what's your favorite paul song? beatles, wings, and solo are ALL up for grabs: comment below! (mine is monkberry moon delight if you must know)
@EricMcLovin13
7 ай бұрын
i'm not entering Beatles territory here, so, my favourite is Magneto and Titanum man from Wings album, Venus and Mars. this one is really special
@davidellis5141
7 ай бұрын
Penny Lane
@dermotmaher7937
7 ай бұрын
We All Stand Together🐸🐸🐸
@nvm9040
7 ай бұрын
Ram is probably his best work plus Linda is pretty good on it But my favorite Paul or wings album is tug war or McCartney and a favorite Paul song is a tough one but I would say another day or lovely Linda
@alanclayton9277
7 ай бұрын
1 i'm not playing 2 ok. here today. where the one who is lost and the one who remains feel present in the same moment. almost unbearable in it's conception and beauty. 3 now i feel terrible for playing and for not including i've just seen a face >:(
@Mrvictorfernandes
7 ай бұрын
From Jann Wenner's Rolling Stone interview with Bob Dylan, (May, 2007) in which Dylan airs his real thoughts on Paul while understatedly throwing Wenner's McCartney-bashing narrative back at his face: "I'm in awe of McCartney, he's about the only one that I'm in awe of. But I'm in awe of HIM because he can do it all and he's never let up! He's got the gift for melody and rhythm, he can play any instrument. He can scream and shout as good as anybody, he can sing a ballad as good as anybody. "And his melodies are - y'know - effortless!... I'm in awe of him because he's just so damn effortless! Everything that just comes out of his mouth is framed in a melody... I just wish he'd quit, y'know? [laughs] But that's what you have to be in awe of..."
@7bestthings
7 ай бұрын
That's a great quote! Thank you!
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
the bard has spoken!
@Mrvictorfernandes
7 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe Side note: Sometime around 1974, Wenner received an envelope that was addressed to "Johann Weiner" in John Lennon's handwriting. Inside the envelope was a Polaroid pic of John, Paul, Linda, May, and Keith Moon hanging out together at an LA garden. On the white part of the Polaroid were the words, "How do YOU sleep???" scrawled in John's longhand.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
@@Mrvictorfernandes HAHA
@stephaneherringtoniowritin4986
6 ай бұрын
Bet Bob pissed John off with that quote albeit the truth...
@nickj7335
6 ай бұрын
Screw the critics, McCartneys early discography is fire
@moviemaestro800
6 ай бұрын
Agreed. As pointed out here, much of the critical lambasting came mostly from the baggage surrounding the breakup of the band, and how Paul was easily being painted by the media as the main villain in the affair, at the time. Consequently, McCartney's early solo records were not looked at with much positivity at first. Nowadays though, it seems like most people who listen to Beatles-adjacent music now look at the early McCartney stuff with much fondness. I haven't met many McCartney I or Ram haters out in the wild, for instance, and both Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway definitely are agreed to have their excellent moments these days, even if few would dispute that both albums have plentiful filler. It just is a shame that, in the moment, it took Band on the Run to finally give McCartney's solo career critical praise, as well as good sales numbers.
@tonyoandkitty
5 ай бұрын
John’s Lennon’s buddy at Rolling Stone, his “Lennon Remembers” interviewer and RS mag editor Jann Wenner, made sure that the early Mac/Wings albums received terrible, lambasting reviews
@konowd
2 ай бұрын
A great songwriter and a hell of a bass player too
@konowd
2 ай бұрын
@@tonyoandkittyand it didn’t put a dent in their sales.
@beatmet2355
6 ай бұрын
McCartney was Anthology before Anthology. Box sets with outtakes and demos are common now, but not in 1970. That’s what this album sounds like, good ideas that haven’t been fully developed, yet. It’s no ATMP, but it’s also interesting in its own way.
