what’s your favorite beatle diss track? mine miiight still be isn’t it a pity
@leswadley6792 Жыл бұрын
I’ve got to think on this one🤔
@ChrisSmith-sw6iu Жыл бұрын
Wah wah hands down
@ElectricFlaresFromMars Жыл бұрын
How do you sleep is insane
@alv4794 Жыл бұрын
Sexy Sadie
@urgeintheicebox Жыл бұрын
Wah-Wah.
@georgepblair Жыл бұрын
The critics were so wrong about his record it's a crime. The songs and production are on the level of "Abbey Road" in my opinion. And why anyone ever referred to this as "lo-fi" is insane, and/or deaf. Great review by the way!
@mikecavaretta2621 Жыл бұрын
I think the “lo-fi” comments referred to his first album, McCartney. But I agree that the critics wrongly dissed this album.
@richardsinger01 Жыл бұрын
@@mikecavaretta2621 existing in the shadow of Beatles albums its easy to understand why. Compared to the high points of the Beatles output this would probably seem disappointing.
@ConglomerationCat Жыл бұрын
@@richardsinger01 I was just thinking the same thing... The praise of Eleanor Rigby, She's Leaving Home or Hey Jude to something as That Would Be Something, Monkberry Moon Delight or 3 Legs is a completely different angle for the time. Critics often forget that humans are a lot like cars... They can shift anytime. Both sides are amazingly accomplished because that's the genius aspect of McCartney. He could do it all for the most part and pull it off.
@alansmith1989 Жыл бұрын
At that time (Early 71) `Rolling Stone` magazine was firmly in John`s camp. Whatever Paul did, they criticised. That`s how prejudiced that magazine was back then.
@alansmith198911 ай бұрын
@@mikecavaretta2621 Whereas music critics in U.K were much kinder to it.
@dennismason3740 Жыл бұрын
What is excellent about Ram is Linda. Her presence is a joy.
@gmnty13 Жыл бұрын
One of Paul‘s highlights in a career of highlights.…maybe the highest of his highlights. Ram on.
@alv4794 Жыл бұрын
Paul's best solo album...in my opinion.
@cesarotero2089 Жыл бұрын
Total agree. The Best Paul's solo album
@jean-jacquesmasse9388Ай бұрын
What ! What more to say about Ram ??? THE VOICE. Topping the +++ writing department is the vocal department. Top of Paul's voice, high and low, swoon and rogue, caressing and gravelling, what he owned then was pure gold. Any style, any inflection, any murmur, any scream he could produce. Think 3 legs, Dear Boy Heart the country and top of all, Monkberry. A splendour. Overall great, the over the top track is ending with a voice solo, and what solo, surpassing the Hey Jude ad lib. Perhaps my favourite post Beatle impro of all four. Life can be hard at times, but you may always listen to this song and enjoy. Thanks Paul for that gift (and work).
@thJune-ze7dn Жыл бұрын
1:11 I once played Temporary Secretary at a Hallowe'en party, and the look of abject horror that came over everybody's faces as they heard what they were listening to was something that I'll never forget. This is my favourite Paul album though. Usually I understand why a great record gets misunderstood or dismissed when it first came out, but every track on this album is such a joy I really can't see what on earth the critics were smoking back in '71. I think the reaction must have really stung Paul and it was probably a turning point because I suspect it was around that time that he decided to just make music that he enjoys making rather than thinking how it's going to be received all the time. Also, MONKBERRY IS AN ABSOLUTE BOP. James Joyce once said that the key question about any work of art was "how deep a life does it spring?", and Ram is bursting at the seams with life; it's like a blazing fire that, on a cold and miserable day, I want to get as close to as I can and just bask in its warmth.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
now THAT'S how you get a halloween party going! maybe ram was trashed when it came out because of everything else going on in music at the time: 5 minute solos were the thing and orchestral flourishes in pop music were much out of fashion. so as fresh and cool as it's proven to be, in 1971 ram was the dorkiest of dorky. as for monkberry being a bop, congrats for having the correct opinion
@donreed Жыл бұрын
Twenty seconds of it was all I could take!
@SurferJoe1 Жыл бұрын
@@abigaildevoe I was a very little kid, but I remember that expectations were just through the roof, understandably- essentially unmeetable- and they all seemed to stumble out of the gate, except George, of course. (And Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone was just laying for McCartney. With the whoopin' stick. Eat it, Rolling Stone). Then 1973 marked a big bounce back, especially Paul and Ringo, and solo Beatles kind of ruled the year.
