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"Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)" is a song by the British-American rock band Wings from their second studio album Red Rose Speedway.[2]

Background

Paul McCartney revealed that the song was never meant to be played live, stating "It’s pretty experimental"[3] McCartney stated on the writing on the song: "Because it’s an album track we had a bit more room to manoeuvre. And I think it’s the rebellious aspect of Wild Life coming back in. So you’ve got ‘My Love’, and that’s a proper song. You’ve got some other proper songs on the album. But then we’ve got something like ‘Loup’, where it was sort of a bit of fun for us. It’s pretty experimental. But we didn’t ever play it live, it was just something fun that only existed in the studio."[4] According to Wings in an interview for an interview for the British music magazine Melody Maker: "It’s just a thing really, hard to explain about the first Red Indian on the moon called Loup. It’s just a story but you can see through his eyes."[5]

Reception

Ian Peel said that the song was "clearly inspired by the progressive and concept rock scenes that were springing up at the time"[6] Tom Doyle said that it was a "Pink Floyd-inspired instrumental"[7] Ted Montgomery said that "Throughout McCartney's career he's had trouble resisting making self-indulgent and head-scratching decisions about including certain songs on his albums"[8] Mark Bowen said that it was a "near equivalent of 'Kreen Akrore' from McCartney." and that it was a "trippy neo-instrumental."[9] Rolling Stone called it "electronic patter more gracefully left to such as Pink Floyd and Hawkwind."[10]

Personnel

According to Vincent P Benitez Jr[11] except where noted.

References

  1. ^ a b "Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)". The Beatles Bible. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  2. ^ a b Ingham 2006, p. 114.
  3. ^ "The one song Paul McCartney never wanted to play live". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  4. ^ "Paul McCartney | News | You Gave Me The Answer: Celebrating 50 years of 'Red Rose Speedway'". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  5. ^ "December 2, 1972: Interview for Melody Maker". The Paul McCartney Project. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
  6. ^ Peel 2013, p. 75.
  7. ^ Doyle 2014, p. 82.
  8. ^ Montgomery 2020, p. 30.
  9. ^ Bowen 2009, p. 43.
  10. ^ "Paul McCartney: Red Rose Speedway [3 Bonus Tracks] : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. 2009-11-17. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
  11. ^ Benitez 2010, p. 46-47.
  12. ^ Castleman & Podrazik 1976, p. 186.

Sources

  • Benitez, Vincent P. (2010). The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-34969-0.
  • Bowen, M (2009). McCartney Solo: See You Next Time. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781409298793.
  • Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
  • Doyle, Tom (2014). Man on the Run: McCartney in the 1970s. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780804179157.
  • Ingham, Chris (2006). The Rough Guide to the Beatles. London: Rough Guides/Penguin. ISBN 978-1-84836-525-4.
  • Montgomery, Ted (2020). The Paul McCartney Catalog: A Complete Annotated Discography of Solo Works, 1967-2019. McFarland. ISBN 9781476638010.
  • Peel, Ian (2013). The Unknown Paul McCartney: McCartney and the Avant-Garde. Titan. ISBN 978-1-78116-275-0.
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