The Beatles: Their 10 best solo albums ranked, from Flaming Pie to Imagine
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I dont think song titles or lyrics cost Paul a grammy nod. Not even sure what albums were nominated to be honest or who even won. Egypt Station is a decent album. Better than "New" and the AWFUL Ram (which isnt saying much), but not nearly as good as Chaos or Memory.
The 2 shows I was at last year, the fans, as usual left in droves during the ES tunes as well as My Valentine. Polite applause at best for those. Paul should have opened with a song from Egypt Station like he did in '89 with Figure of 8. This was a number #1 album, and instead he opens the shows with AHDN which sounds terrible live without John doing the lead, and Abe doing most of the heavy lifting on vocals. Overall, Fuh You is embarrassing and should be avoided at future shows.
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Ah Maccaroni, "just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in". Well, I attended three McCartney shows in 2019 (Fort Wayne, Moline, and Lexington; yep, I'm sort of a groupie). I never saw anyone leave in droves during the ES songs; quite the opposite. And AHDN does not, in any universe (even yours) sound terrible live. And your snarkly statement of the 'awful RAM'. Are you quite out of your mind?
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OMG, thank you for the laugh, wingsoverkc! I needed that! 
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
Egypt Station is a decent album. Better than "New" and the AWFUL Ram (which isnt saying much), but not nearly as good as Chaos or Memory.
Than again, Egypt Station is the poor album , New being a lot better of the two, Ram is a really good album, Chaos is the classic album and Memory is as bad as Egypt Station. Music being purely subjective ('beauty is in the ear of the listener'), the permutations as to what we like and don't like as individuals is almost limitless.
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wingsoverkc wrote:
Ah Maccaroni, "just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in". Well, I attended three McCartney shows in 2019 (Fort Wayne, Moline, and Lexington; yep, I'm sort of a groupie). I never saw anyone leave in droves during the ES songs; quite the opposite. And AHDN does not, in any universe (even yours) sound terrible live. And your snarkly statement of the 'awful RAM'. Are you quite out of your mind?
Ram IS awful. Pauls 3 ex-bandmates agree with me on this too! Which explains why he plays little to nothing of the album. Paul knows its poor. The new songs havent gone over well since Memory and Chaos, and that even is reaching a bit, and both those albums are far superior to ES. In fact, you are the only person I ever see post how great the songs went over in concert. It ticks me off, becasue while I try to enjoy those new songs, people are constantly getting up(literally because most are sitting) to go get drinks, piss break, etc. and obstructing my enjoyment of the new songs. As for AHDN, I don't care to hear Abe backed by Paul singing this anymore.
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
Ah Maccaroni, "just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in". Well, I attended three McCartney shows in 2019 (Fort Wayne, Moline, and Lexington; yep, I'm sort of a groupie). I never saw anyone leave in droves during the ES songs; quite the opposite. And AHDN does not, in any universe (even yours) sound terrible live. And your snarkly statement of the 'awful RAM'. Are you quite out of your mind?
Ram IS awful. Pauls 3 ex-bandmates agree with me on this too! Which explains why he plays little to nothing of the album. Paul knows its poor. The new songs havent gone over well since Memory and Chaos, and that even is reaching a bit, and both those albums are far superior to ES. In fact, you are the only person I ever see post how great the songs went over in concert. It ticks me off, becasue while I try to enjoy those new songs, people are constantly getting up(literally because most are sitting) to go get drinks, piss break, etc. and obstructing my enjoyment of the new songs. As for AHDN, I don't care to hear Abe backed by Paul singing this anymore.
When I saw Paul in Greenville, SC last year, both Fuh You and Come On To Me went over very well! And I don't think RAM is "awful" either! I like and/or love most of the songs on it.
I do agree that I don't want to hear AHDN anymore. He definitely needs to pick another opening song!
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
Ah Maccaroni, "just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in". Well, I attended three McCartney shows in 2019 (Fort Wayne, Moline, and Lexington; yep, I'm sort of a groupie). I never saw anyone leave in droves during the ES songs; quite the opposite. And AHDN does not, in any universe (even yours) sound terrible live. And your snarkly statement of the 'awful RAM'. Are you quite out of your mind?
