Dear Paul, Your love inspires me. Your a good man. All the best. Take care my friend. ((((hugs))))
Latest posts made by fab65
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RE: A big hug for Paul
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RE: Silly questions for Paul
rich n:
He seemingly was always chewing gum in many of the Beatles/Wings video clips.
No, that was John!!
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RE: Sam Leach - KEEP
The Grammy 'tribute' to the mighty Beatles was truly a half-arsed disgrace..... it was worse than I feared, especially that bloodless, lifeless and non- rocking version of I Saw Her Standing There. Sheesh... wasn't that just awful...
However, Sam is right. Thanks for your best wishes and good advice on this special Beatle day. Don't let it get you down...nothing to get hung about....take a sad song and make it better... play some Beatle music today.... yeah yeah yeah...
Best wishes to everyone!!!
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mikeskapla:
Actually last one and I'll quit. Q magazine which is a huge music magazine in Britain out of 5 stars has ranked them: Ram 4 stars Speedway 3 stars Venus & Mars 3 stars
Thanks for taking the time and trouble to find and present some of the evidence to support the fact that Ram really has grown in stature since 1971 and is now considered by many critics and fans as one of his best solo records... (as mentioned earlier.. McCartney has also risen in stature....) Great stuff Mike!! I'm glad you don't quit easily...
p.s. just wondering how Q rated Band on the Run.... 4 stars too????
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mikeskapla:
fab65: Good points. I've read a ton of great reviews of Ram and as mentioned Mojo ranks it as one of the best albums of all time. The album was really funky and different -- I'll see if I can find it but I remembver one critic raving that it stands up to the best Beatle albums. In terms of McCartney that album has grown in stature, too over time -- agree it wasn't panned at the time but a lot of people thought it would be better. I personally like that one, too -- Maybe I am Amazed, Junk, Every Night -- it's another funky and unique sounding record. Other records that have grown in stature overtime is Back to the Egg -- some critics give it 4 stars these days but that one was panned at the time -- London Town has also grown in stature. I think a lot of Macca's solo work will be elevated higher over time. Even his worst work in my view is much better than the average stuff of most pop artists. Cheers! Mike
Wow, Mike I don't think I've read that particular Mojo review of Ram... but it's no surprise and I really don't need a review anyway to tell me what I hear and have always felt about this album... Ram is a mini musical masterpiece IMO. It is a musical treat.. It is unique. It is pure Paul. Nobody else (except possibly someone like Brian Wilson) could have pulled off an album such as that.. The artistic risks he took with Ram and McCartney may have been misunderstood and hurt him somewhat initially.... but there's a silver lining here... both have stood the test of time brilliantly...much like his beatle era work. He deserves respect and recognition for this and is slowly starting to get it.... Records like London Town , Egg, and McCartney II are other's that thankfully are just beginning to see a re-evaluation by critics and fans.... more to follow perhaps????
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Samuel Catalino:
Sam Leach:
Mike I endorse your opinions on those albums. Samcat: Mike proved that Mojo praised those albums which is good enough for me. In rebuttal you said you `doubt other mags would agree'...but without furnishing us with evidence of that. It's no use you saying you `doubt something' without backing it up. You're showing a biased attitude there. Hello Fab65: Nice to see you back posting. Cheers. Sam.
Sam, I did not want to go back into time and get the Rolling Stones reviews on those albums as well as the Billboards (which reviewed those albums as well) from that time period. I don't have them any more, but they were not very flattering. I am only going on memory and those albums were not that well received. But we will go back to Rolling Stones' review of RAM back in 1971: "Ram remains something of a puzzle to Beatle people. At the time of its May 1971 release it was roundly and harshly condemned by reveiwers such as Rolling Stone's Jon Landau, who called it "the nadir in the decomposition of Sixties rock thus far," "incredibly inconsequential," and "monumentally irrelevant." " Then it gets worse, and I am not going to continue there. These albums were panned a great deal, and I find no pleasure to write and revisit painful memories. Suffice to say, they were not well received by many of the reviewers at that time. Let us move on. Cheers, Sam C.
