Critics had a sort of vendetta against mccartney during this time because he was perceived as the one responsible for the beatles breakup, so this album was slammed, but in recent years has received the acclaim it deserved as probably the father of lo fi music
@@starrynight1657 The first album, McCartney, sounded just like Let it Be was supposed to sound. Acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass, piano/organ, drums,... none of the slick production that George Martin had been putting on the Beatles' albums, songs they could perform live.
@@starrynight1657 agreed. that’s the thing about “lowfi” it very often is not low fidelity in production but instead style. It’s comprehensive arrangements are intentionally produced (often relying on it) to sound textured or old for the lack of a better word. Some indie-lowfi music is absolutely hyper production oriented and has a fuck ton going on behind the scenes than the name let’s on. People seem to think lowfi music means raw, as in little done to alter how the arrangement would sound played live but it honestly couldn’t be farther from the truth imo. Especially when it comes to the vocals. Baked in reverb, saturation, and distortion.
with the reissue Ram is considered a True Masterpiece it was way ahead of its time even today it sounds quite modern Paul is a genius You´ll see Band on the run and Venus and Mars are amazing !!! Red rose speedway is great too
This is better than several Beatles albums in my opinion. Critics were blinded by the Beatles breakup and ignored the music or unfairly critiqued it, while in the back of their minds I'm sure they quite enjoyed it. The Back Seat of My Car is my favorite by far. You should definitely go back to that one a few times; it will absolutely grow on you, which it did me. That one part at the end where he screams "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" is the equivalent of an orgasm in musical terms! Another song that'll do that to you is "The Pound Is Sinking" from the Tug of War album. Those of you reading this comment that like that song...you know which part I'm talking about..."Oh it didn't happen......no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your heart just wasn't in it anymore!!!"
That's the stupidest statement I've heard in my life. "Ram" is an "indie" record? What world are you living in? First off, you'd say "McCartney" is, not "Ram", if you had to name a McCartney album. PS: "Indie pop" is a practically a contradiction in terms, no offense.
@@UESide Sorry, I don't speak gibberish E.T. My guess is if "chillll" is your one comment, you know even less about music than you do about speaking English coherently. I'll tell you what: I'll chill, you grow a brain. Deal?
It's not really a collaboration with Linda. Paul was still bound to the Beatles agreements so he credited his wife as co-author so to make a 'new' araganement that was not affected by any claims by the Beatles Shortly after he would also stop his music being on Apple
"Another Day" was the song John referenced in "How Do You Sleep" -The only thing you done was "Yesterday", and since you've gone your just "Another Day". I am looking forward to your reaction to ALMP it is such a good album.
I haven't watched the video, but just wanted to thank you for continuing on this journey. Jesse, I started late with your Beatles journey, so I just watched Abbey Road yesterday. Thank you so much for doing this. I was very touched when you were talking about your mom and dad. Please hang in there and hope you have a beautiful life. So now on the Ram.
I argue Monkberry moon delight is Paul’s best rock song and his best vocals. He shreds it. When you do all things must pass, don’t skip the third disc. It’s instrumentals but the music is amazing.
"Monkberry Moon Delight" is a piece of crap. And when he does "All Things Must Pass" DEFINITELY skip the instrumentals, which are horrible. Especially if he skipped "McCartney", which have the best instrumentals from ANY Beatle solo album. Barbar Jinx, seriously, get some taste.
@@barbarjinx3802 Good he didn't skip McCartney. It's the other one who skipped it (Crystal, who's also doing the solo albums). Sorry you're butthurt about "Monkberry Moon Delight", a song that always divided fans, and "Apple Jam" which virtually no one played. The late 60s and 70s were filled with amazing long jams, from Zappa to Santana, from the Who to the Allmans to the Dead to Led Zep to King Crimson to the James Gang, etc etc......"Apple Jam" from "All Things Must Pass" is absolutely not top caliber jamming (which was never George's strong suit). And not particularly well-recorded, sorry Phil Spector, but recording improvisational jamming was never his strong suit, either. PS: Ha, no not rich. I just know more about the Beatles than you do.
@@TTM9691 , “get some taste”. Ironic. Coming from the guy who showed some praise on Two Virgins weeks ago. But yeah, I must agree on some things. While the Apple Jam is not a bad thing to listen to, I don’t get the point of seeing Jesse reacting to these since the most interesting things from ATMP are on the first 2 discs. Thankfully, he didn’t do John and Yoko’s Wedding Album either, which is boring as hell.
