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- So the first song of this request we did a couple months ago so I just took executive action and did another song on the same side of the album. Sorry Gail. we did "Too Many People" a few weeks ago but I AM SO GLAD I RANDOMLY PICKED RAM ON... that ukulele is
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“Uncle Albert” - one of the top highlights of the solo Beatles catalogue.
I see it! I hear it! This man is unstoppable lol I need to really delve into his solo stuff more.
@@L33Reacts You need to be picky/choosy with Paul's solo stuff because although there is a. lot of it that is fantastic, some is just not lol!
@@L33ReactsMcCartney in his solo stuff (and in the Beatles also) was the real genius and pioneer
@@haranbanjo8024 John and Paul were both creative geniuses, and both had a lot to do with the pioneering of various genres of music. I'll never understand why it has to be one or the other. There wouldn't have been a 'Beatles' without John Lennon. George and Ringo were/are pretty damn good too.
Just like all successful artists.
BOTH John and Paul poured their "quirkiness" into The Beatles. And George and Ringo also, in their own ways. A perfect storm of talent...and we were blessed to witness it!
4 sure!
Darn right, and there you've pinpointed one of the best things about being over 60 these days.
I think they made each other better, challenge and rise creatively.
I remember everyone thinking, "Just because she's Paul's wife doesn't mean she can sing! We've heard Yoko."
This album proved that Linda had a great voice. Her backup vocals really add a level of richness and propel these wonderful tunes along.
Interestingly enough, Yoko was perfectly capable of singing well. She usually chose not to as she was about performance art. Linda's voice was pleasant, but I would never say it was 'great'. :)
I think it was Paul doing a great Job making Linda's non professional voice sound good. She was known to sometimes sound really bad doing background vocals during Wings shows. Yoko is not a comparison. She is a performance artist trying to shock people and get attention. Which she was a great success at. John was in on the joke.
@@lauraallen55 You can hear her in "Happy Xmas/War Is Over" and she's not awful. Not sure if she's singing "well" but definitely passably. Well enough that it doesn't hurt the song.
@@lauraallen55 and if she could sing well, she certainly did NOT demonstrate it much if at all, , and chose to scream and make her own image a someone who could not a tune. so she earned her reputation, and chose not to prove otherwise. Linda could sing but I do hear some of her singing goes slightly flat. The women in the other two Beatles lives never felt a need to sing, wonder how they did singing? hahaha
@@eugeneodonnell4680 Paul was Linda's auto tune lol
Uncle Albert won a Grammy for best vocal arrangement. George Martin played a big role in instumentation.
George Martin is a goddamn hero. He changed the world too.
I remember I was so impressed when this album was released. DearBoy and Backseat are my favorites
Paul is and was a genius. It takes nothing away from John to recognize how amazing Paul is.
John was a genius too
@@alrivers2297 And, John was the reason there was a 'Beatles' in the first place. What a creative and talented man he was.
@@alrivers2297, you're damned right he was! And if I HAD to just pick one as the greater genius---and, thankfully, I do not---it would be John Lennon.
The level of musical genius that exemplifies The Beatles was on a paranormal level. When they made records, it seemed like God Himself/Herself was in the studio with them.
@@lauraallen55John was the reason there was a Quarrymen. Paul was the catalyst that made the Beatles and made it happen. John recognized himself and is quoted as saying everything started moving forward once he met Paul. Before Paul they were just a skiffle band. Paul was arranging/directing things even in the Quarrymen and it was even his song that for them their record deal
There's a beautiful "air" in the sound recording on this record. I've always liked it.
I love how you love the Beatles and they're solo careers. It warms my heart when I see new generations learning their amazing talent and carrying it on.
"Butterpie? The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie."
Thank you I never knew what he said there ! ✌️
I always thought it was "The butter what melts so we put it in a pie."
Hmmm....
Is that what they said?? LOL.. I love misunderstood lyrics!
