1975 Songs: Listen to What the Man Said
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (74549)
United States
May 8, 2025 10:53am CST
Happy Doctor day! Yes, it’s time for the pulmonary visit. Meanwhile, next door, my neighbor had a knee replacement…and was home about six hours later! It’s also time for another song from 1975. Hey, wasn’t this guy on the 1965 list? Why yes, thanks for noticing! 
Here’s today’s song.
Listen to What the Man Said - Wings
I hear that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings, but I can’t verify that…the Bee Tulls or something like that….
Yeah, this is a fun song. Paul got ragged on for making happy music in the 70s, but I don’t know why. We need happy stuff like this, just as much as we need Dylan doing “Masters of War.”
I’d still rather go to a song like this when I’m feeling down.
Listen to What the Man Said
Written by Paul and Linda McCartney
Recorded by Wings
From Venus and Mars, 1975
He won’t mind:
Here’s today’s song.
Listen to What the Man Said - Wings
I hear that Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings, but I can’t verify that…the Bee Tulls or something like that….
Yeah, this is a fun song. Paul got ragged on for making happy music in the 70s, but I don’t know why. We need happy stuff like this, just as much as we need Dylan doing “Masters of War.”
I’d still rather go to a song like this when I’m feeling down.
Listen to What the Man Said
Written by Paul and Linda McCartney
Recorded by Wings
From Venus and Mars, 1975
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
8 May
How about that!!! One you actually heard and remember! 
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@TheHorse (226363)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 May
@FourWalls It was background noise to me. Paul who?
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
8 May
Paul had a lot of good songs all throughout his career.
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@LindaOHio (188481)
• United States
9 May
Definitely a bouncy song to sing along with. Yeah, when I had my hip and knee replaced, I was in the hospital for 3-4 days!!! They kept me totally out of pain and I had PT. Six hours is ridiculous.
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
9 May
When I had my hysterectomy, meaning my abdomen cut open, I was discharged before I was cleared to eat solid food. 
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@porwest (99842)
• United States
10 May
Wings is always, to me, one of those groups that was always a bit underrated, though I am not sure why. I guess it's hard to follow The Beatles. Yet, Wings has always been a fantastic band that made some great music, and this song would be no exception to that.
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
10 May
A lot of people accused Paul of going “soft” after the Beatles, like “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La Da” was rocket science.
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
10 May
@porwest — yep, it was the #1 song of 1976. One of the best middle fingers in music history!
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@porwest (99842)
• United States
10 May
@FourWalls lol. Well, he did get back at everyone in his own way when he wrote "Silly Love Songs" which was a response to ridicule and then went on to sell millions and millions of records on that one.
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@Dreamerby (8016)
• Calcutta, India
8 May
I didn't know so much about Paul. Thanks for writing this post!
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
8 May
Sir Paul is a legend, and sometimes us older people take it for granted that everyone knows his music as well as we do.
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@Dreamerby (8016)
• Calcutta, India
9 May
@FourWalls yes true. I only knew him from the Beatles band.
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@snowy22315 (189273)
• United States
9 May
Good luck on your visit today. I like the song you profiled. It is nice and bouncy 
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
9 May
Things are stable with the asthma right now, so the appointments are mostly “check-ups” and renewing the medication prescriptions. Glad you like the song!
@RasmaSandra (84842)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 May
Of course I know this but never liked the song,
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@FourWalls (74549)
• United States
9 May
Well!!! He changed the name of that act a million times in five years…went from “Paul and Linda McCartney” to “Paul McCartney and Wings” to “Wings,” then back to just “Paul McCartney.” Wonder if HE lost track.
He changed the name of that act a million times in five years…went from “Paul and Linda McCartney” to “Paul McCartney and Wings” to “Wings,” then back to just “Paul McCartney.” Wonder if HE lost track. 1 person likes this
