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Mrs. Vandebilt Paul McCartney & Wings (Lyrics) Down in the jungle, living in a tent You don't use money, you don't pay rent You don't even know the time, but you don't mind Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho When your light is on the blink, you never think of worrying What's the use of worrying? When your bus has left the stop, you'd better drop your hurrying What's the use of hurrying? Leave me alone, Mrs. Vandebilt I've got plenty of time of my own What's the use of worrying? What's the use of worrying? What's the use of anything? Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho What's the use of worrying? What's the use of worrying? What's the use of anything? Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho Ho, hey ho When your pile is on the wane You don't complain of robbery Run away, don't bother me What's the use of worrying? No use! What's the use of anything? Leave me alone, Mrs. Washington I've done plenty of time on my own What's the use of worrying? What's the use of hurrying? No use! What's the use of anything? Label - Apple Producer - Paul McCartney Band on the Run is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released in December 1973. It was McCartney's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles – “Jet“ and “Band on the Run“ – such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia, in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works. The album was mostly recorded at EMI's studio in Lagos, Nigeria, as McCartney wanted to make an album in an exotic location. Shortly before departing for Lagos, drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough left the group. With no time to recruit replacements, McCartney went into the studio with just his wife Linda and Denny Laine. McCartney therefore played bass, drums, percussion and most of the lead guitar parts. The studio was of poor quality and conditions in Nigeria were tense and difficult; the McCartneys were robbed at knifepoint, losing a bag of song lyrics and demo tapes. After the band's return to England, final overdubs and further recording were carried out in London, mostly at AIR Studios. By 1973, three years after the break-up of the Beatles, Paul McCartney had yet to regain his artistic credibility or find favour with music critics for his post-Beatles work. After completing a successful UK tour with his band Wings, In July 1973, He planned their third album as a means to re-establish himself after the mixed reception given to Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway. Keen to record outside the United Kingdom, McCartney asked EMI to send him a list of all their international recording studios. He selected Lagos in Nigeria and was attracted to the idea of recording in Africa. In August, the band – consisting of McCartney and his wife Linda, ex-Moody Blues guitarist and pianist Denny Laine, Henry McCullough on lead guitar, and Denny Seiwell on drums – started rehearsals for the new album at the McCartneys' Scottish farm. During one rehearsal session, McCullough and McCartney argued, and McCullough quit. Seiwell left a week later, the night before the band flew out to left just McCartney, Linda and Laine to record in Lagos, assisted by former Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick. McCartney had chosen Lagos, as he felt it would be a glamorous location where he and the band could sun on the beach during the day and record at night; the reality, however, was that after the end of a civil war in 1970, Nigeria was run by a military government, with corruption and disease commonplace. It's a collection of songs and the basic idea about the band on the run is a kind of prison escape. At the beginning of the album, the guy is stuck inside four walls and breaks out. There is a thread, but not a concept. – Paul McCartney Paul thought, 'I've got to do it, either I give up and cut my throat or [I] get my magic backing – Linda McCartney to Sounds magazine [Paul and I] made the album as though we weren't in a band, as though we were just two producers/musicians. – Denny Laine Track listing All songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney, except “No Words“ written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
