Mull of Kintyre - McCartney's Biggest UK Hit Most Americans Have NEVER HEARD
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- Опубліковано 31 гру 2022
- Our first video of 2023 look at Paul's and the UK's biggest selling 45 - Mull of Kintyre. We look at the stores behind the song, how it was recorded and what effects it had on the people living on the Mull of Kintyre itself. We'll also find out why the song is virtually unknown in the U.S. and why its flipside 'Girls' School' was more popular and why it maybe would not be recorded today.
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Thank you & Happy New Year!
I'm an American who has never been to Scotland, but Mull of Kintyre gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. I think it's because the song is really about longing for home, which is something anyone can relate to regardless of where they're from.
Go to Scotland. Beautiful and mesmerising 😊
It truly is!
Aye!
I am a third-generation American Beatles fan, and I have ALWAYS loved "Mull of Kintyre." Maybe it's my ignorance, but this song expresses a sense of nostalgia and community that really touches my heart.
I’m American. Never heard this song before this year. I love it! Let’s face it, a lot of music critics then and now, are pretentious snobs.
@@leonardoiglesias2394 Well, good thing I don’t consult you about what I “should” like.
@@leonardoiglesias2394 I have a wide array of music interests, including classical, jazz, folk, world, opera, rock, etc., and a huge music catalog. I really don’t need to have some stranger on UA-cam telling me what is or isn’t worth listening to.
Trust me, in 1977 if you were Scottish, in your mid twenties and stood on the terraces of The City Ground Nottingham, then this record will never leave your heart.....
I’ve always loved ‘Mull of Kintyre’… it has a melody that sounds like it has existed forever.
@@AB-mt9nf it is his melody
I never said it wasn’t
True. That's Paul 's craftsmanship. He knew that to write an anthemic sounding song, he needed the pentatonic scale. It's a great original melody, but those five notes he used to write it are almost engraved in human DNA.
I love Mull of Kintyre and being a Scotsman the bagpipes give me goosebumps 🤣
@@shakinghell1318 Love the bags well! :)
I actually had never heard of this song until this year. I had lost my beloved mother and a few months later while driving this song came on the Beatles Sirius XM channel and almost right from the start I started crying. Something about the guitar strumming, the words and his singing just touched emotions related to missing my mother even though she had nothing to do with Scotland. That’s the magic of music which can touch emotions.
It was one of my mum's favourite pop songs of the era. We would sometimes sing it in the car on family drives.
I'm an American who had the privilege of living in Scotland for a month. So beautiful with it's mountains and beaches. And the very sweet Scottish people with their amusing accent! Wish I could go back! 😊
This guy is the only person I know of who can start talking about Marmite and then seamlessly transition into talking about a Paul McCartney single.
For a second, I was thinking "is that stuff available in the states?"😄
As an anglophile, I thought it was the perfect analogy, and yes it’s very Andrew. 😁👍🏼
As a long-standing Vegemite fan (my partner is an Aussie), I finally tried Marmite for the first time last year, and while it didn't knock Vegemite off the top spot on my (admittedly, very short) favourite brewer's yeast-based spreads list, I did enjoy it on toast with butter after years of hearing it being slagged off as vastly inferior. Not as good on a piece of cheese though, you can't have everything.
Some people Love the Marmite Analogy Thing. Some People Hate it.
I think I'd take Marmite over Vegemite...
I was a big McCartney fan in 1977 and eagerly awaited every new release. I remember the video for Mull Of Kintyre being played on The Midnight Special (a late night US TV show featuring live performances and a few prerecorded video clips) and fell in love with the song. I immediately went out and bought it. I expected to hear it on the radio but never did. I found this odd since Mull Of Kintyre is obviously classic McCartney and he was hugely popular in the US at the time, with a run of million-selling singles and LPs. It definitely deserved wider recognition in the states. Perhaps luckily, American fans of the song never faced its oversaturation and thus never grew tired of it. I certainly haven't.
I’m from a small town in Oregon- Astoria. And I’ve always, I mean ALWAYS loved Mull of Kintyre. One of my very favorites of Sir Paul
I visit there often
Another rural Oregonian absolutely agrees.