@konowd
7 ай бұрын
In the George Harrison book The Reluctant Beatle, Patti Boyd remembered playing a kids card game with George and Allen Klein for fun. She caught Klein cheating, which told her all she needed to know about him
@Kieop
6 ай бұрын
I think this is the best synopsis and interpretation of McCartney I have ever seen. So many otherwise competent reviewers (especially journalists and critics) have dismissed Junk as "meaningless", when I have found it to be one of the deepest songs Paul has ever written. It is deeply personal. It is about attachment and disposability. It asks us to examine what we value and how people and things can lose value. It is simple and exquisite. People also dismiss this album as just a self-indulgent retreat into domestic bliss. There is a lot of revelling in the domestic, but this is an album about depression. You're the first reviewer I've seen who's also heard Every Night as a song about the paralysis of depression. He can't leave the house, so he's convinced himself that he just wants to stay home with his wife anyway. And in Maybe I'm Amazed, he sings that he's afraid of the way he leaves her. Sounds like suicidal ideation to me. This album pairs well with Plastic Ono Band for its raw emotion. But John's efforts to deal with anger and trauma is more relatable, I guess, than Paul's efforts to bury his feelings of loss and isolation.
@buzzbabyjesus
6 ай бұрын
I was 13 when this came out, and it made me want to play all the instruments, and record my own weird shit. I spent the next 50 years learning how to play and write music. He's my hero, and I'll always love this album. Also, I'm glad he's not stuck with (Lennon-McCartney) attached to "Maybe I'm Amazed".
@pauldaniels2019
7 ай бұрын
I got it when it came out and was underwhelmed (as I was with Let It Be). I've re-listened to it a few times over the years. . .meh. One thing I read about the album cover (back when the Paul is dead rumors were swirling) is that "Life is a bowl of cherries. . .and his is empty". I enjoyed your take on the album.
@spiritualarchitect4276
4 ай бұрын
And the "McCartney 3" cover shows that Paul is STILL playing the "Paul is Dead" gimmick. Look at that album cover and what you see is a DIE. Your are NOT looking at a DICE. It takes 2 DIE to make Dice. But there are not 2, only one. And the DIE does not show the number 4. Symbolically that cover reads "McCartney DIE", with 3 black spots for the other 3 Beatles. It's the most OBVIOUS "Paul is Dead" cover since "Anthology 3". On the "Let It Be" cover - released AFTER the Manson murders exposed the "Paul is Dead" scenario - Paul is the one who looks different. Paul is the only one not surrounded by white. Paul is surrounded by brown/red (dirt/blood), because Paul is the one who is supposed to be dead. On "Anthology 3", Pauls photo is stripped away to reveal the old original Paul, the one that was supposed to have died. Not the New Paul, but the Old Paul.
@Jewi7Orchestra
7 ай бұрын
I really like McCartney I. I regularly take it out of the shelf and give it a spin. What a nice surprise it was, seeing you chose it for this episode. Very well done.
@debjorgo
7 ай бұрын
My sister bought McCartney and Let it Be the same day. it was like a double album with the second disc being all Paul songs. McCartney is what Let it Be was supposed to be - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano/organ and drums. Something the Beatles could play live on stage.
@thomasmcintosh390
6 ай бұрын
I've pretty much dated only Lindas. So naturally my wife was named Linda. I'm currently working on a song called "The Last is a Long Line of LIndas"
@ze4699
7 ай бұрын
Junk is one of Paul's greatest songs. It's amazing how he accomplishes to communicate so much in so little time, with so little complexity. The Esher version in Anthology 3 is almost the same as the finished one and it hits you just as hard.
@zsatsfm
7 ай бұрын
If you've ever tried to play it on guitar, you'll realise that it's more complex than it sounds. It is every bit as great a song as Blackbird or Mother Natures Son.
@stephaneherringtoniowritin4986
6 ай бұрын
Junk is a beautiful tune. It's just that it's not sang or written by John that the "critic's " don't regard it as a classic...
@Kieop
6 ай бұрын
@@zsatsfm John Denver does a great cover of Junk. I like it even better than his Mother Nature's Son cover.
