Mrs. Vandebilt: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
added a case in "use in sampling" |
||
| (13 intermediate revisions by 13 users not shown) | |||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
| B-side = [[Bluebird (Paul McCartney & Wings song)|Bluebird]] |
| B-side = [[Bluebird (Paul McCartney & Wings song)|Bluebird]] |
||
| released = January 1974 |
| released = January 1974 |
||
| format = [[Single (music)|7" single]] |
|||
| recorded = September 1973 |
| recorded = September 1973 |
||
| studio = EMI Studios, [[Lagos, Nigeria]] |
| studio = EMI Studios, [[Lagos, Nigeria]] |
||
| Line 28: | Line 27: | ||
==Writing and recording== |
==Writing and recording== |
||
The opening lines of the song are taken from the [[catchphrase]] of English [[music hall]] performer [[Charlie Chester]]. Chester's catchphrase was "Down in the jungle living in a tent, better than a bungalow, no rent";<ref>{{cite web|last=Solomans|first=Sam|title=I Pinched Charlie Chester's Gags|url=http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2004/06/i_pinched_charl.php|work=Open Writing| |
The opening lines of the song are taken from the [[catchphrase]] of English [[music hall]] performer [[Charlie Chester]]. Chester's catchphrase was "Down in the jungle living in a tent, better than a bungalow, no rent";<ref>{{cite web|last=Solomans|first=Sam|title=I Pinched Charlie Chester's Gags|url=http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2004/06/i_pinched_charl.php|work=Open Writing|access-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216190219/http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2004/06/i_pinched_charl.php|archive-date=16 December 2013}}</ref> the lyrics subsequently changed to "Down in the jungle living in a tent, You don't use money you don't pay rent". |
||
[[Howie Casey]] is featured with a [[saxophone]] solo.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madinger |first1=Chip |last2=Easter |first2=Mark |title=Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium |location=Chesterfield, MO |publisher=44.1 Productions |year=2000 |page=189}}</ref> |
[[Howie Casey]] is featured with a [[saxophone]] solo.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madinger |first1=Chip |last2=Easter |first2=Mark |title=Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium |location=Chesterfield, MO |publisher=44.1 Productions |year=2000 |page=189}}</ref> |
||
The song was recorded during the album sessions in [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. The studio suffered a power outage during the session, but the recording continued with backup generators. Additional overdubs were later done in London.<ref name="Spizer">[[Bruce Spizer]], ''The Beatles Solo On Apple Records'' (New Orleans: 498 Productions, 2005), 174.</ref> |
The song was recorded during the album sessions in [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. The studio suffered a power outage during the session, but the recording continued with backup generators. Additional overdubs were later done in London.<ref name="Spizer">[[Bruce Spizer]], ''The Beatles Solo On Apple Records'' (New Orleans: 498 Productions, 2005), 174.</ref> |
||
The forced laughter that closed "Mrs Vandebilt" was influenced by Charlie Chester's effects on his studio audience. Wings added more laughter in London's AIR Studios after returning from Lagos, Nigeria. McCartney recalled: "The laughing? It started off in Africa. We were doing sort of daft laughs at the end. When we got back we eventually overdubbed this crowd of people who were laughing. It was great listening to the tapes, trying to select the little bit of laughter that we would use. Most of it was us, but we need a little bit to cushion it up. It was great listening to a roomful of people laughing in stereo. They were getting into all these laughing bits, and we were on the floor."<ref>{{cite book |last=Gambaccini|first=Paul|title=Paul McCartney In His Own Words|location=New York, NY |publisher=Quick Fox |year=1976 }}</ref> |
The forced laughter that closed "Mrs. Vandebilt" was influenced by Charlie Chester's effects on his studio audience. Wings added more laughter in London's AIR Studios after returning from Lagos, Nigeria. McCartney recalled: "The laughing? It started off in Africa. We were doing sort of daft laughs at the end. When we got back we eventually overdubbed this crowd of people who were laughing. It was great listening to the tapes, trying to select the little bit of laughter that we would use. Most of it was us, but we need a little bit to cushion it up. It was great listening to a roomful of people laughing in stereo. They were getting into all these laughing bits, and we were on the floor."<ref>{{cite book |last=Gambaccini|first=Paul|title=Paul McCartney In His Own Words|location=New York, NY |publisher=Quick Fox |year=1976 }}</ref> |
||
==Live performances== |
==Live performances== |
||
McCartney had not played the song live until a free concert on 14 June 2008 in [[ |
McCartney had not played the song live until a free concert on 14 June 2008 in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], on account of it receiving the most requests in a web poll.<ref>[http://billking.livejournal.com/38872.html "Bill King, Good To See You, Mrs. Vanderbilt"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004144226/http://billking.livejournal.com/38872.html |date=2011-10-04}}, livejournal.com</ref> McCartney played the song in his concert for [[Quebec City]], and then at Hayarkon Park in [[Tel Aviv]], Israel, on 25 September 2008, his first show in Israel. It became a fixture in his setlist, as he also performed the song in Halifax, the first show of his 2009 summer tour, as well as in his [[Good Evening New York City|three July 2009 performances]] at the [[Citi Field]] in New York City. In addition, the song was featured in his [[Up and Coming Tour]] in 2010, his [[On the Run (Paul McCartney)|On the Run Tour]] in 2011–12, and most of his [[Out There! Tour]] in 2013. It was dropped for the performances in Japan at the end of the latter tour in November 2013. |
||
==Use in sampling== |
==Use in sampling== |
||
