You don’t know about Band On The Run

[@chrisrees7054]

Venus and Mars was a pretty damn good album too.

[@deirdre.j]

The soft little Jets in the middle of Picasso’s Last Words are so special and precious to me

[@larsland]

It’s really those little bits that make music special.

[@bulldoginyellowsubmarine9259]

Q: George told Rolling Stone that if you wanted the Beatles, go listen to Wings. It seemed a bit of a putdown. JOHN: I didn’t see what George said, so I really don’t have any comment. (pause) Band on the Run is a great album. Wings is almost as conceptual a group as Plastic Ono Band. Plastic Ono was a conceptual group, meaning whoever was playing was the band. And Wings keeps changing all the time. It’s conceptual. I mean, they’re backup men for Paul. It doesn’t matter who’s playing. You can call them Wings, but it’s Paul McCartney music. And it’s good stuff. It’s good Paul music and I don’t really see the connection. - John Lennon, interview with Pete Hamill in Rolling Stone, June 5th, 1975.

[@runningsuperska]

Give us an updated review after several more listens. Thanks for the video!

[@larsland]

Most definitely!

[@ed.z.]

Great video! Jack the Cat sure is a colorful character. He obviously likes the spotlight and sure wants to participate. He provides ample comic relief. Again, great video.

[@larsland]

He really does everything he can to be involved

[@ed.z.]

Paul saying pouring oil on to the heads of Vikings is a fascinating historic series of events. Britain was a constant state of multiple wars for hundreds of years including from 467 C.E. Invasion and occupation of Britain by Vikings, the Danes (Denmark), the Norse (Norway), Normans (France), and the Saxons (Germany), not to mention the conquest by the massive Roman Empire. **The Brits would defend their castle by pouring boiling oil down on the Vikings heads to ward off the ruthless brutal attacks, rapes, and occupation.***

[@larsland]

I realized it while I was editing and put that on the screen ;) thanks for the extra info!

[@ed.z.]

@@larsland these invasions also explain why we have words in the English language that are derived from French, Latin, German among others. The hundreds of years of attacks against the Britain Islands explains how the English people became so resilient in spirit, and talented in using English in the literary and dramatic arts.

[@markvamos2400]

WOW, another banger of a video!! Love, love, love your takes on all things!! Keep them coming, F the haters!!!

[@larsland]

Thanks man!

[@tonysienzant6717]

Nice Video... I'm really starting to love you, hee hee ! Anyway,,, BAND ON THE RUN, hell yeah !! I remember when it came out & playing that thing over & over & over. It was so much PAUL & so BEATLESQUE, I think the MOST Beatlesque album ever in their solo years. I really felt that Paul had made a classic milestone! I was very much into rock music with good harmonies & sound of some synths sprinkled in & his use of the synths & the entire production was REALLY REALLY GREAT ! At the time, it made me feel that Paul was CONTEMPORARY again, not like a leftover from the 1960s but really part of the POP CULTURE alongside Bowie & Pink Floyd & Zeppelin & Supertramp & Queen all the other great acts of the time. It also had a bit of a progressive feel to it, mainly due to Paul's arrangements, that could stand up to some of the 'artier' bands like Genesis. He had a great tour with this album & I'm sorry I didn't get to see him live. I was in high school at the time & just LOVING this album. His next album doesn't get the accolades of this one but I think it is ANOTHER CLASSIC: "Venus & Mars" - - Great Concept !!! In some ways I like Venus & Mars even more than this one. Paul has a great way of knowing how to start off an album to grab the listener right away & with Venus & Mars, the sci-fi subject matter (there was a lot of that at the time, Bowie's "Space Oddity"& Elton John's "Rocket Man"), the great acoustic guitar with the synths coming in over it, really really great leading into "Rock Show." I really think as these two albums in a row as being of a set piece somehow. Like Part One & Part Two. Paul really hit his stride. Most people think of "Magneto & Titanium Man" as a throwaway song (it's about comic book villains & I was into Marvel Comics, so THAT was another PLUS) but I see the song as absolutely BRILLIANT in its groove & the LYRICS are outstanding. Really Really Smart song ! It really demonstrates Paul's musical genius. And of course it also had "Listen To What The Man Says" which was a big hit at the time with that great saxophone riff... I was never a big fan of the saxophone, thinking it was so old-school 1950s rock-n-roll but Paul really pulls it off. (Supertramp too.) You'd hear this song on the radio a LOT (even if he copped a bit of a lyric from George Harrison). This follow-up album also had one of Paul's 'granny' styled songs which was Lennon's word for those old-timey piano music hall things - - I really think it's Paul's BEST SONG in that style & the lyrics are clever talking about the 'aristocracy' & "I love you & you, you seem to like me." It's whimsical Paul. And that album ends up with a great rock coda of about a minute long, an instrumental that is REALLY BANGING FANTASTIC !! Both of these albums propelled Paul into a Big Musical Successful Act that carried on with tours for a few years culminating in that live album, I think it was "Wings Over America." (???) He must have been really really happy & pleased if not shocked that he could do it TWICE - - once in The Beatles & AGAIN with Wings. Even Lennon praised Band On The Run saying it's "Just Good Paul Music you know." I'm so glad younger people are finding this music. To have lived through it was a BLAST (I'm 65) & to see that it's STILL popular & recognized is a very heartwarming thing. It's STILL one of my favorite albums & I play like at least once every two months or something like that. I might play it over & over a for a few days in a row. I always come back to "Band On The Run." It's so enjoyable. And since I'm an artist, that Picasso song is like a Paul song with so much depth & meaning. Absolutely love it.