🤣
Followed by a very scouse “alright.”
Absolutely love your appreciation for these guys. Couldn't imagine the world without them.
Thank you 🙏 I’m so glad I found these guys. They really are life changing and eye opening. And if you told me a year ago that I would develop into a huge Beatles nerd, it would be laughed at lol. What a welcome blindside hit.
I love this album in a very happy moment for Paul together with his photographer and wife Linda McCartney, a beautiful family and great compositions.
His first solo album, McCartney, he did everything himself.
As did Dave Grohl…part of why they’re close friends.
The first solo album where he did all of the instruments and backgrounds voices was McCartney
Don’t forget Linda 🙂
@@sggibson62 Yes, Linda did background vocals on "McCartney", but Paul played all the instruments.
@@LisaThomas-xz3ki They are partially close friends because they did everything themselves on an album? That seems and odd reason to be close. Steve Winwood also did everything himself on at least one album, and I'm sure several others have too.
his best LP in my opinion
It certainly is in the top three. Critics didn't like it much back then, had the mindset of heavy rock and roll, trying to apply it to a master of song and variety...how stupid.
@@thomastimlin1724 quite agree mate. but it is my fave, and i say that after much gnashing of teeth and pondering, but yes... Ram is his best, I LOVE every note and word
This was his first hit after the Beatles. The world was HUNGRY for anything Beatles at the time and Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey was HUGE!
"Maybe I'm Amazed" from his first solo album "McCartney" got just as much radio airplay as any of the top 20 at the time.....even though the song was not released as a single at the time, so it didn't "get counted" by Billboard and Cashbox and all the other rating entities. Technically, it was Paul's "first hit", except for the technicality of not being released as a single! And your last sentence about "UA/AH" was actually true as well about "Maybe I'm Amazed".
@@MissAstorDancer Another Day was also pretty huge; more so than either of the other two on the charts! Uncle Albert was his third hit.
Maybe I'm Amazed was first, then Another Day, then Uncle Albert. Another Day was the biggest hit of the three.
@@lauraallen55I like Another Day too but much prefer Everynight ! 😎
@@johnbyrnes7912 Every Night is one of my favorite songs of Paul's, actually. Another Day is not as much.
Though hated at the time, this is one of McCartney's best albums. Great songs!
Anyone who hates in Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey is 50 years behind in their opinions. 😁
Hated by the "critics" that don't matter.
I didn't know what to make of this album when it came out, thought it was a bit patchy. Over the years it's grown on me and now I think it's brilliant.
@@thewalrus6833 That has happened for me with many bands. Things I thought were too wild for my tastes now sound pretty mellow.
One of his greatest! Listen BACK SEAT OF MY CAR of the same LP, another must of popular music!
1971 was an INCREDIBLY MAGNIFICENT year for music: Lennon's "Imagine", McCartney's "Ram", The Stones' "Sticky Fingers", The Who's "Who's Next", Derek & The Dominoes/Eric Clapton's "Layla", Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" (released in LATE 1970, but making its mark in 1971), and too many more to mention. It was a traumatic era but also a musically magical one, just as The 1960's had been.
Lee, I think it's GREAT how you are open to loving music from before you were born. Here's a mindblower for you: I am M-U-C-H O-L-D-E-R than you (age 65) and I too love music from well before I was born.
There is so much amazing music from the 1950's, for example, you would be AMAZED. And the 60's was so incredible that even relatively minor groups made classic records that, IMHO, are timeless classics (here's one TINY example: The Vogues'
"5 0'Clock World".
I really appreciate that you FEEL the music. I was only 11 when
The Beatles announced their breakup, and it was emotionally TRAUMATIC for a kid like me, who escaped into the magic of their music, partially to escape the chaos of my family. But when Lennon was murdered in 1980, when I was 21, it was DEVASTATING. It still gets to me sometimes.
