There is more than one artist sharing the name Wings;
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).
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).
Spin It On
Wings Lyrics
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Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top.
'cause I gotwhole lotta love for you
I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
Off to the flicks with the piddle in her nicks, to the fair with her hair in curlers.
Their cousins didn't get all down to the pleasure dome
Their cousins didn't send their night in an aircraft hanger.
Memories . . .!
Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top.
'cause I got whole lotta love for you
That's why I want to spin it on. Spin it on! Spin it on! Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top
'cause I got whole lotta love for you
That's why I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
Off to the fields with a missionary's zeal for the life of the wife of the farmer
Their cousins didn't get all down to the billiard hall
Their cousins didn't spend their time on a pinball table.
Memories . . .!
Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top
'cause I got whole lotta love for you.
I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
Spin it on! Spin it on! I want to spin it on! I want to spin it on!
Spin it on! Don't Stop! Take it back to the top!
'cause I got a whole lotta for you!
'cause I gotwhole lotta love for you
I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
Off to the flicks with the piddle in her nicks, to the fair with her hair in curlers.
Their cousins didn't get all down to the pleasure dome
Their cousins didn't send their night in an aircraft hanger.
Memories . . .!
Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top.
That's why I want to spin it on. Spin it on! Spin it on! Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top
'cause I got whole lotta love for you
That's why I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
Off to the fields with a missionary's zeal for the life of the wife of the farmer
Their cousins didn't get all down to the billiard hall
Their cousins didn't spend their time on a pinball table.
Memories . . .!
Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top
'cause I got whole lotta love for you.
I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
Spin it on! Spin it on! I want to spin it on! I want to spin it on!
Spin it on! Don't Stop! Take it back to the top!
'cause I got a whole lotta for you!
The lyrics to Wings's song Spin It On seem to be about nostalgia and the desire to relive certain experiences. The repeated phrase "spin it on" suggests a desire to keep things moving and to relive happy moments in the past. The specific references to going to the cinema, visiting a fair, playing pool, and playing pinball conjure images of innocent youthful pleasures. The contrasting lines about the singer's cousins not having similar experiences suggest a sense of longing or envy for those happier times.
The verses also feature some tongue-in-cheek references to more adult activities, such as going out with wet underwear and having missionary zeal (perhaps a double entendre?), which add to the playful tone of the song. Overall, the song seems to be about the desire to keep the good times rolling, to not get bogged down by the past, and to keep moving forward with a lotta love for someone or something.
Line by Line Meaning
Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top.
Keep going and don't stop, let's start over from the beginning.
'cause I got whole lotta love for you
I have a lot of love for you and that's why I want to keep going.
I want to spin it on. Spin it on!
I really want to keep going and not stop, let's spin it on!
Off to the flicks with the piddle in her nicks, to the fair with her hair in curlers.
She went to the movies with urine stains, and to the fair with curlers in her hair.
Their cousins didn't get all down to the pleasure dome
Their cousins didn't fully engage in the pleasures of life.
Their cousins didn't send their night in an aircraft hanger.
Their cousins didn't spend the night in an aircraft hangar.
Memories . . .!
These experiences will stay in our memories forever!
Off to the fields with a missionary's zeal for the life of the wife of the farmer.
Going to the fields with great enthusiasm to help the farmer's wife.
Their cousins didn't get all down to the billiard hall
Their cousins didn't fully enjoy themselves at the billiard hall.
Their cousins didn't spend their time on a pinball table.
Their cousins didn't spend their time playing pinball.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: PAUL MCCARTNEY
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木倉谷哲也
Lyrics:
This is it
Spin it on, don’t stop
Take it back to the top
‘Cause I’ve got another lot of love for you
I wanna spin it on
Spin it on
Off to the flicks
With the piddle in the nix
To the fair with her hair in curlers
Her cousin couldn’t get on
Down to the pleasure dome
Her cousin had to spend the night
In an aircraft hanger
Memories
Spin it on, don’t stop
Take it back to the top
‘Cause I’ve got another lot of love for you
That’s why I wanna spin it on
Spin it on
Spin it on
Spin it on
Spin it on, don’t stop
Take it back to the top
‘Cause I’ve got another lot of love for you
That’s why I wanna spin it on
Well off to the field
With a missionary zeal
For the life of the wife of a farmer
Her cousin couldn’t get on down to the village hall
Her cousin had to spend the night
On the pinball table
Memories
Spin it on, don’t stop
Take it back to the top
‘Cause I’ve got another lot of love for you
That’s why I wanna spin it on
Spin it on
Spin it on
Spin it on
I wanna spin it on
Spin it on
I wanna spin it on
Spin it on
Spin it on, don’t stop
Take it back to the top
‘Cause I’ve got another lot of love for you
Paul Catania
This has got to be Paul's version of Punk Rock back in the day.
Great tune. Always excites me!
Ron yanai
It's a 1979 album, and Paul tries to sound relevant. Funny that his next big hit, coming up, went in an opposite direction completely. He's versatile like that. It's cool.
OnDasherOnDancer
I worked in a record store when this album came out and we definitely considered it to be his way of showing that he could "Punk out".
Lisa Cunningham
Back to the Egg is such an underrated album. GET IT. He's a LEGEND. He's ruined me for...pretty much every other musician. Even his song Mull of Kintyre should be played when I die.
Tony DiMeo
It’s an awesome rock album
Andres Flores
Hey Lisa, have you ever thought about the meaning to the lyrics in Getting Closer? On the surface the lyrics seem random, irreverent, & not much of a priority huh? Like most of his lyrics are. That's his schtick, his 'bit', his act. But think about it, what's up w/ the salamander? And the sailors, & who exactly are the Snipers' that the Chattel, oops, I mean cattle, yes that the cattle should be wary of? And who is getting closer, & to what heart is it getting closer to, closing in on? It's actually a very lyrically deep song when you break down the true meaning, & the etymology of each word chosen by Sir Paul while composing it. You might find it a bit shocking when you put it all together. But maybe you won't be. Never the less it should prove to be at least very interesting & has quite a different narrative, then the nonsense it appears to be on the surface. And for the record I too like a large part of this record, despite having a pretty good grasp on the message being told in the other language. Nor am I singling you out to dig deeper, I invite anyone who reads you innocent comment, & my seemingly crazy one. The albums back & front cover art, & title are very prominent in the overall 'message' he's conveying, one he has hidden in plain sight. I hope you check into it & enjoy the knowledge that awaits you. Be well. Out.
Broderick Harper
LOL! Like your style. Both this and 'London Town' are in my Top 6 post-Beatle (in fact forget the Beatles, I was never a massive fan!!) albums Macca list
AdamKane
got the venyl LP ...my step father gave it to me, I never seen a copy in the wild nor eared any radio play of any tracks (maybe old Siam sir once or twice in the 80s on Montreal's radio). entire album's a masterpiece as far as I'm concern. peace
Jason NYC
Agreed! One of his best and definitely his most underrated album.
Gene Stewart
He was the wild one, turns out. And the brilliant one. Lennon and especially Harrison were world class, but McCartney is just on a level of his own.