[@larsland]

Great comment, thanks!

[@Zholobov1]

The level of your devotion to the music history is very impressive and inspiring. As a, longtime beatle fan I cannot find a spare hour to continue reading one of the recent books on Paul, "The McCartney Legacy 1969-1973". They say the Band On The Run sessions are descripred very thoroughly in it. Now when I've watched your video I've got to go on reading that book 😊

[@larsland]

Thank you so much

[@alexlemon.]

I was at a record fair yesterday and band on the run played 🤭

[@rayhouse-cz8fb]

The entire Wings catalog is awesome to me, and John is/was my favorite Beatle. I think Band on the Run is a microcosm of Paul’s musical career. Thank you and keep up the excellent work. I really look forward to your videos.

[@larsland]

Thank you so much!

[@MichaelLantz]

You mention Ginger Baker.He was a drummer for the band Cream (1966-1968) He along with Eric Clapton(guitar player) and Jack Bruce (bass)Were very big in America in the late 1960's.There were a band known for doing long drum ,bass and extended guitar solos.

[@larsland]

Thanks for the info!

[@Hpison]

learned so much!!!! great video Lars 👍👍👍👍

[@larsland]

Thank you!! 😢

[@MichaelRuss2006]

Great video. Your research is always amazing a very well thought out. Your detail to the topic is spot on. Thank you. You make The Beatles and Paul McCartney communities very happy. ✌

[@larsland]

Thanks!

[@Zholobov1]

And what a wonderful discovery made by you in this video! The extatic vocal ending at the end of the title song as a reference to the similar extatic expression during "Oh! Darling" rehearsal in answer to John's happy scream "I'm free!" That’s what the sound of freedom is, performed by Paul!

[@larsland]

I have such an unhealthy relationship with get back 😂

[@richardbeaton7324]

I've said this before but i truly Love your editing , And i love that groovy rainbow light behind you :) ❤

[@larsland]

It’s a pride flag and a non-binary pride flag ❤

[@richardbeaton7324]

I like it , What's it called so i can find one please :) @@larsland

[@petestanton5864]

Love the album. The way that he uses so many melodies at the start of the title track is insane. "I've got this great tune and ill use it for one verse and never again. Oh and the same for this one as well" As a sideline Mamunua is currently being used in Britain as the backing track for an ad for Linda McCartney Foods vegetarian sausages

[@larsland]

Oh wow!

