This morning I woke up with this song in my head for some reason. Haven’t heard it in years and I don’t even own many solo Paul McCartney albums, let alone any of his Wings-era records. And yet, it was clearly willing me to hear it, so I dug up these two live versions of the song on the ol’ YouTubes.
An extremely-mulleted live 1976 version here with Wings:
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and here in a television performance from 1987:
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I remember really loving this song from a tape version of his All the Best greatest hits collection and still sorta remember this one being played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City in 1993 (my first concert too!). It’s a pretty forward rocker but pretty memorable melodies…more so than I probably even thought considering dreaming about the song seemingly out of nowhere.
A few thoughts of note in each video:
— Linda not only played the tambourine but had the key Moog synth solo too. Go figure. The sound is definitely cleaner and more polished in the ’87 version…she bends into those notes just perfectly.
— Clearly the drummer from Wings, Geoff Britton — who was actually Wings’ second drummer — is playing with more energy in the version from ’76.
— The saxophone definitely sounds cheesey but the melody is still great. I wonder if this were updated what instrument that would be played on? Another synth?
— Double-neck guitar in the ’76 version: Talk about unnecessary, and yet still totally awesome. The ’87 versions metal guitar: not as cool looking and the playing is clearly more in that 80’s metal vein.
— Overall the ’76 version is more energetic, boombastic and showy (see McCartney’s sparkle jacket and questionable mullet), but the ’87 version has its moments too and sounds a bit more modernized.
Curious how Paul plays this song now in concert? Check out this last one from 2008:
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