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The lyrics to "Smile Away" are pure Paul McCartney silliness. He is having fun. The entire song is meant to be funny. Let's have a good time and have some fun. It is a comedy piece... pure and simple.
In hearing this just now, what jumps out to me is how good Paul McCartney is at impersonating early Elvis. He does a great Little Richard as well, for example, in the chorus of "Hey Jude" (of all songs!), not to mention "Long Tall Sally". This album is so much fun.
I heard Jerry lee Lewis.
The thing I love about this song (and this entire album) are the backing/harmony vocals. Paul & Linda’s vocals, when blended, work so perfectly together. Love it.
Paul was unpredictable. What a talent. He could do anything he could conceive of and do it well.
Always a good day for Paul McCartney, thanks Justin.
I think this was Sir Paul's response to the strange things that complete strangers would come up and say to him. He, being a Famous Nice Guy, could not answer in any other fashion but to smile away.
RAM is my favorite McCartney, so thanks for starting my Sunday morning with this track. More delights on Side 2. Love your energy !
Justin, I am so happy you are doing this album. I used to have it on vinyl and played frequently back in the day - but have since kinda forgotten it. Your discovery allows my re-discovery, mutual enjoyment ensues. And I'm grateful for it. The same is true of your coverage of Supertramp's "Crisis What Crisis". Another semi-forgotten (by me) treasure. Keep on keepin' on and thanks for letting us tag along.
JP - You are quite right about this being like the beginning of rock and roll... Paul grew up with it... Paul and John started playing it back in the mid fifties and they've been doing it ever since.... No wonder it comes as second nature to him...he just knows it. Great album, great song... Keep on Rocking young sir.
IMHO..The first solo albums by the Beatles (individually) were perfect expressions of the strengths of their musical craft. We were then allowed to experience the selective ingredients that made them stellar as a band. John's sarcasm seemed more biting, Paul's pop/rock influences more vivid, Ringo's explorations more diverse and George's absolute artistry more sincere. Cheers JP.
Just reading the name of the song awoke long ago memories of discovering this album with my old friend, the saxophonist-to-be of our first band. His next sibling, a year younger would be our drummer. 'Ram' and 'McCartney' were so reassuring and fun, tuneful, playful, eclectic and determinedly enjoyable.
Thee best album of all time, by anybody
Absolutely a desert island pick for me. It’s a masterpiece!
Damn! I really glad you're doing this album in pieces. It reminds me just how much I've loved this album, though I hadn't revisited it for a half decade or so.
Master of the genres - just great!
This is among my favorite McCartney tunes, bar none. It’s just so much fun rock n roll. Right up there with Too Many People. If you haven’t heard the song I’m Down yet, give it a listen. Another rocker is Kansas City.
A nice rocker, made better by the fun features. I especially like Linda McCartney's vocal backing - not bad for a beginner! Didn't know until last year (during a YT listening video) that at first, she's singing the words "Don't know how to do that", and later on, it becomes "Learning how to do that"!
And, "Don't, don't, don't", in between the verses!
Fun little rocker to end side 1 of the album. Paul never lost his love of rock n roll and you can hear the joy in his voice as he revisits this territory, belting out his lead vocal. Good advice, if someone insults you, just smile away. His backing band of crack NY session musicians sound great and McCartney's distorted bass adds some added spice. I'm glad the Paul McCartney Project website is proving useful too. When you do side 2, it might be worth bracketing them, so Heart of the Country (a fairly short song) and Monkberry Moon Delight, then Eat At Home and Long Haired Lady. Then the very short reprise of Ram On leading into the big album closer, The Back Seat Of My Car. Fun fact, in Peter Jackson's 'The Beatles Get Back' series, you see McCartney writing 'Back Seat of My Car' on the piano in episode 1.
Good morning Justin! Are you getting excited about your upcoming concerts? Dude you are going to have so much fun! Take some vids of the shows. Enjoy!😎
My older brother owned this album though I have not heard this one in many years. Linda brought him out of hibernation to get him to do this album and rejoin the human race after Paul was so depressed at home after the fan 4 broke up.
I'm glad you are doing Ram and I am enjoying your reactions. Ram is a fantastic album. But Band On The Run is considered by most to be Paul's best alum. I hope you can do that one too! Not too soon though. Lots of other artists to cover beforehand. For me, I am hoping you can continue the Moody Blues journey with one of their other "Classic Seven" albums.
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Side A is logged in my brain very well, mention any song, like while reading the comments and they start playing rather loudly in my head. Side B… mmm, spoilers.
Last few reactions have been for others, this made me happy.
You have to do Another Day, a single not on this album, have to!
Peace and stank you, smelly much Music
The 'Another Day' single with its b-side 'Oh Woman, Oh Why' (both recorded during the 'Ram' sessions) are definitely worth checking out. One side gently sung, the other side a screaming rocker. He recorded so many songs during those sessions, the bonus disc included with the reissue which I sent JP contains only some of them! Paul would later rework some of the remaining tracks for his 1973 Wings album 'Red Rose Speedway'.
I love this song, it’s fun as hell to play and sing. Grumps in the comments have no joy in their lives.