[@stevekaspar1396]

I do like Ram better.. but because of the Paul exit from The Beatles and bad press.. it took many years for Ram to resurrect itself.. BOTR happened at just the right time. Lennon fans were weary of Yoko and that full album side of screeching and gurgling .. The top 40 impact of the single BOTR was incredible. Believe it..Paul's early 2000s Driving Rain is in my personal top 5.. along with Flaming Pie.. I just subbed and liked.. well done!!!!

[@larsland]

Thanks!

[@alanclayton9277]

I think you balanced so well the difficulty of the albums making with it's refinement as a piece of work. There was so much detail in your telling of the story. My favourite moments in the music are in Macca's ability to put together different musical ideas in Band on the Run and Picasso's Last Words locking them into a richly textured song structure. Then there's the more direct punch of Let Me Roll It. My favourite Jack moment is when he went in for the big hug.

[@larsland]

Thanks so much!😊

[@emmamitchem2849]

I am so glad you made this video. band on the run album was my introduction to wings and it is one of my favorite albums to date. the story of them making the album always intrigued me and I am so glad you spent time talking about Denny, so many people forget about him when I believe he was such an important part of Wings. He pushed Paul but not too much and stuck around with him (mostly) until the end of wings. And we all know how macca can be sometimes lol! great video :)

[@larsland]

Thanks so much!

[@steved4221]

Another great video! I have to say there are more, post Beatle, McCartney songs I don't like than ones I like. Paul does, however have the distinction of being the only Beatle to pen a song that reduces me to tears. "Mull of Kintyre" is to me what Eight Days a Week is to you. What's worse is, I play the bagpipes and can't even play the tune. Looking forward to the next video. P.S. Cats gonna cat!

[@larsland]

Bagpipes are no joke!

[@steved4221]

No they are not!@@larsland

[@markanthonycoliinson873]

This is one of those albums that has to be listened to in its entirety in my opinion. And It's peppered with Beatlesque elements. (You get the pun there? Feel free to punch me.) The title track is a classic Mccartney medley style song with three distinctive passages -something he's really good at. Band on the Run would sit well on Abbey Road, I'd say. And 'Let Me Roll It' is a beautiful heartfelt slow rocky number that sounds very like a Lennon song. There are groovey mellow tunes such as 'Manunia' and sweet melodic songs with amazing harmonies (Bluebird). And there's 'Jet' and 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five' that are slightly glam rock (with a dash of reggae in the case of 'Jet') and very of their day. So all in all this album is very much a crowd pleaser without resorting to being bland pop in order to be so. Great vid by the way, as always. I love your enthusiasm. xx

[@larsland]

Thanks!

[@markanthonycoliinson873]

@@larsland You're very welcome. Your vids are tip top.

[@richardwallace4212]

Is it just me, but that cod impression Paul does of Linda, you get the sense that it is not the first time he ever did that. I can picture him doing that around holidays with the family and her eye roll being audible.

[@vt-stv]

A little history on Ginger Baker & Fela Kuti, they were good friends for a long time. You should watch "Beware of Mr. Baker" if you get some time (it's about his later life), his story is an interesting side note to this. He had pretty recently setup that studio in Lagos, and with much difficulty (there's a documentary filmed as he made his way down to Lagos in a Jeep). Kuti was a phenominal musician, in addition to being a political activist. He and Baker became friends, both had very direct manners of speaking which most people thought was brash. Kuti was worried about continued colonialist exploitation of people throughout Africa, especially culturally and musically. Completely valid worry, especially since Paul had blown off Baker's initial invitation to record at his studio, which Kuti would record in.

[@JoaoCarlosA.A]

One of the best albums ever made

[@beatles123]

Awesome work!!

[@darkshadow8330]

His best solo album

[@damianoakes2592]

According to Tony Visconti, Paul McCartney hired him to do the string and brass arrangements on the album because of his work producing T. Rex, whom were one of the biggest bands in the UK from 1971-'73, and had strings on all of their singles. There was a T. Rex film called Born to Boogie which was directed by Ringo Starr.

[@larsland]

Interesting! I didn’t catch that bit!

[@kevinkantell7381]

Band on the Run growing up anything close to Beatles was great including Electric 💡 light orchestra!

