dEFROG ON 45 #38-39: STICK AROUND, I SAY
Dec. 14th, 2011 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogContinuing on the “solo Beatles on 45” riff from the last episode …
It’s a sad but true fact that a lot of people my age – or at least people who didn’t have hip parents – grew up thinking Paul McCartney’s first band was Wings.
Wings weren’t the coolest band in the world to like. So naturally I dug them. I mean, c’mon, they did one of the best James Bond themes ever recorded.
That said, I didn’t have many 45s by them. I didn’t need them, since I had a Wings Greatest Hits album. But I did have this.
Which technically wasn’t a Wings single – it was from a solo McCartney album. But I believe Wings plays on the live version on the B-side.
Which is another thing – this was the first time I saw both the studio and live version of the same song on a 45. Like most radio music directors at the time, I preferred the live version for some reason. (See also: Stevie Nicks)
Oh, and there was also this disco classic.
Well, like I said, Wings weren’t the coolest band in the world. But admit it, you'd prefer this over most anything in the Top 40 right now.
Don’t get too tired for love,
This is dF
It’s a sad but true fact that a lot of people my age – or at least people who didn’t have hip parents – grew up thinking Paul McCartney’s first band was Wings.
Wings weren’t the coolest band in the world to like. So naturally I dug them. I mean, c’mon, they did one of the best James Bond themes ever recorded.
That said, I didn’t have many 45s by them. I didn’t need them, since I had a Wings Greatest Hits album. But I did have this.
Which technically wasn’t a Wings single – it was from a solo McCartney album. But I believe Wings plays on the live version on the B-side.
Which is another thing – this was the first time I saw both the studio and live version of the same song on a 45. Like most radio music directors at the time, I preferred the live version for some reason. (See also: Stevie Nicks)
Oh, and there was also this disco classic.
Well, like I said, Wings weren’t the coolest band in the world. But admit it, you'd prefer this over most anything in the Top 40 right now.
Don’t get too tired for love,
This is dF