@jeffthevideoguy23
6 ай бұрын
@@zsatsfm It's a totally easy to play
@v1e1r1g1e1
7 ай бұрын
Re: Monkberry Moon Delight. In certain parts of Britain there once grew a certain vine, a red form of Rubus Fruticosus, whose delicious berries were best picked under a full moon in July. Monks, during the Middle Ages, were known to cultivate these (now extinct) berries and make various salves, tinctures, cordials and wines from them. The fruit was particularly prized as a filling for pies and tarts, referred to as 'delights' during the high Middle Ages. From their close association with Rubus Fruticosus Britannicus, the vine and its fruit became known as the 'Monk Berry'. Sadly, a fungus affected much of Britain in 1564 and wiped out the one-time ubiquitous vine. Paul McCartney wrote a song commemorating the now lost fruit in an obscure song in his first solo album.
@patgalvez4563
7 ай бұрын
I figured it was about wine...🍇🍇🍇
@AB-rh5yq
6 ай бұрын
No, it’s about milk. McCartneys kids had trouble pronouncing the word milk, and it sounded like monk. Paul then took that and added a bunch of randomness to make the song monkberry moon delight. This is Paul says at least.
@AB-rh5yq
6 ай бұрын
It’s not. It’s about milk. Paul describes what the song is about if you just look it up. @@patgalvez4563
@disappointmentpotato9408
Ай бұрын
McCartney is one of my favorite albums, it IS a side of me. One day I was really tired, sad but not sad enough to cry. I was feeling vast and empty, it was horrible. And I remember just laying in my bed listening to it whilst just staring at my pet sounds cover. And then I went over to my grandmother's to leave some food, and speaking to her and hearing McCartney's lovely music in my ear cheered me up. This album is great, it's certainly not perfect but it's a mood. A feeling Thanks Paul! Lovely tunes ey?
@samborn7120
7 ай бұрын
I think the timing of McCartney was wrong. As you mentioned it was competing with Abbey Road and the stripped down nature of the production left much to be desired (at the time). Since then, I think we all agree it’s a beautiful record ❤️
@craigplanting8804
7 ай бұрын
You Never Give Me Your Money
@PaulQuintanaJr
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, I don't understand why this album doesn't get the "indie cred" that Ram has recently received. I actually see this album as more indie than Ram. The fact that it's less cohesive and more ramshackle is the epitome of indie. Either way McCartney's output from 1970 to 1977 is marvelous. Every Beatles fans needs to embrace this stuff. It's so good.
@mariuspoppFM
7 ай бұрын
From McCartney to McCartney II
@ArmandoMPR
7 ай бұрын
Mediocrity: The Album Yeah, I’m not a fan. There are at least about 2,000 albums better and more interesting.
@NowhereMan2710
7 ай бұрын
Fair enough, though I think you might have missed the point a bit
@Raki-from-Iraq-Eee
7 ай бұрын
@@NowhereMan2710 That's a fantastically arrogant thing to say. What IS the point, then?
@jbennymusic4181
7 ай бұрын
TEMPORARY SECRATARY MENTIONED 🤯 (you should do McCartney II if there’s enough history on it)
@bradparnell614
6 ай бұрын
"Every Night" is a song that grows ever sweeter with time, especially with the later live recordings. Wings played it in 1979 (Concerts for the People of Kampuchea) which was pretty good, but IMO, the best version of this was when Paul was on Unplugged in 1991. The harmonies sung live on that version kick it up a notch.
@BillAdams-fb3jm
7 ай бұрын
Good story -- this is still the only McCartney solo record I like. The way the story goes sort of reminds me of Dinosaur Jr.'s output and the drama which came with Lou Barlow releasing Sebadoh and Sentridoh recordings. Maybe it's a bassist thing....
@davidellis5141
7 ай бұрын
This album inspired John Lennon to take a jab at Paul on How Do You Sleep .. " The only thing you done was yesterday " Mild , by today's standards.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
mild in comparison to isn't it a pity too. the inclusion of the hey jude "na na na"s is SAVAGE
@markzutkoff1800
7 ай бұрын
I think the "Another Day" single and the "Ram" album were more the inspirations for John; McCartney I just got lumped in there. After all, John included that photo of himself wrestling a pig with the "Imagine" record, a takeoff of Paul wrestling a sheep in "Ram". (I use the term "wrestling" loosely, of course. This ain't no WWE!)
