Ten Interesting Facts About Paul McCartney's Band On The Run Album

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  • Опубликовано: 27 дек 2024

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  • @32mybelle
    @32mybelle 4 года назад +42

    I love Paul McCartney and Linda's love story. They were true soulmates. He must miss her so much.

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 3 года назад

      All the jokes he got about her and it never changed. Great to see in RnR.

    • @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
      @I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music 3 года назад

      He wasn't her favorite Beatle tho.

    • @donialias2291
      @donialias2291 2 года назад +1

      Disrespectful to current wife. An interviewer asked about My Love and if he thought about Linda while singing it. He said No. He has a wife he thinks of. Soulmate are not a limited number and not just lover. Anybody who feeds your soul is your mate. Stop fairy tale princess thinking if women have any chance of equality.

  • @aliza4158
    @aliza4158 4 года назад +92

    As much as I only wanted to listen to the Beatles- I gave this album a shot and have not regretted it once

    • @israco89
      @israco89 4 года назад +14

      You are missing a lot... there are a LOT of great post - beatles albums by Paul, John and George, specially Paul who I think had the more extense and diverse solo carreer of the three

    • @zenon459
      @zenon459 4 года назад +8

      @@israco89 i'm more of an early beatles fan, and i still listen to post beatles stuff, but i just don't don't like john's late stuff. I don't know why, i just don't

    • @JNava
      @JNava 4 года назад +9

      Jam to Ram next, at first I was feeling iffy about it but after giving it a few more listens, that’s my favorite Paul album

    • @israco89
      @israco89 4 года назад +1

      @@zenon459 I think it grows on you I had the same feelings as you I love the first 2 albums but I struggle to get into the sometime in New York/ mind games/walls and bridges albums after a lot of listenings I still think the POB and Imagine albums are the best but the other still had a lot of great stuff too.

    • @zenon459
      @zenon459 4 года назад +4

      @@israco89 it's been a long time, and i've listened to them plenty, but i just don't like post 1974.

  • @NerdsEngage
    @NerdsEngage 4 года назад +80

    Also Paul taught someone who didn't have any musical skill and turned her into a solid player and backup singer again her and Denny on Wild Life amazing

    •  3 года назад +1

      Long Haired Lady from Ram is one of my favorites featuring Linda.

    • @vvblues
      @vvblues 3 года назад +4

      She played piano before she met Paul. She was no Liberace, but Paul lifted her up and she rose to the occasion.

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 4 года назад +107

    Supposedly when Paul was held at knife point, Linda started yelling “he is Beatle Paul, he is Beatle Paul”. So it was the Beatles that saved his life because everybody even in Africa knew who the Beatles were

    •  3 года назад +1

      I remember hearing the story of them being accosted by locals, but I didn’t know about that in particular. Thanks for sharing!

    • @rodmagee7895
      @rodmagee7895 3 года назад +11

      Sooo this is when Paul really died and was replaced by a look alike...

    • @twinsuns6629
      @twinsuns6629 3 года назад +3

      @@rodmagee7895 no

    • @thebeetle1656
      @thebeetle1656 3 года назад +3

      @@twinsuns6629 it’s a joke

    • @twinsuns6629
      @twinsuns6629 3 года назад +2

      @@thebeetle1656 but you don’t know there is a channel called “Justice for Paul McCartney” which is a channel specifically about promoting that Paul is dead and he is about to hit 1k subs lol

  • @JakeCuster
    @JakeCuster 4 года назад +47

    That footage with Ginger Baker is amazing, I wonder how a calm and collective mind like Paul interacted with the non-stop chaos that is Ginger

    • @michaelrochester48
      @michaelrochester48 4 года назад +2

      Ginger Baker supposedly had a grudge against Paul because Paul did not properly pay him for the studio time

    • @waynesteffen8459
      @waynesteffen8459 4 года назад +1

      @@michaelrochester48 Ginger Baker? Grudges? Nah! Check out Beware of Mr. Baker, somewhere on RUclips.