It's weird. It's as if I drove an album and a half into Paul's solo career before my car ran out of gas. What I mean is that while I know, by heart, immediately, each song from the first side of this album...the second side is entirely unfamiliar. And I hear songs from both albums in my head to this day. Quite regularly in fact. "Junk" and "Sentimental Junk" especially. I really do need to clean up around here. Glad you reminded me how pretty "Dear Boy" is. It has been decades...now it's stuck in my head. I don't mind.
Please have listen to "Monkberry Moon Delight " from side two. It is a blast!
thanks. I enjoyed your reaction.
Would love to hear you give George Harrisons "All Things must Pass" Album the track by track treatment. Personally think it's the best of the post-Beatles solo efforts.
I'd wait for Cheer Down reaction!!
Agreed, I bought that album at least 3 times… lost my original in a rushed move, replaced it and later just wanted a backup.
I agree, song for song it is the best solo effort of any of the Beatles. So deep musically and lyrically. That said... I can barely listen to it because of the production. Damn P Spector and his noisy chaos. I would love to hear a "naked" version without all the distractions, as in "Let It Be Naked." The songs stand, the sounds of that album annoy imo.
Agreed. George was the first solo Beatle I got into.
@@bendancar Did you catch the reissue last year? It's not totally possible to remove Spector's Wall of Sound as it was baked into the mix, but it's certainly been dialled down. On some tracks the remix works really well, less so on others. Worth catching for sure. I got the reissue on vinyl and CD and it sounds much better on the vinyl.
A good unpretentious mid-tempo rock with Linda on backing vocals. Ram is a party album and that's what I like.
This song reminds us to brush our teeth. Fun rocker
And wash our feet! Haha!
@@sarahfullerton6894 it needed to be said.
A great, fun rocker, and obviously a nod to Paul's time with the Fabs and his early influences (it's very similar to "Shout", a song the Beatles covered in Hamburg.) I know he was publicly dismissive of this album at the time but I can't imagine John Lennon not liking this one.
Always thought it was a hoot that he counted himself in at the beginning.
In the dictionary under Shuffle this song deserves to be the definition.
Justin, you would like "Another Day ", the A side single to Ram. It's a great song.
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I'm just a Baker Street Muse.
Nonsense lyrics but, man, that beat, the occasional lead guitar riff, and bass line are as real as anyone can ask for in any single song! Feels a tad like George Harrison's "Wah Wah" off "All Things Must Pass."
This is the video you mentioned with Bobby McFerrin demonstrating the pentatonic scale: th-cam.com/video/ne6tB2KiZuk/w-d-xo.html A classic!
Love that video :)
Fun little ditty.
Besides having killer melodies, it is ridiculous that Paul did this album by himself, playing all the instruments and dubbing in all the parts. Linda is heard singing a bit of backing vocals but that's it. What a musician.
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Ram horns… ke ke ke.
Hi he did that on his first solo album 'McCartney' (aka McCartney I), but the tracks on this album were recorded with a crack bunch of New York session guys and recorded live as a band in the States. There were some orchestral overdubs, etc, back in the UK, but otherwise this is very much a band performance. Drummer Denny Seiwell would go on to be the drummer in the first incarnation of McCartney's band Wings.
My day had been full of smiles, but then I saw jfergs was on the cards, and it quickly faded... His post was transparent, tired, and repetitive. Sounded like he probably threw this together pointless in his notorious nagging mode. Don't worry about my smile though, that quickly returned, in fact turned into full on belly laughs, jfergs once again interprets a song and an album questionable, that is quite worth listening to. 😁 Incidentally, 52 years ago today, Paul McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles and thus their irrevocable split.
From the era John Lennon and McCartney were throwing darts on each other. Thus John got a pig on his album sleeve.
John's "Steel and Glass" was thought to be a dig at Paul. Had they known the future, none of the feuding would have taken place, I'm sure. Such is life.
It was a postcard of John holding the ears of a pig. I have a used copy of the Imagine album, but no postcard.
@@bobholtzmann Ok, I stand corrected !
Sir Paul McCartney did all the instruments on this album and some background vocals......Music critics acclaimed this album a "Masterpiece." In this song he is talking about maybe "a homeless person" or reference to the members of the band because Paul loved going barefooted as shown on the Famous cover of "Abbey Road," album.
No, on Ram Paul was supported by a number of American session musicians…David Spinozza, Hugh McCracken, Denny Sewell etc.
It was on his debut solo album that he played everything himself.
I believe the album was panned by critics at the time actually
@@michaelcapewell4811 true
@@lalalalove436 Paul has a distinct style when he plays lead.
Ticket To Ride
Drive My Car
Good Morning,Good Morning
Another Girl
Valentine Day
Ooo You
Kreen -Akore
The End
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Dumb fact: apparently Paul McCartney wrote this story after being said that he smelled horribly, from a man who was near him long the Street.
Paul shouldn't feel bad - an employee of another Apple company,, Steve Jobs, had bad smelling days, too.
My morning had been full of smiles, but then I saw PM was on the cards, and it quickly faded... This was generic, tired, and repetitive. Sounded like he probably threw this together in about ten minutes, tune and lyrics, scribbled on the back of a beer mat. Don't worry about my smile though, that quickly returned, in fact turned into full on belly laughs when JP referred to this half of the album a "superb".
Probably the weakest track on the album.
A matter of taste, I suppose. It's my favourite. I play this track more than any others on the album.
@@hammy5746 I still enjoy it. Just not as much as all the others.