I not exactly winging my way across the country or the coast. I’m actually road trippin by car. Heh, that’s a bit redundant isn’t it? Road trippin would instantly conjure up images of a car on the road. Oh well, I’m sticking with it. Going from Los Angeles to Park City Utah. It’s good to get in a little vacation time don’t ya think? I do. Despite being ill a little over a week ago and being forced to do nothing, I’m still vacation bound.
I have a buddy Blake who’s dad is a pilot for a major airline. The lucky man gets to fly anywhere they fly for just the tax of the ticket. How nice that must be. I think if I had something like that going on, I’d be jetting off every weekend. It would be too easy to hop a plane and take an adventure. Adventure is a cool thing. At least it is to me. To cover great distance with ease would be awesome, especially if it was that cheap. I should ask him what it costs to skip across the pond and hit the U.K. If it wasn’t more than the taxes, heck I’d do that.
Anyway, I’m already enjoying some time in Vegas and being out of Los Angeles. No, I’m not hitting the casino’s and playing poker, which is something I would normally do. However, I’m attempting to do as little as possible this time around to see what it’s like. I’m not usually one to sit and do nothing, it generally tends to drive me nuts.
That’s the feeling I bet Paul McCartney has. I can’t imagine the man sits still. How could he. He was in one of the greatest bands ever. Then immediately afterward started another band that put even more chart topping songs under his belt. Wings. They apparently had a 10 year career through the 70’s. The ‘rents were fans of the band and despite me being after their time, I still got to hear them growing up. I guess some music never goes out of style.
I do know that Wings was a major influence on The Jellyfish. There’s a great couple of bands right there in that sentence. I’m a fan of a lot of Wings songs. I do need to expand my collection as I’m missing key things like Venus and Mars. I’ll pick them up at some point soon. However, I think it’s the description of this song as I heard it spoken about by the Jellyfish that lent a major hand in me choosing this song for today’s Fallen Friday. I don’t think Paul will ever be out of a musical career, but Wings the band won’t likely be making a comeback.
What did the Jellyfish say about Jet? They mentioned that it could arguably be the most sexy song ever written. Mighty powerful words there. While I can’t say if I’d instantly equate Jet with sex, especially when there’s an artist like Prince in the world. However, this song does tend to encompass quite a bit of the songwriting structuring that was so McCartney as translated by Wings.
If you do not or have not ever explored Wings. Get yourself an appointment with your nearest psychiatrist as you need your head examined. Then get yourself to a record store and snap up all their CD’s that you can find. Which is what I may do for my birthday to round out my collection.
(** Disclaimer: If Wings’ label decides to fly me to trouble, I’ll have to put the afterburner on the audio and blast it off the server. The post will remain to show my love of Wings. **)