@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us
7 ай бұрын
In how do you sleep, John sings " the only thing you done was yesterday, & since you've gone you're just another day". Obviously Ram was the object of John's scorn....
@ght_1
7 ай бұрын
I’ve been listening to this album for year but I didn’t now how kreen-akrore was pronounced until now
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
haha don't quote me on this pronunciation, it's my best google-assisted stab at it
@chrismcgovern1647
7 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe It sounds like you said it correctly, I think everybody else says it the same
@TheAstal12345
7 ай бұрын
So, McCartney II when?
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
whenever it is that i can be normal about temporary secretary
@josemaria8177
7 ай бұрын
10 years time most likely
@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us
7 ай бұрын
McCartney 2 was 1980, that's when the McCartney album from 1970 started to be called McCartney 1....
@UnderTheCovers1
6 ай бұрын
McCartney 1 - Why Don't we do it in the Road: The album. Paul trying to be (all of) The Beatles. * One exception Maybe, I'm amazed, which is exceptional.
@chanceotter8121
15 күн бұрын
I recently discovered your channel and have been going through your back catalog, and this review was delightful. I have loved this album for fifty years. From the cover telling us life isn’t a bowl of cherries to the back cover showing us domestic bliss might be the answer, to the whimsical and passionate songs and instrumentals, Paul is declaring independence from being an idol to millions and a business partner with childhood friends, to discovering(to quote his favorite album) that what matters to him is what he can be to just one girl. One of the great love letters ever recorded.
@johntabacco
6 ай бұрын
Fine review Ms. Devoe. Entertaining as usual. I remember asking my dad (who I never got along with) to buy this record for me when we were walking through a department store. I was 9 at the time. I never asked my dad for anything but surprisingly he bought it for me (must have been the delicious cherries on the cover). I loved the album instantly. Still do. Charming, funky and warm.
@shmatapro
Ай бұрын
This and Ram are my favorites from Paul. I love what everyone criticizes it for. I can listen to both those records over and over and over....
@jpranguinranguin
7 ай бұрын
Only one amazing ROCK song in this Lp, Maybe I'm Amazed! BAND ON THE RUN is far superior Lp and Wild Life is his best rock song! My personal opinion of course!
@jeffthevideoguy23
6 ай бұрын
McCartney 1 is a coffehouse album.
@moviemaestro800
6 ай бұрын
Every Night definitely makes me feel like I am at an intimate open mic show, at a local coffee shop on a rainy day. I can imagine it pretty well with a lot of the rest of the album. Well said.
@kcuhc84
Ай бұрын
The Album cover represents the zebra crossing after the Beatles walked across. What is left behind is a new life and life is just a bowl of cherries.
@1rwjwith
7 ай бұрын
This album has one GREAT song on it, MAYBE I’M AMAZED…and 3 other very good ones..EVERY NIGHT , JUNK and TEDDY BOY. Which surpasses what is on a lot of his later albums..of course I do love some of his later albums, Band On The Run, Flowers In The Dirt which are better but a lot of this album is ideas and fragments or jamming with himself, lightweight demo level productions.I actually like the album it’s not brilliant but the one masterpiece and 3 other good ones make it very worthwhile.Thanks.
@ricardomarcavellimovies8205
7 ай бұрын
It's not fair to me Abigail. Why torment me with choosing a favorite song from Sir Paul. It is easier to say I love a lot of them. I agree with your view on this album and the best songs on it. I will say Paul is no drummer. I was 8 in 70 when my older 16 yrs old brother brought this album home.
@dennismason3740
7 ай бұрын
It's all your fault I listen to Wheels tip to top. Eric effin' Clapton, Ginger effin' Baker, Jack effin' Bruce. I don't believe in coincidence that they all have the same middle name.