As a Canadian (from Nova Scotia) i can tell you it dominated the airwaves at the time, and remains one of my favorite McCartney songs... no idea it flopped elsewhere
In July of 2013 one of my life’s dearest wish came through. Paul McCartney performed in Ottawa, Canada and I was in the front stage’s fifth row. One of the highlights of the concert was when he sang Mull of Kintyre. When the bagpipes and drums part began playing, a roar of cheers from the mostly hometown crowd when they realized the musicians were from the Ottawa Police Department as they marched their way onto the stage from the background side entrance. I’m still quite moved by this thoughtful gesture on McCartney’s part. Paul McCartney is unique and a gift to the world as were The BeaTles.
What a lovely touch - using local musicians, I mean.
I'm not from Scotland but love the Highlands and Islands in all weathers and seasons. The number of Canadian visitors in search of family roots is incredible and very moving. One sees tears shed - which is entirely
appropriate.
Best wishes
Always makes me feel terribly homesick for a land i have never been too but have descended from.
Wow this sounds incredible.
I'm an American and while I don't remember where I first heard Mull of Kintyre (most likely on radio), I bought the 45rpm single on the Capitol label here in the USA when it first came out in 1977. I was a senior in high school. I had not heard the flip side at that time, so that wasn't the draw for me. I still have the single and just now had another look to confirm. I always loved the so-called haunting melody of this song; it seems like it's existed forever. And yes, I like the sound of the bagpipes! Thanks Andrew, for bringing this favorite around again.
It's probably already in one of the comments, but the video for Mull of Kintyre was aired on the Midnight Special, a music program on NBC back in 1977. My memory is that Rick Nelson was the guest host on that particular episode. I really liked the image of Linda, Paul and Denny on the record sleeve and attempted to paint a rendition of it in high school art class.
Love this song!! It touches the soul. ❤❤I never understood why it didn’t get played in the US 🤨
I in the U.S. had never heard of Mull of Kyntyre but possibly a time or two. I saw Paul McCartney in Regina Saskatewan in 2014 (or so). He mentioned that Regina had a very popular bagpipe band. Sure enough they marched out in full regalia just in time to play the bagpipe section of the song. A truly awesome moment I'll never forget. The crowd was absolutely thrilled! It still gives me shivers when I think of it.
I'm in the US I remember cranking the Mull of Kintyre to hear those bagpipes. They sounded glorious!! Still love the song today!! 🎸🎸🎸
I live in New York State, and I have always loved Mull Of Kintyre. It is such an amazingly good song.
I honestly never heard the song until I got a copy of Wings Greatest around 1980 and it quickly became my favorite Wings song at the time. As a preteen in American I had no idea what the Mull of Kintyre was, but I had I vision in my mind of green hills leading to the sea. Once the age of Google came along, at one point I looked up Mull of Kintyre and when I saw pictures it was nearly identical to the vivid imagery that was already in my head. I think that is the beauty of the song is that you don't need a picture to see it. You can hear it on the song. Today it's still one of my two favorite Wings songs along with Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five.
Cheers, and thanks for the video.
As an American youth, I bought "Wings Greatest" on 8-track so I could listen while driving.....and it's been one of my favorite tracks for years. The melody is complicated enough to be interesting but not juvenile or tiring; the lyric is clean and simple, and the bagpipes give a somber depth to the song that is both powerful and calming.
I'd like to visit there some day. Thank you for the video. I wish I could afford the singles set!!
I lived in Nova Scotia when it came out (AKA New Scotland), and I imagine it was more popular there than in the rest of Canada. I loved it. I was surprised when I would listen to the radio late at night, to a station from Buffalo, New York when they only played the B-side "Girls School" . "Mull" seemed timeless to me even then.
Let's also celebrate Denny Laine (co-founder of the Moody Blues) who co-wrote this masterpiece with Paul and who passed away today.
