1) Paul McCart… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist sharing the name Wings;
1) Paul McCartney and Wings (also known by their original name Wings) were a British–American rock band formed in 1971 by former Beatle Paul McCartney, his wife Linda McCartney on keyboards, session drummer Denny Seiwell, and former Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine. Wings were noted for frequent personnel changes along with their commercial successes, going through three lead guitarists and four drummers. However, the core trio of the McCartneys and Laine remained intact throughout the group's existence.
Created following the McCartneys' 1971 album Ram, the band's first two albums, Wild Life (1971) and Red Rose Speedway (1973) (the latter featuring guitarist Henry McCullough), were viewed as artistic disappointments beside Paul's work with the Beatles. After the release of the title track of the James Bond movie Live and Let Die, McCullough and Seiwell resigned from the band. The McCartneys and Laine then released 1973's Band on the Run, a commercial and critical success that spawned two top ten singles in "Jet" and the title track. Following that album, the band recruited guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton, only for Britton to quit shortly afterwards and be replaced by Joe English. With the new line-up, Wings released 1975's Venus and Mars, which included the US number one single "Listen to What the Man Said", and undertook a highly successful world tour over 1975–76. Intended as more of a group effort, Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976) was issued midway through the tour and featured the hit singles "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In".
In 1977, the band earned their only UK number one single, with "Mull of Kintyre", which became the then-best-selling UK single in history. Wings experienced another line-up shuffle, however, with both McCulloch and English departing before the release of the group's 1978 album London Town. The McCartneys and Laine again added new members, recruiting guitarist Laurence Juber and drummer Steve Holley. The resulting album, Back to the Egg, was a relative flop, with its singles under-performing and the critical reception negative. During the supporting tour, Paul was arrested in Japan for cannabis possession, putting the band on hold. Despite a final US number one with a live-recorded version of "Coming Up" (1979), after Laine departed from the band, Wings discontinued in 1981.
Wings had twelve top-10 singles (including one number one) in the UK and fourteen top 10 singles (including six number ones) in the US. All 23 singles released by Wings reached the US top 40, and one two-sided hit, "Junior's Farm"/"Sally G", reached the top 40 with each side. Of the nine albums released by Wings, all went top 10 in either the UK or the US, with five consecutive albums topping the US charts. Paul McCartney was unquestionably Wings' leader and dominant creative force, but Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, and Linda McCartney all contributed in songwriting, and Laine, McCulloch, Joe English, and Linda McCartney all performed lead vocals.
The success of Wings was a vindication for McCartney. His first few post-Beatles albums were highly criticized and often dismissed by critics as "lightweight" next to the more serious nature of his former bandmates' solo output. But by the mid-1970s, the solo careers of the other three former Beatles were in varying degrees of decline, with John Lennon putting his career on hold in 1975 for the first five years of his son Sean's life. A year later, George Harrison had all but retired from live performances, with his new releases failing to match the success of his initial solo output. Ringo Starr was living in Los Angeles and was writing and recording, but as a solo artist had not been performing onstage other than rare guest appearances. Meanwhile, Wings continued to tour regularly and enjoy much commercial success. According to author Robert Rosen, by 1980, Lennon was envious enough of McCartney's continuing success to make his re-emergence on the music scene.
One of the criticisms of Wings was that the other members were little more than sidemen backing up a solo McCartney. Guitarist Henry McCullough quit the band because he grew tired of being told by McCartney exactly what to play, and said that Wings were never a "real band." On the other hand, other former members of Wings such as Joe English and Laurence Juber have said that they were allowed a degree of creative freedom. In an interview, Juber, Wings' third lead guitarist, said, "I was a sideman, but the job assignment very much included considering myself a part of the band ... In all its incarnations Wings sounded like a band, not like a solo McCartney project and I think that reflects well not only on Paul's ability to share in the creative process, but also on the importance of Denny and Linda's contributions, too. The other players brought their own personalities to the scene."