@user-kq1hg3eo6l6 ай бұрын
I wasn't a big fan of *McCartney II* It had a few great songs on it. Didn't care that much for the " _Temporary Secretary_ " Don't know what Paul was thinking❓ Paul's first solo album " *McCartney* " was so much better!
@thJune-ze7dn6 ай бұрын
@@user-kq1hg3eo6l I sort of enjoy McCartney I, some of the time, but it's a much more normal album than McCartney II, by which I mean it's an album lots of other musicians could have made, and by extension it feels a lot less worthwhile in comparison. McCartney II may be completely wild, but it at least feels like an album that ONLY Paul could make, and that kind of rarity in art is something I really treasure - I found the songs a lot more memorable than McCartney I because of it. Like Picasso's Guernica or Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum, it sticks in your head for a LONG time after.
@JP-hs6ii4 ай бұрын
Paul's response to "How Do You Sleep" - "Quite well, Thank You"
@fernandoperdomomusic Жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this one...... I had the honor of making a 50th Anniversary remake of this record during the pandemic with Denny Seiwell who was the original drummer on Ram and OG Wings. I got to hear so many amazing stories about making the record directly from a guy who was there.... Then we performed the record cover to cover at the Troubadour in LA July 2022 This record is THE GREATEST.... and you are ... THE GREATEST ... Thank you
@fernandoperdomomusic Жыл бұрын
PS .. its Sigh-Well not See-Well. hahahaha.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
NO WAY you're officially the coolest person here!! it sounds like ram was a fun album to make. no great expectations, just music for the sake of making music
@fernandoperdomomusic Жыл бұрын
Sent your vid to Denny. We wanna send you something. Check your IG DMS
@paulgreen2303 Жыл бұрын
I've got one... pre-ordered before release and love it. Thank you!
@bobjones3027 Жыл бұрын
Linda’s work on Ram is outstanding.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
this channel loves linda!
@user-kq1hg3eo6l6 ай бұрын
Paul helped Linda a lot. Not just her vocals but her Piano/Keyboard playing. Sometimes on this album, it's kind of hard to tell the difference between Paul and Linda on some of the backing vocals. Paul's great! He can surely mix a record. 🐏🐏
@theninjamaster674 ай бұрын
@@user-kq1hg3eo6l To be fair Linda was a (very talented) photographer not a musician by trade so needing a bit of help from Paul is not surprising in the slightest.
@sashwap Жыл бұрын
"monkberry" absolutely rules. 🤘
@user-kq1hg3eo6l6 ай бұрын
Could've been a #1 single! Even though its it bit long it shouldn't matter! They made exceptions with Paul's " _Hey Jude_ " 👍🏼😋☮
@gregt2141 Жыл бұрын
Paul McCartney's "Smile Away," the most underrated Paul solo track.
@milesbickers Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! That track rocks!!
@gregt2141 Жыл бұрын
@@milesbickers You are welcome. Check out 1979 Wings "So Glad to See You Here" from Back to the Egg. Another Paul Rocker and underrated.
@tockita Жыл бұрын
Oh, I looove the bass on that!
@M67-antohno Жыл бұрын
Yeeees! I love how the bass comes in @ 2:46 in the song!
@ethanwilkins1486 Жыл бұрын
There are many hidden gems in McCartneys lengthy discography
@chriskelly18906 ай бұрын
My favorite album of all time.
@EricNielsen85 Жыл бұрын
Love Ram. Just showed it to a girl I’m seeing. Blew her mind.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
hey that's how i first heard ram too!
@jabbarcorrales Жыл бұрын
Uncle Albert is a gem. Something I would play to my kids while they are playing around, the video was a nice gap filler to the record. Thanks. A. family man's album , you can tell that was a vibe in Pauls mind at the time.
@user-kq1hg3eo6l6 ай бұрын
I have to agree with you! The song is a GEM 👍🏼❤. I remember back in 1971, the radio stations were playing this song 24-7 😍..They really use to play the crap out of songs to the point where you got tired of it... But not with Beatle songs, or Post Beatle Songs
@kristofftaylovoski60 Жыл бұрын
Paul telling Ringo to piss up a rope during this period is hysterical...Back off Boogaloo indeed.
@jamesmanon3000 Жыл бұрын
Another McCartney gem.A favorite of mine since 1971.My favorite album cover by Paul.
