb.

Yep. I feel like he doesn’t get the credit because he’s know more for his songwriting, but his playing is amazing.

@@Badtown1988 but in all the time he play Bass man

@Margaret McEvoy he clearly typed bass line

Deacy was pretty good as well

@@jellocat4100 not even in the same league of paul though

billy peppers

He's a genius

Yep, his voice is extremely versatile and lovely.

This was Paul at his peak. Now watch his 2022 Got Back tour. Man! Its embarrassing. He should admit that it's time to retire.

@@elchichosantana6410 it’s all about the experience of seeing Paul McCartney live. I don’t think he should retire doing something he clearly loves to do and isn’t hurting him. He may not have the strong young vocal chords he did here, but he can still play like a boss.

Yes I agree a great singer I remember in 70, when I was a kid

@@elchichosantana6410 😂😂😂😂😂😂

this comment is soooo true!

He’s good and the bass lines on many of his songs are creative but he’s not the best. Because then you would have to include the different styles of music and each style has musicians where that’s their forte in a certain style. Paul McCartney isnt a straight up jazz bass player or funk player for example. He can have influences on the style, but to be the best all-around no. I’m sure there are studio musician bass players that can more readily Play different styles. That’s why professional musicians hire them to do studio work because they know that they were looking for a certain sound and recognize talents of these musicians.

Sorry but a very rock n' roll Euro-centric view of "the world"...Paul is talented no question and I don't think there is a "best" (music isn't a competition, most of the world can't seem to realise that...), but as for level of difficulty guys like Larry Graham for example plays even more complex basslines (slapping no less) and sings effortlessly and was around during Paul's time. Look up "Hair" by Graham Central Station as proof, Modern bassists such as Thundercat, Esperanza Spalding and countless other jazz/soul/fusion bassists...Paul is mega popular because of Beatlemania, people believe he's the best because of that popularity and that's what everyone was told to believe. Even in Rock, there's a ton of bass players that play and sing more intricate basslines and melodies: Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Les Claypool and Sting to some extent. The world is a big place; I didn't include the wealth of bassist/singers from Africa, South America, Asia...

@@johndough247 I think his mind has been changed.

@@Onio_ These three comments can not me any more true XD.

Bahahahahahahah!!!!

Hah! You folks noticed that, too. Fascinating to see Pauls drummer is also left-handed

@@magnificentmuttley154 , Joe English didn't play left handed. He plays what is called "open handed". Instead of his right stick over his left on the high hat, he plays the snare with his right hand and hi hat with his left.

@@MikeBUSA Perhaps Joe possesses some ambidexterity in that case. If he's really right handed, then its interesting to know that Phil Collins- - although right handed- - plays snare with his right, while counting with cymbal pings & working the toms with his left. Didnt think about it until now, but whichever foot works the bass drum should be a reliable indication of what handed a drummer is 🖐 After 10 years on a 5- piece set I dont consider myself an expert. But when the rhythum calls for somekind of reversal, only thing I can do is cross one hand over the other... My RH working rack toms while making muffled taps LH on the hi hat for example

@@magnificentmuttley154 , it's just a preference. Mike Mangini of Dream Theater and Danny Carey of Tool are two examples of open handed drummers. There may be times they go more traditional or move their hi hats toward center more. That's why music is so great - there are no rules.

So true Not Mark !!! Rock on !!!

agreed; they are really good and add a whole dimension to the song.

They were excellent and also obviously having a blast. Adds to the whole experience.

That's it in a nutshell

Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Paul McCartney's music

@@MassiveFish-hp4pm I’ll check ‘em out!

Hello 👋, how are you

Definitely! The Rick has such a cool, punchy sound! I wonder what strings he preferred using?

I love that Rickenbacker sound.

Your right about talent

He learned it in the Starclub!

right?! while kinda dancing a bit as well ... or fancy McCartney walking ...

​@@tomokrayeah I wondered the same thing...how could he do that rooster strut around the stage, lifted the bass up 90° and swinging it around, while he's playing this super complicated bass line....I'm sure he's not playing to a track...

@@ironwood9 I guess the answer is, 'he's Paul McCartney.'

only man better is john entwistle

The greatest musician, composer and most of all a very nice and humble person, so incredibly talented!!!! I'm so glad I grew up with his fantastic music !!! I am a very lucky person 💖💖💖🎼🎶

Yes, and this performance makes it jaw-droppingly obvious. I am lost in amazement.

I could watch Paul play bass for a month straight. I just love it.

One of the greatest? Com' on man - show me the others, or do they sing and are they world's most handsome - no, nein, nyet, hinde! Paul's the best, the greatest, and the most handsome of them all.. singing ang playing bass at the same time (All My Lovin', Silly Love Song, etc).

@@dennisberceles7387 John Wetton played badass bass and also sung!