RIP Denny you gave us your all in so many ways. Go Now ! 💗
I was 8 when I first heard Mull Of Kyntire (that was 1981) and also on Wings Greatest from a cassette my uncle bought back then. I knew it was in English and very fluent at it, but I kept asking, "what the heck is Mull Of Kyntire", even my parents can't answer me. Being Filipinos, we have absolutely no idea! But then again, I always get chills hearing that tune as if I was that 8 year old kid again. The bagpipes really takes me to Scotland on my imagination. I love the song, but now at 50 I still have no idea what it meant. I just love the melody and the bagpipe part. Happy New Year Andrew!
Happy New Year, Bryan!
🤷🏻♂️Are you kidding?!?!?! LOVE IT!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I only recently stumbled across Mull of Kintyre on UA-cam. It brought tears to my eyes. Love the song. I don't remember ever hearing it on US radio.
We've heard it. It's on some greatest hits compilations. A favorite for me since it was originally released. Now Mary Had a Little Lamb...that is one most people haven't heard.
I absolutely adore Mary Had A Little Lamb - it was on our turntable constantly when I was little! The B side Little Woman Love is great too!
I´m an American Beatlemaniac who´s lived in Madrid for almost 40 years and I just heard this song on the radio today for the first time.🤨 Thanks to your explanation, now I know why. Thank you!
I loved the single then in America! I gather I helped it get to #45 on the Hot 100.
As a Scot, and someone who plays the bagpipes, I love this song. It really does give me goosebumps as it gets to the core of my national pride. Something very important to Scots, for whatever reason. Our wee bit of hill and glen. I also used to live on the Ayrshire coast that looked out to the Isle of Arran and on a really clear day you could see the Kintyre peninsula sticking out from behind it.
I think, as the comments have already said, it’s a timeless song about the longing for home and where you can find peace & tranquility.
From a bag piping technical point of view, the pipes sound great on this, with perfect tuning, other than when they hit that high A, a couple of the reeds are struggling a little. I’ve recorded pipes professionally before and it’s not always easy to get this good a sound.
And finally, I toured the USA with a Scottish fiddle orchestra playing the pipes and the Americans went wild for it. I’m amazed they didn’t play on the Scottish heritage of so any Americans for Mull’s release and really push it.
Great little video, thank you so much. Very interesting.
Thanks for watching!
The skirl of the pipes still sends a shiver up the back of my neck.
OMG, I was there...a teenager in 1977 glued to the radio and following the charts. I remember groaning as that opening strum started following the chart jingle "Britain's Number One!". I could singalong every word automatically if it started playing. I think the overplaying of it killed it for me. 'With a Little Luck' and 'I've Had Enough' were welcomed and enjoyed more by me.
BTW, Andrew. I found this a fascinating insight into MoK. Excellent!
Nice video....thanks! I'm one of those Americans (born in 1955) who actually LOVED this song, and it helped me fall in love with Scotland (and I still haven't gotten there yet!).
It took many years before I finally got to hear this song. ..on all my best. They didn't play it here in the US. I expected it to be lackluster at best but it was brilliant...hit me right in the heart. Maybe one of his best...still gives me chills and a longing for whatever it is I long for.
I love this song. Brings back great memories of Christmas 1977.My Dads parents were Scots and Mum's side is Irish. This is a brilliant song. Could not care less if people dislike it. Me and my Mum and Dad loved it.
Well, I’d say this is a top notch way to start the new year. Cheers, Andrew!
As a big Southern U.S. Wings fan, I’d say I think Mull is a rather beautiful song (and a favorite of Southern country artist/legend Glen Campbell). Though, when pulling up my Spotify Wings playlist for a road trip, I’d prefer a rocker like “So Glad To See You Here”, “Soily”, “Jet”, “Junior’s Farm”, etc.
I look forward to some more Wings fun on this channel in ‘23 😁
I say that with the Wings Greatest album propped up on my bedside table.
1978 as a 10-year-old in New Zealand, we used to sing a playground ditty to the tune of Mull Of Kintyre - "Mangere Bridge, we're singing this song-y, to fill up the whole we'll use David Lange". Mangere Bridge was a much-delayed roading project, with two ends of a bridge left unconnected for years. David Lange later became Prime Minister and was rather a large man.
I love it. The fade in of the pipes and key change is excellent arrangement.
Admittedly, there’s very little of McCartney’s solo work that I give the time of day to, but Mull of Kintyre is an exception. I’ve always enjoyed it which continues to this day.
