Analysing Paul McCartney's greatest solo track

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    Band On The Run, the track and album, are widely considered to be a highlight of Paul McCartney's solo career. With Band On The Run, Paul once again reached the heights of songwriting and creativity that he had been working at during The Beatles finest years. In this video I'm taking a closer look at how this masterpiece of a song has been put together.
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  • @PaulMcCartney
    @PaulMcCartney ปีที่แล้ว +1362

    🎸❤

  • @AllieSakwa
    @AllieSakwa ปีที่แล้ว +920

    Sponsored by Capitol Records / Paul McCartney. Absolute achievement for a man who gets memed for talking about The Beatles all the time.

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  ปีที่แล้ว +144

      😎😍😃

    • @JustSomeVideos0
      @JustSomeVideos0 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@DavidBennettPiano Surely that's Radiohead :D

    • @cjay2
      @cjay2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@DavidBennettPiano David, in my book, you can talk about the Beatles for as long and as much as you want. Carry on!

    • @MikeDavid_Davideos
      @MikeDavid_Davideos ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He loves Radiohead too

    • @ixlnxs
      @ixlnxs ปีที่แล้ว +3

      While I'm happy he has great sponsors and he must be proud of having been selected by Macca's record company, it does make me wonder if Band on the run really IS Mr Bennett's favourite Macca solo track. I would have expected him to go for a slightly more obscure album track like, Junk (1970), Mistress and Maid (1993) or Distractions (1989).

  • @lorenzor2555
    @lorenzor2555 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    For me “Maybe I’m Amazed” is one of his best song ever, Beatles era included

    • @ItsCrawdaddy
      @ItsCrawdaddy ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Brilliant song, surprisingly underrated.

    • @DenKulesteSomFins
      @DenKulesteSomFins ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Agreed, and I think it's his best vocal performance, along with the the abbey road medley

    • @SoleaGalilei
      @SoleaGalilei ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And if you play it backwards you get a recipe for a really ripping lentil soup!

    • @lanceuppercut_
      @lanceuppercut_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SoleaGalilei Damn I was 11 minutes too late to comment this

    • @efficiencygaming3494
      @efficiencygaming3494 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I actually clicked on this video thinking it was going to be about "Maybe I'm Amazed".
      I know Paul had a lot of well-known songs as a solo artist, but that one is always the first one that I think of. It always stood out to me as one of his best tracks, in the same league as "Let It Be" or "Yesterday".

  • @colinfarmer1440
    @colinfarmer1440 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    So cool to see you getting sponsored by Paul McCartney’s records so you can actually use the song in the video and work with them at the same time

  • @John_Fugazzi
    @John_Fugazzi ปีที่แล้ว +516

    "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" was another song where McCartney used divergent sections to create a song that took the listener from one place to another. The Abbey Road medley is his masterpiece of this type.

    • @greatscott175
      @greatscott175 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I'm a lifelong Beatles nut but only in my 30's, but as a musician I've had countless older dudes talk about how everybody at the time was blown away by Uncle Albert and how outrageous it sounded at the time. It's such a niche song today but it's a banger.

    • @danielebowman
      @danielebowman ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Good choice. Paul's solo stuff has so many great tunes. Patchy at times but so many great and underrated tunes and such variety.

    • @franciscaine7585
      @franciscaine7585 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Also Morse Moose from London Town

    • @claudegenereux
      @claudegenereux ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Very good, but simplicity also is very hard to achieve as he did with "Junk".

    • @paynemi1992
      @paynemi1992 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Glad this was the top comment, my favourite paul song

  • @thomaswood8167
    @thomaswood8167 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Let’s not forget that a lot of Paul’s early solo work was initially dismissed by critics, only for younger reviewers to go back and give glowing assessments of albums initially panned.

  • @ibji
    @ibji ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Legend has it that a teenager picked up the album Rubber Soul in a music store and said to her friend, "Look, Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings..."

    • @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849
      @russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes, that happened somewhere around 1975 and has been happening since. Kids aren't dumb, they just don't care about our music because their music is what matters to them, just like ours does to us. It's been happening since the beginning of time. Get over it.

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is NOT legend lol. It happened everywhere. In college way back when, I was in a record store with a friend and he and I laughed, we had the same experience... Young kid: "I didn't know Paul was in a band before Wings." "IN" a band? Yeh right... Wings let him in the band after the Beatles tossed him out...right...and Mick Jagger was a busboy in the Queen's kitchen before he was in a band...

