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“Jet, was your father as bold as a Sergeant Major?” This pop-rock gem has Beatles-y lyrics, and also a very early-Beatles combination of scuzzy distortion and glorious harmonies. But the synthesiser solo halfway through, and squalling saxophone at the end, make it clear we’re now in the 1970s. It was the single from Wings’s third album, Band on the Run, by which point they were very much cooking commercially and critically—this is not the sound of a man living in the shadow of his past achievements.
6. “Goodnight Tonight”
A rare treat here: funky McCartney. “Goodnight Tonight” is a 1979 Wings tune that fits neatly in the disco groove; the unedited version is a very clubby seven minutes long. Macca’s bass playing, usually a masterclass in melodic counterpoint, is here all about the groove; there’s a dusting of flamenco guitar in there too, as well as a vocoder-driven bridge of all things. And if most disco songs are smooth and seductive, sometimes to the point of sterility, this has a more charming streak of gooey lovey-doviness running through it.
5. “Let Me Roll It”
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