* The first sample of the "ho, hey ho" bit actually occurs on the B side of the ''[[Band on the Run]]'' album itself, at the end of the track "[[Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)]]". |
|||
*Various elements from the song, such as the lyrics "ho, hey ho", were sampled in the track "Ho' Is Short for Honey" on [[88-Keys]]' 2008 album, ''[[The Death of Adam]]''. |
*Various elements from the song, such as the lyrics "ho, hey ho", were sampled in the track "Ho' Is Short for Honey" on [[88-Keys]]' 2008 album, ''[[The Death of Adam]]''. |
||
*The song's introduction is also sampled in a [[Big Boi]] remix titled "Mrs. Vandebilt Told Me", released online in 2014.<ref>{{cite |
* The song's introduction is also sampled in a [[Big Boi]] remix titled "Mrs. Vandebilt Told Me", released online in 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6029397/big-boi-debuts-mrs-vandebilt-mash-up-video-exclusive|title=Big Boi|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |
||
* Elements sampled in the song "Ei toivottu lastenlaulu" by the finnish rap-artist [[Huge L]]. |
|||
==Personnel== |
==Personnel== |
||
*[[Paul McCartney]] – lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, guitar |
*[[Paul McCartney]] – lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, guitar |
||
*[[Linda McCartney]] – backing vocals |
*[[Linda McCartney]] – backing vocals, electric piano |
||
*[[Denny Laine]] – guitar, backing vocals |
*[[Denny Laine]] – guitar, backing vocals |
||
*[[Howie Casey]] – [[saxophone]]<ref name="Spizer"/> |
*[[Howie Casey]] – [[saxophone]]<ref name="Spizer"/> |
||
| Line 54: | Line 55: | ||
{{Wings}} |
{{Wings}} |
||
{{Paul McCartney}} |
{{Paul McCartney}} |
||
{{authority control}} |
|||
[[Category:1973 songs]] |
[[Category:1973 songs]] |
||
| Line 63: | Line 66: | ||
[[Category:Songs written by Linda McCartney]] |
[[Category:Songs written by Linda McCartney]] |
||
[[Category:Songs written by Paul McCartney]] |
[[Category:Songs written by Paul McCartney]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:Paul McCartney and Wings songs]] |
||
Latest revision as of 11:08, 31 August 2023
| "Mrs. Vandebilt" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single by Paul McCartney and Wings | ||||
| from the album Band on the Run | ||||
| B-side | "Bluebird" | |||
| Released | January 1974 | |||
| Recorded | September 1973 | |||
| Studio | EMI Studios, Lagos, Nigeria | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:38 | |||
| Label | Apple | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
| Wings singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
"Mrs. Vandebilt" is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings from the album Band on the Run. The track was not issued as a single in the UK or US, but was a single in Continental Europe and Australia.
Writing and recording[edit]
The opening lines of the song are taken from the catchphrase of English music hall performer Charlie Chester. Chester's catchphrase was "Down in the jungle living in a tent, better than a bungalow, no rent";[1] the lyrics subsequently changed to "Down in the jungle living in a tent, You don't use money you don't pay rent".
Howie Casey is featured with a saxophone solo.[2]
The song was recorded during the album sessions in Lagos, Nigeria. The studio suffered a power outage during the session, but the recording continued with backup generators. Additional overdubs were later done in London.[3]
The forced laughter that closed "Mrs. Vandebilt" was influenced by Charlie Chester's effects on his studio audience. Wings added more laughter in London's AIR Studios after returning from Lagos, Nigeria. McCartney recalled: "The laughing? It started off in Africa. We were doing sort of daft laughs at the end. When we got back we eventually overdubbed this crowd of people who were laughing. It was great listening to the tapes, trying to select the little bit of laughter that we would use. Most of it was us, but we need a little bit to cushion it up. It was great listening to a roomful of people laughing in stereo. They were getting into all these laughing bits, and we were on the floor."[4]
Live performances[edit]
McCartney had not played the song live until a free concert on 14 June 2008 in Kyiv, Ukraine, on account of it receiving the most requests in a web poll.[5] McCartney played the song in his concert for Quebec City, and then at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 25 September 2008, his first show in Israel. It became a fixture in his setlist, as he also performed the song in Halifax, the first show of his 2009 summer tour, as well as in his three July 2009 performances at the Citi Field in New York City. In addition, the song was featured in his Up and Coming Tour in 2010, his On the Run Tour in 2011–12, and most of his Out There! Tour in 2013. It was dropped for the performances in Japan at the end of the latter tour in November 2013.
Use in sampling[edit]
- The first sample of the "ho, hey ho" bit actually occurs on the B side of the Band on the Run album itself, at the end of the track "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)".
- Various elements from the song, such as the lyrics "ho, hey ho", were sampled in the track "Ho' Is Short for Honey" on 88-Keys' 2008 album, The Death of Adam.
- The song's introduction is also sampled in a Big Boi remix titled "Mrs. Vandebilt Told Me", released online in 2014.[6]
- Elements sampled in the song "Ei toivottu lastenlaulu" by the finnish rap-artist Huge L.
Personnel[edit]
- Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar, drums, guitar
- Linda McCartney – backing vocals, electric piano
- Denny Laine – guitar, backing vocals
- Howie Casey – saxophone[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Solomans, Sam. "I Pinched Charlie Chester's Gags". Open Writing. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Madinger, Chip; Easter, Mark (2000). Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions. p. 189.
- ^ a b Bruce Spizer, The Beatles Solo On Apple Records (New Orleans: 498 Productions, 2005), 174.
- ^ Gambaccini, Paul (1976). Paul McCartney In His Own Words. New York, NY: Quick Fox.
- ^ "Bill King, Good To See You, Mrs. Vanderbilt" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, livejournal.com
- ^ "Big Boi". Billboard.