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      only goes to show that Wings were a major act on their own in the 70s.. Also - I'm not sure as I was only born in the late 80s, but I've heard that sometime in the mid-70s, The Beatles were not a very celebrated band (as in, their songs weren't played on the radio as much as we might nowadays imagine), as the focus were on the contemporary rock giants and whatever came afterwards: punk, disco, new wave - and that lasted until a revival of Beatles' popularity came sometime in the 80s (I would imagine, after Lennon's death). Don't know if that's true?

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849 yeah, I guess after the (shitty, in my opinion) song with Kanye West and Rihanna was released, I believe many kids were like: 'it's nice that Kanye gave a chance to this totally unknown guy and let him collaborate on a song' xd what can you do

    • @prschuster
      @prschuster ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True story. I have a friend who heard someone, obviously younger, actually say that.

  • @OceanChild87
    @OceanChild87 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Paul's musical talent is just incomparable. There's no one else who has shown such creativity, ingenuity and brought joy to so many people for 60 years.
    thank you for this video it was super interesting and Band on the Run is one of my favorite solo Paul songs!
    Not gonna lie, I wish you'd analyse more Paul songs, I'd so be here for it!

    • @jckhammer
      @jckhammer ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The only other songwriter that can come close is Barry gibb as he also has an amazing length and list of songs, but I give the nod to paul as number one

    • @davehimlin2374
      @davehimlin2374 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jckhammer Billy Joel may be BETTER than Mcartney, as far as a solo career is concerned. Pauls lyrics were often very average at best. Billy Joel was able to write dozens of big hit songs with great melodies, chord structures and great lyrics.

  • @MusicalRadiation
    @MusicalRadiation ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I was pretty sure it was going to be 'Maybe I'm Amazed' when I clicked this video. That is genuinely one of the best songs ever written, including the Beatles discography.

    • @douglasj.arcuri1370
      @douglasj.arcuri1370 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great song because he was still under the influence of Lennon and George Martin.

    • @relicofgold
      @relicofgold ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of course his best work post-Beatles is MAYBE IM AMAZED. David is wrong here.

    • @braemtes23
      @braemtes23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@douglasj.arcuri1370 So you feel the same about All Things Must Pass? George had one good album because he was under the influence of his time with McCartney, Lennon and Martin.

    • @Fuzcapp
      @Fuzcapp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@relicofgold But Maybe I'm Amazed was written while Paul was still in the Beatles. David here is only including songs Paul wrote outside of the Beatles influence.

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FuzcappMaybe I’m Amazed was not written while Paul was in the Beatles. He may have publicly still been in the Beatles, but the song was written as a result of the private break up and his feelings towards Linda for helping him out of the depression

  • @georgesonm1774
    @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    To me more than only this one song are on the same level as his Beatles tunes: In the Back Seat of My Car, Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey, Jet, Bluebird, Waterfalls, Dress Me Up As a Robber, Let'Em In, Live and Let Die, Arrow Through Me, Another Day, Junk, Temporary Secretary, Getting Closer, Goodnight Tonight - so many gems

    • @danielebowman
      @danielebowman ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great selection!

    • @tlam3309
      @tlam3309 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I really like Coming Up and Silly Love Songs too.

    • @fabioglezr
      @fabioglezr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All amazing songs, I agree

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielebowman thanks!

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@tlam3309 yeah agree, both are awesome songs. Also Listen to What the Man Said is kind of in the same category for me, and probably several others.

  • @ItsCrawdaddy
    @ItsCrawdaddy ปีที่แล้ว +60

    When Paul played this at the Glastonbury festival this past June, and pulled Dave Grohl (still grieving over the loss of Taylor Hawkins) on stage with him to perform... It still makes me tear up.
    Edit: here's the link to that performance, to those who haven't seen it. th-cam.com/video/PCZuCgyqLDs/w-d-xo.html

    • @peterclarke7240
      @peterclarke7240 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know what. What?

    • @amnril
      @amnril ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peterclarke7240 I wouldn’t even ask, usual conspiracy theory nonsense no doubt. The internet is so full of toxic rubbish and armies of idiots that believe that rubbish.

    • @AutPen38
      @AutPen38 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dave Grohl used to be in the Beatles. He became the drummer after Ringo Starr shot himself.