@triplejazzmusicisall1883
6 ай бұрын
Junk is melodic generous at its best. I don't really focus on the lyrics as much, but they are endearing. But the instrumental is gorgeous (probably why he added it to his Unplugged album). Listen to Paul's piece 'Celebration' and ‘Love in the Open Air' and you have three amazingly beautiful pieces that are quite frankly amazing. At the risk of having my throat slashed I think Maybe I'm Amazed is a much better song than John's mega popular Imagine. Melodically, vocally, and without the deliberately confusing, preachy lyrics I have never understood how Paul as usual is ranked second to Lennon. Seriously where are those anguished power vocals, the piano power on Imagine and the internal pain which usually is better done by John. Most will argue why care. I think for me it is the fact that Jann Wenner began a false narrative that was to con tinue through McCartney's career. When ranking albums, singers, songs and garbage bin liners RS you always knew would put John much higher (as in greater) than Paul. It still happens today. This matters only in regards to honesty and impartiality. These two guys together were the ultimate pop/rock writers of a generation but RS and others would have you believe that McCartney simply played a tune here and there. This then lead Paul into the akward positioj of defending himself which did him nor John any favours. Perhaps one day we may all come to think of ranking lists as a waste of time. That moght be a good thing as we don't do it with painitngs of the great masters. This was a great review of the album. This album is nearly a conundrum and certainly a unique recording.
@Withcare11
7 ай бұрын
Another great video. I had never thought this before but your video made me consider the cover like a bizarre Beatles freak. Lennon and Ono fell in love and made unfinished music #1. Two Virgins. Paul McCartney falls in love and makes an album that becomes known as a half baked collection of songs, or unfinished music, that eventually becomes known as #1. A cherry in America is slang for virginity. I know, I know. Too much, but, both artists and their wives were both attempting to move away from the formula that made them famous, (ie two people instead of four) and throwing random stuff together to try and make sense of the world around them, whether it is a collage of sound, or scraps from a scrapbook. And the wives are as equal as their more famous counterparts, just as valued. Both albums are love letters, and while the cover art on McCartney would be less controversial than Johns naked effort, it is a picture of the two of them. The photographer and the guy who is preparing to leave the Beatles, as opposed to the guy and his artist wife who are unknowingly preparing to leave The Beatles. Anyway. As an aside, I was looking through your content for a review of Van Morrisons Astral Weeks. I couldn't find one. If you have not heard it you should, and if you have, I look forward to your appraisal. Thank you for your hard work. You are very good at being you.
@Kieop
6 ай бұрын
I think that delaying the release of McCartney was the right decision gone about the wrong way. It was presented to Paul as a fait accompli which was disrespectful to him as an Apple artist and as a label executive and board member. Apple was supposed to be an artist centric label that wouldn't dictate to its artists, and here Paul was, a co-founder of the company, and supposed equal partner in the label, whose release date was being changed without his consent. If he'd been approached and consulted, he may have signed off on the decision. Or he may not have. Anyway, what happened instead was deeply unfortunate. His temper tantrum with Ringo had the desired effect of getting the other Beatles to back down, but at what cost? The press release interview was perhaps one of the greatest PR miscalculations ever. It made everyone view the film through the lens of the breakup of the band, which also served to hurt him and cast him as the villain. It may have moved a few more copies of McCartney out of curiosity, but the damage to his reputation continues to be devastating and he's been in damage control ever since.
@1069KLICFM
7 ай бұрын
...and Stig sued himself, accidentally.
@risboturbide9396
7 ай бұрын
I hope you'll also do a "Mccartney 2" video; awesome album!
@chrismcgovern1647
7 ай бұрын
Dying to know what Abby's impression of 'Bogey Music' is
@josemaria8177
7 ай бұрын
My man McCartney left The Beatles and invented a whole new genre. The fab four just can't do wrong.
@reedcoles1215
7 ай бұрын
I really like jet or mull of kentiry. Also, I hope some day you get to do john denver maybe ??
