Paul McCartney & Wings - Let Me Roll It (Seattle '1976)

[bevandjohntube]

Raw, real, and awesome! Paul rocks!!!

[kjallesoft]

PAUL MC CARTNEY: A small birth-contraction for a woman, a NEVERENDING great joy for mankind over the generations and far beyond!

[moogpunk]

"welcome to your own state"

[moogpunk]

paul you are high as shit and i love it

[AIKevorkian]

RIP Kingdome (1976-2000)

[watchingallthetime]

THE FIRST concert ever in Seattle's KingDome (it's been demolished within the past 10 years). I was there and WHAT an amazing time it was. Instantly sold out

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[toranyah]

"You're going through ME mind!"

Hehe >:D

[telecasterbear]

out of tune, but who cared at this time

[chickenbutt6000]

i like the raspy voice he had around this era. so sexy

[jaywhofan]

KILLER song! Something sounds out of tune/key on this version though.

[FunnyMediaProduction]

Les'PAUL!!!!!!!



[chippy783]

which is denny lane? I heard P screwed him Royally as in royalties

[Tailynn4]

@chippy783 the guy with double neck guitar

[kanjjn]

It's Paul's response to "How Do You Sleep" by Lennon. The lick is from "Cold Turkey"

[wayneiac1789]

completely awesome in every way

[marcnshawny]

Kingdome didn't exist in 1976. This was in the Seattle Center Colliseum. And it was fantastic!

[smallplasticman]

@marcnshawny

The Kingdome (officially King County Multipurpose Domed Stadium[1]) was a multi-purpose stadium located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. Owned and operated by King County, the Kingdome opened in 1976 and was best known as the home stadium, etc... etc...

[speakwhnspkn2]

Jimmy McCullough was a damn good guitarist. What a waste. 

[crankycase]

It sounds like a song Lennon would do, cause he purposely used riffs and beats that Lennon commonly uses as a sort of tease at Lennon.

[lees2oo8]

@crankycase he also used the echo sound on the studio recording for his mic

[69MC97gc]

@lees2oo8 It is added on these,and too much.

[tarogoji1]

@crankycase I absolutely agree with you. The 1st time I got to listen to the "Band On The Run" album and when I heard this song I said to myself that this is very Lennon influenced. But what can you expect... he did play with Lennon for nearly 14 years.

[efbeckley]

@crankycase i thought it was lennon when i first heard 'let me roll it'- but my dad told me it was mccartney. this song completely changed my view of paul.

[subg88]

@efbeckley

It does sound like a Lennon guitar lick, I'm trying to remember from where. The chorus is reminiscent of something by Clapton or Harrison, too. Nothing wrong with that, though.  There are few examples of McCartney and Lennon borrowing each other's licks in their solo years.

[insanecrane59]

One Of Paul's Greatest

[kamenowo]

In Japan, Paul is a sweet love song maker, and John is a Rock'n'Roller. This song proved that Paul can make Heavy Metal. I love this song. I play this bass, too.

[Therockfairy777]

Whatever band he's in, he's ALWAYS gonna bop his head around like a sexy man, and he's always gonna do that thing with his eyes :)

And I had this song stuck in my head all day long, but I get the image of Paul meaning something wrong (you know...)

[applebonker141]

@Therockfairy777 Oh man, I know what you mean. /fans self :D

[hyenajack]

Beatles yes, but, I was never a McCartney fan... Except for the Band on the Run album: I love the it and I can safely say it's one of the very best albums of the 70's.

[ultragoji1]

@hyenajack I can agree with you on this issue. Band On The Run was McCartney's best album. Songs like Silly Love Songs are just too atrocious and to think it was a "Beatle" that did that song. Let Me Roll It seems to have the style that Lennon would do... don't you agree?

[nicolcameron]

@ultragoji1 Disagree - Silly Love Songs is one of my (many) fav macca songs - it is simple but ingenious. One just has to get the message and the songe will fall into place :-). Useda to not like it that much myself, but now I love it.

[ultragoji1]

@nicolcameron Oh, I understand the message that Paul had on that song the 1st time I heard it - and I was 5 years old the 1st time I heard it play on US radio back in '76. It's just when you're used to hearing more of his "progressional" music from his latter Beatle days and early Wings... Silly Love Songs is just too simplistic for me to enjoy. If you watch how Paul states about simplistic lyrics in the movie "Let It Be" and then to come out with SLS... it's too hypocritical.