@marcyfan-tz4wj9 ай бұрын
i think the other 3 beatles' hostile reaction to "ram" proves your point about several of those songs and not just "too many people" serving up lines about them that they took personally. great video!
@slw59 Жыл бұрын
My favorite McCartney album. I only wish he played more songs from it live. The vocals are incredible. A true masterpiece album start to finish.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
i would LOVE to see monkberry done live. or long-haired lady, with the audience singing the linda lines :')
@slw59 Жыл бұрын
@@abigaildevoe Imagine if he toured the entire album live! 'Smile Away' live would be epic.
@thechuckster6838 Жыл бұрын
My favorite McCartney album, hands down. I bought it when it first hit the market in 1971. I've owned every version released since in search for the best sound quality. The Archive collection released 10+ years ago has great bonus stuff but the sound quality could have been better. The mono version is useless as it does not have that psychedelic feel of things being panned throughout the stereo picture that I love so much. As for the songs, I love them all with Eat at home being my favorite as he throws in a little Buddy Holly in the vocal. It's a very melodic song that is always included in my mix CD's for the car. Too Many People is another great one that could have been a single instead of B side. I often find myself spinning side 2 over the first side, although, side one is great as well. If Too Many People were on side two, it would have been McCartney's perfect album side of all time. Thanks for choosing this album for your video. You did a great job describing the behind the scenes tidbits.
@SampleFilmsLtd Жыл бұрын
I was so excited for this episode. You did not disappoint! Ram is my favorite of Paul’s solo albums and one I immediately loved on first listen. So many of Paul’s early post-Beatles albums were judged with unrealistically high expectations. Every album had to be an Abby Road-type masterwork, and when they weren’t, it was a missed opportunity. He wasn’t allowed to be loose, free and experimental. To me his first four albums sound like he is having fun making music and putting no pressure on himself to create perfection. That’s why I love them.
@WillCate Жыл бұрын
Thank you Abigail for spotlighting my VERY favorite McCartney album... Love the show, best wishes
@gregt2141 Жыл бұрын
Love your Ram top.
@bobbybroadway9513 Жыл бұрын
You're so fun! RAM. I avoid listening to it, unless I'm ready to keep hearing the whole thing in my head for the next week. Can't understand your take on "Heart of the Country"; the musicianship and recording perfection on that particular song from the whole album seems the most outstanding to me.
@addable8999 Жыл бұрын
Monkberry moon delight is by far my favorite song on the album, probably my favorite Paul song in general
@HeyFella Жыл бұрын
Love this record. Dear Boy is hands down my favorite from it-so I’m really surprised to see you say it takes a while to get going. It’s probably one of the more immediate tracks and so melodically gorgeous. It’s so ahead of its time. Alongside songs like All I Wanna Do by The Beach Boys-they highlight indie pop sounds that wouldn’t be popular for many decades.
@Big98Bob Жыл бұрын
OMG Abigail I freaking love that you like monkberry moon delight too! It’s also my favorite 😃
@johnurban7333 Жыл бұрын
Ram is to me Paul’s best album. It sounds very loose and carefree with a lot of different noises coming out of Paul’s mouth. Love all the grunts and barking. Musicians are top notch and the album has a certain feel to it. Someone slipped me something I couldn’t handle back in the early 1970’s and I put this album on with headphones and it helped me thru it. Always be my favorite
@philmstud2k Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for Vinyl Monday: Band on the Run. Whole creation of that album is one crazy story after another!
@NotData Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video. I continue to be amazed at the ventriloquist skills you demonstrate in some scenes. For those who don't know, at the end of the Ram On reprise, Paul gives us a sneak preview of Big Barn Bed, a song that appears on a later album.
@dorland3 Жыл бұрын
You really nailed this album, Abigail. You’re very talented in the way you present your thoughts. (You also look like you belong in an Austin Powers movie.)
@thomastimlin172411 ай бұрын
🤣
@beatlefan64 Жыл бұрын
Love the album. Among Paul's absolute best. Heard it many, many times as a kid. Faves include Too Many People, 3 Legs, Eat at Home, Uncle Albert/ Admiral Halsey and Back Seat of My Car.
@onetruecaesar99 Жыл бұрын
I'm loving your videos so far, your enthusiasm is contagious. Makes me want to listen to even more music.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
thank you so much! that's the goal honestly
@ElectricFlaresFromMars Жыл бұрын
Paul at his peak tbh
@dollpxrts910 Жыл бұрын
I love her style
@scottyr9617 Жыл бұрын
a "Circle Sky" musical transition in a "Ram" discussion? I think I just found my soul mate.
