Saturday, March 13, 2010

Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance by Paul McCartney – ***

First released: 1973

Although it is considered unreleased, it was part of the "James Paul McCartney" TV special from 1973. I have heard it was earmarked for both Twiggy as well as Fred Astaire for recording, but to date I haven’t heard any other version apart from Wings. The video for this is quite nice (if cheesy) featuring McCartney wearing a pink suit and gold tap shoes dancing with women dressed as half-woman, half-man dancers. It could have been a strong album release and possibly a single release except in 1973 McCartney was playing it safe with his releases and didn’t venture much outside standard pop and rock tunes until later in the year and the triumph of "Band on the Run". The basis for this track was from "Kreen-Akrore" from 1970's "McCartney" album.

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