Rolling Stone magazine had a close relationship with John at this time. So, they slammed everything McCartney, to stay on John's good side. At the time, many magazines followed Rolling Stones lead because they thought RS had their ear to the pulse of the younger generation. Paul's digs at John or the other Beatles were vailed. John's How Do You Sleep attack left no doubt who it was about. Unfortunately, the only thing this back and forth did was divide fans. Suddenly, picking your favorite Beatle meant having to dislike the other. All Things Must Pass is really George's first solo album. The two experimental albums before it was about like John's Unfinished Music series. All Things Must Pass is George's best (imo).
Not only was Paul made into the bad guy, but he was right! They all dumped the thieving manager. I grew up a huge John fan but John needed Paul more than Paul needed John.
John and Paul definitely needed each other emotionally even if they never wanted to admit it. I'm glad they were able to save their friendship, but it's such a shame they were never able to collaborate musically again before John died, it would have been amazing.
The lyrics on RAM may appear naive but the music climbs to a slightly more sophisticated plain, as heard on the changes of styles within certain songs. Some musical phrases are apparent on the Red Rose Speedway albums medley. You won’t be disappointed.
Just watched your Ram review. Love the album since it came out...and loved your review. You were honest about how you felt about each track and I can respect that. I happen to love each song. Great review.
Excellent reaction video! I love McCartney's Ram album, and think there's creativity just bursting out everywhere on it. Jann Wenner who was the co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine was a very good friend of John Lennon, and so instantly took sides when The Beatles split, and was determined to do anything he could to ruin McCartney's post-Beatles solo career. With Rolling Stone being such an influential magazine at the time, and with Wenner being so powerful in the music magazine world, most of the music critics elsewhere fell in line. The majority of the fans, however, loved it. And over time Ram has begun to earn the respect it always deserved. I'm not taking sides, as I love the music of both Lennon and McCartney, but I do find myself much more able to relisten to Ram (and McCartney's albums in general) than any of Lennon's solo work, mostly because too much Lennon leaves me feeling depressed, with it being so introspective and melancholic much of the the time. And having Yoko screaming on some of them doesn't help. I much prefer select Lennon tracks on a playlist than to listen to his many of his albums in their entirety.
Yoko DID take John's lucky break and break it in two. That makes a lot of sense. And it wasn't just John who it affected. It affected Paul's lucky break as well, and he had every right to be writing about it, as all the Beatles used their personal experiences as material. John and Paul were going to be writers together like Rogers and Hammerstein or other great duos. Just because you fall in love with someone doesn't mean you have to drop your own career or bring them to work with you. John was just pathetic how he thought everything Paul wrote was about him though. Like Hey Jude. You have found her now go and get her obviously referred to Linda, who Paul had finally hooked up with in spring. The song came out in summer and he asked Linda to come and live with him in London by the fall. It was about Paul and Linda! But John thought it was a "message" to him to go to Yoko lol.
You may like the Band on the Run album even more, there's a more finished pop quality to it. It may also be the biggest selling album by a Beatle gone solo.
Pure McCartney has three songs from McCartney and four songs from Ram, plus Another Day. So, you would have missed a lot of great songs if you'd went that route. That said, just about every McCartney album has three or four great songs on it.
Loved your reaction! I love when you have an epiphany about something! I know I sound like a broken record but critics at that time were friends and fans of John! Despite John officially quitting the group, Paul was the one who announced the breakup. He was sad and hurt he was having to fight the other 3 to fend off scam artist, Allen Klein, and needed to make it official. So critics bashed Paul and they all let him take the fall for the breakup. It’s such a sad story, really. They all made amends eventually and John later owned up to treating Paul like shit and making a mistake about Klein. “I pushed Paul too far.” I recommend watching the “Understanding Lennon/McCartney” series on TH-cam. It dives into all of it. They take a slight “John was in love with Paul” approach (as many believe) but it’s all told through their own words in interviews (video, audio and magazines.) Fortunately, with the animosity gone, Paul’s albums and innovation have gotten the credit they deserve. 💙
Great review Jesse . For batch 3 may I request Wings Venus and Mars for Paul McCartney , Walls and Bridges for John Lennon , Cloud 9 for George Harrison and Goodnigjt Vienna for Ringo Starr . I don't know if it means anything but each of these has a hit single, at least 1 on all 4 albums
The RAM album I have I bought at a yard sale.... for a dime! I told the young woman how much the vinyl album with the Apple label was worth and I was willing to pay more, but she just wanted the dime. I also purchased McCartney 2 in a store, brought it home and discovered there was a mix up at the record plant. My vinyl album has a Gladys Knight and the Pips label on both sides, but it is McCartney 2. As to Ram, Uncle Albert is the only song I likede, although it is a tad too long.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE "MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT" it's one of my favorites on "RAM" I LOVE it's weirdness and his screamy voice, which proves to people (who think that Paul has limited vocals and only sings in a sweet, high, mellow voice) that he has a plethora of vocal abilities.
