so I am listening to Soily from WOA and I am pretty sure that it is the best closing number ever that Macca has done live  

Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

so I am listening to Soily from WOA and I am pretty sure that it is the best closing number ever that Macca has done live  

I agree with you 100%. Wings end their American tour with a Bang!  I prefer Rockshow's version over WOA version hands down.

Agree it's a great Wings number

Rockshow's version and WOA version are the exact same, the film and the album are from the same show.

Soily is a song McCartney should be performing right now today, he needs to give the Beatle heavy setlist a break!

Quoted from maccafan

Rockshow's version and WOA version are the exact same, the film and the album are from the same show.

Though Soily may be from the same show, the album and the film were recorded at various venues.

I heard WOA's "Soily" for the first time recently.  (I am a diehard Beatles fan, but my Wings education is currently my ongoing project.)  I admit I was blown away.  

When I hear amazing performances like THAT, it makes me more pissed off to hear people make fun of Paul McCartney and Wings!  Grrr!    Paul is a great rocker!

Quoted from maccafan

Rockshow's version and WOA version are the exact same, the film and the album are from the same show.

Soily is a song McCartney should be performing right now today, he needs to give the Beatle heavy setlist a break!

Not all of the songs from Rockshow were filmed in Seattle.

Quoted from Penny Lane

I heard WOA's "Soily" for the first time recently.  (I am a diehard Beatles fan, but my Wings education is currently my ongoing project.)  I admit I was blown away.  

When I hear amazing performances like THAT, it makes me more pissed off to hear people make fun of Paul McCartney and Wings!  Grrr!    Paul is a great rocker!

If you need anybody to help further your Wings education (specifically the 1974-1977 edition), I'm here  

If you think the WOA version is great, listen to the Rockshow version.

Quoted from maccafan

Rockshow's version and WOA version are the exact same, the film and the album are from the same show.

Soily is a song McCartney should be performing right now today, he needs to give the Beatle heavy setlist a break!

They're not the exact same versions. Listen to them back to back and compare and you'll see they are both different performances. They are without a doubt from different shows. The guitar intro riffs are different aswell as Paul's vocal performance. Rockshow the film are mostly performances from the Seattle show and the Los Angeles show and probably from a few other towns. Wings over America album are from shows from the whole tour. The versions of the songs from WOA are really different than the versions from Rockshow. Rockshow is much better in my opinion. I hate WOA as a matter of fact. I think the production is too cleaned up and most of the songs are slowed down.

^ Agreed. WOA could have been A LOT better.

Is it just me, am I the only one that thinks there's nothing that special about the song?

^ Well. The lyrics made NO sense but it's such a scorching rocker that I don't mind the lyrics making no sense.

Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

^ Well. The lyrics made NO sense but it's such a scorching rocker that I don't mind the lyrics making no sense.

LOL, I have to agree.  I love the "sound" of the song, but the lyrics, not so much.     But great melodies are Paul's specialty, and he definitely knows how to rock out.

BTW, thank you for posting the video!   It was great to see.  

This is my first time hearing it.... FREAKIN AMAZING!  This has over taken Jet as the most rockin Wings song!!!

Quoted from HeyJude18

This is my first time hearing it.... FREAKIN AMAZING!  This has over taken Jet as the most rockin Wings song!!!

Here's a couple more rocking Wings songs.



^ Girl's School




^ Beware My Love

WOA, is excellent and it sounds absolutely fantastic to me!

Girlschool is one of the hardest rocking songs of McCartney's career, and it's definitely Wings hardest rocking song!

McCartney should be performing it live right now!  In fact all those Wings rockers are absolutely screaming to be performed live!

Though I like Soily, I think Junior's Farm would of been a better encore, after all it was a #3 hit!

Also McCartney never gets the true credit he deserves for being a hard rocker!

Thanks for those vids   I'm really starting to like the Wings stuff.  I used to think... dare I say it... Wings was a little overrated

^ Why?

I had only heard a few songs and I thought that they couldn't have done anything really awesome.  I have been proven wrong, thank you

You're welcome!  

Quoted from maccafan

Rockshow's version and WOA version are the exact same, the film and the album are from the same show.

Soily is a song McCartney should be performing right now today, he needs to give the Beatle heavy setlist a break!

As far as I know, these are the venues where Rockshow was filmed:

1 Venus And Mars - Seattle, WA - June 10th
Rock Show - Seattle, WA - June 10th
Jet - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
2 Let Me Roll It - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
3 Spirits Of Ancient Egypt* - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
4 Medicine Jar - Los Angeles, CA - June 23rd
5 Maybe I'm Amazed - New York, NY - May 25th
6 Call Me Back Again* - Los Angeles, CA - June 23rd
7 Lady Madonna (w/reprise)* - Los Angeles, CA - June 23rd
8 The Long And Winding Road* - New York, NY - May 25th
9 Live And Let Die - Los Angeles, CA - June 23rd
10 Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)* - Los Angeles, CA - June 23rd
11 Richard Cory* - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
12 Bluebird - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
13 I've Just Seen A Face - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
14 Blackbird* - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
15 Yesterday - New York, NY - May 25th
16 You Gave Me The Answer - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
17 Magneto And Titanium Man - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
18 Go Now - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
19 My Love* - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
20 Listen To What The Man Said - Los Angeles, CA - June 23rd
21 Let 'Em In - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
22 Time To Hide - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
23 Silly Love Songs - New York, NY - May 25th
24 Beware My Love - Seattle, WA - June 10th
25 Letting Go - Seattle, WA - June 10th
26 Band On The Run - Seattle, WA - June 10th
27 Hi, Hi, Hi - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd
28 Soily - Los Angeles, CA - June 22nd