[@darkshadow8330]

Chaos and Creation #3

[@shadshowadradna]

It's an album I've always thought was a little overrated (I'd say the same about the others in "the trinity"). It's undeniably very good and pretty consistent, but growing up I couldn't really say I _liked_ most of the songs. That's probably not the case anymore though. It's funny, but without providing any amazing insights, The Lyrics has made me more inclined to like quite a few of McCartney's songs. I suppose I'd have to accept it may be his best post-Beatles album, but there are quite a few others I play more often. I don't think it's an original observation if I say that No Words has the feel of a George Harrison song. So there are (probably unintentional) nods to John and George. (And I'm sure Ginger Baker wouldn't have minded at all being compared to Ringo...)

[@larsland]

Sounds like the nods to John weren’t unintentional. No Words had Denny Laine’s influence so I wouldn’t put an analysis just on Paul. BUT, the Beatles will always be influenced by each other and it’s seen throughout their history.

[@TodayImMaking]

My dad, who never gave up on Paul aftet The Beatles broke up, got this album on the day it came out. I was three years old and have loved it since then. I also love Venus and Mars, which might be my favorite Wings album.

[@SpicyTexan64]

3rd most talented in the band.

[@TodayImMaking]

@@SpicyTexan64 Yeah, you're right. I am the third most talented in my band. How did you know?

[@Kieop]

Love this album. For me most of the songs are about freedom, especially Jet, so it makes sense that he wrote it lying on a hill. I wish I'd seen your Remembering John Lennon video. You must've removed it before I could notice it. I don't understand all the hate and misunderstanding among people who claim to be fans. People who hate John think he's a monster and people who hate Paul think he's Evil incarnate. But even people who love them often have trouble understanding them. Yes, Paul is not the manipulative machiavellian planner people think he is. He's a pure creative type who follows his own spontaneous fancy, carries everyone along for the ride with the force of his enthusiasm and will, and damn the consequences. He's a goofball with some very weird ideas that haven't been challenged by living in the real world. But that's why we love him (and probably why George found him frustrating at times -- George was a pragmatic songsmith [John was also a songsmith -- and has the demos to prove it, but not a pragmatic one. Paul has often been described as one, in contrast to John the artist. Neither of them contradicted this view, I think, because that's how they each wished they were, but Paul lacks the discipline to be the perfectionist people consider him to be and his songwriting process is much more spontaneous]). We love John's music because it is thoughtful and touches our spirit. We love Paul's music, because he creates a world that we can escape to. His music is fun, aspirational and inspirational, with hidden depths that can be mistaken for shallowness.

[@darkshadow8330]

Ram #2

[@SpicyTexan64]

I'm exhausted just watching how many editing cuts it took you to finish your beginning monologue

[@larsland]

I cut out every breath in my videos. I just can’t stand the sound 🙃

[@davidmcmaster2083]

Not a huge fan of Band on the Run, but it's miles ahead of Pet Sounds.

[@SpicyTexan64]

No

[@davidmcmaster2083]

@@SpicyTexan64 Yes.

[@larsland]

I liked pet sounds but it wasn’t for me, what it was for many people. I enjoy The Beach Boys but they don’t quite do it for me. I’m aware this an unpopular opinion and would never, ever diminish their influence. This is *just* my personal taste: I much preferred band on the run. I listened to it several times after this video and I never went back to revisit pet sounds. Once again, just my taste.

[@davidmcmaster2083]

@@larsland Agreed. Totally subjective. Most of Pet Sounds, to me, sounds like Muzak. It has 2 good tracks, Wouldn't it Be Nice and God Only Knows. Hey, you surpassed 1K. I think I'm responsible. You were floating in the 800 range, but after I subbed, you zoomed past 1K. All is right with the world.

[@kennyhowes]

Lars! You’re great and I enjoy your videos and perspective. But I’m sorry, it’s “Mack-ah,” not “Mock-ah.” As in, MAC-Cartney.

[@kennyhowes]

@@larsland kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4HJYmygi5aBj9ksi=dCfuUA261CHRHT3i

[@larsland]

If that’s my biggest mistake, I’m doing pretty good.

[@larsland]

It’s an American accent. I think we can let it slide considering everything else. 💀