5. Monkberry Moon Delight
Perhaps my favourite track from RAM, this is a completely nuts lyric sung in Screamin' Jay Hawkins style. Piano up my nose, soup and puree, cats and kittens: this rocks.
And the sleazy, speakeasy version on Thrillington is hilarious.
Perhaps my favourite track from RAM, this is a completely nuts lyric sung in Screamin' Jay Hawkins style. Piano up my nose, soup and puree, cats and kittens: this rocks.
And the sleazy, speakeasy version on Thrillington is hilarious.
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The lesser-known of the collabs with Stevie Wonder. Why wasn't this the single? A funky highlight from Tug of War, one of the best #PaulMcCartney solo albums.
Wings Over America is the band’s peak, and arguably finds #PaulMcCartney at his zenith. This is his best post-Beatles song, and became his signature as much as Yesterday. This live performance is so good that it was issued as a single.
A Sunday triple bonus! From that middle-period Wings when every album had a song starting with 'Let', and they're all bangers. The absence of a 'Let' song from 'Back to the Egg' is likely a major reason why Wings failed to last into the eighties.
This is just lovely. Mellow and touching, especially given the presence of James on guitar and, for the last time, Linda's backing vocals.
Only #PaulMcCartney could write a protest song about Bloody Sunday including the line "Great Britain, you are tremendous!" Still, it did get banned by the BBC. The live versions have a certain "pub closing time" charm.
Another highlight of 'Tug of War', I love that Paul does his Noel Coward/Admiral Halsey voice again. Oasis based their entire career on the opening bars.