How much have you heard of his solo work? Have you really listened to it other than just singles? He’s had some great songs, sometimes buried in albums that you may not know.
I'm American and heard the song many years ago and fell in love with it. I still love it. I especially love the bagpipes.
I've spent a lot of time in Kintyre this year, and that song has been going around my head since about March. We went down to the Mull of Kintyre, which is a lighthouse at the bottom of a very steep, zigzag road, which would have had views across to Northern Ireland except that the mist was indeed rolling in from the sea - a regular occurrence down there, I understand. The lighthouse is in your video, when you were talking about the other Mull of Kintyre tune.
The video for Mull of Kintyre was not filmed at the Mull itself, but at Saddell Bay, on the opposite side of the Kintyre peninsula and about 20 miles further north. It is much more picturesque than the lighthouse and now contains a sculpture by Antony Gormley. The little cottage at the start of the video is still there, at the northern end of the bay, but the fence that Paul sits on has long gone.
The front cover of the single is a picture of Davaar Island, which is a tidal island in Campbeltown Loch. You can walk out to the island at low tide. It famously is home to a cave where there is a nineteenth century painting of Christ on the cross.
Paul and Linda loved Kintyre, and there is a memorial garden and statue of Linda McCartney in Campbeltown.
Thanks for sharing that information, Dougie.
As an American born in 1977, as soon as I discovered this song I fell in love with it. And of course I looked up exactly what a Mull was and where Kintyre was on a map. All good stuff
My greatgrandfather came from Ayr, Scotland, in the early 1800's. I'd like to think of the beautiful country he came from as a part of me. This song is soul stirring. Especially today.
I lived in Iowa in 1978 not far from a small corner bar. This song was actually on the jukebox there. We all loved it and it was played all the time. I had no idea it was considered rare, I have no idea where the owner got it. I just know we all liked it and it was on the jukebox for several years until the bar shut down.
I was introduced to this song as a kid when All The Best was released. But my favourite memory of this song was from Paul's concert in Melbourne, Australia in 2017. It was such a surprise when he started up the song and all I could think about was, "What is he going to do when the bagpipe section comes along?" I thought it would be simulated with a sampler by the keyboard guy. But no....lo and behold....out marches a local bagpipe brigade playing at full volume! They blew everyone's socks and sandals and trainers off. It was incredible and very powerful!
Thanks for posting this history . I produced a few shows with Denny Laine who would end with Mull . It did not chart well in the US but many at the concerts would sing along and knew the lyrics . Denny is a great guy and talent , but sadly has been having health issues . Keep him in your thoughts and prayers .
When I first heard 'Mull of Kintyre' in the late '70s I just assumed that it was a cover of a Scottish folk song. I was never much of a McCartney fan beyond 'McCartney', 'Ram' and 'Band on The Run', but in 2001 I picked up the 'Wingspan' CD (lenticular sleeve) so that I'd at least have a decent compilation. Of course I knew most of the tracks, but the thing that really struck me the most in hearing them as a whole was the sheer breadth and variety of musical styles. It gave me an appreciation of McCartney's gift for songwriting that I hadn't felt since The Beatles.
I had never heard this song until a few weeks ago when I bought the "Wings Greatest" LP. I immediately loved it the very first time I heard it!
You are my first UA-cam video of 2023. And you’re fast becoming a channel that I just can’t stop watching. Thank you for everything, and keep up this AMAZING work! Happy new year!
Thanks Daniel and the same to you. Glad you're enjoying the channel!
My dad was born in ‘71 and had never heard Mull of Kintyre before because it was never played on American radio. He heard it for the first time this year as we were listening to my Wingspan CD during a car road trip.
He’s been a firefighter for the past 26 years and at select fireman funerals, bagpipes are played. He distinctly remembers bagpipes echoing in a tunnel during the funeral procession for the Worcester 6 who perished in ‘99.
When the bagpipes started echoing through my car speaker, it hit him hard because of his time as a fireman. It brought out raw emotion that i haven’t seen him have in quite some time. He’s adored the song like i have ever since
Nice post, Ryan.