@user-kq1hg3eo6l6 ай бұрын
Couldn't care less what the critics said about the album! I'm the guy who bought the album, and the guys who's listening. I say the album is *fucken amazing!* And thats all that counts. Another thing, if you listen to this album with headphones on you'll find it more amazing! You'll hear sounds you couldn't hear coming from the speakers. Great album! I have the Album for home and the CD for my car. Back in the day I had the 8-Track, then Cassette. 🌞🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂❤
@indigohammer5732 Жыл бұрын
It's the only album credited to "Paul & Linda". On hearing this news, Sir Lew Grade, who ran ATV Music, who at that point in time, owned a majority of Northern Songs and, importantly Paul's first few pre-MPL songs went fucking nuts! He flatly refused to credit Linda, as she would receive a very substantial credit and resulting Royalty. Paul stuck to his guns, and Ram is the result.
@Pencilman24610 ай бұрын
Also interestingly, they were pissed because Paul’s song royalties were split between ATV, Apple, John and Paul per their Beatles publishing agreements. But Linda’s songwriting royalties went to Paul’s own publishing company. So suddenly half the money was going straight into Paul and Linda’s pocket instead of through ATV and onward to Apple. Of course their reasoning, that there’s no way an inexperienced songwriter was helping Paul, was super stupid, they did have a financial reason to investigate and make sure the McCartney’s weren’t committing fraud.
@JoeGarchar196011 ай бұрын
Here's the deal with critics. They don't write music, they don't play instruments, and they don't release records! Rolling Stone is the best example of this! You would miss out on some great music. Listen for yourself, be pro-active or pro-listen and forget reviews. This album was a masterpiece when it was released and again I bought it when it was released. And I agree that Ram is Paul's best solo release from start to finish, but Paul was and still is my favorite Beatle with George second and "All Things Must Pass" is still phenomenal and George's best post Beatle solo LP. There were so many good things going on back in 1971. The energy from that period is really difficult to match! Crazy good!!!
@app1escruff Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! Fellow George girl whose favorite Ram track is Monkberry Moon Delight. It’s THE BEST! 🤙
@zsatsfm Жыл бұрын
Great video Abby, love the shirt too! This is my second favourite McCartney LP after Band on the Run. Every track is a winner!
@bobjones3027 Жыл бұрын
You’re a bright spark on KZfaq. Another hit for the algorithm. Keep at it. You would have been fun to listen to these albums with when they came out.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
thank you so much! some of these albums would’ve been easier to get on release that’s for sure
@Goodall10 Жыл бұрын
Ram isn't Paul's #1 album to me (that's Flaming Pie), but it's certainly top tier. I don't think I could be friends with someone who doesn't like Monkberry. It's just so damn energetic and fun! Not every song needs to have deep, meaningful lyrics.
@rockwren Жыл бұрын
My younger sister had the cassette of this album (new tech at the time) that I freely borrowed. It was a guilty pleasure of mine at the time for many of the reasons you mention. Being also a sucker for a medley, which may have explained my soon to be love of prog, I also liked Admiral Halsey, etc and the rough edges of Monkberry. Not an album that ever entered my own collection but one I did listen to often courtesy of the aforementioned sister. Love that you caught the ties to the postcard in Imagine, which I DID have in my collection. There's a full size realistic sculpture of a pig at the Brandywine Art Museum that I pose with John Lennon style whenever we visit. Great episode.
@pasteye1671 Жыл бұрын
This is my all-time favourite disc. I have "classic" albums from the 1960s through 2000s but this toiops them all. McCartney is a genius and this record proves it. Simple. He was accused by many of "breaking up the Beatles", so how could he make a good record? Fortunately the disc has outgrown the "breakup myth" and now people are discovering it as a hidden gem. "Johnny-cum-lately". Sorry for sounding bitter but some of us saw the gold through the mud being slung. Thanks for championing this. You are such a beautiful woman. Instant Subscription.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
thank you so much! glad i could do your favorite album justice
@Shah-of-the-Shinebox Жыл бұрын
Great album by Paul and Linda, has a great indie feel to it. Back Seat of My Car is the best song on here and my favorite Paul McCartney song ever.