    • @johantrenier1685
      @johantrenier1685 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for sharing that link. Great live quality. 👍

  • @TheMOReviewers
    @TheMOReviewers ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One additional thing I love about this is how at the end of "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five" at the very end of the album you get a short reprise of section three of Band on the Run, tying the whole album together and reassuring you that "in the town they're searching for them everywhere, but they never will be found!".

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He sort of did that before with the Sgt Pepper album, just before A Day in the Life, the reprise...Lennon liked Picasso's Last Words and said so in an interview at the time of the album's release.

    • @justsomecheddarcheese8545
      @justsomecheddarcheese8545 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unpopular opinion: 1985 is McCartney's best on BOTR. Although title track is close second and iconic

    • @TheMOReviewers
      @TheMOReviewers ปีที่แล้ว

      @@justsomecheddarcheese8545 I actually almost agree! I would just swap the two, but I think it's really, really good.

    • @gleanerman2195
      @gleanerman2195 ปีที่แล้ว

      Band on the run was brilliant.

  • @demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929
    @demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a little kid in these seventies when my mom would often play Beatles albums Most of my favorite songs were Paul's even before I understood that. From Paperbac Writer to For No One to Let Em In to Another Day His writing style has always hit me just right.

  • @Greg07623
    @Greg07623 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Congratulations on your illustrious, and well deserved sponsorship. Band on the Run is a chapter out of my high school years. We played it to death when it was released.

    • @gleanerman2195
      @gleanerman2195 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, my girlfriend and I wore it out so to speak in the back seat of my car in high school, now married for 47 years and still kicking it. The 70's were golden for Paul.

  • @ElliotRobertsVideos
    @ElliotRobertsVideos ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hell yeah, man. God-tier sponsorship and excellent video!

  • @tabascocat5102
    @tabascocat5102 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I think Macca does it/did it all- instinctively. He's plugged into a musical muses wavelength. Just a genius.

    • @lucasratti
      @lucasratti 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep think so too

    • @2msvalkyrie529
      @2msvalkyrie529 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's the only explanation !

  • @anthonyodonnell6105
    @anthonyodonnell6105 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    McCartney wrote so many great songs after the Beatles. John was a great rocker, and also capable of creating wonderful, meditative moods. But Paul just had that melodic and harmonic sense combined with felicity of composition.

    • @beatlecristian
      @beatlecristian ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think Paul only got better.

  • @ednammansfield8553
    @ednammansfield8553 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Band on the run with his group Wings is one of his greatest albums. But another of his great achievements has to be his big hit 'Mull of Kintyre' imo. The use of bagpipes in this hit single really stands out as one of his greatest compositions wrote in collaboration with Denny Lane of Wings. A massive hit here in the UK.

  • @jesusofsuburbia3080
    @jesusofsuburbia3080 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Man, I love Dear Boy and Heart of the Country. Ram is a masterpiece

    • @bullcrap9409
      @bullcrap9409 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly. I think it’s easily up there w some Beatles albums.

  • @chrisb8075
    @chrisb8075 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I was a very young musician in the early 70's and grew up on Beatles and Wings. The Band on the run album is an absolute classic, pure music for it's own sake. Venus and Mars hit another level, and the touching "Treat her gently-lonely old people" is a tender insightful masterpiece. Add in Jimmy's "Medicine jar", and you have the typical contrast of emotions that McCartney eschews, going back as far as Golden Slumbers which is in very much the same vein, and pulls the listener in multiple directions. Just brilliant.

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 ปีที่แล้ว

      You and I are in the same age group and musicians. I get that...

  • @thombrown
    @thombrown ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I think "My Brave Face" is pretty much always overlooked and therefore underrated.

    • @OceanChild87
      @OceanChild87 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same! I really like that song. For me it's definitely one of the best songs on the album along with Put It There of course (so cute).
      I also liked We Got Married

    • @nicksmusiccorner7613
      @nicksmusiccorner7613 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I find overall the album to be ehh but my brave face was a breath of fresh air for paul in 1989 sad it was his last solo top 40 hit brilliant stuff came after

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว

      true! great song

    • @thomastimlin1724
      @thomastimlin1724 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes...

  • @bapples
    @bapples ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Little Willow, Cage, Every Night, Getting Closer, Uncle Albert, Beautiful Night, Wild Life, so many to mention. Thank you Paul for the music ❤️

    • @zootsoot2006
      @zootsoot2006 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Back Seat of My Car is his best solo song by far.

