Talk:Helen Wheels

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[edit] Notes and cover versions

Interesting quotes about the song here - http://www.bandontherun.com/content/helenwheels.html , (http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:HkwO7kW2FmwJ:www.bandontherun.com/content/helenwheels.html+%22helen+wheels%22+-wings&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5). Perhaps these could be incorporated? And didn't Carly Simon cover this song? Somebody did... Jimcripps 03:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] which vehicle is the inspiration?

I heard that Helen Wheels was a dune buggy, not a Land Rover. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rockford1963 (talk • contribs) 03:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

The song is about a journey from Glasow to London and specifically mentions motorway travel as such its unlikely to be about a dune buggy as the journey (Which I know from experience) takes about 7 hours and I believe it would be illegal to drive a dune buggy on a motorway If it were possible to tax and insure to allow for normal road use. Besides all this I'm certain Paul says specifically that its a land rover somewhere on Disk two of the 25th anniversary edition though I'm not sure where.(Morcus (talk) 00:04, 15 March 2008 (UTC))