Exactly this

Exactly that

Exactly this and that

The real Macca died in 1966.

The number of songs he (and Lennon) wrote starting in late 1966 to around June 1969 will never be surpassed. In less than three years, SP, MMT, White Album, Let It Be, Abby Road, plus all those singles, including Hey Jude and Lady Madonna. It is mind boggling.

​@@rubygreta1 McCartney was my favorite artist in any medium in the 20th century. Here is a partial list of songs he wrote or co-wrote in just the 1960s: ‘And I Love Her’ ‘I´ve Just Seen a Face’ ‘Paperback Writer’ ‘Yesterday’ ‘Michelle’ ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’ ‘For No One’ ‘Here, There and Everywhere’ ‘Penny Lane’ ‘When I’m 64’ ‘She’s Leaving Home’ ‘With a Little Help From My Friends’ ‘Your Mother Should Know’ ‘The Fool on the HIll’ ‘Blackbird’ ‘Helter Skelter’ ‘Rocky Raccoon’ ‘Back in the USSR’ ‘Lady Madonna’ ‘Hey Jude’ ‘I Will’ ‘Birthday’ ‘Martha My Dear’

Paul actually began to write this in summer 1968 on holiday in Sardinia. The "I had one this morning" was edited in from an earlier part of that conversation and related to another song. That's why you don't hear it in this video.

The song was released as a single in England .

Plus so many songs that ended up on their solo lps for a few years. That 3-4 year period is probably the most prolific song-writing period anyone has ever had. McCartney was seemingly coming up with a new iconic song every couple of days or week or so.

Could be because he insisted upon having his wife 'sing'.

Ram is a jaw dropping work of pure genius. Critics should set themselves the task of making their own record, composing all the songs for it, singing it and playing all the instruments. Then they might get an idea of the work that went into this masterpiece.

What do you mean, he was widly criticized just for being with Yoko.

Man, Ram is a brilliant album! I imagine it’s because John’s work was very personal and also political. Critics find that very “current” and “important” (I love John’s work as much as Paul’s), where they judge something not for the music but whether or not it fits in with their ideology. That’s why critics don’t mean shit.

I think its one of his best solo records. Pretty good to great songs from start to finish. Only Band on the Run was better.

I agree. Paul has such an exquisite face, he looks great with or without facial hair. His dad Jim was such a handsome man.

Totally agree! I always thought that was Maccas best look!

the best

Post Beatles? Mccartney wrote this song during the Let It Be sessions, shame ir didn’t end up in the master

JL Magoya Ram was slammed upon release , a lot of critics panned it as too pop too commercialized . To me it’s about my favorite by him Better than any of the other things you did in the 80s late 70s put out some real garbage but this was classic

@@rossdemarco1206: I'm with you on that, Ross.

@@rossdemarco1206 blue meanies never liked jimi hendrix playing without flash either, dude! They want to be entertained, but forget the artist's integrity....

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Came looking for this comment!

Now that you mention it, I can hear that influence on “Ram.”

Yes, I love hearing these snippets too River

Ron Davis Yeah, Brian can still sing in tune. :/

Be careful what you wish for. They once did a duet so cheesy, it made "Accidental Racist" sound like "Endless Love".

@The Former Doug Dimmadome Here's an external link. (It's not on KZfaq.) musify.club/en/track/brian-wilson-paul-mccartney-a-friend-like-you-12244956

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Kermit the Frog hands down ❤️✌🏼👍🏻

Just making fun, I guess.

Trying to sound like Linda. He later told stories of how she suggested going for long drives and getting lost for fun. Must have been inspired by her. What a time, eh? Young love!

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Great song, great production, great harmonies, great lyrics, catchy melody. Loved it when it first came out, love it now. But Maca should've retired after Wings. He certainly had the best quality post-Beatles contributions to music, but everyone has a shelf life, even the great Maca.

@Jim McCracken: The last shit I actually purchased of Paul's was Paul Is Live, and that was because I liked the album cover of him crossing Abbey Road with one of Martha's grandkids. And by the way, I've no problem with anything you like, dude. If you still like his material, then more power to ya. LOL!

@@jaelgeRetire after Wings? He did so many great things after Wings. McCartney II was ahead of its time and experimental with genres ranging from synth pop and new wave to electronica. Tug of War was a great album with many great songs. Pipes of Peace was ok and Press To Play wasn't too good, but then he did Flowers in the Dirt which was very good. Off the Ground was pretty good, but then he released Flaming Pie and Chaos and Creation which were both two of his best albums of his career. After that he has continued to release albums that are either very good or at least solid. Paul had and has no reason to retire.

Not trying to rain on your parade, Brother, just stating my honest opinion. 99.99% of what I know about music, composing & recording was inspired by the Beatles. I lived and breathed them for literally decades. I just cant falsely say I like something when I don't, not even when it´s one of the Boys.

