Love is Strange

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	I could not remember I had ever heard this song done by Wings before. I haven't been missing much. Wings is trying some reggae rhytms here. I has a nice lick, played by guitar and bass simultaneously, plus some funny little solo (by Denny Laine?). The song has reached a point of becoming annoying even before Paul and Linda start singing at 1.36. It doesn't improve things. Denny Seiwell's drumming is decent as ever. I read this was the first reggae recording by a white band. Yeah, well, who cares? It's not really outstanding, is it. Paul start singing solo at 3.10, well after the annoying border, and here one can hear that a great singer is available in this band. A singer tho that just wanted to be a part of a band, instead of really going solo. The band is trying to have some fun towards the end, but it doesn't really show off.	Bobber	April 11, 2012
	"Love is Strange" is a pleasant listen, and received a fair amount of praise from the rock critics who otherwise scorched the Wild Life album. This is a cover of a 1957 Mickey and Sylvia hit written by Bo Diddley, one of only two cover songs in any McCartney album (except for those albums dedicated to covers, the other is "Crossroads Theme" from Venus and Mars). Mickey and Sylvia's rendition of the song is soulful and saucy; Wings adapts it to more of a rudimentary reggae sound, and Paul and Linda duetting sound remarkably like the 1960's group Dick and Dee Dee. "Love is Strange" is done well, and I believe that Paul would have been well-served to continue including a cover or two in his subsequent albums, as his own compositions just didn't let him express himself soulfully as he does on his covers.	Bruce Beatlefan	June 5, 2009
		Dmitry	September 13, 2004

Lyrics

Baby, love is strange
Many many people, take it for a game
My sweet baby, love is strange
Yeah yeah
Many many people, take it for a game
Yeah yeah
Love is strange
Love is strange

Yeah yeah
Many many people, take it for a game
Yeah yeah
Love is strange
Love is strange

Many people, they don't understand
They think that having love is, like having money in the hand
My sweet baby, love is strange
Many many people, seem to take it for a game

La la la la
Love is strange
La la la la
Love is strange

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