Ram IS awful. Pauls 3 ex-bandmates agree with me on this too! Which explains why he plays little to nothing of the album. Paul knows its poor. The new songs havent gone over well since Memory and Chaos, and that even is reaching a bit, and both those albums are far superior to ES. In fact, you are the only person I ever see post how great the songs went over in concert. It ticks me off, becasue while I try to enjoy those new songs, people are constantly getting up(literally because most are sitting) to go get drinks, piss break, etc. and obstructing my enjoyment of the new songs. As for AHDN, I don't care to hear Abe backed by Paul singing this anymore.
Hey Wingsoverkc...these guys are just trying to get under our skin. Maccaroni is a faux McCartney fan if I ever saw one. Btw, why would you be trying to enjoy a new Paul song anyway since you've already made up your mind that you don't like new McCartney stuff like Egypt Station.
To say Ram is awful or that Egypt Station is poor (Kestrel's quote) is plain ridiculous. I deal with examples and not just blanket statements. Let's start with both albums:
Egypt Station - to say that all of these songs are poor or awful is plain ridiculous. My examples are "I Don't Know, Happy With You, Who Cares, Confidante, Hand in Hand, Dominoes, Do It Now, People Want Peace, Depite Repeated Warnings, Hunt You Down/Naked etc. I don't see how anyone can say that those songs are poor or awful. I use my wife as a perfect example. She was never a Paul McCartney Solo fan. Yes, she knew Paul's famous Beatle songs and a few Wings' hits but she never kept up with Paul after Wings. I just met her 2 years ago. She loves music and is very broad in her tastes. She likes a lot of singer songwriters like Mark Broussard, Amos Lee, Jason Mraz, David Gray, Ray Lemontagne etc etc. Since Egypt Station was on my CD Player she started to hear many of the tracks. She is very objective and started to like a good number of the songs. Her comment to me after listening a little while was "I never knew that Paul had so many good Solo songs. I also put on Flaming Pie and she said the same thing. She's still listening to many singer /songwriters like the ones above on Pandora and Spotify but she really thinks that Egypt Station and Flaming Pie are very good albums. Now I admit that I'm bias about Paul and I think Paul's Solo career is on a par with his Beatle and Wings output) but my wife is very objective and she enjoys many artists but she loves those ES songs like the ones I listed above.
Ram - Many people think Ram is one of Paul's best post Beatles' albums. This included fans of John Lennon who normally don't like Paul's songs. The reason that the other 3 Beatles criticized Ram heavily at the time of its release is because Paul was still suing the other 3 over the fact that they were siding with Allen Klein as the Beatle's new manager. You should know that Maccaroni! In the end, the other Beatles admitted that Paul was right but how would you expect them to praise an album from their mate who was suing them. Many other music critics sided with the other 3 and they "piled on" relative to the reviews on Ram. Many years later and when "objective" and "younger" music critics started listening to Ram, the album experienced a tremendous resurgence over the way most feel about the quality of the album. Another good example is the Podcast called "Take It Away" that looks at all of Paul's Post Beatles' albums and singles etc. The young guys that started and run these podcasts (it can be heard on Maccaboard) weren't even born when the Beatles were at their peak. Both guys Ryan Brady and Chris Mercer at the end of their Podcast run both agreed that Ram was Paul's #1/best Post Beatles' album. Now I don't agree with their verdict but it is easily one of Paul's best or top 6 or 8 in my opinion. Certainly not "awful". I was more of a late bloomer in terms of Ram but when Paul re-released the album as part of his Archive Collection in 2012 I got to really like the album. How anyone can call Ram awful with songs like Too Many People, 3 Legs, Dear Boy, Smile Away, Heart of the Country, Monkberry Moon Delight, Eat at Home, Back Seat of My Car is ridiculous.
But to each his own, you are entitled to your opinion. I just don't share it and many others don't also.
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I should say that my time line is "off" about Paul suing the other Beatles when Ram was released in May 1971. Paul's suit against the other 3 was actually filed earlier on Dec. 30, 1970. Btw, the other 3 Beatles severed their relationship with Klein in March of 1973. The point is that there was bad blood between Paul and the other 3 all during the early 70's including the release of Ram. You could hardly expect John, George or Ringo to say anything good about Ram or to expect any type of objectivity.