@@jaelge I largely share your sentiment. Wouldn't go so far as to say he should have retired, but I find 95%+ of McCartney's post-Beatles output disagreeable, particularly after the early 1970s. Some exceptions here and there. I say this as someone who considers him one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, and whom posterity has yet to properly recognize. Important to note that I don't think his artistic credibility fell off so much as the freedom solo artistry afforded him was in stark contrast to his fellow bandmates' (and Martin's) peer judgment and quality control. Either way, he probably earned his right to musical self-indulgence. : - )

Definitely a Beach Boys tribute.

Yes. Paul ❤ Brian.

I can imagine Carl Wilson singing on this track

That's exactly what I was hearing. Huge Brian Wilson "influence" in the chords and melody.

Agreed, no question. One of McCartney's greatest.

they did do some great beatles covers on the beach boys party! album though. I Completely agree with you, beach boys had their own sound and couldnt escape it, even though i imagine they would have if SMILE was released.

Funny that people try to compare, a band that did most of their tracks, except the strings and brass like the Beatles. When on the other hand, from about 1965-1966 .... the Beach Boys were on the road touring, while Brian Wilson, had professionnal studio musicians to record the tracks. and the only thing the other Beach Boys were doin', is the vocal, no instruments, until they had to play it live ( and the songs didn't remain the same live ). Guys like McCartney will sometimes take guitar solos, play the drums on many tracks, switch to piano or organs on certains songs. Don't gey me wrong, Brian was a brilliant composer. but he broke down after hearing Sgt Pepper, everybody knows that. But it is like saying who were the best band The Beatles or the Rolling Stones. Numbers don't lie. Check the best selling albums of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine or Billboard You'll be surprised to see how the Beatles oversales the Beach Boys and the Stones, and I don't include their solos careers The four Beatles on their own count a lot's of top 10 hits more than the other two bands .

@@pierresarrazin794 l wouldn't want to gey you wrong, but l wouldn't be surprised how the Beatles sales compare to the Beach Boys or the Stones.

@@billythedog-309 Hi I just based my comment on the magazines I mentionned....But I also wanted to say that until The End ( Abbey Road ) The beatles played their instrument...The Stones too. But it's not the case for the Beach Boys. As if the song was influence by the Beach Boys, Paul admited that Back in the USSR was exactly that...And all the bands had respect for each others...

@@pierresarrazin794 Well, both the Beach Boys and the Stones had some disadvantages; notably neither had a top class vocalist producer or lead guitarist (until Mick Taylor joined the stones). More to the point, they didn't have the breadth of songwriting ability of the Beatles.

Wow yes, you clever finding that

Yeah, "Is this a beach boys thing?" "It's just like a skit of them with a bit of Johnny Nash thrown in".

I've Got a Feeling

Kevin O'Brien Thanks. One of my top five.

@@kevinobrien9626 I personally consider "I've Got A Feeling" a duel composition with Lennon's "Everybody Had A Hard Year".

Yeah - he was on fire around this time. These songs are almost an embarrassment of riches.

@@tonybates7870 Paul was the ultimate teammate, starting with PLEASE PLEASE ME. He always stepped up and filled in where they were short - drums, high vocals. In '69 he had to carry the writing because John was semi-tuned out.

Because Maca loved the Beach Boys. Pet Sounds was purportedly his favorite album.

Plus the harmonies in the ram album were amazing and one thing the beach boys were known for were their awesome harmonies

There was other super great music from other artists before Sgt Pepper, too, of course.

He's even imitating their accent :-)

This song is on Ram. An album of McCartney

I 'd blame the limited to just 40 or 50 minutes of music, of the vinyl LP format for it and also that the record companies would be reluctant to release double albums. If cd technology was available in their recording days, we would see many of those ideas materializing into proper Beatles songs.

Me too. And I never really enjoyed this song much until I heard this version now.

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this song + Dear Boy vocals always sounded like Beach Boys to my ears

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Since revolver

@@Radiolys Yeah, Here and There.

@ColtraneTaylor and Everywhere 🎶

@@nicholasrodante8167 There as well.

That started as far back as a Paperback Writer and Revolver.

hammer44head - John, Paul and George were all coming up with very different types of songs... all the way back to 1966. The three great writers in the group all were doing very different things - for pretty much the last four years of the band's existence (1966-69). Listen to the songs on the "Revolver" album. Paul's songs and John's songs were very different (as different as "Paperback Writer" and "Rain"), and George brought in a song that was basically Indian music. This is actually what made The Beatles so great. They were three bands in one. They had something for everyone.

@@aBeatleFan4ever - thats true to a degree but by the late 60's they could barely stand to be in the same room together much less work on each others tunes.