Imho, the 1st verse of monkberry describes Paul's 1st listen to lennon's "how do you sleep". The 2nd verse describes his reaction to that song. I don't have a clue about the 3rd verse.
I imagine he's screaming in Oh Woman Oh Why because she shot him. Pretty balsy to keep accusing her of infidelity after she's shot him though. He tries to get away at the end, so she's firing wildly at him and empties the gun. Does he survive? Cliffhanger...
Loved the reaction, Jesse - I knew you would enjoy it. Of course, as a 12 year old first listening to it we didn’t try to analyze the lyrics, we just sang along and enjoyed. I feel like “Another Day” really belonged on his first solo album; it fits in well with the rest of it. Maybe it just wasn’t ready so they released it separately. I have NEVER even heard the other additional tracks. There’s a reason they were never released - they sucked. I don’t get the obsession with unreleased tracks, they’re typically not very good, IMO.
Paul didn't write Another Day until May 1970. McCartney came out in April. Or at least that's what I surmise from seeing the lyrics to it in his "diary" during that month.
Please don’t overlook George’s first solo album after the break up, All Things Must Pass. IMO, it’s the best album any of them produced outside of the Beatles’ albums. But,you may not like its production.
Critics had a sort of vendetta against mccartney during this time because he was perceived as the one responsible for the beatles breakup, so this album was slammed, but in recent years has received the acclaim it deserved as probably the father of lo fi music
True.
His first album was more low fidelity. This one has some more raw songs, but the production is quite big in some of it really.
@@starrynight1657 The first album, McCartney, sounded just like Let it Be was supposed to sound. Acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass, piano/organ, drums,... none of the slick production that George Martin had been putting on the Beatles' albums, songs they could perform live.
@@starrynight1657 agreed. that’s the thing about “lowfi” it very often is not low fidelity in production but instead style. It’s comprehensive arrangements are intentionally produced (often relying on it) to sound textured or old for the lack of a better word. Some indie-lowfi music is absolutely hyper production oriented and has a fuck ton going on behind the scenes than the name let’s on. People seem to think lowfi music means raw, as in little done to alter how the arrangement would sound played live but it honestly couldn’t be farther from the truth imo. Especially when it comes to the vocals. Baked in reverb, saturation, and distortion.
with the reissue Ram is considered a True Masterpiece
it was way ahead of its time
even today it sounds quite modern
Paul is a genius
You´ll see
Band on the run and Venus and Mars are amazing !!!
Red rose speedway is great too
This is better than several Beatles albums in my opinion. Critics were blinded by the Beatles breakup and ignored the music or unfairly critiqued it, while in the back of their minds I'm sure they quite enjoyed it.
The Back Seat of My Car is my favorite by far. You should definitely go back to that one a few times; it will absolutely grow on you, which it did me. That one part at the end where he screams "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" is the equivalent of an orgasm in musical terms! Another song that'll do that to you is "The Pound Is Sinking" from the Tug of War album. Those of you reading this comment that like that song...you know which part I'm talking about..."Oh it didn't happen......no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your heart just wasn't in it anymore!!!"
The first true indie pop album in spirit.
That's the stupidest statement I've heard in my life. "Ram" is an "indie" record? What world are you living in? First off, you'd say "McCartney" is, not "Ram", if you had to name a McCartney album. PS: "Indie pop" is a practically a contradiction in terms, no offense.
@@TTM9691 indie pop is a style of music and RAM fits into it perfectly
@@TTM9691 indie is a style now, yes it means independent artist but what it used to be doesn’t mean the same anymore
@@TTM9691 chilllll
@@UESide Sorry, I don't speak gibberish E.T. My guess is if "chillll" is your one comment, you know even less about music than you do about speaking English coherently. I'll tell you what: I'll chill, you grow a brain. Deal?
It's not really a collaboration with Linda. Paul was still bound to the Beatles agreements so he credited his wife as co-author so to make a 'new' araganement that was not affected by any claims by the Beatles
Shortly after he would also stop his music being on Apple
You will love BAND ON THE RUN. That is one of Paul McCartney's best solo albums. It is a great album.
"Another Day" was the song John referenced in "How Do You Sleep" -The only thing you done was "Yesterday", and since you've gone your just "Another Day". I am looking forward to your reaction to ALMP it is such a good album.