  • @cdprince768
    @cdprince768 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Definitely the most Beatles-esque of his solo efforts, and a great story behind the producing of the album: his band quitting on him before production, getting mugged, and trying to scrape together an album with a lady he had recently taught how to play piano.

  • @denisruskin348
    @denisruskin348 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolutely agree. It’s a masterpiece.

  • @kenreeve32
    @kenreeve32 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Always thought this was one of Sir Paul's best tracks. Thanks for the analysis!

  • @robbiedranov5407
    @robbiedranov5407 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Silly Love Songs just blows me away. Just like so many of the Beatles songs that seem to be just simple songs yet there is a complexity in them that shines through the more you listen to them.

  • @FranzBiscuit
    @FranzBiscuit ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Paul McCartney has created (and collaborated on) NUMEROUS musical masterpieces. He really has this knack for producing pieces that touch the heart, too. Many gloomy days have been brightened up by that man's music, God love him...

  • @58icarus
    @58icarus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to see a publisher embracing the opportunity presented by the talent on TH-cam (like David Bennett) rather than thwarting it. Kudos, Mr. Bennett! Also nice to see Paul with his Rick in the closing clip rather than the fanboy Hohner. It was refreshing. That really punctuates the idea of Paul moving in his own direction at the time.

  • @Davebass7783
    @Davebass7783 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I guess McCartney has a slew of songs in this 'suite' style of his; You Never Give Me Your Money is outstanding too. And the way (via keys) the B side tracks run into each other is clever - eg, Ddim is really an E7, neatly leading into Amin7 at the start of Never Give Your Money. Also, a proud owner of a 1963 Hofner bass personally autographed by McCartney.

    • @Tom-hk6ub
      @Tom-hk6ub ปีที่แล้ว

      I want that Bass !

    • @abc456f
      @abc456f ปีที่แล้ว

      If it was one he played, your retirement is set. Still going to be worth a lot when we sadly lose him.

  • @wgb01001
    @wgb01001 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Arrow Through Me is his best solo song. That tune is ridiculous. Honorable mentions include Uncle Albert, Another Day, Too Many People, Junior’s Farm, and Coming Up.

    • @sharpvidtube
      @sharpvidtube ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Back to the egg is a good album, listened to it more than Band on the run.

  • @malepartd
    @malepartd 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm old enough to remember when Band on the Run played on the radio almost non-stop. And my dad's 8-track of the album which we would listen to again and again on road trips! It is still my favourite Paul McCartney solo song.

  • @dispersemedia
    @dispersemedia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a beatles fan and didn't know any solo Paul McCartney songs until now. I have heard "Band on the run" a few times but didn't know it was Paul's song.

    • @brucewham4429
      @brucewham4429 ปีที่แล้ว

      McCartney's solo and Wings career is from another planet of sublime songwriting diversity. Enjoy!!!

  • @thegothaunt
    @thegothaunt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ooh, I love these videos because they give me a chance to appreciate songs on a much deeper level. congratulations on this extra special sponsor!!!

  • @sharpvidtube
    @sharpvidtube ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ram is my favourite post Beatles McCartney album.

  • @benjaminprietop
    @benjaminprietop ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing song and album, I'll always love the crazy story behind it's recording.

  • @DavidBennettPiano
    @DavidBennettPiano  ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Order the Paul McCartney 7" Singles Box here: pmc.lnk.to/7inSinglesBoxPR 🎸😊

    • @coloaten6682
      @coloaten6682 ปีที่แล้ว

      Box sets sold out but appearing on eBay.

    • @Dmy602
      @Dmy602 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah sure

    • @maxblatter
      @maxblatter ปีที่แล้ว

      7" singles? That is ... vinyl? Nothing on earth could bring me back to the vinyl records! Too well am I remembering my teenage years and the first half of my twenties, when the audio CD did not yet exist and I was desperately struggling against the nasty rustling and crackling noises that covered the music.

    • @9davidlong
      @9davidlong ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His best song since leaving The Beatles was maybe I'm amazed.

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When this came out, we wore the record out. Great writing.

    • @danielebowman
      @danielebowman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's amazing is that Paul was robbed in Nigeria so he had to recall his tunes On 'Band on the Run' from memory to record them.

