Paul McCartney "RAM" appreciation
edith head
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i know i've complained a lot about paul mccartney in the beatles but i love this album. and "Long Haired Lady"...oh my god. i'm listening to the outtakes with the vocals mixed really low and i think i like it even better than the mastered version, although i miss the horns a little.
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"Long Haired Lady," though? What next, an ABBA BOX appreciation?
... sorry, I couldn't resist. I'll stop now.
did you not listen to the outtake version i posted? it's not....
as much.
No brainer. I've got a soft spot for Harrison tho. Im pretty sure he was the most down to earth, and he wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps, one of my fave Beatles tracks.
Back to Ram, Though :
Too Many People
Ram On
Dear Boy
Uncle Albert/ Ad. Halsey
The Back Seat of My Car
Another Day
I mean, are you shitting me? Hands down the most consistant record any Beatle ever made. Im counting the Beatles lp's, too. Its just that good. Plus the break on Oh Woman, Oh Why is just so tasty and choppable. From the ukelele on Ram On that just kills me, to the audacious change ups on the gorgeous Uncle Albert, the album is un-fuck-witable. As close as you can get to a perfect album.
Also, the cover always jumped out at me from amongst my dads records. Its burned into my brain something serious.
I apologize for asking, but are there any other outtakes? The album's only fault (secretly a plus?) is its brevity.
G.O.A.T
the title track kills me with that ukelele
kind of a perfect LP from start to finish- its an LP that if i see it,i will always buy one for a dollar and give them to friends
i liked wings but not as much as this one
btw multiple reliable sources have reported that the new macca cd is supposed to be amazing-
fucker is 65 and it looks like he might loose 100 million to the ex wife
[he'll still be rich though]
it's a collection of alternate takes from 1970 to 1974 and there are a few from the ram sessions
http://www.maccafan.net/Bootlegs/UnsurpassedMastersVol2/master2.htm
i'll try to up when i get either tonight or tomorroow. keep an eye out
These sources are right. I have next to no use for solo Macca, yet the new one definitely sounds killer to me.
not to rain on everyone's Ram parade (don't get me wrong, i'm a fan too...in fact i made this same exact thread roughly two years ago), but this is clearly the superior beatles solo LP:
I RIDE
both John and Yoko's Plastic Ono Band records
All Things Must Pass
Imagine
Mind Games
Ringo
and PM sound-alikes:
We All Together (1+2)
Emmit Rhodes
...all ahead of Ram, or any solo McCartney for that matter.
Am I
To your ears, his solo material doesn't sound like the last few ugly wisps of cloying cotton candy stuck to the stick?
naw, i'm pretty much right there with you, at least as far as Lennon Plastic Ono, All things, and Imagine being way ahead of any solo McCartney.
i heard one song off Paul's new one on the radio- it was kind of OK
Although I grew up on the Beatles the seeds for everything I dislike about his solo material show up in some of his Beatles tunes, too... "Fool on the hill" and "She've Leaving Home" for instance, go beyond dreary tedium into some shudder-enducing realm of the maudlin.
dude Imagine falls into the 'amazing' category too
DISAGREE AND YOU ARE ONLY OUTING YOURSELF AS BEING WRONG
thought it has it's moments (especially "oh my love" and "oh yoko"), i always thought imagine was somewhat of a weak LP. same with mind games, though it's highlights (if any) i can't even remember at this time.
all things must pass would easily be the best if it was more concise. even as a 2LP set it would be a bit tedious, as a 3LP set i rarely find myself going beyond the first disc.
As long as you treat it as a double-LP (i.e. exclude the two jam-band sides) it works great from start to finish for me. Might prune 1-2 tracks max -- and I'd say the same of the White Album (I could lose a few tracks).
McCartney rider pulling the Muzak card on Lennon =