Anyway, I want to say that you're a young man with an old and empathetic soul. This is a quality of yours that I truly appreciate.
Thank you for sharing who you are and what you've experienced. As human beings, regardless of our age, we're in the same boat when it comes to dealing with the rocking waves of life's turbulent times. With any luck, we'll all manage to get to our destinations in one piece. Take care and be well...
Hi,
In reading your lovely comment, I suddenly realized that there's a musical gap between the Classical music of the 1800's and the Big Band music of the 1940's.
We might rarely hear "Flapper music" from the 1920's, but by-and-large we never hear music from that period. I can surmise about Classical music having been put to paper and lack of recording equipment, but I wonder if there's another reason?
Two quick comments. Vogues "You're the One" has always been special to me, And just watched some live time with The Cowsills, (Yes those guys) and they are still out there. Youngest, Susan, also just turned 65.
Wow, you're so right - in addition to the albums you noted, a quick google includes:
"What's Going On", Led Zep IV, "Blue", "Fragile", "At Fillmore East" (Allman Bros), "Tapestry", "Aqualung"...
Lee, Paul in the mid sixties was the one going to events nightly in London. John and George and Ringo were married living in the suburbs. Paul was single , going steady with Jane Asher but single and was into modern classical music, when Yoko was in London in 1966 she was referred to Paul because he was known to be into advant-garde, and Paul does the tape loops for tomorrow never knows. In the early 1960’s the Beatles toured Scotland and they took stage names. Paul became Paul Ramon. Or Ram on. The Beatles have often been referred to as the first punk band before they were cleaned up by the manager. The punk band The Ramones were named to honor this. And you may find Lemmy’s comments ( from Motörhead)about the Beatles enlightening. Lenny used to go see them in the Cavern.
All four of them did tape loops for that song.
@@lauraallen55Paul did them first though and showed them how to do it by removing the eraser head on the tape machine. Most of the loops are Paul’s on the record as he did them first and put the most time into it. He came into the studio with a big bag of loops he did at home
William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy.
I'm sure you think the music you're reacting too is pretty good right now but wait until you're listened to it for 50-60 years like some of us have. Hearing it now is like opening the front door and seeing an old friend. 🙂
Uncle Albert / A.H. is, as you note, an example of Paul's tendency to be able to stitch song fragments into interesting compositions. It is what he helped John do for the second side of Abby Road, all of those song fragments were things John was banging his head against, they had not really been working well together for a while, but Paul more or less said, hey let's take all these cool little chunks you're got and make a medley. And it's one of the most evocative songs they ever did, IMO. The second side of Abbey Road is maybe my fave stuff they did, and it's a perfect example of a John and Paul collaboration, even if done in a bit of desperation. So you get songs like Band on the Run which have a bit of a feel of a medley, Paul did that quite a bit. Or Venus & Mars / Rockshow, etc. On the other hand, this also lead some people to feel like Paul's albums could be a bit 'half-baked' because a lot of the material would feel like song fragments that weren't fully realized.
Always loved Uncle Albert since I was a kid. Another really good one from these sessions is Another Day. Beautiful song
Every summer we’d drive from Tennessee back to Tulsa, OK and that year all the way there and back we were all waiting for this one to come on the radio and we’d all sing along.
He's such a musical storyteller!
Lee, you mentioned this is a side of Paul you've never heard before. Keep delving into the McCartney rabbit hole. Paul really stretched his legs artistically with practically no limits after the Beatles broke up.
Everyone one of us growing back then loved and remembered Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey!
Uncle Albert was such a trip, I loved getting lost in it into it . Great music and hugely entertaining ride
You must hear Let Me Roll It, another great Paul song. Awesome reaction Lee.
And wasn't that a parody of John's style?
@tcdknowlton not sure if it was a 'parody,' I just love the song, the riff is amazing.
@@dawnschneider187 The riff is very Lennonesque .There is a word that describes a song copying a style.
