If you're so inclined, and dig deep enough into the bowels of this blog, I'm sure you'll stumble across copious references to today's show & tell: C Moon may not be the toppermost of the poppermost when it comes to McCartney's combined canon, however, in terms of Wings' amassed output (spanning 1971-1979) I'd say it's definitely in the Top One.
From the moment I first saw them play it on Top of the Pops* I was transfixed. I still am, whenever I hear it (admittedly it gets precious little airplay these days; tho' a friend of mine has it on one of his three jukeboxes). Macca probably realised its limited shelf life when he gave Linda a co-write.
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Wings - C Moon (1972)
* Released in December 1972 they premiered it on TOTP, 4 January 1973
On balance, I preferred the previous post.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your candour, Adam.
DeleteI wrote about the song when I was doing my full moon series. Always liked it too.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the reasons I'm so taken with it is because after 50+ years I still haven't figured out whether it' s a typical McCartney song or not. Like Band on the Run it throws me. Even now. And that's got to be a good thing, right?
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