Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
| "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)" | |
|---|---|
| Instrumental by Paul McCartney and Wings | |
| from the album Red Rose Speedway | |
| Released | 5 May 1973 |
| Recorded | 15-17 March 1972[1] |
| Studio | Olympic Sound Studios[1] |
| Genre | Experimental[2] |
| Length | 4:23 |
| Label | Apple |
| Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney |
"Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)" is a song by the British-American rock band Wings from their second studio album Red Rose Speedway.[2]
Background
Paul McCartney stated on the writing on the song: "Because it's an album track we had a bit more room to manoeuvre. And I think it's the rebellious aspect of Wild Life coming back in. So you’ve got 'My Love', and that's a proper song. You've got some other proper songs on the album. But then we've got something like 'Loup', where it was sort of a bit of fun for us. It's pretty experimental. But we didn't ever play it live, it was just something fun that only existed in the studio."[3] According to Wings in an interview for the British music magazine Melody Maker: "It’s just a thing really, hard to explain about the first Red Indian on the moon called Loup. It’s just a story but you can see through his eyes."[4]
Reception
Ian Peel said that the song was "clearly inspired by the progressive and concept rock scenes that were springing up at the time"[5] Tom Doyle said that it was a "Pink Floyd-inspired instrumental"[6] Ted Montgomery said that "Throughout McCartney's career he's had trouble resisting making self-indulgent and head-scratching decisions about including certain songs on his albums"[7] Rolling Stone called it "electronic patter more gracefully left to such as Pink Floyd and Hawkwind."[8]
Personnel
According to Vincent P Benitez Jr[9] except where noted.
- Paul McCartney – A minor chant, guitar,[10] bass guitar, synthesizer
- Linda McCartney – A minor chant, organ
- Denny Laine – A minor chant, electric guitar
- Jimmy McCullough – A minor chant, electric guitar
- Denny Seiwell – A minor chant, drums
References
- ^ a b "Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)". The Beatles Bible. 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ a b Ingham 2006, p. 114.
- ^ "Paul McCartney | News | You Gave Me The Answer: Celebrating 50 years of 'Red Rose Speedway'". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ "December 2, 1972: Interview for Melody Maker". The Paul McCartney Project. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
- ^ Peel 2013, p. 75.
- ^ Doyle 2014, p. 82.
- ^ Montgomery 2020, p. 30.
- ^ "Paul McCartney: Red Rose Speedway [3 Bonus Tracks] : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 17 November 2009. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Benitez 2010, p. 46-47.
- ^ Castleman & Podrazik 1976, p. 186.
Sources
- Benitez, Vincent P. (2010). The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years. Santa Barbara, Calif: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-313-34969-0.
- Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
- Doyle, Tom (2014). Man on the Run: McCartney in the 1970s. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780804179157.
- Ingham, Chris (2006). The Rough Guide to the Beatles. London: Rough Guides/Penguin. ISBN 978-1-84836-525-4.
- Montgomery, Ted (2020). The Paul McCartney Catalog: A Complete Annotated Discography of Solo Works, 1967-2019. McFarland. ISBN 9781476638010.
- Peel, Ian (2013). The Unknown Paul McCartney: McCartney and the Avant-Garde. Titan. ISBN 978-1-78116-275-0.