I was born on August 9th, 1979... So, exactly 2 years after the song's recording. As this has always been my father's favourite Paul McCartney song, I don't remember a time when I didn't know it... And I have always loved it. I have the vinyl single by the way. Fun fact: it continues to be my father's favourite song, now tied with "This One" from Flowers in the Dirt.
I'm Canadian and I loved the single and later when I had a used record store in the eighties,an old man who had a sewing machine store, but also made compilation cassettes for his customers comes into my store with a thick Scottish accent asking for a song that a customer of his had requested on a tape . In a thick Scottish accent he asks if I had ever heard of a song called "The Mule of MacIntyre". It took me a couple of minutes to realize that he meant. Mull of Minutes. I had 2 copies and he bought both after I played it for him. It actually blew his old Scottish mind and he was overwhelmed with emotion and gained a new respect for one of the Beatles. I'm sure that he is long dead now. Thanks for making me remember that day
Happy New Year and thank you for these PHENOMENAL videos
Thanks Greg. Happy New Year!
Excellent job!! Thank you for the great work!!
Happy New Year Andrew, keep up the good work and I look forward to more of your videos throughout the year.
Thanks Vincent, you too!
This was my favorite Paul McCartney song as a toddler. I used to sing along phonetically, the English made no sense to me at that time. My parents still have a recording of my singing somewhere. Fun memories :)
Some people used to call it Mullighan's tyre!!! As phonetically it could pass for that ha ha!
As a Hispanic American, who grew up in the 80's and heard almost every Paul McCartney song. Especially when he was with The Beatles and when he went solo and formed his own band Wings, I've never really heard of Mull Of Kentyre. Not until I had gotten his greatest hits records on CD. And I've seen clips of him and half his band performing the song. I thought it was a very good song. It tugs at your heartstrings. It is so beautiful. I was just a baby in 1977.
Thnaks for taking me back in time. Wings Greatest Hits was my first McCartney album that I purchased in 1978 and Mull of Kintyre and for a long time it was a huge mystery to me why it was included in a greatest hits album -- no Wikipedia back then for me to find out that, indeed, it was not only a hit but his biggest hit of all time in the UK.
Thanks again and a very happy New year!
Great video Andrew, you made me chuckle a few times. As a Yank, I have always loved this song. To me it was a song that conjured up visions of what Kintyre, which it still does. When I first started listening to it I would turn up the volume for the bagpipes. It is still one of my favorite McCartney songs. Thanks Andrew for reminding how much I love this song.
Alex
Glad you enjoyed it, James.
I heard Mull of Kyntire on Midnight Special as a film clip (acetate, Paul, but go on) and the simple acoustic beginning, and his simple but passionate beginning lyrics, had me hooked.
Then the build up then the celebratory payoff!
It was a journey, like Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, in 4:45😊
I remember when it came put, it reminded me of Christmas snd still does. I remember that it was and still is perfect to dance the waltz to.
We used it at the dance school to dance waltz to. Brilliant! Thank you Paul. Tony Z.
Thanks Andrew! Great video. Once again, unparalleled, deep dive research. Looking forward your 60th anniversary videos. Happy New Year, all the best, Rob
Cheers Robert. Same to you!
I remember my mother singing a new song she'd heard on the radio. 'What's that? I asked. She told me she liked it but didn't know who sang it.
What she was singing was 'Rollicking time, da da da da, Rollicking time'. I found out later it was Mull of Kintyre. Heh Heh.
Fabulous video! Got the single when it first came out. Another Paul classic. Then as now it still makes the hairs on the neck tingle when the bagpipes kick in. The video titled "Paul McCartney & Wings - Mull Of Kintyre ( Two Version ) [ High Quality ]" on You Tube was made at my local Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, which also happens to be the home of Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Shining, The Dam Busters, Moby Dick, and tv's The Avengers with Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee, to name just a few. ♥💚♥💚♥💚♥
Very nice video! Looking forward to watch the episode about Brazilian records. Happy new year!
Thanks Gustavo. Happy New Year to you too!
Never heard in US? The local rock station played it here. I am one of those that has to sing along with it. Great Song.
Great story, Andrew. Will wait for more. Happy New Year
Thanks Dmitry. Same to you!