It is also untrue to say that Paul didn't play on Ram. Just look up Paul's Discography on wikipedia. Paul played bass, piano, keyboards and various guitars on Ram and ukulele on Ram On. Obviously, Paul sang lead, harmony and backing vocals. Please get your facts right.
And regarding all the songs I listed under Egypt Station and Ram... I'm not saying that everyone should love every song. But to say that all of those songs under ES and Ram are awful is just ridiculous and stupid.
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B J Conlee wrote:
I should say that my time line is "off" about Paul suing the other Beatles when Ram was released in May 1971. Paul's suit against the other 3 was actually filed earlier on Dec. 30, 1970. Btw, the other 3 Beatles severed their relationship with Klein in March of 1973. The point is that there was bad blood between Paul and the other 3 all during the early 70's including the release of Ram. You could hardly expect John, George or Ringo to say anything good about Ram or to expect any type of objectivity.
It is also untrue to say that Paul didn't play on Ram. Just look up Paul's Discography on wikipedia. Paul played bass, piano, keyboards and various guitars on Ram and ukulele on Ram On. Obviously, Paul sang lead, harmony and backing vocals. Please get your facts right.
And regarding all the songs I listed under Egypt Station and Ram... I'm not saying that everyone should love every song. But to say that all of those songs under ES and Ram are awful is just ridiculous and stupid.
Not sure what you are reading? I never said Paul didnt play on RAM. I said he doesnt play much of the album live, because its poor and he knows it. Never said I didnt like ES either though you are referring more to kestrel on this. I just dont think its as strong as Memory or Chaos. Way to get take everything I wrote and twist it around to try and make argument.
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
Ah Maccaroni, "just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in". Well, I attended three McCartney shows in 2019 (Fort Wayne, Moline, and Lexington; yep, I'm sort of a groupie). I never saw anyone leave in droves during the ES songs; quite the opposite. And AHDN does not, in any universe (even yours) sound terrible live. And your snarkly statement of the 'awful RAM'. Are you quite out of your mind?
Ram IS awful. Pauls 3 ex-bandmates agree with me on this too! Which explains why he plays little to nothing of the album. Paul knows its poor. The new songs havent gone over well since Memory and Chaos, and that even is reaching a bit, and both those albums are far superior to ES. In fact, you are the only person I ever see post how great the songs went over in concert. It ticks me off, becasue while I try to enjoy those new songs, people are constantly getting up(literally because most are sitting) to go get drinks, piss break, etc. and obstructing my enjoyment of the new songs. As for AHDN, I don't care to hear Abe backed by Paul singing this anymore.
I forgot to add, I think Paul doesn't play hardly any songs from RAM, not because he knows it's poor, but because it is such a "Paul & Linda" album. Linda sang a lot of the harmonies and sang co-lead on Long Haired Lady. And of course Dear Boy was about Linda's ex-husband (not John Lennon as John himself so arrogantly thought!) Is Ram On the only song off it that he's played live?
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Maccaroni1974 wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
Ah Maccaroni, "just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in". Well, I attended three McCartney shows in 2019 (Fort Wayne, Moline, and Lexington; yep, I'm sort of a groupie). I never saw anyone leave in droves during the ES songs; quite the opposite. And AHDN does not, in any universe (even yours) sound terrible live. And your snarkly statement of the 'awful RAM'. Are you quite out of your mind?
Ram IS awful. Pauls 3 ex-bandmates agree with me on this too! Which explains why he plays little to nothing of the album. Paul knows its poor. The new songs havent gone over well since Memory and Chaos, and that even is reaching a bit, and both those albums are far superior to ES. In fact, you are the only person I ever see post how great the songs went over in concert. It ticks me off, becasue while I try to enjoy those new songs, people are constantly getting up(literally because most are sitting) to go get drinks, piss break, etc. and obstructing my enjoyment of the new songs. As for AHDN, I don't care to hear Abe backed by Paul singing this anymore.
