Wings
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First Released On:
25th May 2009
Duration:
05:38
Variations/Remixes:
Promo Version - The UK promo CD which came out a few months before the retail release differs from the finished version. There is no choir vocal overlayed with Terry’s vocals throughout the song and the ending is extended by roughly 1/2 minute by a longer fade-out, to make it 06:06 minutes in length.
Credits:
Written by Robert Del Naja, Neil Davidige and Terry Callier
Produced by Robert Del Naja and Neil Davidige
Bass By Eric Hochberg
Electric Guitar by Dave Onderdonk
Acoustic Guitar by Terry Callier
Saxaphones by Rich Fudoli
Percussion by Penn McGee
Sampled:
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Covered:
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Vocalist(s):
Terry Callier
Backing Vocals: The Shirley Wahl Singers
Lyrics:
History:
Wings was among the batch of five or so songs that were written by Terry Callier and Massive Attack during Summer 2005 in their new 100 suns Studio in Bristol, UK. The initial prospects for the Terry collaborations was for them to appear in a possible film soundtrack that would require a soul/R&B theme, but which ultimately would not happen. Live With Me was the song that was choosen for inclusion on Collected soon after as it was the most complete of the Terry tracks, while the others, including Wings and John Lee Hooker were shelved for later. They would eventually be dusted down off the shelf in early 2008, when Terry and his own team of musicians were assembling his new record at a studio in London. Neil Davidge came down to Terry’s studio and helped finish these two tracks with Terry. He would also take the time out as well to work on a new ‘jazzy lounge’ interpretation of Live With Me as wll.
Additional Info:
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Live Appearances:
Wings was played throughout Terry’s short European tour upon the release of the Hidden Conversations in Summer 2009. It was typically the first song on the live setlist. It has never been played/covered live by Massive Attack yet.
Quotes:
3D on working with Terry Callier - “An amazing voice and an amazing songwriter.We’ve done about five tracks with him but that one [Live With Me] felt like it contained everything from the past,the present and a bit of the future. It was a very different approach to 100th Window - more organic,less complicated. 100th Window got very mixed reviews but what annoyed us about the negactive ones was the suggestion that we could’nt or did’nt want to make soulful music.We decided to go down a particular - it was a choice. But coming out of it,we want to work with people like Terry in a completely different way again.” [Uncut Magazine - April 2006]
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