Weird Al purposely copied the styles of artists such as Zappa and Devo , not actually doing a parody of any specific song.
@@tcdknowlton The intent wasn't to 'parody' John with the song, not in the least. Paul has said it's about rolling a joint and done in a style similar to what John was known for with the Beatles.
@@dawnschneider187 Love the song, and no it was not at all a parody of John. It was about rolling a joint, and done in a style John liked to do with the Beatles.
Uncle Albert is one of my very favorite songs.
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey was a big AM radio hit in its day.
Number one!
Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey is one of those popular McCartney audio kaleidoscopes like Band On The Run and I'm sure Lee it'll grab ya ! It's funny I never get tired of them ? 🌈🤡
Lennon & McCartney both did the weird trip. In fact, Macca was into listening to experimental music genres before Lennon got into it around 66/67. Lennon took it to the limit, Macca kept it more commercially experimental, if that makes sense.
One of the reasons Lennon and McCartney worked so well together is that, contrary to popular belief, they genuinely liked and loved each other like brothers. Almost all brothers will argue and fight from time to time.
Back Seat Of My Car is the real anthem on this album.
A lot of folks assume McCartney played all the instruments here and it was recorded on the Scottish farm, but that was the previous album. This one was recorded midtown Manhattan. Love all your reactions 😊
I ran into him on 3rd Ave at the time.
Hearing Ĺinda's sweet voice here brings tears to my eyes....
I would say the variety and quality of McCartney's song catalogue is unmatched.
This is my favorite album of all time. ❤️❤️❤️
'Ram,' 'Plastic Ono Band', and 'All Things Must Pass,' --the three post-Beatle Beatle masterpieces, my man. So delighted to see your reaction to this other-worldly music. 🙂
More yearning than regret. Beautiful.
Love the RAM album!Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey was a #1 Single.❤
Lots of big hits by Macca. Uncle Albert tops my personal list. OMG, how can you not just love it?
Ram On has been my favorite Paul song since i first heard it in 71.. I'm glad you (as always) picked up on his genius. I love your Beatles related videos so much ❤
I remember going to K-mart when Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey came out to get the 45. I remember a lady coming up to me in the store asking me if I knew which record had "hands across the water" in it. I guess she was buying it for her kids too.. it was super popular! I was all of 12 years old (yep...I am an old lady)
FYI: Paul released the single 'Another Day' along with the LP Ram. The single was recorded during the Ram sessions. The song 'Another Day' was initially composed during The Beatles Get Back sessions. Please do a reaction!
Paul McCartney is the man of the thousand voices and pigeonholing him into a genre would be a big mistake, I mean, it's incredible how he can change the atmosphere of a song in a second. This album is in my top 5 of Paul's albums, even Elton John said that Paul and Linda's voices here are so perfect that they it helped him to find his own style when singing
two of my favorite songs of all time
@@jstock2317 I’m right there with you. That was special. Once in a generation kinda talent in such an intriguing individual… Paul lucked out with his stats before he was born lol! That ukulele was perfection.
@@L33Reacts - He once did an interview somewhere where he mentioned that George Harrison loved the ukulele and Paul has a song called "Dance Tonight" which he sang in George's honor at some concert. I can't remember where I saw that but it's a cute little song on his "Memory Almost Full" album.
Paul’s creativity is still firing 60 years on, and still weird and eclectic
4 teenagers that got together with aspirations of becoming a good bar band. Who would have imagined what they created
I think Ringo was several years past being a teenager when he joined, but yeah, crazy what they became to the world!
I’ve never listened to Ram, I’ve only known Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey from the radio…Never heard of Ram On…discovered it along with Lee…Charming plunking of the uke, Paul’s soft voice, a heartbeat drum…
It’s the sweetest song I’ve ever heard…
like your mother’s first kiss…on your cheek…
I love Paul McCartney so much!