Look on the back cover of Ram - there's a picture of one beetle screwing another beetle
I haven't watched the video, but just wanted to thank you for continuing on this journey. Jesse, I started late with your Beatles journey, so I just watched Abbey Road yesterday. Thank you so much for doing this. I was very touched when you were talking about your mom and dad. Please hang in there and hope you have a beautiful life. So now on the Ram.
I argue Monkberry moon delight is Paul’s best rock song and his best vocals. He shreds it.
When you do all things must pass, don’t skip the third disc. It’s instrumentals but the music is amazing.
"Monkberry Moon Delight" is a piece of crap. And when he does "All Things Must Pass" DEFINITELY skip the instrumentals, which are horrible. Especially if he skipped "McCartney", which have the best instrumentals from ANY Beatle solo album. Barbar Jinx, seriously, get some taste.
@@TTM9691 wow. He didn’t skip McCartney. You know nothing but at least you’re arrogant. I bet you’re rich. Just kidding.
@@barbarjinx3802 Good he didn't skip McCartney. It's the other one who skipped it (Crystal, who's also doing the solo albums). Sorry you're butthurt about "Monkberry Moon Delight", a song that always divided fans, and "Apple Jam" which virtually no one played. The late 60s and 70s were filled with amazing long jams, from Zappa to Santana, from the Who to the Allmans to the Dead to Led Zep to King Crimson to the James Gang, etc etc......"Apple Jam" from "All Things Must Pass" is absolutely not top caliber jamming (which was never George's strong suit). And not particularly well-recorded, sorry Phil Spector, but recording improvisational jamming was never his strong suit, either. PS: Ha, no not rich. I just know more about the Beatles than you do.
@@TTM9691 All Things Must Pass is a mixed bag generally for me. McCartney had more range.
@@TTM9691 , “get some taste”.
Ironic. Coming from the guy who showed some praise on Two Virgins weeks ago.
But yeah, I must agree on some things. While the Apple Jam is not a bad thing to listen to, I don’t get the point of seeing Jesse reacting to these since the most interesting things from ATMP are on the first 2 discs. Thankfully, he didn’t do John and Yoko’s Wedding Album either, which is boring as hell.
Rolling Stone magazine had a close relationship with John at this time. So, they slammed everything McCartney, to stay on John's good side. At the time, many magazines followed Rolling Stones lead because they thought RS had their ear to the pulse of the younger generation. Paul's digs at John or the other Beatles were vailed. John's How Do You Sleep attack left no doubt who it was about. Unfortunately, the only thing this back and forth did was divide fans. Suddenly, picking your favorite Beatle meant having to dislike the other.
All Things Must Pass is really George's first solo album. The two experimental albums before it was about like John's Unfinished Music series. All Things Must Pass is George's best (imo).
Another reason Rolling Stone is a joke. They also slammed Cream and Led Zeppelin.
@@beatmet2355 Their first reviewer of Abbey Road called it garbage.
Such a creative album. Paul was really following his muse. Great reaction this album is really out there you kept an open mind.
Not only was Paul made into the bad guy, but he was right! They all dumped the thieving manager. I grew up a huge John fan but John needed Paul more than Paul needed John.
John and Paul definitely needed each other emotionally even if they never wanted to admit it. I'm glad they were able to save their friendship, but it's such a shame they were never able to collaborate musically again before John died, it would have been amazing.
i was really waiting for this one. thank you 😊
My favorite McCartney album. A masterpiece.
The lyrics on RAM may appear naive but the music climbs to a slightly more sophisticated plain, as heard on the changes of styles within certain songs. Some musical phrases are apparent on the Red Rose Speedway albums medley. You won’t be disappointed.
Just watched your Ram review. Love the album since it came out...and loved your review. You were honest about how you felt about each track and I can respect that. I happen to love each song. Great review.
Excellent reaction video! I love McCartney's Ram album, and think there's creativity just bursting out everywhere on it. Jann Wenner who was the co-founder and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine was a very good friend of John Lennon, and so instantly took sides when The Beatles split, and was determined to do anything he could to ruin McCartney's post-Beatles solo career. With Rolling Stone being such an influential magazine at the time, and with Wenner being so powerful in the music magazine world, most of the music critics elsewhere fell in line. The majority of the fans, however, loved it. And over time Ram has begun to earn the respect it always deserved.
I'm not taking sides, as I love the music of both Lennon and McCartney, but I do find myself much more able to relisten to Ram (and McCartney's albums in general) than any of Lennon's solo work, mostly because too much Lennon leaves me feeling depressed, with it being so introspective and melancholic much of the the time. And having Yoko screaming on some of them doesn't help. I much prefer select Lennon tracks on a playlist than to listen to his many of his albums in their entirety.