@stefanredelsteinerexperien5957
7 ай бұрын
This has to be the best (and funniest) review ever of any Beatle or Beatle-solo-Album
@creeder44
7 ай бұрын
Another wonderful episode, Abby, and I like that they've expanded from 20 to 30 minutes. Does this mean "Vinyl Monday in 60 Seconds" will stretch out to 90 seconds? Couldn't agree more with your comments on that wanker Jann Wenner. His pathetic need to suck up to the hip crowd is likely the reason why Eminem and Jay-Z are in the "Rock Hall of Fame," but not the Monkees, the Guess Who or Jethro Tull. I still remember how appalled I was years ago when one of RS's writers gave a deserved bad review to a Rolling Stones concert, and in the next issue, Wenner stabbed his own critic in the back by writing a gushing rebuttal about how great the Stones are. I pictured him panicking at the thought of Mick striking him off his party guest list. Also thanks for the love for "Junk," one of my favorite McCartney songs. "Maybe I'm Amazed" is fine, but it's like "Dream On": I've just heard it too many times and tune out whenever it comes on. "Junk" was the song I practiced on when I first tried to progress from playing guitar chords to finger picking, so it will always be special to me. But I first learned it from John Denver's cover and only later discovered it was a McCartney song.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
due to the time limit of the shorts feature here on youtube (the music clips specifically,) the short vinyl mondays can never be longer than 60 seconds! i'm not too torn up about that, they used to have to be only 30 seconds long!! re: the RNRHoF: as a prog fan, it took the committee altogether too long to get hip to yes, and IS taking them too long to recognize king crimson. as an MC5 fan...i've lost all hope. SEVEN nominations!! i knew about faces' maybe i'm amazed but not john denver's junk! shame on me.
@tymime
3 ай бұрын
I'd say Michael Lindsay-Hogg was the one who truly had no idea what the Get Back project was. The guy pracically wanted the Beatles to play at the gates of heaven.
@dennisstevens5100
7 ай бұрын
You’re so pretty how would I not want to watch your channel? Grew up with the Beatles as well! So what’s not to like? Love your channel!
@gary6514
7 ай бұрын
The album does have a homemade feel. Maybe I'm Amazed is for me his greatest song...Beatles included. He had such a huge emotional connection with this album so this album is important. Of course better albums would follow but this has a certain charm. Nice review and astute observations. Well done.
@markbowen6623
7 ай бұрын
So many to choose from including Martha My Dear, I Will, Ram On, Junk and Dear Boy but I think I would have to go with Jenny Wren.
@07087joenj
7 ай бұрын
oh this is funny, My fave song from this album is...yep...Teddy Boy.....lol
@mariuspoppFM
7 ай бұрын
So the worst one. Go back the chessboard
@7bestthings
7 ай бұрын
Thank you Abby, that was one of the best deep dives I've seen about McCartney I. I appreciate how you brought out McCartney's depression and vulnerability on this album, a rare glimpse into Paul's raw emotions. You also were able to get across how Linda really was holding everything together when the rest of Paul's world was falling apart, she was an amazing woman. "Junk" is a song that demonstrates McCartney's ability to write a tune that is instantly nostalgic. I love both version on this album. As for "Maybe I'm Amazed," there's not much to say other than it's a masterpiece. Thanks for your hard work.
@matthewpicariello8866
6 ай бұрын
You know if you play Maybe I’m Amazed backwards you get a rip-roaring recipe for lentil soup!
@moviemaestro800
6 ай бұрын
Glad someone said it here. I still need to try that recipe out. 😉
@TheAgeOfAnalog
6 ай бұрын
Feisty unapologetic Abby and I’m here for it!
@BlueSky...
7 ай бұрын
My parents played this when I was very young and I have a lot of fond memories of it. Kind of a homey and unassuming collection of demos with a few more polished songs. There are some very strong melodies tucked away in this album. If this is the eye of the storm, it's a very calm and pleasant one. Jann Wenner can bite my ass.
@scotternst7803
7 ай бұрын
I believe Paul liked the cover photograph for the symbolism: His life in the Beatles was a bowl of cherries, and now they've all been spilled.
@PsychadelicBananafish
7 ай бұрын
Then why didn't they use cherries in the photo?
@spider_reviews2009
7 ай бұрын
Oh i love this album! I usually put on a record to fall asleep to and this is my default album or at least the first side of it when i don't have a specific album i want to sleep to that night. This is an album i wanted to see you cover ever since i discovered your channel and you finally delivered so thank you for discussing this album in great detail and depth with some humor and charm like you always do!