  • @klarah.2921
    @klarah.2921 4 года назад +139

    The last time I clicked this fast, it was still Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five.

    • @Prime.Griezmann
      @Prime.Griezmann 4 года назад +10

      Clever

    • @daitosf5537
      @daitosf5537 3 года назад +3

      Wish more people knew of this song

    • @clemente102
      @clemente102 3 года назад +3

      My finger flew like a JET

    •  3 года назад

      I LOVE that song!!!

  • @st.beatles7283
    @st.beatles7283 4 года назад +32

    Band on the run is one of Paul’s best

  • @williamhild1793
    @williamhild1793 4 года назад +56

    I didn't know that Christopher Lee was on the cover. I believe actor James Coburn is among the people on the album cover.

    • @stargirlzx
      @stargirlzx 4 года назад +4

      So was Dustin hoffman

    • @sebastianm6695
      @sebastianm6695 4 года назад +1

      I love James Coburn 😑😂💜 like I love that guy

    • @stargirlzx
      @stargirlzx 4 года назад

      @@sebastianm6695 makes two of us ... one of my favs

    • @titto2602
      @titto2602 3 года назад

      Do you remember ... that night in the rain?....

    • @projectpat006
      @projectpat006 3 года назад

      Yes James Coburn is on the album cover

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 4 года назад +56

    In the United States “band on the run” had a further hit single, “Helen wheels” which was purposely added to the album even though it was technically only a B-side

    • @kentlewis987
      @kentlewis987 4 года назад +5

      It was the A-side in the U.S. Country Dreamer was the B-side.

    • @projectpat006
      @projectpat006 3 года назад +1

      I have the UK & US pressings. Helen Wheels is not on the british version

    • @durasaxon5131
      @durasaxon5131 3 года назад +1

      YESsssss!!!

    • @georgeprice4212
      @georgeprice4212 3 года назад

      @@projectpat006 Paul was still not putting singles on albums.

  • @Overnity
    @Overnity 4 года назад +7

    your detail and dedication to the subject is proof of your Passion and sincerity... 10/10 you moved me almost to tears

  • @kmstirpitz4285
    @kmstirpitz4285 4 года назад +64

    I had someone curse at me for playing blues guitar because she thought I was appropriating African-American music while at the same time she had Drake on her phone. Music should be played be everyone don't you think? Thousands of years of human evolution and this is what we deal with? 🤣🤦‍♂️

    • @stickman1742
      @stickman1742 4 года назад +10

      She clearly has no understanding of music or any kind of art. Let her live her ignorant life.

    • @GrizzlyDave85
      @GrizzlyDave85 3 года назад +5

      Yeah I hate that cultural appropriation bullshit

    • @suryadas6987
      @suryadas6987 3 года назад +2

      Yes, this is crap. I am from India and if I saw someone dressed in Indian style clothing or listening to Indian music (that wasn't Indian) I would be very excited and happy! 😄😎👍👍👍

    • @lotion7009
      @lotion7009 3 года назад +2

      As a Canadian she should stop appropriating Canadian music!
      /s

    •  3 года назад +2

      Sounds like the typical leftist SJW. I wouldn’t give people like that the time of day.

  • @stargirlzx
    @stargirlzx 4 года назад +9

    I was fortunate enough to see the wings over America tour. May be the best concert I've ever seen and I've seen plenty

  • @beatledan858
    @beatledan858 4 года назад +8

    Man, I had no idea about the mugging, the cover shoot, the collapse by Paul, none of it! I love that you find little nuggets I’ve never heard before. On the day I was born, The Beatles had the top 5 songs on the American charts, & they’ve been my favorite group my whole life. That you can tell me Beatle things I’ve never heard is a gift to me. Thank you. 🙏

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 4 года назад +41

    Band On the Run was the first solo song I heard from McCartney via Guitar Hero: World Tour and it’s still one of my favourite solo Beatles songs

    • @jeremyboyd6136
      @jeremyboyd6136 4 года назад +4

      It's not exactly a solo album though as it's performed by the band Wings which Paul McCartney was a member.