Oh my god, “Long Haired Lady” is one of my all-time favorite McCartney songs, I’m sad you don’t like it 😭
Me too!
Yoko DID take John's lucky break and break it in two. That makes a lot of sense. And it wasn't just John who it affected. It affected Paul's lucky break as well, and he had every right to be writing about it, as all the Beatles used their personal experiences as material. John and Paul were going to be writers together like Rogers and Hammerstein or other great duos. Just because you fall in love with someone doesn't mean you have to drop your own career or bring them to work with you. John was just pathetic how he thought everything Paul wrote was about him though. Like Hey Jude. You have found her now go and get her obviously referred to Linda, who Paul had finally hooked up with in spring. The song came out in summer and he asked Linda to come and live with him in London by the fall. It was about Paul and Linda! But John thought it was a "message" to him to go to Yoko lol.
I feel like I ghostwrote this comment, lol.
I wonder if the line "too many reaching for a piece of cake" was a veiled reference to Yoko helping herself to one of George's digestive biscuits.
You may like the Band on the Run album even more, there's a more finished pop quality to it. It may also be the biggest selling album by a Beatle gone solo.
Pure McCartney has three songs from McCartney and four songs from Ram, plus Another Day. So, you would have missed a lot of great songs if you'd went that route. That said, just about every McCartney album has three or four great songs on it.
RAM Is one of the greatest album ever
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Loved your reaction! I love when you have an epiphany about something! I know I sound like a broken record but critics at that time were friends and fans of John! Despite John officially quitting the group, Paul was the one who announced the breakup. He was sad and hurt he was having to fight the other 3 to fend off scam artist, Allen Klein, and needed to make it official. So critics bashed Paul and they all let him take the fall for the breakup. It’s such a sad story, really. They all made amends eventually and John later owned up to treating Paul like shit and making a mistake about Klein. “I pushed Paul too far.” I recommend watching the “Understanding Lennon/McCartney” series on TH-cam. It dives into all of it. They take a slight “John was in love with Paul” approach (as many believe) but it’s all told through their own words in interviews (video, audio and magazines.) Fortunately, with the animosity gone, Paul’s albums and innovation have gotten the credit they deserve. 💙
Great review Jesse . For batch 3 may I request Wings Venus and Mars for Paul McCartney , Walls and Bridges for John Lennon , Cloud 9 for George Harrison and Goodnigjt Vienna for Ringo Starr . I don't know if it means anything but each of these has a hit single, at least 1 on all 4 albums
The RAM album I have I bought at a yard sale.... for a dime! I told the young woman how much the vinyl album with the Apple label was worth and I was willing to pay more, but she just wanted the dime. I also purchased McCartney 2 in a store, brought it home and discovered there was a mix up at the record plant. My vinyl album has a Gladys Knight and the Pips label on both sides, but it is McCartney 2. As to Ram, Uncle Albert is the only song I likede, although it is a tad too long.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE "MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHT" it's one of my favorites on "RAM" I LOVE it's weirdness and his screamy voice, which proves to people (who think that Paul has limited vocals and only sings in a sweet, high, mellow voice) that he has a plethora of vocal abilities.
The best one!
Imho, the 1st verse of monkberry describes Paul's 1st listen to lennon's "how do you sleep". The 2nd verse describes his reaction to that song. I don't have a clue about the 3rd verse.
Not possible unless someone tipped him off.😜
I imagine he's screaming in Oh Woman Oh Why because she shot him. Pretty balsy to keep accusing her of infidelity after she's shot him though. He tries to get away at the end, so she's firing wildly at him and empties the gun. Does he survive? Cliffhanger...
Loved the reaction, Jesse - I knew you would enjoy it. Of course, as a 12 year old first listening to it we didn’t try to analyze the lyrics, we just sang along and enjoyed.
I feel like “Another Day” really belonged on his first solo album; it fits in well with the rest of it. Maybe it just wasn’t ready so they released it separately.
I have NEVER even heard the other additional tracks. There’s a reason they were never released - they sucked. I don’t get the obsession with unreleased tracks, they’re typically not very good, IMO.
Paul didn't write Another Day until May 1970. McCartney came out in April. Or at least that's what I surmise from seeing the lyrics to it in his "diary" during that month.
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Another Day you probably recognize it because of Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates lol
Rode All Night sounds very punk. Or it would if it were short. 9 min is too long for punk.
You have now covered the musical equivalent of the Chris Rock/ Will Smith slap around lol . Well done. Now onward and upward.
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Too Tinny ! Let the music play fully too !!
Please don’t overlook George’s first solo album after the break up, All Things Must Pass. IMO, it’s the best album any of them produced outside of the Beatles’ albums. But,you may not like its production.