Another corker, thanks Andrew. I consider myself quite a Beatles nerd but I always learn something new from your videos. By the way, St Neots has been my home town for the last 32 years. If you’re ever back over this way, I’d be honoured to meet up with you for a coffee or even a pint. Happy New Year.
Thanks Simon. That sounds like a plan!
Great video Andrew! I was lucky to get a copy of this set. The song Mull of Kintyre has special memories for me as it was a favorite of my Dads growing up. In the US it would get airplay on radio stations that had Irish/Celtic formats or on St Patrick’s Day. I have always loved this song and wish Paul would perform it in the states when he tours but I don’t think that will happen, thanks for sharing and Happy New Year!
Great video! I was one of the American Macca fans that bought this for the indeed saucy and rockin’ Girls School, which I heard a bunch on my hometown’s pop station, Mull was barely played, and it’s only been since the 90s that I’ve learned to appreciate it.
We must be a one-off here in southeast Texas because this song got quite a bit of air-time on our local radio station and I remember liking it at age 16. I love it now, the bagpipes break me every time.
Another great video! Happy new year
Thanks! You too!
Great Episode as always!
Happy New Year!
Thanks Gotai. Same to you!
well I'm from Chile, South America and I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it on the radio in the 70's
Dad has a 170 year old house he was born in on an island under a large, domineering mountain. When I was much younger, that's where the record player and his large collection of LPs were located. It can be quite stormy, and the house moves and creeks a bit in high winds, like houses like that always do.
I have very strong memories of playing a crackly Wing's Greatest Hits back in the day, with the storm playing its part, and getting to Mull of Kintyre.
To this day, I love the song, especially when I can hear and feel strong winds outside, and with a glass of single malt.
Great memories! Thanks for watching!
Uptown Top Rankin' is great. We missed it in the US also until the movie Sid and Nancy came out :^)
cheers man, enjoyed that. and yeah, is so amazing live that song - US fans are really missing a treat!!!😀
I grew up in London when Top 40 was so popular back in the days listening on Sundays on repeat. Over the yrs I knew when the top 10 was counting down. Anyway I heard that song during the notts vs crys palace fans singing it haven’t heard that song in yrs. Gave me goosebumps just like that Mike yarwood Xmas show. It’s so crazy how life works!! 🎉
Being From Canada , I seem to remember it being played quite a bit back in 1977-78. I never liked the song too much. Then about 10 years ago or so , Paul played it in concert , with a local pipe band and I finally got it. When I hear it now , I enjoy it ..... Some songs just take a bit longer to appreciate , whether just with time or as we age. Great Video ... Happy New Year !!!! Bonne Annee !!!!!
Mull of Kintyre definitely got radio play in Canada when it came out on more adult contemporary stations but not not Top 40. The media here covered the story of its massive UK success which created further awareness.
I was surprised to learn it only got to 44 on the Canadian RPM chart, because it got a LOT of airplay here in Nova Scotia (a.k.a. "New Scotland"), for reasons that are obvious to me now. And I realized that I was also 10 and a newly minted Beatles fan in 1977 (I bought my first LP, a used copy of Sgt. Pepper, that summer), and my parents tended to listen to local station CHNS, which stuck to the lighter side of the pop charts, as opposed to CJCH, which was the Top 40 station, and they would have had it in heavy rotation at the time. It probably got played even more on the rural radio stations, which still had shows that played fiddle and bagpipe records, due to the large percentage of the population that was of Scottish descent.
I love this single, bucòlic, masterpiece,
Happy New year to all!!!! 🎧
Bought the single in the US when it was first released and still have it. Loved both sides. Surprised "Girl's School" didn't do better.
I wasn’t a wings fan or McCartney fan for that matter. I bought into the Lennon vs McCartney hype and loved Lennon. However I realise there were indications that I loved McCartney’s songs as well. Mull of Kintyre was one of them. Today I marvel at his genius. This song is a folk song that could’ve been written a long time ago.
My Scottish Canadian grandfather had a roller skating rink from the 1970s to the 90s. He insisted that This song be played as the last song of the session. Although he loved the song he figured the teen that were skating would quickly disperse. Not sure if worked but I loved the song and still do.