    • @andrewpappas9311
      @andrewpappas9311 4 года назад +2

      Jeremy Boyd I know that, I meant solo as in “first song I heard from him post-Beatles”

    • @zenon459
      @zenon459 4 года назад +3

      @@jeremyboyd6136 technically it was his band, he started wings if my memory serves me correctly

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 3 года назад

      @@jeremyboyd6136 It basically is solo Paul. Paul wrote the songs and played a lot of the instruments. On Band on the Run, Paul had to fill in for lead guitar and drums since they quit. Wings albums are as much solo Paul, as John's and George's albums are them solo. Paul actually played more instruments on Wings albums than they did on their albums. If you count their albums as solo, you should count Wings also

  • @kentlewis987
    @kentlewis987 4 года назад +13

    My favorite post-Beatle LP & the reason I became a music fanatic. Even John called it a masterpiece.

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 3 года назад +4

      Never knew John liked it. Thats heartwarming. RIP JWL

  • @Dewojet98
    @Dewojet98 4 года назад +19

    Can you imagine the Beatles still together and all these popular songs on one album

    • @Litmen21
      @Litmen21 4 года назад +4

      That album would have been #1 for a very long time

  • @presto709
    @presto709 4 года назад +11

    On the extended Band on the Run album, Paul said the robbers got the tapes of the music they were working on for the album. He had to redo them from memory.

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 3 года назад +1

      So by redoing it possibly and most likely improved it?

  • @chicohnoods5422
    @chicohnoods5422 4 года назад +20

    great timing! currently practicing Mamunia on my guitar!

  • @carlbaumeister3439
    @carlbaumeister3439 4 года назад +16

    One important thing you missed: when Paul & Linda we’re mugged, they were carrying a bag that had cassette tapes of all the demos Paul had made. The thugs took that bag. So Paul had to try to remember how all the songs went.

    • @cathyf.2672
      @cathyf.2672 Год назад +1

      Some day those tapes will probably show up, and be worth a lot.

    • @carlbaumeister3439
      @carlbaumeister3439 Год назад +1

      @@cathyf.2672 A king’s ransom!

  • @jackfrance4560
    @jackfrance4560 4 года назад +5

    Love this album, not spoken about enough! Thanks for uploading

  • @OisforOreo-w2w
    @OisforOreo-w2w 4 года назад +4

    Hey Mr. Hobbs, I literally can’t stop listening to your song Naughty Thing, literally one of my new favorite songs at the moment. Keep the videos coming 👌🏻👌🏻

  • @connerdearing
    @connerdearing 4 года назад +9

    Please do ram it’s definitely my favorite McCartney solo album. Great vid.

    • @cathyf.2672
      @cathyf.2672 Год назад

      Ram was one of the first Albums I ever purchased. Love it.

  • @musabhatti7948
    @musabhatti7948 4 года назад +4

    Enjoyed every second of the video. So grateful there's a Beatles channel on YT that makes such good content.
    Repect 💯

  • @trimmoos
    @trimmoos 4 года назад +13

    You should have included the story of Dustin Hoffman and Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me).

  • @marksextonmarkeaux4181
    @marksextonmarkeaux4181 2 года назад

    This was well done my friend. For Paul's Birthday I wrote and published a book on Amazon about this subject. The book is Titled " Chasing Rock History Treasure"
    "An amazing adventure to recover the famously stolen demo tapes for the Wings album " !

  • @BobMinelli
    @BobMinelli 3 года назад +1

    LOVE your uploads, expression and "behind the scene stories". Thank you!

  • @Adrijabhattacharya778
    @Adrijabhattacharya778 3 года назад +2

    The knife thing in Africa actually sent a shiver down my backbone. Oh poor Paul. And I'm sure that the those Africans were causing problem by saying that they stole African songs only because they wanted money. Thank God Paul was safe.

  • @petabulmer7345
    @petabulmer7345 4 года назад +1

    This was a fascinating video, I got to hear some details I had never known. Band in the run is one of my favorite Wings songs too!

