Wings

I have “Band On The Run” stuck in my head because absolutely everything gets a song stuck in my head. Example: Two days ago my Core teacher was talking about taking the easy way out on the writing assessment. What do I hear? “Got a good reason for taking the easy way out…” Damn.

But this is why I have “Band On The Run” stuck in my head:

Last night, I’m eating at La Pinata with my family (of course) and my dad says something about making mistakes or “your first mistake” or something like that. I think nothing of it, but then I hear, “That was your first mistake…” So I’m sitting there hearing this, and I think, “What song is that from? No, no, no…What the heck? That’s not a Beatles song!”

Then I remember, wait, that’s from a Wings song, so I frantically scroll through them in my head. Unfortunately, I don’t know all the Wings songs on the one album we have (some weird “Hits and History” thing), so I’m stuck. I have that one line in my head all night.

This morning, driven by that single phrase, I was forced to listen to the entire Wings album (both disks) until I finally found “Too Many People”, which is actually pretty good. In the process, I rediscover “Band On The Run”, which sounds like it was written by an escaped lunatic (sorta), but is funny and I like it.

So at least I know what I’m putting on my iPod when I get it back.

Tags: awesome, Band On The Run, Beatles, La Pinata, nonsense, Paul McCartney, Wings

You Better Not Laugh

You probably already know, looking at my previous Beatles posts. If not…my mom will tell you. I’m not saying.

Anyway–

Something seems to be keeping me from listening to Wings. I don’t get it; it’s like it’s hurting me or something. I just can’t. And I think I know why:

Listening to these songs now, knowing it’s not the Beatles, forces me to admit to myself that I have this thing…

Yeah.

I used to have a crush on Ringo when I was, what, five? I remember asking my mom which of the Beatles were still alive, and when she told me I said “Good.” I wonder if she knew then? She does now.

And now it’s the other one. Although I guess it makes more sense that way. It would disturb me if it was a dead person.

And a funny thing:

I was thinking about something, I don’t remember what, and I came up with this: “We’re better than them because we don’t think we’re better than them.” And I though it made so much sense. And then I went over it again, and I thought, “We’re better than them because we don’t think we’re better than–wait, what?” Because it just doesn’t work. But it’s funny.

Tags: Beatles, crushes, nonsense, Paul McCartney, Wings