@hipstereagle6050
7 ай бұрын
What’s funny is that this was made before Billy Martin became manager of the New York Yankees. He was hired and fired by George Steinbrenner FIVE times
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
sports facts i never would've known otherwise. five times???
@markzutkoff1800
7 ай бұрын
And years later, a real person - a drummer by the name of Billy Martin - would be a founding member of the jazz group Medeski, Martin & Wood.
@hipstereagle6050
7 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe the Yankees under Steinbrenner in the ‘70s and ‘80s were called the Bronx Zoo for good reason. Steinbrenner even once hired a gambler in the mob to find dirt on star player Dave Winfield
@allenf.5907
7 ай бұрын
Morphed into Billy Budapest? But you already covered Ram, haven't you?
@themoviedealers
7 ай бұрын
Another clue in the Paul Is Dead hoax ..."life is just a bowl of cherries" ...and the bowl is empty!
@notsomagnificentpaul
7 ай бұрын
Worth a mention .. Linda compilation- Wide Prairie .x
@scootinand
7 ай бұрын
Maybe I'm Amazed is one of those songs that makes me cry when I'm sad. Makes me cry when I'm happy. Soothes me when I'm angry, awakens me when I'm numb. This album does feel like a mess and maybe feels like there's not enough in certain spots and maybe too much in other spots, but it's a reflection of a brilliant mind during a bad time, and it feels like Paul working through his darkness and then putting it out for the whole world to see, even if he's showing his whole ass in the process. A messy album for a messy time for a man who was feeling and acting pretty messy. ...but amongst that mess was Linda. And their family. And capital L Love. Paul McCartney writes about Love in an almost religious way. He's the inverse of Harrison. For Harrison, "God is Love." For Paul, "Love is God." And I love Paul's hokey moments, his stupid Dad Joke songs, just the sound of someone having fun in the most sincere way. And Paul's sincerity is what makes him great to me. And that's why Maybe I'm Amazed is not just my favorite Paul solo song, but I think it's the best of any of the Beatles' solo songs. Even if one could make the argument for George or John having a better album than Paul, I think that "Amazed" is just a singularly perfect song. It's tender and beautiful and shrieking and has a jagged guitar solo and that's life. And that's Love. And that's Paul.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
i love this tribute to a beautiful song, thank you for blessing this comments section with it! i agree with both paul (love is god) and george (god is all around) could i quote you on the paul is the inverse george bit?
@scootinand
10 күн бұрын
@@abigaildevoecame back to rewatch this video, missed your reply 6 months ago?! Please do quote me on that! I'm quite happy with how that turned out. Honestly your videos make me really want to write some extended essays of my own
@rsears78
7 ай бұрын
Mick and Keith warned the Beatles of Alvin Klein
@alisha_1972
7 ай бұрын
Hearing all this drama over Klein makes me wonder that if the Beatles and the Stones were friends, couldn’t they have just gone to Mick or someone like that and asked them what they thought of Klein? Is that a dumb idea? I don’t know, but all the managerial drama seemed so preventable. But hey, what do I know. Great video as always!
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
i guess mick and keith said something about klein to the guys, but only paul listened. the rest were dazzled by his extensive resume (understandably so, considering the stones firing him and tax evasion stuff wouldn’t happen for another year or 2)
@scotttaylor7767
7 ай бұрын
Back in 1969 it would have been very hard to find out any dirt about Klein. He was an expert at keeping his affairs private. And according to Peter Brown (although we only have his account to go on). Back in 1965 after Klein negotiated a big advance from Decca for the Rolling Stones. Paul apparently said to Brian Epstein in an elevator “Yeah Klein got a quarter of million for the Stones what about us !” So it seems even McCartney was bamboozled by him then.
@josephmartino9958
7 ай бұрын
It was Paul's way of answering the question, "Will the Beatles ever get together again?"
@findmusic8797
7 ай бұрын
That Would Be Something really would be something to meet you in the falling rain mama meet you in the falling rain...
@walterwhitejr.445
5 ай бұрын
"That Would Be Something" is one of my favorite Paul songs - worked best stripped down and bluesier on "Unplugged".