Maccaroni, as I ended my original reply to this post...you are entitled to your opinion. On the other hand, if you took a poll of a thousand or more true Paul fans about Ram, I'm sure you would find a few that don't care for the album or that it's not their cup of tea. You would also find many that would call it one of Paul's best. But I'm pretty sure we would be hard pressed to find one fair minded fan who would call it "awful". For the most part, I try to be diplomatic on Maccaboard, but you seem to generally be very sarcastic towards Paul and his music. That's why I asked you before, why are you on this site.
It was my mistake about misinterpreting your comment about Paul playing little to nothing of the album. You didn't clarify that you were talking about "live" shows. I interpreted your comment to mean that he "plays" little or nothing on Ram. Sorry but I think it was a simple mistake. Other than that misinterpretation, I tried to present good facts as to why your comment about Ram being "awful" was ridiculous. The fact that the other Beatles didn't like or criticized Ram doesn't "mean" that it is an "awful" album. Paul felt the need to "sue" his other bandmates because of the Allan Klein situation so they wouldn't praise Ram in a million years at that particular time. They could hardly be objective. It was a period of "bad blood" among the Beatles and many fans.during that time. Paul was catching the blame from a good number of fans and music critics which also resulted in some bad reviews of Ram. It didn't mean that Ram is automatically an alwful album and in coming years as I presented on my original reply, the exact "opposite" happened as the opinions about Ram changed especially from younger critics that were truly objective. These younger critics were too young during the latter Beatle years to be biased. Again, I thought I painfully went through facts at to why your statement was wrong.
Your comments that the "new" songs haven't gone over well since Memory and Chaos aren't very specific. What new songs and you saying that Chaos and Memory are "far superior" to ES is your opinion only. As a fan, I really like Chaos and Memory but I certainly think that ES is on a par with both albums. Actually I think Paul's Solo career from the 80's has been very, very underrated in general. Heck I like Driving Rain, Flowers and even Press to Play. And I can't wait for the Flaming Pie Archive Edition to be released in July. So there are many opinions about Paul's Solo career and output. You just happen as I said to be very sarcastic and negative about Paul in general. You are entitled to your opinion but some others especially here will disagree. I have already spent far too much time on this post. Maybe being hunkered down indoors so much is making some of us feel stress including me. I will always look at your opinions but won't always agree.
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I think the ratings at the RateYourMusic site are fascinating to read.
Ram is Paul's most popular album, with or without Wings. At this present time its averaging a very respectful 3.94 (out of 5.00), an average based on nearly 6,000 ratings.
Just behind is Band On The Run, with 3.88, based on just over 6,000 ratings.
Of the more recent albums, the amount of ratings are a lot fewer, mainly because less time has elapsed since the albums were released and also because Paul is a lot less popular than he once was.
But an average rating is an average,no matter how many there are, so we find that Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is averaging 3.71 ( 2249 ratings), New 3.36 (1400 ratings) and.........Egypt Station 3.02 (1263 ratings).
A quick glance up the page (Wings albums are on another page incidentally) reveals that of Paul's studio albums, only Pipes of Peace, Press to Play & Kisses on the Bottom are less popular than Egypt Station.
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/paul-mccartney
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Kestrel wrote:
I think the ratings at the RateYourMusic site are fascinating to read.
Ram is Paul's most popular album, with or without Wings. At this present time its averaging a very respectful 3.94 (out of 5.00), an average based on nearly 6,000 ratings.
Just behind is Band On The Run, with 3.88, based on just over 6,000 ratings.
Of the more recent albums, the amount of ratings are a lot fewer, mainly because less time has elapsed since the albums were released and also because Paul is a lot less popular than he once was.
But an average rating is an average,no matter how many there are, so we find that Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is averaging 3.71 ( 2249 ratings), New 3.36 (1400 ratings) and.........Egypt Station 3.02 (1263 ratings).
A quick glance up the page (Wings albums are on another page incidentally) reveals that of Paul's studio albums, only Pipes of Peace, Press to Play & Kisses on the Bottom are less popular than Egypt Station.
https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/paul-mccartney
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The ratings from the Rateyourmusic site is indeed very interesting especially looking at Paul's early Post Beatles career vs. his more recent albums. The fact that Ram has done the best on this Site and even slightly better than Band of the Run definitely proves the point of the tremendous resurgence power that Ram received in later years especially from younger people who were born after the Beatles and are much more objective about the album's quality compared to the horrible reviews Ram received when it was released. As I mentioned there was a lot of "bad blood" not only between Paul and the other Beatles but between Beatles' fans and music critics depending on whose side you were on during the early 70's.
