Beatles ’79 pt3

What this episode covers

It's spring of 1979 and a new album from WINGS is ready to launch! After the continued success of their previous effort <em>London Town</em>, a lineup change brought Paul McCartney's band of rock'n'roll comrades back to the proverbial "beginning" once more...or to coin a phrase, <em>Back to the Egg</em>. Macca's columbia debut was preceded by the crowd-pleasing toe-tapper <em>Goodnight Tonight</em> single, which Paul curiously omitted from the LP...much to the chagrin of the record-buying public. This remarkably contemporary-sounding new Wings album featured punk rock homages (<em>Spin it On</em>), MOR-ready ballads (<em>Winter Rose/Love Awake</em>) and vaguely new wave-inspired bouncy rockers (<em>Getting Closer</em>) -- all in an attempt to get a new iteration of the band off on the right foot. Well, even the best laid plans of former Beatles are subject to error, and Back to the Egg - while somewhat successful by the metrics of the day - proved to be a critical and commercial misfire from Paul &amp; co. Regardless, Wings readied themselves for a tour to support the new sound, and eyed a bright future for their new post-shell life...<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>