I was in the US when “Mull of Kintyre” was released. When I heard it on “Wing’s Greatest”, it made me homesick. Visited the Mull of Kintyre when I returned…but I only had time then to gaze upon…a golf course. Disappointing, LOL. Went back when I had more time and got the full effect. “Mull of Kintyre” was the kind of treacle-filled, sentimental stuff the popular culture pundits of the time “told” me I wasn’t “authorised” to enjoy… Sorry, chaps; I adored it. BTW, Hau’oli Makahiki Hou from a place that’s about as far from Scotland as it’s possible to be. I wish you and all of your loved ones a healthy and happy 2023. As always, I look forward to more videos from you. I enjoyed “London Town” and eagerly await your word on it. Cheers!
Despite being a fan of the Beatles and Wings and of McCartney's solo stuff, I hadn't heard this until much later than it came out. It's a great song and I love the bagpipes on it. I felt cheated a little that this wasn't a US hit.
This video blew my mind. I never considered that Wings was going strong in the same era as the Ramones. In 1977, you could have heard Blitzkrieg Bop and Mull of Kintyre back to back on the radio while driving home from Star Wars. That really puts it into perspective. It's even stranger to think of what a short time span it was from the Beatles being considered controversial to the Sex Pistols not much more than a decade later.
You and I are more or less the same age, however I grew up in and live in the States. My first Beatles albums were the 'red' and 'blue' Greatest Hits albums. The first current pop LP I ever got was "London Town" which I got for Christmas. When Wings Greatest came out, I bought it with my own money. I loved and still love Mull of Kintyre, and that LP remains the only place I ever remember having heard it. I also happen to be one of those Americans who loves the bagpipes, so that moment always gives me chills, as well.
I remember it when it came out on Wings Greatest. At the time I thought it was not their best but as I got older , I really do like it.
I heard it first when I was 10, I guess! And it was one of the first Wings songs I learned to play on guitar. I still get goosebumps when I hear Paul and Denny singing together in the second chorus
I had moved to LA from Colorado after my dad's passing in 77, and I did have a chance to hear the song. I loved it. I've always been fond of Paul's softer side, for example, I'll Follow The Sun was my favorite on the first Beatles album (Beatles '65 over here). Being in a new city, and on my own it's lyrics touched me a little. Wish I had the bucks to get the singles set, but such is life. Thanks for the Mull of Kintyre review.
I meant to say the first Beatles LP that I bought.
Thanks for watching, Doug.
Thanks for your channel. It always provides a wealth of information. As for Mull of kintyre not being Scottish I found it a hard listen but I've only heard it once. I'll give it another shot and see if it grows on me, lol.
it never ages,i blast this masterpiece out at least 3 times a year ,the tune the pipes the scenery the magic,i love vegamite...
3 times a year?
Canuck here. I like Mull of Kintyre. I heard it only once on Canadian radio in the late '70s and it stayed with me. I finally got a good listen with Wings Greatest LP album bought in early '80s. Off to listen to Girl's School now.
Great Story about "MULL OF KINTYRE". It reminds my of my childhood it was a really great song until now.Hope it came out again in the archive series along London Town and Back to the egg.
I was 17 when Mull of Kintyre was released, I had just been made redundant from working as an apprentice chef in Torquay, and the record was bought on the day of release in Torquay on my first day unemployed. I don't play it very much these days but is still a great double A side.
I actually did hear this song on American radio at the time. It didn't last long. But it is one of my favorite McCartney songs.
I used to sing this song as a toddler "mull da tin tyre". A great song and I still love it today. This was a great video, I found it really interesting. :)
Ive always been a Beatles fan since the 60's. I forgot about this one, but rediscovered it. I dont listen to a lot of the harder stuff I did when Wings were a band, but Im 62 now and I think its great.
Love your channel thank you! Your correct, in the US, Boston area, although we heard it a bit on radio, I really came across it buying Wings Greatest at the time. So waiting for a London Town/Egg box please!!! My favorite Wings period - I recall that high school time well!
I'm from London but love the pipes it is a beautiful melody and when the pipes come in WOW