  • @Aschmorr
    @Aschmorr 4 года назад +1

    Love your channel! You’re such a positive dude

  • @davidthe16th90
    @davidthe16th90 4 года назад +5

    As a Nigerian actually living in Lagos
    Your pronunciation makes me giggle 😂

  • @EddioPinaR
    @EddioPinaR 2 года назад +1

    The greatest words.
    "It's not appropriation. It's celebration"
    You're right my friend.

  • @stellarcompanion
    @stellarcompanion 4 года назад +3

    I never knew Fela argued with Paul about appropriating. It’s ironic because he studied jazz music in London

  • @madlymusical7352
    @madlymusical7352 4 года назад +10

    I love this album, strangely enough I've tried to buy this album on vinyl 4 different times and each time I've been unsuccessful. I went into HMV 3 different times and asked if they had the album a week apart and each time they said no, then I looked on Amazon and it said out of stock. Hopefully I'll get it eventually

    • @N0-0n3
      @N0-0n3 4 года назад +2

      Try second hand record shops, there's a few I've been to that have always had it used for a bargain.

    • @madlymusical7352
      @madlymusical7352 4 года назад

      @@N0-0n3 I have been into a local record shop but they don't sell it, saddly there's only one place near me other than hmv. Also I can't until February Because of the lockdown in the uk now so that kinda sucks

    • @sweetheart.nikkilee430
      @sweetheart.nikkilee430 3 года назад +1

      this is actually the first vinyl i bought myself and i will treasure it forever! sending luck to u!! ❤

    • @madlymusical7352
      @madlymusical7352 3 года назад

      @@sweetheart.nikkilee430 what a good first album!

  • @fleight9484
    @fleight9484 4 года назад +2

    Another amazing video

  • @ricardopitamusic
    @ricardopitamusic 4 года назад

    Could you do a video of all Beatles museums and tours? Or the best ones anyway. It’d be great for us dreaming of going to London and Liverpool one day. Thanks! Love the channel.

  • @thebellaluna
    @thebellaluna 4 года назад

    As always, I enjoy the interesting Beatle-bits you find to share with us! Thanks SO much! :)

  • @therandomshowthing8413
    @therandomshowthing8413 4 года назад +3

    Such a great album

  • @ThomasTalbotMD
    @ThomasTalbotMD 3 года назад

    Great points you make using reason regarding the adoption and celebration of music & art from the world's cultures.

  • @Prime.Griezmann
    @Prime.Griezmann 4 года назад +35

    FINALLY

    • @flamingpi2245
      @flamingpi2245 4 года назад +4

      I’d keep a closer watch
      They made an episode where she decided to temporarily add bugs to her diet

    • @prod.mxmo_mk9
      @prod.mxmo_mk9 4 года назад +1

      @TrollinStupid hahaha

    • @bernardosantos8020
      @bernardosantos8020 4 года назад +3

      Was Apu the fifth Beatle?

    • @prod.mxmo_mk9
      @prod.mxmo_mk9 4 года назад

      @@bernardosantos8020 hahaha

    • @prod.mxmo_mk9
      @prod.mxmo_mk9 4 года назад

      @@bernardosantos8020 probably

  • @Sherron_Films
    @Sherron_Films 4 года назад

    I love your enthusiasm! It makes each video amazing!

  • @Humblemumble7
    @Humblemumble7 4 года назад +3

    Lmfao, that bit about Paul just being glad the picture didnt up and stab him was hilarious! Completely didn't see that coming, well done!

  • @st.beatles7283
    @st.beatles7283 4 года назад +4

    I know very little about Paul’s solo career and this story is crazy

  • @flipandstep-dc2nc
    @flipandstep-dc2nc 8 месяцев назад

    So good these tune by both of them..

  • @Hawkeye815
    @Hawkeye815 4 года назад +1

    You always make great warm and uplifting videos, and this one is no exception! You should do a video about the Give My Regards to Broad Street movie, I’m sure not too many people know about it.