@demok50 Жыл бұрын
Monkberry Is my go to gangsta song
@bradparnell614 Жыл бұрын
I'm a Macca Maniac and this is definitely one of my favorites. I grew up with Wings but the Beatles are my overall favorite. No singular artist comes close to Paul for me. Originally George was my favorite Beatle and I bought all of his albums but some of his albums I only liked a few tracks. With Paul it was every track on every album (more or less up until the late 1990s early 2000s). Ram is no exception and since I was only 6 years old or so when it came out I was oblivious to the critics' opinions of this upon my first listen. Like a lot of critics, my opinion of Ram has changed over the years but as I started from a point of thinking it was pretty good in the first place, I now think of it as one of his best, maybe even second best after Band on the Run, though my personal favorite has always been Red Rose Speedway. I had that on 8-track, vinyl, cassette, and CD, the only such album I've ever bought on all formats. Ram has always been a great deal of fun and I even enjoy the Thrillington version. Dear Boy and Smile Away are especially fun from Thrillington. I actually have an .mp3 playlist where I play track 1 from one album and then track 1 from the other and so on. It's even more fun that way.
@cherti Жыл бұрын
I prefer this to every Beatles album other than Revolver honestly (Monkberry Moon Delight is my favourite too)
@Richarddraper Жыл бұрын
The critics were flat out wrong about Ram. Seems crazy that they ever had so much power looking back from today's vantage point. Pretty much everything about this album is perfection. Eat at Home and Heart of the Country are the only songs that I've never fully warmed to. This video makes me wonder if you've listened to the McGear album that Paul did with his brother Mike in 1974? It's basically a secret Paul album with him playing, producing and writing the music. It's got the same vibe where Paul allows himself to be silly. Maybe because he's not recording under his own name.
@dylanjohnson6826 Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite records of all time
@jasonshort1437 Жыл бұрын
Oh I love this one so much. Easily my favorite Paul album.
@reliablebow Жыл бұрын
Monkberry is so much FUN!!!!!!!!
@danielceo4694 Жыл бұрын
Quite an enjoyable video! This was a Paul McCartney album I held out on for a very long time because my dad told me it's his least favorite of Paul's records (he thought there weren't a lot of songs that made sense on here). I only picked this up and heard it recently. I enjoy it for all of it's quirky fun. Whether I agree with this being the first Indy record...probably not, because in my mind Indy music suggests something where a band throws in everything--kitchen sink included--as well as the money they've made at the local Ye Olde Local Tavern from playing on Saturdays the previous 5 months, just to get the record made and out there (err...maybe what I just said does agree with your Indy rock statement?). I would probably give the 1st Indy Record title to either McCartney or maybe even "UFO" by Jim Sullivan. But I find this just a fun record to put on just to lift the spirits. "Back Seat of My Car" is perhaps my fave moment on here. While not my absolute favorite Sir Paul and Lady Linda record (because well worn copies of "Band On The Run", "Wings Across America" and "Flaming Pie" are scattered across many shelves and night stands in my house, much to my wife's chagrin), this does rank amongst my top 5 Paul records. I have and always will enjoy the fun, musicality and adventurousness of Sir Paul, no matter what! Fan boy, out!
@scott12xu10 ай бұрын
I was nine years old when Ram was released. I bought it the week it came out with my own money, it being the second one bought on my own - first one being “Magical Mystery Tour” since it had a booklet inside and “Ram” did not. I remember playing the hell out of it but always being scared of “Monkberry Moon Delight” as Paul’s vocals were very menacing. There was also the lyric in the second chorus which I thought was “ketchup - cats in it” meaning they had made ketchup with cats. I never knew what Paul sings at the very beginning of “Too Many People” until someone told me a few years ago - it’s “piece of cake” with the syllables being drawn out. I always thought he was singing “This time girlfriend acting…acting…” Nowadays, I also like how “Back Seat Of My Car” never seems to end and only fades out because of time constraints on an album. To me, it literally plays on into infinity. 😁
@alamogold8518 Жыл бұрын
This was my favorite McCartney album back in my 20s. I loved the slightly off feel to the songs. Totally agree about the Indie Pop. Back Seat of My Car is such a great tune. I look at him with Linda the same way as John and Yoko. Two guys that were entering their 30s and graduated from having best friends to loves of their lives. Them against the world. That sound bite you played from Back Seat really pushes that narrative as well. Love the videos
@jonathanlafrance86433 ай бұрын
One of the GREATEST MUSICAL MASTERPIECES of ALL TIME!!