  • @davidannderson9796
    @davidannderson9796 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I must say... learning that it was Linda that played that iconic synth line... wow! That synth line is so brilliantly played, with such good feel, that I had always assumed that it must have been played the genius Paul himself! Linda obviously had some major talent, not just as a photographer! (look at the photos in the (brilliant) McCartney album from 1970 for Linda's massive talent there!)
    Note that I know that the line was probably composed by Paul... but it is played with such good natural feel!

  • @akwilson1676
    @akwilson1676 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Backseat Of My Car is probably one of his most underrated track ever. It's such a beautiful track and a perfect closer to Ram.

  • @mazda9624
    @mazda9624 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This song is so magical. I absolutely love Linda's synth part during the second section if the song where it slows down

  • @tommonk7651
    @tommonk7651 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely love Band On The Run.... One of the first albums I ever bought. The song is amazing. I know nothing about music theory; I just know the song sounds great! McCartney, it goes without saying, is a genius.

  • @banba317
    @banba317 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think I'd add Live And Let Die to the list; it is a tour de force. Congrats on the Sponsorship; you have a great channel and deserve it!

  • @motherjesse
    @motherjesse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read the title of the video first and thought obviously Band On The Run. Then I actually look at the thumbnail, like, aw yeah, David did it again. Great work, brother.

  • @Satellite_Of_Love
    @Satellite_Of_Love ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I LOVE this song. The different musical styles in each section, plus the wonderful sense of freedom I feel listening to this song makes it one of my favorites. It's one I especially love playing while driving, preferably with the windows down. ❤️

  • @SminkingDoctor
    @SminkingDoctor ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Paul’s Best Solo song isn’t Band On The Run, but it is on the album of the same name. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five.

    • @danielebowman
      @danielebowman ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hugely underrated that.

    • @tonybates7870
      @tonybates7870 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The fact that Jet and Let Me Roll It are also contenders shows the greatness of the album.

    • @stamatiskon3049
      @stamatiskon3049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's probably my favourite song of all time so I should agree but I think songs like Band On the Run, Uncle Albert or Live and Let Die are more interesting for a songwriter or a musicologist...

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tonybates7870 that's true! I also absolutely love Bluebird from the same album. No Words is also great, sounds a bit like a George Harrison song

    • @cakemartyr5794
      @cakemartyr5794 ปีที่แล้ว

      Live and Let Die also really good

  • @tiestenbosch
    @tiestenbosch ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Hi David, Jenny Wren, from Chaos and creation in the backyard (2005, yes 35 years after the beatles!), could easily be from the Beatles era, but with the voice of a more matured mccartney... It is exceptional and surely amongst his best work!

    • @DavidBennettPiano
      @DavidBennettPiano  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Jenny Wren is excellent 😌

    • @tiestenbosch
      @tiestenbosch ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DavidBennettPiano just finished the video... Great video again! Thanks...

    • @aleynamehmetoglu4212
      @aleynamehmetoglu4212 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it's perfect

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      'Little Willow' off Flaming Pie is another beautiful song in this vein from his later catalogue. Very simple but to me it would work well on White Album

  • @dalebaker9109
    @dalebaker9109 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    David is welcome to talk about the greatness of Paul McCartney and the Beatles forever more. It’s very moving to hear about such a young man, who loves absolutely loves both The Beatles and Sir Paul own solo stuff. This guy is an absolute credit to you tube, he loves all music, and is a magnificent composer himself. I wonder if he like classic Genesis, with Peter Gabriel, or is it only me
    😅😅😅

  • @kaitlyng8968
    @kaitlyng8968 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I loved this video. Paul is my favorite artist of all time and he doesn’t get the appreciation he deserves. ❤

    • @theconfusionman7969
      @theconfusionman7969 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What are you talking about.

    • @kaitlyng8968
      @kaitlyng8968 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theconfusionman7969 well he doesn’t I truly think that

    • @theconfusionman7969
      @theconfusionman7969 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kaitlyng8968 he's one of the most well known and appreciated musicians in the world

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@theconfusionman7969he doesn’t get the respect he deserves for his solo career and how he continued to innovate after the Beatles

  • @tomato6305
    @tomato6305 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally some content on the Beatles' solo works. Great job!

  • @libracordial
    @libracordial ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this! Your analysis is always so good! Please do more with Paul’s solo work.