[franruizde]

Love this song!

[jesuswasntafascist]

You gave me something I understand. :)

[riktok]

is this the same show that was edited and became "rockshow the movie"? rockshow was filmed in seattle 1976 , right ?

[macrockettere]

Paul IS the BEST!  ^-^

[elvistra]

Yes, his hair style was a shag....and yes this song and Maybe I'm Amazed are my all time favorite Wings songs. They don't get any better!!!!

[KissMeQuk]

Rock n Roll LOVE IT!!! Coooool Song....

[sleepytime1123]

I saw him perform this just last Wednesday at the Hollywood Bowl! He still sings beautifully and the whole show was the best concert I've ever been to. Plus, we snuck in by climbing up the hill which made the evening even funner!

[ricosolo56]

Paul you are the BEST # 1 at the world man you are incredible i always love this song and all your music

[GPHemsley]

Wow, Paul. How high/drunk do you have to be to NOT put on a good performance? Geez....

[PeterJohno123]

my dad has the band on the run original lp which i dont allow him to listen to because i listen to it too much, this is my favourite track from the album. this or nineteen hundred and eighty five

[joeyd1957]

@PeterJohno123

I have it as well kid. Good for you and your pop !!!

[DejectedPanda]

@PeterJohno123 I think Mrs. Vanderbilt is great too. Excellent album.

Down in the jungle living in a tent

You don't use money you don't pay rent

You don't ever know the yime

But you don't mind

Ho Hey Ho...

[RandomPlayIist]

@DejectedPan

yime?

[nicolcameron]

@PeterJohno123 

[nicolcameron]

@PeterJohno123 I agree to that - this and 1985 are kick ass

[Steerpike07]

Got Band on the Run for Christmas '75 when I was 12! This was my fave track. Knew every track by heart. It's true..he has written some very good tracks..amongst some not so good. This one was for a girl I had a crush on! An older woman..she was 18!

[strupcza]

gosh!! what a incredible song!! masterpiece.

[kulcsariosif]

vhen i vous young

[dunskie]

Fucking KICK ASS

[stimpp]

i can almost smell the spliff. aahhhhhh

[mvbeckril]

I was there man.. I shit u not! and yes there was the smell of Columbian Gold joints EVERYWHERE! That was typical for the time be it the now imploded Kingdome or the Seattle Center Coliseum, the Paramount theater, or the Seattle Center Arena. Unlike today, Security didn't even bat an eye. There was always a visible haze/fog throughout the arenas.. Those were the best days of my life. Ahhh to be 16 again

[stimpp]

Sweet! Sounds like a happy life-long memory. I would have been 7. I'm in Oly now but was in KC then.

[stimpp]

Oh..311 who's got the herb is an amazing song you may also like if you haven't heard already. :-)

[TERIBD]

@mvbeckril...I was there too! Yes, that was the way it was back then!

[arbuviknb]

paul wrote this for john l. to sing

[chris31768]

Best work of it's genre.

[vveq]

3:10 OUCH! Sloppy lads, sloppy.

[roknfnrol]

What are you talking about? It's called improvising...

[beatlelp]

Nice, wings w/ Denny Laine from The Moody Blues & Jimmy McCaugh (sp) who ended up diein' of a drug over-dose !! Both playin' lead 2-gether !!

[fulls787]

i think venus & mars was and still is a incredibly creative album full of great music.I used to love this song back in the day when i "rolled 'em" but listening to it recently...i think that it is reminisent of lennons work(guitar-wise like 'yer blues')and a little 'shaved fish or 'hey jude' sounding(lyrically), or perhaphs that is just the over-lapping point of lennon and mccartneys geniuses. so be it.

[ruffgar66]

oh, I love this song, and i can't help but laugh at the silly expressions and faces Paul pulls while he sings. (And he is too short for the mic!)

[IdaGno]

One of Paul's best compositions. Oh how I wish Elvis had covered this tune.

[Vox91]

Elvis feared and hated the Beatles, so it's unlikely he would have even considered it. But you're right, it would have been a great cover.

[rhondaluvshermusic]

I do agree, he feared them, only because they wrote all their songs, and Parker would not allow Elvis to write any....he had total control....The Beatles had control over all they did.....Paul is awesome!!

[toothmaker22000]

simply killer........

