To a young person who would like to discover one of the most influential rock artists ,this is not the place to begin with.
But for Beatles buffs ,it's a must : screened at a time McCartney was generally slagged off by a hostile press, when his partner Lennon had still the upper hand , it's an interesting document ,if not always enthusing .
It was the first time MacC. Had performed Beatles songs after the break-up ("blackbird " "Michelle" "yesterday" in truncated versions ,plus "long tall Sally" which was covered by his former group and along with "maybe I'm amazed " , is the climax of the show .The other great songs are not performed live : "uncle Albert /admiral Halsey " is given a concept video treatment and "live and let die" is heard in a movie theater where the McCartneys are supposed to attend a screening of the movie.
Some of the songs ("big barn bed" " little woman love" "the mess ") are subpar ; "my love " and "CMoon " pleasant but not particularly memorable .
"Gotta sing gotta dance"written for the circumstance and never released on record, shows the singer's mastery of styles of past decades ,as "when I'm sixty four " and "honey pie" bore out ,and the ending of "magical mystery tour" was not far away from these half/men half/women dancers.
The very title of the show proves that "Wings " was not really a group ,which the triumph of "band on the run" did nothing to rectify .His best pre-"band " effort ,the underrated "Ram" , was wingless.
But for Beatles buffs ,it's a must : screened at a time McCartney was generally slagged off by a hostile press, when his partner Lennon had still the upper hand , it's an interesting document ,if not always enthusing .
It was the first time MacC. Had performed Beatles songs after the break-up ("blackbird " "Michelle" "yesterday" in truncated versions ,plus "long tall Sally" which was covered by his former group and along with "maybe I'm amazed " , is the climax of the show .The other great songs are not performed live : "uncle Albert /admiral Halsey " is given a concept video treatment and "live and let die" is heard in a movie theater where the McCartneys are supposed to attend a screening of the movie.
Some of the songs ("big barn bed" " little woman love" "the mess ") are subpar ; "my love " and "CMoon " pleasant but not particularly memorable .
"Gotta sing gotta dance"written for the circumstance and never released on record, shows the singer's mastery of styles of past decades ,as "when I'm sixty four " and "honey pie" bore out ,and the ending of "magical mystery tour" was not far away from these half/men half/women dancers.
The very title of the show proves that "Wings " was not really a group ,which the triumph of "band on the run" did nothing to rectify .His best pre-"band " effort ,the underrated "Ram" , was wingless.