Venus and Mars Are Alright Tonight

Considering his connection to erotic love, it’s no surprise that the parentage of Cupid (or Eros to the Greeks) is mysterious, but at least some sources consider Cupid to be the son of Venus (Aphrodite) and Mars (Ares).

By Joachim Wtewael – Scan from a magazine article by Marion Cornélie van Oudheusden: Joachim Wtewael: de lotgevallen van Venus en Mars, Oud-Utrecht 92, June 2019, 65-69, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79575481.

Which of course makes me think of Paul McCartney and Wings.

But not the song that leads into a song about Jimmy Page.

I think of the reprise. The song that leads into a song about ancient…Egypt. (Hathor?)

Backing vocals credits (P McCartney, Laine, McCulloch, English) detailed here.

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