  • @foxgloveXmusic
    @foxgloveXmusic 4 года назад +2

    Great video! maybe yiu could do a 10 things for all things must pass also (:

  • @JusticeForWilmien
    @JusticeForWilmien 3 года назад

    I love your take on art not belonging to anyone - you have the right mindset!

  • @gerlan1234to
    @gerlan1234to 3 года назад +1

    FYI - Christopher Lee acted Saruman in LOTR not Sauron, otherwise another great video thanks.

  • @durasaxon5131
    @durasaxon5131 3 года назад +1

    Great inside scoop!
    My favorite McCartney album!
    Must have been tough to peak
    in 1973?
    It is widely rated as Paul's
    #1 album.
    I remember John Lennon
    who famously called
    most of Paul's music
    "Granny music" -
    saying - This is...
    a thoroughly enjoyable album
    and a complete offering
    from the 1st song to the last.
    By the way...
    You look 'Great!"
    Beard and hair - nice!
    Look forward to your
    next offering.
    (I write poetry and songs, too!)
    *Richard*
    *The Lord's Peace be with you.*
    *Amen.*

  • @Rumanhavlan
    @Rumanhavlan 4 года назад +7

    11:47 and Sauron....
    *show picture of Saruman*
    Christopher played Saruman, not Sauron!

    • @pamvanallen3919
      @pamvanallen3919 4 года назад

      Sauron was the Eye of Fire and Saruman was the corrupted White Wizard. These things are momentously significant to fans of Tolkien.

  • @ingridfong-daley5899
    @ingridfong-daley5899 Год назад +1

    Why was none of this covered in Wingspan? Like, Paul's heart attack, every bit of the Nigeria experience... i feel shocked to never have heard any of this.

  • @bernie2231
    @bernie2231 4 года назад +1

    Great album! Every track is a gem!

  • @NerdsEngage
    @NerdsEngage 4 года назад +1

    Great video! Great album masterpiece in my opinion no need to skip. I also want to say their first album Wild life, the title track on that should of been a top 10 hit for them it is amazingly produced the only thing I can think of is the the lyrics that held it back but I'm telling you if you haven't heard that song it will immediately become a new favorite!

  • @kentlewis987
    @kentlewis987 4 года назад +6

    I agree with you 100% about cultural appropriation. IMO the most exciting music has always been the result of the merging of cultures i.e. Rock & Roll, Swing, etc. Unfortunately artists such as the Beatles, Stones, Elvis, etc. have been scapegoated because of those historical atrocities you referenced. All 3 of those artists performed out of love for the music & respect for the culture from which they sprang. To quote Quincy Jones, “There’s always been a cross fertilization and that’s the way it should be.” This existed before recorded music or else Blues, Jazz, Country, etc would never have existed.

    • @kentlewis987
      @kentlewis987 4 года назад

      BTW the Beatles always loved soul covers of their songs. For instance, Paul always cites Marvin Gaye’s version of “Yesterday” as his favorite cover of it.

  • @kaylubproductions4517
    @kaylubproductions4517 4 года назад +8

    You can't make thumbnails like that, I didn't see that it was about band on the run and I almost had a heart attack

  • @stitchgrimly6167
    @stitchgrimly6167 4 года назад +7

    You didn't even mention Paul losing the tapes of all his demos before they started recording. That would have been worse than any mugging imo.

  • @WavePotter
    @WavePotter 4 года назад

    Hey man. This is such a great video! Love hearing your thoughts on cultural appropriation. You hit the nail on the head. Just be respectful. Also thanks for all your research and sharing these great stories!

  • @lorismartinoperfetto6908
    @lorismartinoperfetto6908 4 года назад +1

    I love that album

  • @DanDjurdjevicplus
    @DanDjurdjevicplus 4 года назад

    Love your videos mate. Awesome stuff - keep it up, and thanks!