  • @Octavio12341000
    @Octavio12341000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I read somewhere that Paul is considered the greatest composer of the 20th century.
    Can sound mind-blowing but the more you analyze the huge amount of masterpieces he has done, is actually believable

  • @TN29
    @TN29 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've always heard this one as chronicling Paul's escape from the Beatles and rejuvenation with Wings.

  • @sholpana_musicologist
    @sholpana_musicologist ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, David!! Its a great analysis in all aspects!💥💯

  • @cakemartyr5794
    @cakemartyr5794 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you once more for this thorough analysis. It really is an epic piece, which could be considered progressive rock. It's the same year as Dark Side of the Moon and Selling England by the Pound.

  • @desoxido
    @desoxido 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are so many. Just in the 70's my top tracks are: Maybe I'm Amazed, Band on the Run, Live and Let Die, Dear Boy, and The back seat of my car. Real masterpieces.

  • @gandalfandferg280
    @gandalfandferg280 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think the purpose and culmination of Paul's life's work crescendo's to his masterpiece and greatest song ever, Temporary Secretary

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว

      Idk if you're joking ;) but yeah it's a great song

  • @Nanoci62
    @Nanoci62 ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT VIDEO AND GREAT RENDITION 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️

  • @keithwilkinson5707
    @keithwilkinson5707 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the bass on this great track. Thanks David for another interesting analysis.

  • @Cookie-hg4xb
    @Cookie-hg4xb ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Let Me Roll It is no doubt my favourite on the album followed by the title track and Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five.

    • @OnePost909
      @OnePost909 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For me, "Jet" is the clear highlight of a great album that has zero weak points. Also the string orchestration of "PIcasso's Last Words."

    • @GravityBoy72
      @GravityBoy72 ปีที่แล้ว

      1985... is brilliant.

    • @Jantonov1
      @Jantonov1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally agree. Let Me Roll With It is such a rock song. That dirty guitar lick is as good as anything Lennon ever played.

  • @okcoconut
    @okcoconut ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Meanwhile I totally agree that Band on the Run is great, I think McCartney and RAM are a bit overlooked. after being in the biggest band in the world Paul just went full solo, DIY, Lo fi with McCartney. It really shows his talent and creativity without him trying hard. lots of fun ideas, cool rhythms and grooves, great songwritings, jams. I can't say it's an ambitious record but he was trying something new and it's a fun, lighthearted, and a genuine album. personally it really inspired me and gave the courage to write and record all things on my own. and with RAM, this video by Elliot Roberts explained the best! th-cam.com/video/CRZHvvYsc5w/w-d-xo.html

    • @deansusec8745
      @deansusec8745 ปีที่แล้ว

      I day Ram was Abbey road part two. A work of art

    • @DCfromBC
      @DCfromBC ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ram is one of the cleanest productions and, song-by-song , best written records I've ever heard. Mccartney's best album in my opinion. Dear Boy's background harmonies are an incredible achievement by themselves.

    • @deansusec8745
      @deansusec8745 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DCfromBC agree! Every songs fits the place it sits perfectly. And the first song opens the album perfectly! Glad to see it is highly regarded lately.

    • @DCfromBC
      @DCfromBC ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@deansusec8745 hear, hear!

    • @redpillhope
      @redpillhope ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Personally I love Too Many People and can listen to it endlessly.

  • @TheEeliciousOne
    @TheEeliciousOne ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nicely done. Another great video. I think this box was sold out long prior to it's release date. Thank you for consistently high quality videos on interesting topics!

  • @martynridley3671
    @martynridley3671 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember watching The Beatles as a 9, 10 year old on the b/w telly and noticing that one of them was holding his guitar 'the wrong way round', because, of course, he was left-handed. ...Like me!! They sounded great and Paul was my favourite, of course, and I'm watching and listening and thinking, "I want to do that!" Inspired by Paul, I got my first acoustic guitar for my 11th birthday. My Mum & Dad strung it left-handed for me, that night. They knew nothing about guitars, but they managed to figure it out. It was absolute murder to play, but I was going to play, one way or another. Well, I'm 63 now and that was over 50 years ago now and I've had a life full of music; being in various bands, teaching to youth groups and now still playing and teaching privately. I truly believe that Paul McCartney is probably the most prolific songwriter, ever. He's still doing it. Not for the money, but because he has a genuine love of the music; a love which I have also shared, my whole life! Thanks Paul, for the inspiration!

  • @Cedrou21
    @Cedrou21 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I see Paul, I click.