@MrSirMrSirMr Жыл бұрын
I reckon I like this album even more than you - I don't think there's a weak track on it. In fact, my favourite is Dear Boy - I love those cascading, circular melodies that Paul's so good at. Apart from New (my favourite song of his in years), it's such a waste that he doesn't really do them anymore. Also: total Nez-head here. I love that you use Circle Sky as your linking music. UHH!
@peterjetnikoff Жыл бұрын
Nice one, thanks. I came late to Ram. After a late '70s spent trying to like ex-Beatle stuff after "discovering" them in the mid '70-s I kept bamming my forehead against disappointment. I scratched around and foraged for a good song here or there but so little of it came up to the standard. I neither knew nor would have cared at that age that the difference was often about personal and creative expansion, if it wasn't as good as Magical Mystery Tour it wasn't good. So, after almost wasting my money on Imagine, Band on the Run and Venus and Mars I quit. In the 2010s, Ram got a reputation which you mentioned as a kind of indy playbook and, intrigued, I gave it another go. I could see what they meant and it certainly improved the experience for me but most importantly, strolling around on urban hikes with the album in my earbuds, it grew on me. I had actually liked Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey when I heard it on the radio as a kid (I used to quote the posh voice saying: We're so sorry, Uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody thing all day ...) and that was still good. But now so were Back Seat, Too Many People and Heart of the Country. I did eventually soften on some of the other soloist excursions, as well.
@lucaspadilla4815 Жыл бұрын
I didn't love Monkberry initially, but it grew on me and now I love it lmao
@lemonhead-yh1zn Жыл бұрын
ram is my favorite solo Beatle’s album, each track is a banger, no misses, sweet, zany, each track is a bundle of fun or break up reflective Paul
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
this album has a lot of bangers for sure!
@chaytondarst4143 Жыл бұрын
His is one of my all time favorite records, and my favorite by Paul, so good!
@phillipanderson739811 ай бұрын
I always loved RAM. It's my second or third favorite Maca album, and my favorite Paul and Linda McCartney album.
@dananorth8952 ай бұрын
Started listening to the Beatles from their 2nd Ed Sulivan appearance while I was in kindergarten. One of the very few bands where every song on every album was listenable with numerous hits as well.
@gregoryg3256 Жыл бұрын
🥧 Butter Pie ? BUTTER PIE ! ..the butter wouldn't Melt SSOOO I PUT IT in the PIE🥧 (uncle Albert lyric) hands across the water...🌊
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
HEEEEEADS ACROSS THE SKYYYY
@gregoryg3256 Жыл бұрын
@@abigaildevoe U Rock Abbey Bear !🐻 Good Video 2Day
@MarionJInce Жыл бұрын
I bought Ram when it came out when I was 15yrs old and absolutely loved it and still do!
@p.a.jacobs5514 Жыл бұрын
I was 16 when ram came out. I knew Paul was going to be ok then and have great band!!!!!.
@mudman3371 Жыл бұрын
i'm on a video marathon of your channel and i'm loving it would love a michael nesmith review, he's greatly under appreciated as one of the fathers of both country rock and music videos
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
i'd love to make a nez video sometime too! i'll have to go all out, rhinestone cowboy suit included
@evilscientistrecords Жыл бұрын
My key takeaway from this video is Temporary Secretary holy smoke I wasn't aware of this song 😵💫
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
you didn't know about the crown jewel of mccartney II "temporary secretary"?? until that delightful dumpster fire of a corey feldman record "temporary" was the music equivalent of tommy wiseau's the room
@evilscientistrecords Жыл бұрын
@@abigaildevoe yeah somehow I managed to live in blissful ignorance...
@gretschviking Жыл бұрын
My third favorite solo Beatles album! I prefer the mono mix. Far superior!
@steelypeanut Жыл бұрын
Great review! I’m so glad you talked about the breakdown in “3 Legs”! It’s such a groove. Also, that fuzzy bass part near the end of “Smile Away” gets me every time I hear it, it reminds of an amped-up version of the bass part from Marty Robbins’ “Don’t Worry.”
@Robutube1 Жыл бұрын
Thanks as always for your Monday fillip Abigail! I recently finished reading (oh, OK, listening to) "The McCartney Legacy Vol 1" which also covers the genesis of this album and in granular detail. Before this I had no idea that what I have always imagined to be a fairly DIY album since I bought it on cassette (yes - that long ago!) was a much more sophisticated and layered production. Fortunately, this reality has only made me love it more and listen to it even more intently. I fully agree about a lot of Paul's post-Mops output being too 'cleaned up' and would have welcomed more RAM style work. Ah well, there's always 'Rinse The Raindrops' from 'Driving Rain'.
