But, at least Wings were together for several albums (and several lineups); Plastic Ono Band did one album with John (and two with Yoko, I think); “Ringo and his All Star Band” never did a studio album, only Drug Rehab Tours. Paul tried to make Wings a real band and pushed it as such, but you’re probably right - it wouldn’t have been any different if Linda and Denny were replaced with studio musicians. I have no idea if they actually added anything to the creative process.
I see your point comparing Wilburys with All Star Band, except Wilburys did new music together, not individuals rehashing old stuff. And, considering that Wilburys had so many big names together, it certainly wasn’t one man’s backup band.
I would also posit that The Traveling Wilburys weren’t even a band - they were a vocal group. What kind of organically grown band do you know has five rhythm guitar/lead vocalists?
Why not? Two bands don’t have to have a lot in common for “Which do you prefer?” to be an interesting question. (See the Let’s Play Music Artist vs Music Artist! thread from a few years back.)
And I suspect there’s more overlap than you think among people who enjoy both bands.
They were more of a “supergroup” than an “organically grown band,” but they definitely weren’t just a “vocal group.” They wrote all their own songs and played most of the instruments (except for the drums, played by unofficial sixth Wilbury Jim Keltner).
It’s true that Paul’s importance to Wings was much greater than George’s importance to the Wilburys. But based on what I’ve read, to the extent that the Wilburys had a leader, it was George.
You’re arguing ridiculous semantics. You knew bloody well what I meant when I said “Paul’s post-Beatles band” and “George’s post-Beatles band.” It didn’t need your correcting to begin with. But that being said, the very guys in the Wilburys called it George’s band. I guess if we’re going to get pedantic about this, I’ll go with Tom Petty’s and Jeff Lynne’s words.
Pleonast said:
Roy had the voice of an angel. It’s pure, clean, tuneful. Even when I don’t like a song he’s singing, I still love his voice. I can’t think of a man with a more beautiful voice.
And if you look at the bands that way, then the thread makes more sense. But I really saw the TWs as more of a team than just “George’s band”. If anything, I think Jeff Lynne’s “sound” dominated. But listening to all their stuff, I really don’t think George dominated at all (which says good things about his ego). George might have had the idea, but musically, it was a team effort.
“Better” may be a strong word, but I would have picked it were it an option. My little brother had a pretty strong post-Beatles Beatles fixation for several years, and I heard a lot of it on repeat. I’d prefer Plastic Ono Band, myself.
Interesting - I didn’t know that. I would’ve guessed Jeff Lynne, who seems more like the kind of personality to organize something like this. Also, just noticed that Lynne and Harrison are credited co-producers. You can definitely hear Lynne’s “stamp” on a number of songs. (Which I complained about earlier in this thread, as I think it mars the album.)
Anyways, I learned something today. Ignorance fought! Thanks.
My wife started watching a show called New Tricks. It was a BBC show from 2003 to 2015. A team of mostly retired police officers. (but none of that really matters).
The Theme song is very good and caught my attention. Then I realized it sounds like a Travelling WIlburys’ song, specifically End of the Line.
That’s not too surprising, given that the Wilburys only had two albums, and relatively few people ever heard the second one anyway, whereas Wings were around for a decade.
And it was sung by one of the original cast. New Tricks had quite a bit of cast turnover, the original set was by far the best. We watched about 10 seasons of it.
Dennis Waterman. He also sang “I Could Be So Good for You”, the theme song to the even more successful 1979-1994 TV series “Minder” (in which he was the lead - maybe no.2 - actor); that song was co-written by his first wife and Gerard Kenny, was a UK no.3 single, and won an Ivor Novello Award.