  • @composer7325
    @composer7325 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting video, thank you for this upload.

  • @Thomasgene
    @Thomasgene ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Thank you for your hard Work!

  • @billyc1956
    @billyc1956 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your great videos. I’m old but my experience isn’t. I’ve learned so much from you with the way you present them.

  • @Shakooba
    @Shakooba ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That 2nd section is the greatest thing any of the Beatles have ever written. I don’t know what it is because it makes me lose my mind, it’s so good.

  • @tysonplett3328
    @tysonplett3328 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song, definitely my favourite from McCartney's solo career!

  • @jeffreymosher6334
    @jeffreymosher6334 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m 52 this came out when I was 4 and this track is my All Time Favorite Song.

  • @mackermaldrill2656
    @mackermaldrill2656 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant analysis David.

  • @HarryInEdi
    @HarryInEdi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ooops late to another stellar release - so so so so so happy and hyped that you are being sponsored by Macca himself!! I hope his team let you use longer clips on many more videos - and I hope you’re enjoying your limited edition box!!!!

  • @christopher9152
    @christopher9152 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Maybe I'm Amazed and Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey are easily Beatles-tier tracks as well, in my opinion.

  • @larrypower8273
    @larrypower8273 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been thinking about this song a lot recently. I was thinking of it in terms of themes - imprisoned, dreaming of freedom, escape or stuck, hope, escape, pursuit. There are many levels to it really in the musical sense and I love your ananlysis of it especially describing it as an episodic piece. The editing of your analysis and the integration of the sheet music is also excellent. A great production by you of this excellent song.

  • @EddieReischl
    @EddieReischl ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Honestly, he may have as many great solo songs as he does songs with the Beatles. But part of the reason artists are artists is because they have insecurities like everyone else, but they're just able to write about them better and set them to music.

  • @TigerRogers0660
    @TigerRogers0660 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great analysis David!! I would go as far as to say that side one of the "Band On The Run" album - vies for the greatest album side in history!!

  • @michelepaccione8806
    @michelepaccione8806 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Ram" hit #1 in the UK and Canada and #2 in the US. It was a very successful album, though some critics at the time didn't like it, it seems. But the public loved it. (And we still do.) There's not a weak song on the entire album. Which is amazing, if you think about it, because The Beatles had three songwriters. But Paul carried all of Ram (and Band On The Run, of course) by himself.

  • @georgebaigent8078
    @georgebaigent8078 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spend years trying to understand the complexities of something that Macca did by force of nature. It’s not fair!! Thanks Paul❤. You’ve given us so much.

  • @lachinita_esa1086
    @lachinita_esa1086 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I clicked on the video thinking it would be the song Junk. How come nobody comments about this song? This song is freaking brilliant! 😭 and it's soooo underrated! it's one of my favorite Paul's songs

  • @peztopher7297
    @peztopher7297 ปีที่แล้ว

    This came out when I was 13. I like the bass next to that Linda line. It has always been an emotionally affecting song for me. I am always excited to hear it and don't want it to end.
    I have always thought his first two albums were great, and they also are emotional for me.

  • @KidFresh71
    @KidFresh71 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coming Up, Calico Sky, Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time, New… Paul has been on top of his songwriting game for decades after The Beatles ended! My favorite living musician.

  • @TheKiteless
    @TheKiteless ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A deeply satisfying tune to jam along to

  • @fidelogos7098
    @fidelogos7098 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your analysis of music is so helpful to me. I'm a big Beatles fan, constantly trying to play their songs on the piano and to see the breakdown of any piece of music is always enlightening. I've always favored Paul's song writing as a Beatle, but never really actively listened to his post-Beatles music. I have a new perspective of Band on the Run. Can't wait to try all those chords and chord changes. Can I stretch my short fat fingers around them? 🤷‍♀🤷‍♀🤣🤣

  • @hazukilazy
    @hazukilazy ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, I’m happy for you! I’d really like you to interview Paul one day.

  • @colingardiner6516
    @colingardiner6516 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for this mate. Paul McCarthy's way of writing like this was just brilliant. Uncle Albert was very similar with a 3 stage structure. Wings where a great band. Loved Paul's music post Beatles. Beatles brilliant too of course.