Unlike many Beatle fans my age (I'm 71), I'm as much of a Solo Paul fan than a Wings and even Beatles' fan. In my opinion, I think Paul had great stuff throughout all of his music eras and I think it was great that the Beatles disbanded because you got to know all of them and their individual material so much better. Many Beatle fans my age never got over the fact that they broke up.
No doubt that commercially Paul had his biggest "Post Beatles" success during the 70's compared to his Solo eras. That fact is in line with almost all "classic rockers" from the 60's and 70's.
Not lessoning the believability of "Rateyourmusic", but the credence of their findings are far greater based on the # of ratings they receive. As you say, the # of ratings for Ram and BOTR are far higher compared to latter Paul eras and you do give good reasons why the early, very commercial Paul albums received a lot more ratings.
I can only speak for my own ears and reviews I've read relative to the truthfulness of their findings on Paul's latter albums like Chaos, Memory, ES, New, Flowers, Tug of War etc etc. Speaking of ES and since it was the latest, the reviews I read on ES were very favorable from many publications (and their specific critics) where I have a good deal of respect. As I said, the reviews were quite good with the exception of a song or two (specifically "Fuh You" that seemed to be the "ligntning rod" track.
With the exception of Fuh You, the reviews on ES in general were very good although the reviews on Chaos from my memory were even a little better. As far a my own ears, I think Chaos and ES are Paul's best 2 latter career albums. I give them a slight edge over Memory, New, Flaming Pie, Flowers and Tug of War. I can't give an explanation for why ES has not fared as well on "Rateyourmusic" as Chaos and New. Maybe it was the "lighning rod" song Fuh You that put it down a notch or two among many voters but who knows. For me they are all good albums.
And as we know, music is so subjective. Even here on Maccaboard, you have long term Paul fans that like New and Chaos better than ES and someone like Nancy likes FP better than all 3. Personally I now agree with Yankeefan and a couple of others that think Chaos is the best of the latter day albums because of its consistency. You had one producer like Nigel Godrich controlling Paul in a way and making sure there wasn't a bad track. But even the Beatles had some fantastic albums that had a bad track or two so it all boils down to the fact that music is so subjective.
Getting back to Chaos and ES, I'm probably one of the few ones here that think they are "even" in quality despite the fact that Paul went with a different Producer on one of the tracks...Fuh You which I think was a mistake. Even on that song, we have many here that love the song. Finally just to give me some peace for my high regards for ES, one of the long time fans on Maccaboard whose opinions I really trust (Bruce) thinks that ES is Paul's best Solo album. I rest my case...music is very subjective. No one is totally right and no one is totally wrong.
Thanks again for bringing up Rateyourmusic.
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RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
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wingsoverkc wrote:
RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
Yes, you were RAMbling!P.S. At age 6 were you too young to remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show? (I was 8 and was already a fan from hearing IWTHYH on the radio since late Dec. 1963)
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Nancy R wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
Yes, you were RAMbling!P.S. At age 6 were you too young to remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show? (I was 8 and was already a fan from hearing IWTHYH on the radio since late Dec. 1963)
Nancy, you had me laughing with your reply to Wingsoverkc. RAMbling might become a new word at least on this Site.
PS I'm looking forward to tomorrow since it is the first day of May (My Daughter's Birthday month). I'm hoping that we get more specific information about Flaming Pie and its Archive Release supposedly in July. If July is correct, they should be announcing all the extras including tracklisting for the extra CD's soon. I know you're ready for the FP Release.
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wingsoverkc wrote:
RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
Wingsoverkc, as usual I love your enthusiasm over Paul's full career. And Yes, I lost my cool with Maccaroni too. Should not let that happen and everyone is intitled to their opinion.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
Yes, you were RAMbling!P.S. At age 6 were you too young to remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show? (I was 8 and was already a fan from hearing IWTHYH on the radio since late Dec. 1963)
Nancy, you had me laughing with your reply to Wingsoverkc. RAMbling might become a new word at least on this Site.