Two points to make here! McCartney was NOT universally panned (I've got original reviews to prove this), and neither was Ram. Both sold well and were loved by plenty of us fans from the beginning too. Bear in mind also, that by the end of the 1970's even Rolling Stone magazine would revise it's review of Ram to 4 stars. YES!!! That idiot that referred to Ram in 1971 as the nadir of popular music was just plain wrong and didn't GET IT!!!.... excuse me????? With all due respect Sam C, if you are really a Brian Wilson/Beach Boy fan, I can't understand how you dismiss this album so readily and claim to think so much of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys.... Ram IS VERY BRIAN WILSONISH!!!!!! Now, I can move on.....
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Samuel Catalino:
fab65:
Samuel Catalino:
DennyC:
Hi everyone, "McCartney" can't possibly be dismissed. It has Maybe I'm Amazed, Everynight and Junk on it. Those are some of the best songs ever written, beatlish or not.
Hello Denny, I never cared too much for any of those tunes, but Another Day was a lovely tune which came out about that time. Best, Sam C.
Ok, Samuel, your opinion is fine, but the fact is both McCartney and Ram are generally well regarded by fans in general and by the critics these days. Just this month Mojo mag ranked their top 10 solo Beatle albums... 'McCartney' was ranked as #1 and Ram they placed at #4; Here's what they said; 1) McCartney: His first solo stab, put to tape at his Scottish farmhouse with zero outside assistence--and against not unconsiderable odds, rather delightful. The purple patch that had thrown forth his contributions to Abbey Road was still ongoing, which meant that such Beatles off-cuts as Teddy Boy and the still underrated Junk sat next to intimate, impassioned songs the quality of Maybe I'm Amazed and Every Night. Note also the instrumental Momma Miss America (a club fave with the Big Beat cognoscenti circa 199
and Kreen-Akrone, which imagined the woody experimentalism of groups like The Beta Band a quarter-century early. 4) Ram: To all intents and purposes, the first Wings LP. In Too Many People, 3 Legs and Dear Boy, Lennon claimed to hear put-downs that were viciously answered by How Do You Sleep?, though his reading of the last two songs was wide of the mark (Paul admitted the first did take a dismissive pop at John and Yoko's protest-era peity). Whatever, a frequently overlooked gem that contains work as beautifully executed as many of his late-period Beatles compositions; eg. the winningly whimsical Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, the sighingly pretty Ram On and the bulge-veined Monkberry Moon Delight. ......... Personally, I couldn't agree more with this... They are both among my favorite albums ever.... right there with my beloved Beatle records...and I'm delighted that McCartney got the #1 spot (even if I might have switched this around and placed Ram at #1...) I am so very glad that both these unique and delightful recordings by a true musical genius are finally being properly evaluated and appreciated......
Sorry to go on like this. I happen to feel very passionate and sentimental about these two albums.... Cheers to everyone!!!!!
Janet
Janet, I doubt that many of the other music newspapers would have rated either album that high. Most of them seem to lavish a great deal of praise for Band On The Run, which really is one of his best albums. I never cared for those two, even though I did buy both of them. If YOU like it, that is all that is important, and please don't ever let my opinion bother yours because you like it. Best, Sam C.
Hey Sam- I think you may be mistaken. Whether you like these two or not doesn't bother me. It's the idea that these two albums are dismissible that doesn't square with the evidence--- at least not anymore. Both have been re-evaluated by critics and discovered by new fans.. Ram especially is rated highly.... right up there with Band on the Run on nearly all the formal and informal polls I've seen done in recent years by music magazines or on newsgroups or beatle boards. All Music Guide gives Ram 5 stars... the only Macca album to get 5 stars. Check out the editorial and fan comments on these albums on Amazon, as well as those recommended best of macca lists. McCartney and Ram nearly always come highly recommended... along with Band on the Run and a few other's of course.. Really!!!