@rpavich Жыл бұрын
My favorite McCartney album! I've had a copy since 1971!
@jdcheetham Жыл бұрын
getting full on fun with flags vibes here :P
@JerryDavis9 ай бұрын
So funny, Abby and I apparently have almost exactly the same musical tastes. I totally agree with everything including Monkberry Moon Delight.
@familydogg12346 ай бұрын
We are Devoe!
@alexanderkeinashvili35766 ай бұрын
Good choice. Also this album matches your dress.
@thomasmcintosh3906 ай бұрын
Your outfit would fit right in with Rowan & Martin's Laugh In. Especially in "The Party" scenes. It's groovy.
@patlampo9288 Жыл бұрын
✨🎶AWESOME INSIGHT🎵✨
@wobo7239 Жыл бұрын
i really dig your hype and effort in details .. back to the roots ... cool :)
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
thank you so much! sometimes i'll goof, nobody's perfect, but i do care about the details
@pauldaniels2019 Жыл бұрын
That album came out the Summer before high school. I liked it a lot then, and it's still one of my favorite Paul albums. Heart of the Country was one of my favorites from the album, along with Smile Away and Back Seat of my Car. I haven't listened to this in a long time; after watching your video I re-listened. . .it's still really good. Thanks.
@geoffclarke379611 ай бұрын
A great album from Paul, my second favouite of his post Beatles albums after Band on the run. I love Too Many People and Three Legs as they are subtle Beatles diss albums unlike John's How Do You Sleep which was too obvious. Another great review.
@user-kq1hg3eo6l6 ай бұрын
Bought _RAM_ blind back in 1971, as usual with *Paul McCartney* , I'm never disappointed!!! It's a great album then and now! 🐏
@doctorinsomnia5410 Жыл бұрын
Best part of the whole video was the temporary secretary dance, or the temp-sec, which definitely deserves to be a you-tube short video, and the one time I got to see Sir Paul live, he actually performed it. Never a favorite of mine, but the image of you dancing to it might make me listen to that obscure gem more often....
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
i think it's HILARIOUS that paul performs temporary secretary live, because either a. he's in on the joke or b. the joke has totally flown over his head for like 40 years
@direkramseychikboy9102 Жыл бұрын
One of his best album. I love it from top to bottom. Its a different genre out of the Beatles shadow.
@DonHornsby Жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@alansmith1989 Жыл бұрын
Paul's first solo album "McCartney" Did Make No 1 for Three weeks in early 1970 on the `Cashbox` chart and for four on the `Record World` charts in the U.S - but today U.S commentators only quote the `Billboard` chart where it stalled at No 2.
@dan205011 ай бұрын
The first McCartney album went to number 1 on Billboard in May of 1970 which was 6 months before ATMP was released. It was number 1 for 3 weeks. You may be thinking of Ram which only made it to number 2. It was stuck behind Tapestry.
@alansmith198911 ай бұрын
@@dan2050 My Apologies Dan, you are quite correct. I'll need a `Head` transplant- for one that actually works! 🙂Cheers! 😄😃
@electricwizard3000 Жыл бұрын
As just a little kid when Ram arrived [in a house always full of music, and as the youngest of five], it seemed as if everybody loved this album - at least all my siblings and I, as well as any other kids on the playground lucky enough to have heard the album [or at least the charting hits]. Not until somewhere near 2000 did I even hear any disparaging comments about it, but to me it's always a very lovely 'rainy-day' album: one part melancholy, one part whimsy, all McCartney.
@stuffilike2739 Жыл бұрын
You’re preaching to the choir here, always loved Ram, and agree with your assessment. For years I never flipped it over as side one was so great. The jubilation when we finally hit “hands across the water” in Admiral Halsey is transcendent. Super great job with this episode
@gregoryg3256 Жыл бұрын
💟 Love Uncle Albert...we're SSSooo Sorry Uncle Albert ..But we havent Done A Bloody Thing...ALL DAY..but the kettle is on the Boil & we're SSOOO easliy Drawn Away....🫖🍵
@bille7928 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Bought when it was first released Always loved this album
@roberthubal62786 ай бұрын
Monkberry showcases Paul's extraordinary vocal range
@michaelshiflett4835 Жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved Ram. I don’t get the negative attitudes towards it, but it’s not the first time a great album got that response.