In addition to its own output, Wings recorded several songs that were released through various outlets both before and after the band's break-up. Denny Laine's 1977 solo album Holly Days was a joint effort by Laine with Paul and Linda McCartney; three songs on Laine's 1980 solo album Japanese Tears were performed by Wings with Laine on lead vocals; Laine also contributed to several songs on Paul McCartney's 1982 and 1983 solo albums Tug of War and Pipes of Peace, respectively. Juber's instrumental "Maisie"—which was backed by members of Wings—appeared on his solo album Standard Time. The McCartneys and Laine contributed backing vocals to George Harrison's 1981 tribute to John Lennon, "All Those Years Ago". Linda McCartney continued to tour and record with her husband up until her death in 1998, after which a compilation of her songs entitled Wide Prairie was released that featured seven Wings songs written or co-written by her. Wings also backed Paul's brother Mike McGear on the McGear album, as well as McGear's band the Scaffold on the single "Liverpool Lou" and its B-side "Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam". Paul McCartney also used three unreleased Wings songs as B-sides of his solo singles several years after Wings' break-up.
Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls School" is still the biggest-selling non-charity single in the UK (although Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" sold more, its sales include a reissue in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust), and it ranked fourth in the official list of all-time best-selling singles in the UK issued in 2002.
In 2001, Wingspan: Hits and History was released, a project spanning an album and a television special retrospective.
2) Wings: A Rock band from Malaysia. Their history began on the establishment in 1985 the Secondary School Sri Ampang in Kuala Lumpur. There, four young men who are still demanding joined forces to form a school band. As motivated and very interested in Rock music, especially rhythm, they agreed to singing rock'n'roll participating during their presentations. When it began the birth of WINGS although this group has no name.
Wings' original members are Awie, Jojet, Jo and Sham. The break-hit group when Jojet migrate to GERSANG while Arid and Jo resigned. While Syria set up new groups, named Group CRK.
Members:
Vocalists:
1) Awie (Ahmad Azhar Othman) 1985 - 1993. 2002 - Now
2) Mel (Ismail Zainuddin) 1995 - 1996
3) Mus (Mustafa Din) 1996 - 2001
Guitarists
1) Sham (Sham Baharom) 1985 - 1987
2) Tham Wing Kwan 1987
3) Joe (Abdul Zamin bin Abdul Kadir) 1988
Bassist
Eddie (Samsaidi Haji Ulong Idris) 1985 -Now
Drummer
1)Black(Azmi Hashim) 1985 - 1990. 1994 - Now
2) Jojet 1990 - 1993
3) Wings was also a Finnish death metal band which started in the early 90’s as a side project of Cartilage’s Gabriel Suoraniemi. This incarnation of Wings released a demo and a 7’‘EP. In 1994 Suoraniemi found a full line-up and the style changed to a more modern direction. They released one demo and a full-lenght album through Woodcut Productions (run by Suoraniemi’s ex-Cartilage comrade Mikki Salo) before splitting up. Most of the Wings line-up played in Enochian Crescent as well.
4) A duo in Korea is also using the name Wings (윙스).
Silly Love Song
Wings Lyrics
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But I look around me and I see it isn't so
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs
And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know
'Cause here I go again
I love you
I love you
I love you
I can't explain, the feeling's plain to me (I love you)
Now can't you see?
Ah, she gave me more, she gave it all to me (I love you)
Now can't you see?
What's wrong with that?
I need to know
'Cause here I go again
I love you
I love you
Love doesn't come in a minute
Sometimes it doesn't come at all
I only know that when I'm in it
It isn't silly, love isn't silly, love isn't silly at all, yeah, yeah
How can I tell you about my loved one?
How can I tell you about my loved one?
How can I tell you about my loved one? (I love you)
How can I tell you about my loved one? (I love you)
I love you
I love you
I love you (I can't explain, the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see?)
