wingsoverkc wrote:
BJ and Crew: As usual, BJ's response to all this was great reading. Of course, I LOVE 'Long Hair Lady', but to each his own. My history goes like this; in 1968 my wonderful Dad gave me "The White Album" for my 11th birthday. Let's just say I wasn't thrilled; the music just didn't make sense to my 11 year old brain. Now, three years later, at 14, my Dad tried again and bought me RAM. And the rest, they say, is history. As the 70's went by I became of course, a huge Wings fan, but also loved Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Black Sabbath, Boz Scaggs, Earth/Wind/ Fire, etc. I'm sure I owned over 250 albums and became a creature of 70's Classic Rock. Sooo, IMO, RAM still stands as by all-time favorite album. I wrote a letter to Rolling Stone after they printed their dreadful, untrue, and awful review of RAM; still remember exactly what I told them. They never responded. Ha. Anyway, I will defend RAM to the death (well okay, close to death) and with my last breath. RAM is an amazing sounding album; I remember reading an interview with Hugh McCracken, who played guitar on the album, who said he thought it was his best work. No other album, Beatles, Wings, Zeppelin, Floyd, etc., touched me the way RAM did and still does.
Wingsoverkc...great story especially with your Dad. As I said, Ram took a while to grow on me but the Archive Remaster of 2012 really did it for me. Definitely one of Paul's best to my ears. I have found over the years that a good number of people who are not super big Paul fans like you and me really love Ram and think it is Paul's best Post Beatles' album. As a side note, the guys who do the "Take It Away" Podcast (also can be heard on this Site) who cover all of Paul's Post Beatle songs and albums, think that Ram is Paul's best album. I really respect their opinions.