Macca's Gems: Don’t Let It Bring You Down
Paul first started working on the song in September 1975, during the Scottish leg of the Wings World Tour: “I (was) sitting in our hotel bedroom just before we were going to turn in for the night and I had my 12-string guitar with me (…) I started plonking out a little tune and it became Don’t Let It Bring You Down.”
Although the song isn't finished yet, het makes a first demo at home. It will not be completed until the London Town recording sessions on the Virgin Islands, with the help of Denny Laine, in May 1975. Don't Let It Bring You Down is the last song to be recorded there; with Paul, Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch on acoustic guitar and Joe English with brushes on drums.
Rough Mix:
Six months later the last overdubs are done at Abbey Road Studios. The Irish tin whistles - so characteristic for the song - are added, as well as the backing vocals by Paul, Linda and Denny. Paul also plays the lead part on electric guitar. That lead is actually much more of a very long and fabulous solo, starting at the very first note and continuing the whole song with just a few interruptions. It is this solo that brings the rock element to an otherwise mainly acoustically colored song.
Fan made video:
Don't Let It Bring You Down is about not losing hope; that you need to keep your head up in the face of adversity. Very appropriate these days with the wandering corona virus. And unintentionally it even includes a message that is now very usefull: “Don't Get Out Of Town”
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