Lonely Post Club?? Fans Of "Back To The Egg" By Wings

Are you kidding me? "Say you don't love him/My salamander???" "Gluin' my fingers together???"

ah.. the waxing nostalgic circa 1979

up next- cheap trick 'dream police', knack 'get the knack' and cars 'candy-o'

http://www.laurencejuber.com/wings/Egg%20Cover%20Color.jpg

is this true? it's obviously so much better than a bunch of his other albums (press to play, for instance, which, yeah, I know he did dismiss as rubbish later on; but it's also better than Venus and Mars, Wild Life, London Town, Pipes of Peace, and Off the Ground).

You know, there's an argument to be made that Back to the Egg is the best Wings album, bar-none. To start with, you have another half-assed concept here, a la Sgt. Peppers, as well as several examples of Macca pastiching other artists. "Getting Closer", which is Armed Forces-era EC all the way, seems to be the genesis of his Elvis Costello collab. "Arrow Through Me" is post-Aja/"Black Cow"-era Steely Dan. "Old Siam, Sir" — I can't remember who that was supposed to be. The medleys are quality, too. And then you have the whole stillborn Rockestra concept, which in its cloddish way is kind of a beautiful failure — kind of like the rest of the record.

Not any more different from most of "Back To The Egg" than "Baby's Request" was anyway.

Part of Egg's charm is it's flaky sensibility. Big Band, Rock, Jazz, Soul, Disco- wel, why not?

I always thought it was recorded after the Egg sessions, hence why it never made it on.

Also, I am puzzled why the track is a bonus track on "McCartney II" rather than on "Back To The Egg". After all, chronologically, "Back To The Egg" is the only sensible place to put it.

Everyone ITT who said anything positive about this record OTM.

Listening to all the Wings records in order, this was a pleasant surprise after London Town. There's plenty of energy and he seems to have a faith in the songs and the playing that he didn't a year before. "To You" and "So Glad to See You Here" are his best up-tempo songs since "Rock Show" at least, maybe "Junior's Farm"? Even "Arrow Through Me" and "Rockestra Theme", which didn't do much on the Wingspan compilation, fit in a lot better closing side 1 and opening side 2 respectively. It might have been good to find a place for the b-side "Daytime Nighttime Suffering" somewhere, though maybe he was saving that as the theme song for his de Sade musical.

several examples of Macca pastiching other artists

I wonder if the arrangement of "Winter Rose" owed something to the first two Kate Bush albums; "Love Awake" reminds me of ABBA's pastoral ballads. In general, though, McCartney's confidence in the material manifests in just playing it without needing to toss in too-clever nods to other artists.

I have not had any dinner (no no no)

lot of great bits on this album... i think i rank it kinda low --- if someone said i had to get rid of ONE McCartney album from my collection, this would sadly be on the shortlist. i think the band and the sound are really good, i just don't love the material. kinda feels like "Wild Life II," not in the sound or polish obviously, but in the sense that this is a calling card for a new band they've put together who need to play *something*.

pretty sure i've posted my yay/nay list on some other BttE thread and won't do so again, but i don't mind saying that Getting Closer and Arrow Through Me are the standouts, and that Love Awake is my favorite deep cut. i kinda wish he'd saved "Name and Address" and "I've Had Enough" for these new Wings to sink their teeth into. i'm glad they got busted up and we got McCartney II but it's interesting to imagine a world where there were like three eighties Wings albums with this combo.

In the mid '00s a buddy and I wondered when a rap or R&B star would sample "Arrow Through Me."

Then Erykah Badu did.

oh also duh "Baby's Request" in the greats category