I imagine another magical Beatle tune if John could have added his acerbic touch and if George and Ringo could have infused their love into it, too.
As it is now, it is beguiling! Give his heart soon right away is what Paul has always done for us.
These are my favorite Paul songs.
Love that you are now experiencing more of Paul's work. After the Beatles, Paul was trying not to just continue to do Beatles types of song. He was going for something different and somewhat experimental, and I think he did very well with that. The critics weren't impressed at first, but many of us were, and he continued to make many outstanding albums.
And by the way, Lee, you really don't have to choose your favorite Beatle or your favorite Beatles song or album, etc. They were all great in their own way, and each one can be appreciated without ranking, though we probably all tend to think in the direction of who's number 1, etc. etc. ...when it comes to many things.
I've totally enjoyed watching your journey into the Beatles's world and other bands that you've recently discovered as well!
People are gonna tend to like the music of one more than the other. I tend to like John's vocals better in the Beatles. I also tend to like the songs he did with them more, too. Lee has said he likes John's songs a lot with the Beatles, too. There's nothing wrong with liking the music of one of them more than of others of them. Some people like George's music best, and I'm sure there are some who like Ringo's best too. It would be weird to not like the music of one of them a bit more or less than of the others. Lee's favorites song of the Beatles that he's heard is A Day in the Life. I can't choose a favorite, but every time I try, that one is up there, and most of the others are his too, like In My Life, Across the Universe, and so on.
That is Paul making little "cricket Chirp" in UNCLE ALBERT. Paul was the most avante garde of the Beatles. He was the one to experiment with tape loops and electronica in the 60s. John had the most attitude and songs with the best imagery/word play. John was a word shocker (in general) and Paul was the music and melody man(in general, they both have many examples of switching traits. )
I always thought it was the sound of a UK phone ringing.
@@wpollock1
You are correct. However, it was mimicked with voice. 😊
For careful listeners with a decent sound system, there is also the sound of a teaspoon tapping a teacup at regular intervals in the middle left foreground.
🌸 what an eloquent and beautiful analysis.....well done.
He got into the Ukulele because George was really into them. Paul said when he went to see George at his home, there were Ukulele's all over the place! LOL
RAMON pronounced like Ramone ( not Ram On) was a pseudonym Paul used as a French sounding name used at a time when the Beatles came up with stage names John was Long John and George was Carl Harrison as he loved Carl Perkins.
This was a big hit in the day.
Time has been kind to this album that puzzled some but made him even more fans. Paul's genius on display again, he had such a cool vibe on this album, you just have to smile at yet more great music from the all time legend. Constantly searching for new musical horizons, it is always a great day when Paul McCartney is part of it. Do Let Me Roll It for another great tune of his. Enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶🔥
They were all obsessed with ukes....george had a massive collection, i dont even want to venture a guess as to how many he owned....he literally had them stashed all around his properties, in the house & out in the the yard, or "on the grounds", when ur property is that huge,
Tom Petty said George opened his car trunk and it was full of every style imaginable. He was handing a few more after teaching Tom how to play chords, "Because you never know when you might need a few more Ukes!"
You should have let Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey continue on to Smile Away. It rocks
Uncle Albert takes me straight back to the summer 1971.
John and Paul both put a lot of their quirkiness into their songs, and each others songs during the beatles, But I feel like John lost that or refused to show that after the beatles whereas Paul really kept to his weird, charming, and silly side.
When his first album "McCartney" that he played everything on was panned, he decided to go with studio musicians in hopes it would be better received. It wasn't--but time has shown it's one of his best albums, but really there's something in all of his albums. All four of them had very quirky senses of humor--it's why they got along so well.
All of the Beatles were pure genius, but after they split Macca streaked out way ahead for me with his solo stuff. Tragically John left us way too early but the signs were there early on that he would have his work cut out to keep up. This album is one of my all time favorite albums, it’s just great all the way through.
Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey one my favourite song...
Four distinctively creative guys, but I guess I've always been a sucker for Paul's schtick. His writing was more nostalgic than John's, and there are just so many more songs he did in my youth that I remember and stayed with me, such as Uncle Albert / Adm Halsey, which has always been a fave. Ram is a great album, I got it in HS and listened to it a ton. Ironically when I was in college I was at a bar with a woman I was seeing - who was 10 years older than me - and she insisted that Uncle / Adm. was a Beatles song and I was like 'nope, sorry hon', she was surprised. Thanks as alway, Lee. Keep up the great work.
Another one from my request list goes by...
'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' has been a part of my life since I first heard it on the radio in 1971.
To say that I really like it, or that it's one of my favourite songs just doesn't begin to describe it.
Thank you, brother Lee. ❤
Ram On gets a reprise later on in the album. Even shorter at 52 seconds.
I was just playing this yesterday with Monkberry Moon Delight and Long Haired Lady and Three Legs ( my favorite ). Hope you had a BANG of a 4th celebrating with your daughter 😊. I believe this to be my favorite solo album of his. Second would be Band on the Run.
PLEASE, listen to more "Ram" songs. All are great. "Smile Away" is very funny, if you follow the lyrics; "Three Legs" is great, and "Dear Boy" is a sonically full song, reminding me more of Beatles songs. "Back Seat of My Car " is just beautiful, and "Heart of the Country " includes Paul scat-singing, which is fantastic! Just listen to the whole thing. You won't be disappointed.
Paul usually wrote so prolifically, that he would have pieces of songs he worked on that never led anywhere. Those snipets, he would then, arrange some of them together to make one, epic in scale song with many changes. Queen is another band that would later do the same.
Paul was still fresh from his most depressed era of his life, he wrote this album on the Highland farm in Scotland after months of battling the whiskey bottle.
All Beatles , in their solo stuff, went forward, but every song had to have a bit of magic, from their friends. The Fab Four.
“Dear Boy” is the best track on the album IMHO. If you see Get Back - the documentary- McCartney just oozes creativity.
The other song that reminds me of Ram On (song) is a track called Junk off the “McCartney” album. So quirky but SO catchy.
Paul is also known as the Man of a Thousand Voices 😎🎵
Both Paul and George were avid ukulele players, and fans of the instrument.
Especially George! Paul got into them because of George from what i understand.
It’s like Paul’s crooning to a newborn ❤️
Lee, play it for your girls…🙂
Ram On was just OK Dear Boy right after it was incredible Dear Boy refers to Linda's Ex husband
he experimented a lot, i was not impressed with Ram on with the ukulele, but most of the stuff on the album was good. Lady Let's Eat at Home was kind of dumb too lol.
Eat At Home was from a true story/ During the sessions, Paul and Linda went to dinner at an upscale NY restaurant, but were denied entry as Paul was wearing sneakers and didn't have a tie . Miffed they went back to their Hotel and ordered room service.@@thomastimlin1724
"Ram On" sounds like a tribute to Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds in so many ways. Total Beach Boys vibe from that era.
"Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" is peak solo McCartney for me... This song is bursting with ideas most song-writers would kill for... and he puts them all in one song. Amazing.
I've never heard the Beach Boys use a ukulele lol
@@thomastimlin1724 There were other instruments in the song, buddy. lol.
Lee Paul honoured John with a great Lennonesque number Let Me Roll It. - Love it and I'm sure you will too ! Tally ho! 🌈😹
He's done that one! It was done in John's style.
Ram On fvckin rules...its just unique.
Maybe my fave solo paul song...no joke
One of Paul's best❤
Uncle Albert/admiral Halsey was Paul's first number one as a solo artist. And that was just the tip of the iceberg for McCartney solo hits. He even made a hit out of a nursery rhyme-Mary Had A Little Lamb.