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Samuel Catalino:
DennyC:
Hi everyone, "McCartney" can't possibly be dismissed. It has Maybe I'm Amazed, Everynight and Junk on it. Those are some of the best songs ever written, beatlish or not.
Hello Denny, I never cared too much for any of those tunes, but Another Day was a lovely tune which came out about that time. Best, Sam C.
Ok, Samuel, your opinion is fine, but the fact is both McCartney and Ram are generally well regarded by fans in general and by the critics these days. Just this month Mojo mag ranked their top 10 solo Beatle albums... 'McCartney' was ranked as #1 and Ram they placed at #4; Here's what they said; 1) McCartney: His first solo stab, put to tape at his Scottish farmhouse with zero outside assistence--and against not unconsiderable odds, rather delightful. The purple patch that had thrown forth his contributions to Abbey Road was still ongoing, which meant that such Beatles off-cuts as Teddy Boy and the still underrated Junk sat next to intimate, impassioned songs the quality of Maybe I'm Amazed and Every Night. Note also the instrumental Momma Miss America (a club fave with the Big Beat cognoscenti circa 199
and Kreen-Akrone, which imagined the woody experimentalism of groups like The Beta Band a quarter-century early. 4) Ram: To all intents and purposes, the first Wings LP. In Too Many People, 3 Legs and Dear Boy, Lennon claimed to hear put-downs that were viciously answered by How Do You Sleep?, though his reading of the last two songs was wide of the mark (Paul admitted the first did take a dismissive pop at John and Yoko's protest-era peity). Whatever, a frequently overlooked gem that contains work as beautifully executed as many of his late-period Beatles compositions; eg. the winningly whimsical Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, the sighingly pretty Ram On and the bulge-veined Monkberry Moon Delight. ......... Personally, I couldn't agree more with this... They are both among my favorite albums ever.... right there with my beloved Beatle records...and I'm delighted that McCartney got the #1 spot (even if I might have switched this around and placed Ram at #1...) I am so very glad that both these unique and delightful recordings by a true musical genius are finally being properly evaluated and appreciated......
Sorry to go on like this. I happen to feel very passionate and sentimental about these two albums.... Cheers to everyone!!!!!
Janet
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Fairy:
Of course Paul's voice is much better and more beautiful, but I don't think John didn't like to sing and though his voice isn't as beautiful as Paul's, I think it's very good. Haven't you heard A Day in the Life? His voice was amazing!
I think it was more John being more insecure about his voice. George Martin has talked about this. John eventually wanted his voice echoed and disguised on Beatle records as time went on. I do agree though that John also had a beautiful and distinctive voice. It thinned a bit by the late 60's though, while I thought Paul's voice was in his prime between 68 and 73. Hello to everyone in this lovely thread, btw. Cheers!
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stylegurrl:
btw, the Abbey Road site can be found at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm Today, Terry Ott uses his column to trashe all of Paul's fans with vulgar insults, which is typical of him. He even takes my comment about his bigoted and condescending attitude, changes it to suit his needs, and uses it as part of his rant today. I admit, I am flattered. Congratulations stylegurrl (Tashi) Your email yesterday must have hit a nerve. Todays rebuttal is quite something isn't it? How low can he go? It's ends up being all about HIM. His vendetta against Paul and his fans has been exposed for what it is, but as usual he plays the innocent victim to all us psychotic Macca Madhatters. He just doesn't get it. Paul is his target, but if he singled any one of the other fabs on a Beatle page for abuse, he would receive a barrage of emails and complaints from their fans too. I wonder how many fans actually read him? I would love to see him booted off that site for good, but I gather Steve is not listening. ~janet (Hello to everyone here! Great stuff as usual Mike! )