Posted on 12/13/2024 10:44:02 AM PST by Ozguy1945
Paul McCartney’s homespun classic album, Ram, is my favourite Symphony.
It has all the grandeur, playfulness and adventure of the Beatles at their best but, unlike any Beatles album, is a total embodiment of love, celebrating his life with his wife Linda partially replacing his former partner John Lennon in his music..
Notes on some of the songs:
Too Many People: soaring lead guitars back the primary message to his preaching lefty former collaborator John, pull your head in.
Ram.On: the right of men to love. Ride away. Right away.
Dear Boy: chattering rhythms reflect the imprecisions of love. It did not really deserve the massive retaliation of John Lennon’s song “How do you sleep?” (with George Harrison’s biting slide guitar solo in support).
Heart Of The Country: Home !!!!! Like Hank? Or better?
Monkberry Moon Delight: “When a rattle of rats had awoken/The sinews, the nerves and the veins/My piano was boldly outspoken/In attempts to repeat his refrain.” Poetically, but not prosaicly or politically, this is better than The First Amendment on free speech and it’s realities.
Back Seat Of My Car: “WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN’T BE WRONG”
Ram.
McCartney’s best.
My favourite Symphony.
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Now in case you didn’t know, Percy Thrillington was in fact an incognito Paul McCartney working with a team of musicians to produce this. But when it came out, very few people knew this and the album was more or less ignored. It’s a shame. The original Ram album is a masterpiece, but this Big Band version is really fun stuff too.
Silly love songs lol
Thanks for the comment, I’ll check it out. I love the Beatles, solo and jointly.
Monkberry Moon Delight is Paul doing his best Zappa impression.
I think you’ll love Thrillington. As I said, the songs of Ram played
by a Big Band are stunningly dynamic, especially “3 Legs.” Enjoy!
Maybe, but it’s based on the youthful gibberish of his young children. Apparently, their word for milk was “monk.”
And it’s pretty much impossible to cover this song properly as Paul himself sang it (that is, with a relentless guttural growl). Probably the best cover came from Screaming Jay Hawkins. Yes, he has that guttural growl, but he just butchered the song, in my humble opinion.
One of the first albums I ever bought as a kid, and still my favorite Macca solo album.
Silly love songs lol
LOL, “Smile Away” is not a love song.
How does he sleep at night.🤣🤣
I thought Paul bought a truck...
You people are mistaken. Paul is dead. Have you ever listened to a Wings album?
I saw wings in the Piazza San Marco when I was in the service in the late 70s. What a great concert!
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