You should fast forward to 2007 and hear Paul doing Mandolin on Dance Tonight.
So much love and musicality!
McCartney's influence by his Dad and aunties doing sing-alongs, going through all of these old show tunes gave McCartney a foundation to this style of music. There is this old world speaking through him, whether is Elenor Rigby, She's Leaving Home, or Ram On. You hear singing that sounds like crooners from the 1920-50. The Beatles tapped into their parent era and were able to channel it.
This is a brilliant song..can't help but tap a toe to it❤
Love this album!
"The Back Seat of My Car" is my favourite from this album.
At the start of the new school year, Uncle Albert was #1 in 1971. In the cafeteria one day, some knucklehead started singing "Hands across the water" etc, our table joined in, and pretty soon almost the whole cafeteria was singing it for a minute, and we all laughed as, the cafeteria narc gave us all a dirty look. screw him, spoil sport....it's a fun song, about 4 songs in one. People who criticize it are afraid to have fun, they think everything has to make sense, or be heavy metal or not at all. Music can be anything and especially fun when it's ridiculous, and Paul knew that. It went to #1, you can't knock that.
Glad you love it. I know I do. 😉
"Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey"
Paul was playing around with several early 1930s (and late 1920s) music styles mixed together (you can almost see the 1920s male cheerleader wearing a beaver coat to the knees and yelling through the megaphone.) You can also see in your mind the 30s Art Deco club scenes with the bandleader waving the baton to a beat and some band members playing the coronet with the stem mute (with a lot of snare drum).
Aside from their own creative genius, their eclectic productivity was due in part to their appreciation for and professional competition with other artists.
Wait until you get to ‘The Backseat of My Car!’ It’s like a movie in music form (my favorite McCartney track ever,) and Dear Boy! He is the master of melodies, medleys, & transitions. Bloody loves a medley, that McCartney and I adore him for it! (McCartney, McCartney II, and McCartney III he played all the instruments himself. Most of Chaos and Creation too, I believe.) Anyway, lovin’ the McCartney reactions. There will never be another 🫶🏽
Thank you, Lee and Gail!
You really got to check out the rest of the album my bro! Soooo underrated !
Wow I haven't heard Ram On since I was young. I always kind of liked it, but hearing it now as a musician of many years and being much older? It is so haunting and dreamlike. It's really a great little composition.
Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey was such a huge hit when I was in grade school. It was on the radio constantly and we all loved it. At that age, we learned all the different parts and could do it and everybody would sing it on the playground and stuff.
The Uncle Albert part I kind of snoozed on initially, but before long I realized I loved it. And as an adult of many years, I just think it's hilarious now. There's quite a bit of sarcastic commenting on British stiff upper lip society feeling, but it's done with such whimsy and humor and colorful musicality. Love it.
Isn’t it strange what time does to us? We really do become something new over time. But yet, something still lingers from your young days 😁
this album very much my favorite PM album, he must have had really fun with this and so totally british, isn't it
I love this Album, it helped me get over a broken heart.
The butter wouldn’t melt so we put it in the pie.
I love this! It made me pull up the “Ram” album on iTunes and listen all the way through. It had been years and it felt great. Thanks Lee. 🌺✌️
Thanks for "making me" hear this. Always wanted to, never got around to it. It is great!
I don't remember 'Ram On', but the second song was very popular ... both good
I was 8 years old when Uncle Albert was a big hit on the radio, and at the time the voices and characters Paul did on the song reminded me of the songs that The Muppets used to sing on early episodes of Sesame Street. I still think of it as a kids' song. For me personally, Paul's solo stuff has always been hit and miss, but he definitely HIT on this one.
One of my fave Paul songs. Would have been right at home on one of the Beatles best albums.
I've always thought "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" could have been a Beatles song if they hadn't broken up. Imagine (no pun!) if they'd put out an album with this and songs like 'Imagine", "My Sweet Lord", etc etc etc... !