  • @KeepAutismWeird
    @KeepAutismWeird ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i was really hoping this was going to be an elaborate setup for a video about "Wonderful Christmas Time"

  • @aBeatleFan4ever
    @aBeatleFan4ever ปีที่แล้ว +1

    People knew in the 1960s... that a lot of the Beatles songs were primarily by John or Paul. This was well known before they broke up.
    McCartney wrote classic hits in his first solo LP (before the last Beatles album was even released). "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Every Night" and "Junk" are all great tracks... and the first two could have easily been big hit singles - had they been released as singles. Paul's first released singe ("Another Day") was #1 in Australia, Ireland and Spain. It was #2 in the UK, #3 in Denmark and Norway, #4 in Canada, #5 in the US, #6 in Germany and Japan. His second single ("Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey") was #1 in the US, Canada and New Zealand.
    His first album ("McCartney") was #1 in the US for 3 weeks - and would have been #1 for 7 weeks - except The Beatles "Let It Be" album knocked it into the #2 spot for the next 4 weeks. It was also #1 in Canada... and was #2 in the UK, Norway and Sweden; #3 in Australia, Denmark and the Netherlands, #4 in France and Spain. His second album ("Ram") was #1 in the UK, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, #2 in the US, #3 in Australia. His third album ("Wild Life") was #2 in Spain, #3 in Australia and Sweden, #4 in Norway, #5 in Canada, #6 in Denmark. His fourth album ("Red Rose Speedway") was #1 in the US, Australia and Spain, #2 in Canada, Denmark and Sweden, #3 in Belgium, #4 in Norway, #5 in the UK.
    So... while critics may have panned a lot of his early solo efforts - McCartney had GREAT record chart success and great record sales of his albums and singles... right from the start.

  • @EvonZundel
    @EvonZundel ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant song and LP! ❤

  • @jcarty123
    @jcarty123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OK if you had to pick just one song, it's between this one & Maybe I'm Amazed. But my fav Paul _album_ is McCartney II with its 3 super-introspective songs and its inventive, unusual synths all over. And his "most influential" 2 albums are probably McCartney - which inspired a generation of home-recording artists - and Ram, which today many will credit as a founding document of the Indie Pop movement.

    • @georgesonm1774
      @georgesonm1774 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah - fantastic album

    • @ewest14
      @ewest14 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You have to add McCartney II into the list of most influential albums. It has been just as influential as the other two you mentioned

  • @gaizkasalazar6948
    @gaizkasalazar6948 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful!!!!!

  • @pacorka9943
    @pacorka9943 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I forgot how good this song is!! Damn

  • @eddiemurphy6178
    @eddiemurphy6178 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree. We love you Paul!!!!

  • @thebeachisdark7
    @thebeachisdark7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on the sponsor, your videos are awesome

  • @efficiencygaming3494
    @efficiencygaming3494 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome sponsorship! I hope to see the day when Radiohead and XL Recordings decide to sponsor you as well! 😀

  • @PlanetoftheDeaf
    @PlanetoftheDeaf ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice for you to be able to use generous sections of the song without the risk of being blocked by er Capitol Records 😁
    Paul was in a good place by 1973. Relationships with the other Beatles were healing, helped by them realising that Paul had been right about Klein. That happy mindset really helped his music.

  • @bryandunn425
    @bryandunn425 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the way he says 'excape' !

  • @Procrastinacion_
    @Procrastinacion_ ปีที่แล้ว

    Same thing with Backseat of my car. Amazing stuff, this Paul

  • @eldonstrackeii7892
    @eldonstrackeii7892 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always saw the second movement as a different prison than the first- they exchanged their Liverpool prison for the crazy prison of Hamburg.

  • @robertallan6373
    @robertallan6373 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just love the man and his music.

  • @tomshepherd1
    @tomshepherd1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Modal interchange!! I knew there was a name for using chords from the relative minor and vice versa, but I could never remember it. Thank you!
    By the by, I absolutely love your work David. As a teacher I find your explanations clear, brilliantly visual and accessible, with no temptation of veering off into a wacky TH-camr style.
    Keep up the astoundingly interesting and entertaining work 😊

    • @brendancronin3796
      @brendancronin3796 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brian Wilson had some great modal changes ...the great ones do it and you hardly notice it .
      Penny lane has a modal change and it's just genius

  • @nowtheworld138
    @nowtheworld138 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have never been the biggest Beatles or even Paul fan and the less we say about John the better. George and Ringo on the other hand we’re alight by me. But Band on the run is a phucking amazing song. I absolutely love it