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646-Paul McCartney and Wings-Junior’s Farm.

1974-Number 16 single.

Best Bit-At 3.56. Of the naming of ‘Wings,’ Paul McCartney has said that his wife Linda was in hospital giving birth to their second child Stella, there were complications, at the birth, and both Linda and the baby nearly died. McCartney was praying, and the image of wings came to his mind.He decided to call his new band ‘Wings.’

Paul McCartney (see also best songs 599-456-319-238-141-107-80-51-10 and 6) had finally achieved critical acclaim away from the Beatles with the success of the ‘Band on the Run’ Album in 1974. The next studio Album ‘Venus and Mars’ wouldn’t be released until 1975, so ‘Junior’s Farm’ was released without appearing on any Album.While recording in July 1974 in Nashville, Paul McCartney and Wings, who were Linda McCartney (1941-1998) Denny Laine, Jimmy McCullock (1953-1979) (see also best songs 891) and Geoff Britton, had been invited to stay at the ‘Lebanon,’Tennessee farm of Country Music singer/songwriter Curly Putman Jr.(1930-2016,) which accounts for the songs title.In the UK Putman’s best known songs are ‘Green Green Grass of Home,’ a UK Number 1 song for Tom Jones (see also best songs 964) and ‘D-I-V-O-R-C-E,’ a UK Number 12 hit for Tammy Wynette.

McCartney has said that we should not study the lyrics of ‘Juniors Farm’ has it has ‘Silly lyrics, and basically means, let’s get out of the city.’ But I have studied the lyrics, and come to the conclusion that there is a drug reference, a comment on the state of the economy at that time, and a disguised mention about America’s disgraced President Nixon.

‘I was talking to an Eskimo, said he was hoping for a fall of snow, when up popped a sea lion ready to go.’