[senileanimal79]

Look up the Melvins cover!

[glidodgers]

wicked

[mandingoviking]

just saw Melvins Friday night here in Seattle-They played this tune live!It was,indeed,killer-

[jazzhbury]

i love this song ..always tripping...great ..thanks

[jimmybellstone]

oh paul!

[96Nacho69]

a clear message to pure love lennon

[96Nacho69]

Traduccion | dejame girarlo me diste algo, lo entiendo me diste amor en la palma de mi mano no te puedo contar como me siento mi corazon es como una rueda dejame girarlo dejame girarlo para vos te quiero decir y ahora es el momento te quiero decir que tu seras mia no te puedo contar como me siento mi corazon es como una rueda

[caesarcerf]

i too was at this show in my (terrible) then home town of Seattle. Good show, bad acoustics and i wish paul hadn't cleaned up "over America" so much. HE was great. the other band member's singing was NOT!

[caesarcerf]

harlon57 - you just have to give your mouth a rest. Paul played the rickenbacker from 66-68 almost exclusively as well as from 71-76 for wings.

[pknwm76]

Hey, was at this concert, it was a rare moment in my life, when time stopped!

When a moment in music happened, when a moment was transcended, and time stopped in it's tracks,

Hope you all understand, it was magical, the whole concert, but especially this song, amazing!!!!

PK

[idieinelevators]

Ahhhhhhhh he's great.

[ensentidocontrario]

please: let mi roll it!!!

Alejandro Orihuela Niebl

México

[ddoublled]

who is better pound for pound than paul?

[Knugabug]

Screen feed. Real 1976 sound. No punched in Laurence Juber 1980 leads for the film. Now this is real deal Paul. Rockshow was so studio filled it came too clean. I need to get a pirate DVD of this whole thing.

[RodrigoOsO87]

beatifull song:D

[jts001]

this is such a great song - thanks

[stj287]

I havent heard this song in years, thanks for a walk down memory lane.

[latta4]

Always loved this song. Paul and his Rickenbacker are absolute magic. The MAN fucking rocks...

[harlon57]

latta4: Paul rarely played a rickenbacker bass. He usually played, and is known for playing the Hofner bass guitar. Paul actually started out as a guitar player, but switched to bass after they picked up George Harrison because someone had to play bass, and John refused.

John, for a short while, George, played Rick's. Usually, Epiphone Casino's. George - Gretsch.

I own several vintage 325's and stereo Rickenbacker 360's plus hand wired Vox amps. I love the sound, and the history behind them.

[xavierbaudet]

This doesn't look or sound like the version in the Rockshow film (apart from the clothes that is). Were there two concerts in Seattle?

[MrsVanderblit]

Paul is the best musican ever.

[jnoble12]

When he plays this live now, he plays the rythum guitar himself and has someone else do the bass

[dcarr84]

great song, nice mullet.

[ih8tbush]

@dcarr84 I'm not a hairdresser, but that style was known as a shag....mullet was an 80's style that was much shorter up top

[dcarr84]

@ih8tbush You're correct.The Mullet was business in the front,party in the back. Kind of like a shag but only asinine. I hate Bush too!

[109ace]

@dcarr84

Yes, great song. It's not a mullet. It's a shag. Big difference. Mullets worn by trailor trash hillbillies in the 80's. Shags worn in the 70's by the coolest of hip people.

[dazerbrah]

@dcarr84

great song, greater mullet

[sharegrace]

Brilliant voice, brilliant writer. Someone once wrote their was never a stage that Paul McCartney did not like.

Go see him this next tour 08 or 09.

He sings of Hope of Deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.

Jesus Christ bless Paul and his family.

[abcakl]

Greatest singer of the 70:s.

[dcarr84]

John Lennon's voice was best. Paul ranks at number 2.

[jnoble12]

I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I have to disagree...Paul's voice is warmer and more versatile.

[dcarr84]

you have a valid point. Paul voice could be wish-washy as in when I'm 64, and uncle albert but his voice could also be soulful as songs like Hey Jude and Maybe I'm amazed. But to me, John had the best voice ever and no one could ever compare.ever.

[waynepitty]

Greatest of the 60's as well...

[CHOPI9]

LET ME ROLL IT¡¡¡¡

GREAT SONG

[kittydeveer]

the Man The Rick

[simplyrahil]

excellent!

thanks for posting! :)