  • @sebastianm6695
    @sebastianm6695 4 года назад

    Love you you're the best keep it up lovely 😁💜💜💜👍😍😍😍😍😍 I love both Jet and Mind games 💜this was really funny man you sold the story😂

  • @johnkelsey2482
    @johnkelsey2482 4 года назад

    Excellent Vlog...Thanks...

  • @alic-c
    @alic-c 4 года назад +12

    This is my favourite non Beatles album

    • @yournanishot5178
      @yournanishot5178 3 года назад +1

      hi tesco. I just wanted to say Nick Knowles is very upset about the tesco clubcard for some apparent reason

    • @alic-c
      @alic-c 3 года назад +1

      @@yournanishot5178 Not again...

    • @yournanishot5178
      @yournanishot5178 3 года назад +1

      @@alic-c yeah that's what I said

  • @waynehanley72
    @waynehanley72 4 года назад +2

    They also had to partially build the studio (at least according to one interview I heard)!

  • @danramirz
    @danramirz 4 года назад

    I did not know that was Christopher lee. I always learn something new from your videos. Good job 👍

  • @michaelrochester48
    @michaelrochester48 4 года назад +4

    He used Ginger Baker’s studio in Legos and Ginger had a long lasting anger toward Paul McCartney because he believed that Paul never properly paid him for the studio time

    • @IvanLendl87
      @IvanLendl87 3 года назад +1

      Ginger had the same anger for the same reason towards Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce - that he wasn’t properly paid while in Cream. The only emotion Ginger knew was anger/hatred. Ginger definitely hated a lot of people. A great drummer but a crappy human.

  • @DavidLeeAndrews
    @DavidLeeAndrews 4 года назад +1

    I thought they also had some problems with the studio and needed to renovate it. There was a documentary about all this some time back on ITV. Lovely video

  • @jessiesmith3363
    @jessiesmith3363 4 года назад

    Hey since you didn't have your comments on for the past four songs you uploaded and I loved them all and I really liked the instrumentals in queenie pie

  • @RantingThespian
    @RantingThespian 4 года назад +2

    Just a 2 things to add:
    1. The Mugging: they didn't just take the money, they took the tapes! All the demo tapes and lyrics they had were taken. They had to record everything again, and quickly out of fear they'd forget the parts. It is believed the muggers had no idea what they had and that it was Paul McCartney they mugged. The tapes and notebook have never surfaced, and are thought to be destroyed.
    2. Cultural Appropriation: Political activist Fela Kuti came down to the studio and accuse them of trying to steal African music. Paul explained to him what they were doing, and even played a few recordings. Which made him calm down.

  • @bexiemounne7781
    @bexiemounne7781 4 года назад +2

    I know that this is a beatles channel, but lemme tell you.... the reason why this video was so good to make and to watch is because Wings are awesome. Top 10 bands ever for me. I want more!
    Linda was in the band not because of her ability, but because of the feel, what she added to the harmonies, the sentimental connection it can bring hearing both her and paul singing... Paul didn't wanted a solid band of professional musicians, this he will do in te nineties... For now, he just wants to make music his own way, and create something original, away from the beatles...

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 3 года назад +1

    I remember when that album came out. It was great. Period.

  • @eugenioitem4969
    @eugenioitem4969 Год назад

    Miracle recording by Sir Paul!

  • @debrabugay6575
    @debrabugay6575 4 года назад +1

    I am so sorry for any and all painful things the Beatles and their wives experienced and still gave the world so much beauty

  • @Revelian1982
    @Revelian1982 4 года назад

    Great video.

  • @jayondrums21
    @jayondrums21 4 года назад

    Great job! Sounds like an entire book could be written about all of this

  • @MikeGervasi
    @MikeGervasi 4 года назад +1

    As I've heard the story, when they were robbed Linda kept shouting "He's Beatle Paul!". Also they took all the tapes with the demos for the album. So when they went back to the studio Paul remembered bits but not all and had to start writing songs all over again. So somewhere there MAY still be tapes of the original BOTR.

