BBC In Concert (
Maida Vale Studios,
16 October 2013)
"
Save Us" is a song written by
Paul McCartney and produced by
Paul Epworth. It is the opening track on McCartney's
album "New" (2013)
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First up for a dose of fun was Paul Epworth, who did what anyone presented with 20 new
Paul McCartney songs to record would do, and decided put them to one side and jam something more. "I feel like I thrive as a producer from getting in a room with somebody, and making music from scratch," says Epworth. "He came down for a meeting, to sit down and have a chat, and within an hour we were in the live room with him on bass and me on drums -- that was definitely a pinch yourself moment! -- and within
20 minutes we had this riff together, which became the first song on the record."
"
It's hard not to get caught up in that kind of excitement," enthuses McCartney of the experience, which took place in Epworth's small
London studio. "It's similar to my
Fireman project and I like working like that. It's always a motivating thing for me, having to clear the backlog before I can write more, to realise you suddenly have enough for an album. But
Paul had an idea for us to write something new. So even though I had 20 songs, the first one we put down, the opening track, we wrote in the studio just off the back of Paul's enthusiasm."
That song, 'Save Us', with the kind of modern-yet-retro, frenetic and fuzzy guitars that so characterised
The Strokes, certainly lives up to McCartney's claims of not being in a style that you would associate with him.΄΄
(
NEW -
Album Biography, www.paulmccartney.com)
"
Jet" is also a song written by Paul McCartney and it is the second track on "
Band On The Run" (
1973). It peaked at number 7 in both the
British and
American charts on 30
March 1974. Along with "
Helen Wheels" and "
Junior's Farm", it is another McCartney song where his primary inspiration for composing the song arose in daily life. Whereas most of the "Band On The Run" album was recorded in
Lagos, Nigeria, "Jet" was recorded entirely at
EMI Studios in London after the group's return (according to engineer
Geoff Emerick in his book
Here There and Everywhere). When first released, the single's
B-side was "
Mamunia", another track from "Band On The Run". However, it was soon replaced with "
Let Me Roll It". Reviewers have reported that the subject of the song is McCartney's
Labrador Retriever dog named "Jet". However, in a
2010 interview on the UK television channel
ITV1 for the program
Wings: Band On The Run (to promote the
November 2010 CD/DVD re-release of the album) McCartney explained that Jet was the name of a pony he had owned, although many of the lyrics bore little relation to the subject; indeed, the true meaning of the lyrics has defied all attempts at decryption.
Lyrics (Save Us):
I can try to give you everything you ever wanted
You're not hard to please
And the only thing I'm asking is return is something
You can give with ease
Keep on sending your love
Cause in the heat of battle
You got something that'll save us
Save us now
Got a feeling there's a jungle rhythm beating in me
When I'm close to you
I don't really want to ask too many favours
But there's something you can do
Keep on sending your love
Cause in the heat of battle
You got something that'll save us
Save us now
Ohhhhhh
You're my woman
Ohhhhhh
Keep it coming
Ohhhhhh
You got something that can save us
Save us
Keep on sending your love
Cause in the heat of battle
You got something that'll save us
Save us now
Save us now
Save us now
Lyrics (Jet):
Jet, Jet
Jet, I can almost remember the funny faces
That time you told me that you were going to be marrying soon
And Jet
I thought the only lonely place was on the moon
Jet, ooh, Jet, ooh
Jet, was your father as bold as a
Sergeant Major?
How come he told you that you're hardly old enough yet?
And Jet
I thought the
Major was a
Lady Suffragette
Jet, ooh, Jet, ooh
Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me
Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me
Ah, mater, much later
Jet
And Jet
You know that I thought the Major was a little Lady Suffragette
Jet, ooh, Jet, ooh
Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me
Ah, mater, want Jet to always love me
Ah, mater, much later
Jet, with the wind in your hair of a thousand laces
Climb on the back and we'll go for a ride in the sky
And Jet
I thought the Major was a little Lady Suffragette
Jet, ooh, Jet, ooh
And Jet
Don't you know that I thought you was a little Lady Suffragette
Jet, ooh
A little lady
- published: 14 Nov 2013
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