Band On The Run
Paul McCartney and Wings

There is something about Paul McCartney that I just don’t buy into. It always feels like he’s just playing around, that he doesn’t actually believe what he’s saying. He’s just playing and singing what he knows will work for his audience, not necessarily what he’s feeling. On the last track of this album, the band moves from a funky disco section into a church organ hymn with three part harmonies, and back again. Cool. Then at the climax of the song an orchestra builds and builds to a big final note, with a slight reference to Also Sprach Zarathustra- and then- we get a three second reprise of Band on the Run. As if to say “just kidding!” Even Paul doesn’t buy what he’s selling, and neither do I.

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