  • @debradonato7363
    @debradonato7363 4 года назад +2

    Loverly ALBUM
    💙🤩💙🤩💙🤩💙🤩💙🤩

  • @rickcurrie2687
    @rickcurrie2687 4 года назад +1

    I love your perspective on the rights and wrongs of cultural appropriation and how accusations often go way to far, particularly when it comes to artistic endeavours.

  • @PeacefulAutistic
    @PeacefulAutistic 3 года назад +1

    The Beatles were just dealing with too much time together. The boys seriously became even closer as friends once they stopped being in the band together. They’re beautiful souls who do better together with them when they aren’t forced to see each other ALL THE TIME!

  • @wariswaldo9790
    @wariswaldo9790 4 года назад +10

    I wonder if Paul Simon was also accused of trying to steal the African sound.

    • @cmeflywva
      @cmeflywva 4 года назад +6

      They did.

    • @mcbrodz1663
      @mcbrodz1663 4 года назад

      I think ppl have the right to be defensive about their cultures especially in Africa where they’re still suffering under colonialism

    • @cmeflywva
      @cmeflywva 4 года назад +3

      @@mcbrodz1663 I see your point. With the Graceland album came out South Africa was still under apartheid and there was a cultural boycott on S. Africa's apartheid. This was broken numerous times but Paul Simon caught the most backlash. Paul Simon received numerous death threats and there was a bomb that went off outside of a venue he and the performers were due to play that evening in London. The leader of the ANC happened to live in London at the time. One of the two major protest groups had decided to assassinate Simon until a musician (I think it Steven Van Zant) who talked them out of their plan. The backlash was harsh because some musicians were campaigning to stop musicians from performing in S. Africa. Numerous artists had been playing at a resort like place called Sun City which wasn't supposed to ban blacks and wasn't part of the government. Turns out it was a part of the government at the times and blacks weren't allowed to watch the concerts. The United Nations had placed a cultural boycott that included cultural, academic, and sports. Simon's argument was he did go to play did not break the UN resolution. Numerous artists had mixed feelings about Simon's decision to go there and bring back the music. Simon dismissed the criticism and remained obstinate with his decision to go. Leading S. African artists who had been associated with the anti-apartheid movement with several of them being barred from returning to S. Africa. Some of these artists supported Simon bringing artists from S. Africa to be on the album and be in his tour. In my opinion the ban from performing in S. Africa was an issue because he did bring S. African artists outside of the apartheid movement and he brought their music to the outside world. World music at that time was obscure and with his album and the tour people were able to see and hear S. African artists who they never would have been exposed to and they were actual human beings who just wanted to play, sing , and bring their music to the world. The album was able to expose their music and apartheid to the forefront which news broadcasts and other media had not been successful with the majority of people being unaware or ambivalent to what was happening in S. Africa. The album allowed artists to share their talents and the exposure allowed other S. African artists a chance to present their music and expose what the government of S. Africa had been oppressing. Numerous artists such as the group Stimela and their leader Ray Phriri and the infamous Ladysmith Black Mambazo who have won 5 Grammys and still record and tour. Ladysmith brought the history of the culture of Zulu to the forefront. As I stated before world music was very obscure and there wasn't a market in most countries. Most music stores in the US had no section for world music. The Graceland album changed this and people were able to be exposed to different cultures along with their artists. These obscure artists along with others around the world created a demand for artists in music, art, and cultures. These artists were in some ways put in limbo and oppressed them by other artists who lived outside of these countries. Most importantly people became more aware of governments that had created horrible conditions to all or some of their citizens. My criticism of Simon is I feel he did not give as much credit on the album to the artists who actually wrote some of the lyrics or contributions from the musicians. I had hoped this would have been rectified with his 25th anniversary of the album's release. The album is beautiful but more importantly it brought music to millions of people who never would have had access to world music.

    • @daBEAGLE1017
      @daBEAGLE1017 3 года назад

      @@cmeflywva i will never forget when that album was released and the controversies. It was a great album...still is.

  • @daBEAGLE1017
    @daBEAGLE1017 3 года назад

    The 1st song i ever liked was Pauls Man on the Rug when i was 4 in 74.
    Ive been a Beatles fan since.