@abigaildevoe Жыл бұрын
if anything, a lukewarm to negative reaction upon release is an indicator of greatness (think pet sounds being a relative commercial failure in the US)
@mariepreston8060 Жыл бұрын
Three Legs always makes me think of Pauls marriage to Heather Mills lol. Love your videos. You really know your shit Ram is one of my favorite albums. Its cool to see it reviewed by a girl instead of old guys. I like the way you pointed out that Ram can't be put into any classification. I've always thought that. You're really good at what you do. Keep making videos.
@ConglomerationCat Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video... Great breakdown and history behind it. I always thought Monkberry Moon Delight was quite similar to John's Well, Well, Well in the sense that it was blowing off steam. Not so much primal scream therapy that John went through but just "letting it out" so to speak. Always have a special place in my heart for Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. My father passed away last year and he would play a cassette copy of Ram in his baby blue Toyota pickup truck when I was a child.
@charlesgoodwin9332 Жыл бұрын
Ram is a great album. I bought it when it came out ( I was about14 years old) and love it. I am suprised how many people don't realy know about it. I do find some that " get it" though, and I'm like "right, exactly!" I enjoyed your review! My fave is the whole thing and it's ending "Back Seat of My Car"...thanks!
@MartinHMyers Жыл бұрын
The Beatles Revolver was the first full album I ever listened to and Paul McCartney's Ram was the first album I ever bought. So for me, these two will always and forever be my, without a doubt, favorites!
@opietwoep124710 ай бұрын
Love this album
@djreid Жыл бұрын
Brilliant conversational talk, more talk ! Just when I think you made your point, you put another layer upon another layer. Your outfit matches the album very nicely. It's one of Paul's most colorful album and the music is about as far out as Paul will ever get in his career. It's out there ! I thought I was the only guy in the world that loved the album at first release ! Music mags and Beatles fans just bombed the album to smithereens ! My parents were not Beatles fans in the very least, but when I put this album on the stereo in the living room, they actually loved the music as much as me. Then, I asked, why the heavy criticism ? Your talk about the past is much like what I experienced and I entered a Radio Course in Toronto, Ontario, which the CHUM Radio publicly acclaimed Paul and Linda's Single Release Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey at #1. Instantly, I felt the burden of the hated world of "no more beatles" was disappearing and I could play RAM a thousand times at home and know for certain Paul McCartney will be a Legend in his own time !! From then on, I bought it all..to this day ! Yes, I bought George too ! All Things Must Pass has a big impression on my heart and I still believe it's the ultimate album along with Cloud 9 and everything in between. Back to Paul, I loved your analysis and stories because I've recently read the McCartney Legacy book Part 1 by Mark Lewison. And my favorites parts so far are about the RAM sessions. I read these sessions so intently in Hit Parader mag..during the days of going to Radio College and back home on weekends. These moments, much like how you portray, were some of my finest moments to live, at least before marrying and having a family. My wife and I listened so much to Paul and Wings in our lives and really dug the LP Wings At the Speed of Sound ! I still place Band On the Run as Paul's best with Wings and the solo works on McCartney II as his best vocal works with new experimental. I hope you get a good copy of the McCartney I album. Take care.
@Amadeusthegreat100 Жыл бұрын
Oh Abbee (smiling away) yore so sweeet. I got this record when I was 16 or 17 and it honestly did take several listens to 'get' it. (Same with McCartney ii). But it is in my top ten favorite albums of all thyme ever evah! I agree with most of your observations. And that, oooh, climax bit at the end of Back Seat..... tears roll. Adding to your thoughts,,,, I believe that this album proves that Paul McCartney is the most versatile and extreme rock singer who ever cut a record. From smooth, buttery, velveteen vocals to soaring, throat shredding, shrieking banshee rock and roll. He perfected both extremes. That's why he's my favorite singer. Even better than that Justeen Beaver guy.
@thespicester Жыл бұрын
In my opinion 'Ram' is Paul's best solo album by a country mile and your review was right on the money. You've put together an awesome video. New subscriber alert 8-)
@fernandoluzuriagaacosta5338 Жыл бұрын
Love this one. Funny how such a quirky album was made when Paul was going through depression and a shitty time after The Beatles broke up. Monkberry Moon Delight is proof that this man wasn´t human.