PS I'm looking forward to tomorrow since it is the first day of May (My Daughter's Birthday month). I'm hoping that we get more specific information about Flaming Pie and its Archive Release supposedly in July. If July is correct, they should be announcing all the extras including tracklisting for the extra CD's soon. I know you're ready for the FP Release.
May is my birthday month too! (11th)
Yes, am looking forward to Flaming Pie's Archive Release!
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Nancy R wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
Yes, you were RAMbling!P.S. At age 6 were you too young to remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show? (I was 8 and was already a fan from hearing IWTHYH on the radio since late Dec. 1963)
Nancy, you had me laughing with your reply to Wingsoverkc. RAMbling might become a new word at least on this Site.
PS I'm looking forward to tomorrow since it is the first day of May (My Daughter's Birthday month). I'm hoping that we get more specific information about Flaming Pie and its Archive Release supposedly in July. If July is correct, they should be announcing all the extras including tracklisting for the extra CD's soon. I know you're ready for the FP Release.
May is my birthday month too! (11th)
Yes, am looking forward to Flaming Pie's Archive Release!
My Daughter's Birthday is May 6th. The Day that she was born was my favorite day ever. I just had one so I'm sure you have more than one "favorite days ever".
A little disappointed today to not see anything about FP yet but I believe that we will be getting an announcement one of the days this month. I am buying it as soon as it is available. Hoping that Target or Walmart has a special 2 Disc edition. Normally in the first week of Release they will have a sale price. I think the last time at Target (for ES) it was like $15. for the ES Disc with the 2 extra tracks. When they released Red Rose Speedway, Target's price RRS with the great extra disc was like $16 or $17. That's what i'm hoping we get for a 2 Disc Edition of FP.
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B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
B J Conlee wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
wingsoverkc wrote:
RAM is a masterpiece of pop music IMO. No one ever will change my mind of that fact. And to beat a dead horse, not one person moved during the ES songs during my three shows in 2019. Not one person. I'm 63, eagerly waiting when I'm an official Beatles song (When I'm 64), and Wings were such a huge part of my teenage years. My wonderful Dad bought me The White Album in '68; I sort of hated it at the time. I was 11. But at 14, my Dad gave me RAM, and my music listening days changed forever. So yes Maccaroni, I halfway apologize for being upset about your statement about RAM, but that was the LP that made me a McCartney fanatic for over fifty years. After reading the awful review for RAM in Rolling Stone, I wrote my first letter to the editor. I was not pleased. Anyway, glad that RAM has been rediscovered by younger fans; my 28 year old daughter loves RAM and for her recent birthday I got her a very cool RAM album cover shirt. Okay, I rambling. Everyone be safe, be kind, and keep listening to Paul and his mates.
Yes, you were RAMbling!P.S. At age 6 were you too young to remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show? (I was 8 and was already a fan from hearing IWTHYH on the radio since late Dec. 1963)
Nancy, you had me laughing with your reply to Wingsoverkc. RAMbling might become a new word at least on this Site.
PS I'm looking forward to tomorrow since it is the first day of May (My Daughter's Birthday month). I'm hoping that we get more specific information about Flaming Pie and its Archive Release supposedly in July. If July is correct, they should be announcing all the extras including tracklisting for the extra CD's soon. I know you're ready for the FP Release.
May is my birthday month too! (11th)
Yes, am looking forward to Flaming Pie's Archive Release!
My Daughter's Birthday is May 6th. The Day that she was born was my favorite day ever. I just had one so I'm sure you have more than one "favorite days ever".
A little disappointed today to not see anything about FP yet but I believe that we will be getting an announcement one of the days this month. I am buying it as soon as it is available. Hoping that Target or Walmart has a special 2 Disc edition. Normally in the first week of Release they will have a sale price. I think the last time at Target (for ES) it was like $15. for the ES Disc with the 2 extra tracks. When they released Red Rose Speedway, Target's price RRS with the great extra disc was like $16 or $17. That's what i'm hoping we get for a 2 Disc Edition of FP.
I had 2 kids (boy/girl) but they are twins so only one "favorite day ever" there!