  • @CarlosAlemanpainter
    @CarlosAlemanpainter 3 года назад

    Best Wings doc! Very entertaining :-)

  • @cmangel755
    @cmangel755 4 года назад +7

    Christopher Lee was not Sauron. He was Saruman!

  • @patrickchubey3127
    @patrickchubey3127 4 года назад +3

    North America was stupid for not putting ' Let me roll it ' on the radio, my friends and I thought it was an awesome song.

  • @hammerjohn9290
    @hammerjohn9290 4 года назад +2

    Video idea- The Rutles

  • @rayroren6293
    @rayroren6293 4 года назад +1

    Yes James Coburn is on the cover

  • @frankb389
    @frankb389 3 года назад

    8:57 what Paul said to the muggers did not matter. They were already focused on Him. This may very likely have been a set up from the guy at 7:32 to scare them away.

  • @Derekstefan
    @Derekstefan 4 года назад

    For anyone who wants to know the additional people on the cover were: Talk show host Michael Parkinson, singer Kenny Lynch, actors James Coburn and Christopher Lee, boxer John Conteh, and Member of Parliament Clement Freud. www.beatlesbible.com/people/paul-mccartney/albums/band-on-the-run/3/

  • @michaelcondry1493
    @michaelcondry1493 4 года назад

    loved your bit about cultural appropriation, it was spot on!

  • @junglebull2635
    @junglebull2635 3 года назад +1

    There’s a difference between “stealing” someone’s culture for ones own gain and being inspired by someone’s culture and using it to show people about this lesser known culture
    That’s kinda why I think the whole cultural appropriation is dumb because 9 times out of 10 people aren’t doing anything but just showing an interest in that culture and respecting it

  • @debrabugay6575
    @debrabugay6575 4 года назад

    I love you Paul McCartney

  • @farazadnajif1394
    @farazadnajif1394 3 года назад

    Brother how do I listen to your album if I don't have Spotify

  • @martinjohansson2721
    @martinjohansson2721 4 года назад +1

    Please do Ram.👏

  • @mikeobaugh8128
    @mikeobaugh8128 4 года назад

    Ok, this was interesting, but just for fun... go to 5:47 and see how many misspellings of the word "patience" you can find. Don't know why that caught my eye, but once there I couldn't let it go!

  • @RemasteringMcCartney_AndreyM
    @RemasteringMcCartney_AndreyM 4 года назад

    5:40 man...that hit hard

  • @peterholley5802
    @peterholley5802 4 года назад +1

    Paul’s best post Beatles album in my opinion

    • @skeletonkey6
      @skeletonkey6 Год назад

      I’d have to agree. I liked McCartney and Ram was really good too, but BOTR is a masterpiece

  • @riddellthomas2185
    @riddellthomas2185 4 года назад

    I totally agree music is music.. it shouldn't have a culture or a ethnicity

  • @cathyf.2672
    @cathyf.2672 Год назад

    "While Lennon used those words in his 1980 song “Beautiful Boy,” the phrase did not originate with him. A number of newspapers before that song's release published the phrase without attributing it to Lennon, and several sources that investigate the origin of quotes have attributed it to writer Alan Saunders." --Snopes

  • @benbrock4079
    @benbrock4079 4 года назад

    lave you vids

  • @Debbie742
    @Debbie742 4 года назад +1

    Am I the only one wondering why EMI had studios in Lagos and communist China? And Paul being protected so much as a Beatle when traveling made him pretty naive.

  • @MidosujiSen
    @MidosujiSen 4 года назад

    6:14 man is speaking straight facts

  • @ChildinTime67
    @ChildinTime67 3 года назад

    One cannot steal music from another country. Making music is free and universal and it has many contributors and influences and yes country’s have a sound. If someone borrows a cultural sound to include into the music they are trying to create, it’s not stealing and they should be honored and just listen and enjoy. Plagiarism for personal gain and popularity of course is a different thing.