I love you (ah, he gave me more, he gave it all to me, say can't you see?)
I love you (I can't explain, the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see?)
I love you (ah, he gave me more, he gave it all to me, say can't you see?)
I love you (I can't explain, the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see)
I love you (ah, he gave me more, he gave it all to me, say can't you see)
You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs
But I look around me and I see it isn't so, oh, no
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs
And what's wrong with that?
In "Silly Love Songs," Paul McCartney of Wings defends the sentimentality of love songs against criticism that they are frivolous and unimportant. The song opens with the line, "You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs," acknowledging the popular view of love songs as shallow and overplayed. However, McCartney argues that love songs have enduring appeal and that people will always relate to them. He sings, "Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs, and what's wrong with that? I'd like to know."
McCartney's personal experience with love is also evident in the lyrics. He sings about how he cannot explain his feelings for his loved one, but they are "plain to me." He declares, "Love doesn't come in a minute, sometimes it doesn't come at all, but I only know that when I'm in it, it isn't silly, love isn't silly, love isn't silly at all." This reinforces the idea that love songs have deep emotional resonance and that love itself is a complex and powerful force.
Overall, "Silly Love Songs" is a defense of the importance of love and the value of expressing that love through music. McCartney acknowledges the criticism of love songs as being silly and superficial, but ultimately argues that they are an essential part of the human experience.
Line by Line Meaning
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs
One might expect that people would be tired of hearing love songs that seem foolish
I look around me and I see it isn't so
However, when I look around, I see that people still want to hear these types of songs
Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
There are even some people who want to create as many of these types of songs as possible
And what's wrong with that?
But why is that a bad thing?
I'd like to know
I'm genuinely curious about why people might view silly love songs negatively
'Cause here I go again
Despite any negative connotations, I can't help but feel the urge to write another one of these songs
I love you, I love you
That's because I'm so in love with you
Love doesn't come in a minute
True love takes time to develop
Sometimes it doesn't come at all
And sometimes, it never comes
I only know that when I'm in it
But when I am in love
It isn't silly, love isn't silly, love isn't silly at all
It doesn't seem foolish at all
How can I tell you about my loved one?
I'm not sure how I can put into words how much I love you
"I love you" over Paul's "How can I tell you about my loved one?"
So instead, I'll just keep saying "I love you"
"I love you"
I love you more than anything else in the world
"I can't explain the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see?"
I can't express this feeling I have for you, can't you see how genuine it is?
"Ah, he gave me all, he gave it all to me to me, say can't you see?"
You have given me so much, can't you see how much it means to me?
"How can I tell you about my loved one?"
It's impossible to put into words how much I love you
"Ah, he gave me all, he gave it all to me to me say can't you see?"
You've given me everything I could ever want, can't you see how much I appreciate it?
I look around me and I see it isn't so, oh no
Despite any negative perceptions of these types of songs, I still see people enjoying them
What's wrong with that?
So I don't see anything wrong with writing and performing silly love songs
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Linda McCartney, Paul James McCartney
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@excelerater
Happy Valentine's Day 2024...
@plasticryan
One of the catchiest basslines ever. R.I.P to Denny Laine.
@cocoaorange1
I was only 7 when this came out, what memories. RIP Mr. Laine.
@Lee-df3ye
Paul was bass on Silly Love Songs, Denny was piano.
@plasticryan
@@Lee-df3ye I am aware, can we not still celebrate and remember his memory?
@Lee-df3ye
Of course we can 🙏🏽 I meant nothing negatively to his honor RIP
@user-io7cq2wm5u
Он не умер для меня. Я сам на басу играю. Он будет жить, пока мы слушаем его песни!!!
@tl4340
That "lead bass" line makes the song. Just melodic and brilliant.
@LaurelCanyon1969
There should be an extra 'thumbs-up' available just for the bass on this song 🎸
@theviniso
While that's certainly true I think that sax is a close second in importance.