So true !!! You got that right !!!

@@adamholtz733 Not right. Sir Paul is left (-handed). Hehehe!

Yeah, he even makes a Rickenbacker sound good!

@@pianorover so does Geddy Lee

Love his hair as it wiggles ❣️

@@christianresearchproject ?

@@Big_Nic_ one of those normies who think Paul is dead.

@@quentina.772 omg -.- smh

@@christianresearchproject Do you think it's easy faking someone? Physical looks it's easy, how about the voice? Silly you😄😄😄

We saw Out There in San Diego (after going to a Chargers game that afternoon) , Freshen Up at Dodger Stadium (with Ringo coming out for a few songs) and at Sofi stadium (new LA one) for Got Back... I will go see him until he simply can't do it anymore.

The Got Back tour was incredible, as a musician myself it's really awe inspiring to see such a legend at that age still doing his thing and loving it!

Hi Maddie, how are you?

WERE THE 70 DEEZ THE BEST TIMES EVER OR WHAT ,,, EVER YES

Hi Vanessa, how are you doing

Right? Nobody thanks John for saying what he said to prompt Paul to write this masterpiece, lol.

@@thesilvershining "... Here I go ... again..." LOL

Listen to Paul's 80s version of this song

@@johnnersinger9771 yes from Give My Regards To Broad Street. Despite having an amazing group of session musicians, that 80s version is not exactly my cup of tea.

At 81 years old, Paul really can't sing this song anymore and he knows it

@@ventues9751 He can't really sing any of the songs anymore. Age has finally caught up with him unfortunately.

I bet you Paul could still sing this song live if he really wanted to baci x

Wings killed it at this time...

@@greg62945 Yes, i agree they were untouchable in these times

People forget how huge Wings was.

I just realized how his voice is amazing, warm, self confident, never out of tune, expressive. See a cover to hear the difference!

Pauls an amazing Artist but lets be real hes not even top 10 bass players,yeah hes a beatle and great solo artist but the guy isnt exactly godly at playing bass,hed be average at best

@@autisticgranolabar1804 The comment I posted is my opinion. You may not agree and that’s fine. I’m not saying he’s a great bass player just because he’s a Beatle. He’s generally a great bass player to me. You may think he’s average and that is your opinion. I see his playing as much more than average but that’s me. It also not easy to sing and play bass, especially a song like this. His pocket was also incredible and he was very versatile on the bass.

@@resplendentpeace Yeah. I don’t think he’s the greatest bass player of all time, but I think that he’s one of the greatest and I think he has a great pocket.

It is great, but nowhere near as complicated as what he plays on 'Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite' from Sgt. Pepper.THAT is truly awsome! And he sang and played that live recently with his touring band. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_uePCJF7p5U.html&ab_channel=strangedaysindeed9

No, it's not that complicated.

@@Coowallsky Yes it is and if you check the vid carefully you'll see subtle changes and differences to the bass lines,so it's not as 'repetetive' as it first sounds,so it's not a well rehearsed formula,he's playing loose and relaxed like the pro he is.

@@Coowallsky may masabi k lng

@@Coowallsky b r u h

@@Coowallsky Let's see u play it bruv

This film is also testimonial to the acoustics of the hippdrome. For years & years I never knew about _Rockshow_ the film. Never saw it repeated on HBO or released onto video throughout the 80's & 90's, but I had that _Wings Over America, Live_ double album. Can't tell you how many times I must've heard the live version on the radio, too. Absolutely magical! There's something about that recording that beautifully mirrors how well the sound of this performance fills the hippodrome. That's just as mystical to me as Paul's unprecidented demonstration for self-acconpaniment on electric bass, as revealed in this performance. That uniquely vivid quality in the live sound "image" of the magnetic tape recording (probably a 1" wide reel-to-reel, as opposed to a 1/2” one) blows me away everytime I hear this recording. It especially shows in Linda's synthesized string ensemble accompaniment in the background, & also in her lovely backing vocals. Without the benefit of ever seeing the film, you can practically feel the warmth & appreciation of that Seattle audience, & the gentle summer night air Something tells me Paul had a hand in speaker orientation, & in balancing the amplified instruments with the unamplified drums & brass section. But whomever his R&M (recording & mixing) man was at that time, he/ she deserves proper credit as well 💜🎸🎤

He sooo is !

I feel like the drums aren't great. Is that Joe English?

I hope he has found a sort of peace, he deserves it, I hope he returns to nr Scotland, my home, I've been warned, only Scotland rgds Colin.

I would only say ,leave Linda in peace, dont go nr the west coast just now leave the boys in a small party I think.

And just now, listening to this for the zillionth time, I was struck by the heartfelt purity of Paul singing "I love you" repeatedly. A rare moment.

Hi pixie, how are you doing