@@hammer44head wrote this "by the late 60's they could barely stand to be in the same room together much less work on each others tunes." That is a common misconception that the public has been misled to believe... but it is simply not true. The four Beatles worked together very well to create the songs for both the "Let It Be" album and the "Abbey Road" album. When Peter Jackson's new movie finally gets released... you will get a much better view of how well they were actually working together - right through to the last days of recording "Abbey Road". Here is a link to the group playing together and having fun during the "Let It Be" period (January of 1969) working on many songs that never made it on to a Beatles LP. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7Wmgtl1vcWlook.html That link is two hours long - and provides a glimpse of what the band was like in that period. The group certainly had problems (#1. John forcing Yoko onto the group when the others didn't want her there, #2. John choosing to make Klein the group's manager despite Paul being adamantly against Klein.), but they still could get together and make amazing records together. Deep down they loved each other and making music together was still fun for all 4 of them - right to the end (when they finished Abbey Road in August of 1969). Yes, there were occasional squabbles of being sick of doing so many takes of Paul's "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"... or of doing 67 takes of George's "Long, Long, Long"... or doing 70 takes of John's "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"... or doing 117 takes of John's "Sexy Sadie". But those were really minor squabbles. These guys were closer than brothers... and people that close have disagreements and squabbles. Right through the end of their time together... they could put aside their differences - and create magical music together.

George wrote some good songs but he was not prolific. Lennon wrote a few good ones at this time, but Paul was in beast mode from '66 onwards and Lennon was well aware it.

They broke up because of McCartney's lawsuit in regards to who would be the band's manager.

Hilarious!

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@@tonymccusker501 that was a Beatles work in progress

@@dpaul428 far from it there John's songs

Surf's Up hadn't been released then, either - it's as if McCartney anticipated that sound, although as he and Wilson were well acquainted he could have heard Beach Boys demos that ended up on the album. Come to think of it, some of Surf's Up was written in 1967.

@@tonybates7870 Yes, I know Surf's Up wasn't officially released until after RAM. But if the unreleased SMILE album came out as originally planned, I think it was due in 1968. And I know Paul and Brian had met and bonded by them. They also were label mates on Capitol Records (at least in USA). I think Derek Taylor was also a mutual associate. So I'm guessing there's a good chance McCartney heard some version of Surf's Up before writing Back Seat.

Same!

Agreed

Estoy de acuerdo contigo ,es mas cuando lo escucho como solistas pienso que son the beatles

Y con el White Album, hubo canciones que no debieron estar en álbum, y canciones que fueron rechazadas que definitivamente debieron quedar en él.

Mort7an well said,

Which came first, the harmony vocals on 'Back Seat' or 'Just One Victory'?

Mort7an I also love the song and feel something is missing... I guess it is that Paul didn't know how to properly end it? The end of the song always sound weird and underwhelming to me

Could it be that what was missing was John, George and Ringo ? This definitely should have been a fully blown Beatles song !

Todd is a genius in his own right

OMG I love The Beach Boys but they are sooo overrated lately

I only know I can see clearly now.. Any particular song?

@@mrblue99999 Hold Me Tight - 1968 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rp1plJWip5uwXYU.html

@@darganx woah, that’s awesome. i know the song, but never knew it was johnny nash.

I think, "Wow" would've been my reaction!

Definitely would have been interesting. Could have been on Abbey Road instead of Maxwell's Silver Hammer ha.

@@jeffreyroedel9804 Agreed. Not only could I personally live without Maxwell's Silver Hammer but the rest of the Beatles could as well! That said, this is one rare case where I question whether the Beatles would have produced a better version than McCartney's, which is so brilliant, it's hard to imagine it "getting better."

If it had simply been equal to the Ram version I'd have been happy :) But I think having John and George on backing vocals and especially in the gregarious funny part, would have been marvelous.

"Ram" was Paul and Linda, not Wings.. First Wings album was "Wild Life"

BOTR was his best. A couple of albums later, pretty much downhill- at east underwhelming.

@@auramac You're wrong because BOTR doesn't have Monkberry Moon Delight! :p

@@auramac you didn't listen enough, loads of great music after BOTR.

Who are the "Beetles". I have never heard of them.

Brian Wilson wrote “Surfs Up” in 67 during the SMiLE sessions

Definite influence there

Yah. Late ‘66 surfs up but released on record in ‘71

Paul probably had acces to surf's up when it was recorded in the 60s

Surf's Up wasn't released until 1971! But very Brian Wilson-ey this track

you got any recommendations of songs like this?

Since Abbey Road is already near perfect, I don't think this would change anything, as it wouldn't make it better or worse. Regardless, I LOVE this song.

@@BrianJohnstonTrombone I agree. Better to have You Never Give Me Your Money on Abbey Road AND The Back Seat Of My Car on Ram. To have them both on the same album would have been a bit too much

I listened to these again. Removing the long held vocals is about impossible. It's overall not too great, but interesting since it was right after George stormed out. Even more interesting Paul also chimed in with the Yoko wailing. I was imagining Paul and Ringo joining John and Yoko in primal scream therapy a year earlier! haha

Well, at least upload the full version of it, theres no probleme with it right?

char west surfs up maybe

I hoped as well, but it won't :(