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Paul McCartney & Wings - "With a Little Luck" [mp3]
Wingspan (Hits & History) [Amazon] Read the lyrics and look for the literary devices in the song. |
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Gathering the cream of their recorded output on a generous double-disc sampler-cum-TV-special-soundtrack seemed a promising effort at historical revisionism, but Wingspan itself is a distinct misnomer [an unsuitable name]: fully 17 of the 40 tracks here hail from various pre- and post-Wings McCartney solo albums. Completely overlooked are unheralded [unannounced; unexpected] B-sides such as "Oh Woman, Oh Why," "Little Woman Love," "Country Dreamer," "The Mess," "Walking in the Park with Eloise," "Sally G," and "Girl's School"-some of McCartney the bandleader and solo artist's scrappiest and most interesting work. All the expected hits are here and more, ranging from spunky rockers and hook-rich bubblegum to syrup-drenched ballad [simple, sentimental song or poem that usually tells a story]s. What's lacking is a fresh and less myopic [shortsighted; narrow-minded] perspective. Source: Amazon. |
dictionary.com: misnomer unheralded ballad sentimental myopic