@johnkluge3421
4 ай бұрын
Junk sounded best on the Unplugged record as well
@walterwhitejr.445
4 ай бұрын
@@johnkluge3421 Heh - first CD I owned. Didn't even have a CD player. Copied it to tape on a friend's system just so I could enjoy it in the meantime. Phenomenally awesome.
@bobbybroadway9513
7 ай бұрын
We of the ancient world referred to this work as "The Cherries Album". After McCartney II, we called the first one, "The Cherries Album". After McCartney III...well, you get the picture. To us, "The Cherries Album" will never be McCartney I. Love your take on "Junk", by the way.
@PsychadelicBananafish
7 ай бұрын
They aren't cherries. Look for yourself. They are red currants.
@YouAre-lr6fs
7 ай бұрын
@@PsychadelicBananafish The level of ignorance for the so called fans here is staggering isn't it?
@ChromeDestiny
7 ай бұрын
Part of me wishes The Beatles together had done a loose, relaxed casual album like this. About the closest we have as the Esher Demos.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
get back was supposed to be a looser no-overdubbing thing, instead let it be happened. so you’re right, the closest thing we have is the escher tapes
@James-hd4ms
7 ай бұрын
Interesting takes. You seem to be wise behind your ears.
@konowd
7 ай бұрын
McCartney believed Jann Wenner elevated Lennon into a Christ figure, which I’m sure Lennon himself would have scoffed at.
@XFLexiconMatt
2 ай бұрын
I have so many reasons why I will never forgive Rolling Stone for their elitism, but their handling and spin of the break up, and the solo albums reviews are big reasons I don't trust RS.
@konowd
2 ай бұрын
Funny how so many people who wrote for Stone went to Ivy League schools like Brown and Wenner’s a college drop out
@Cosmican68
7 ай бұрын
Momma Miss America and Valentines Day are two of my favorite Paul tracks along with Maybe I'm Amazed and Jet.
@terencestephenmoss2159
7 ай бұрын
The white strip on the cover of the album which the bowl and cherries are sitting on is actually the top surface of a white wall. There is a full frame photo of the wall in the sun with the surrounding area. On the album the two sides of the wall were blacked out. Brilliant album and a favourite solo beatle album for me. Fantastic review 👏 thank you 😊
@EmmanuelPehau
7 ай бұрын
McCartney I is what "Self-Portrait " and "Blood on the Tracks " only pretend to be.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
oh this is BOLD and i am CURIOUS, please elaborate
@EmmanuelPehau
7 ай бұрын
@@abigaildevoe Bear with me, because I'm French and I'm not sure the right words will come to me. "Self-Portrait" and "Blood on the Tracks" are works often presented (and sometimes have been presented by Dylan himself) as instances of "the poet laying bare his heart" or "the artist opening up his scrapbook" full of drawings of varying degrees and completion and varying degrees of pretention to artistic dignity, quotations, notes to oneself, attempts at poetry, emotional rainfall monitoring, literal rainfall monitoring, bills, tickets...anything that could suggest catching a glimpse of a very image-conscious artist "au naturel" (as we say in French). Paul McCartney I is all that (while of course Dylan could only dance between the gesture and the mockery of it). And it takes a very bold artist to forego preconceptions of artistic merit and think that giving us extract of his scrapbooks selected only for their intimate meaning as encapsulations of moments of his battle with a illness that everybody can go through but he did not think could happen to him... that it could be worthy, that the true work of art was maintaining intervals for thought in those circonstances and for remembrances of "things we sued today".
@neilbruce4201
7 ай бұрын
Love the album. A warm pleasure, as the New Musical Express said on its initial release.
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
it's refreshing to see at least one major music publication of the day giving paulie a shot
@marcusthompson5390
7 ай бұрын
We already know that you are going to eventually get to an All Things Must Pass album review, but would you ever be interested in reviewing Plastic Ono Band? For me personally, Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass are the two best solo Beatles albums, with Ram being third. So, yeah, I think John’s POB is deserving of an album deep dive
@sugadelicsavagesoul8623
7 ай бұрын
Seeing as All Things Must Pass is next week, and she seems to be on a solo Beatles kick; it's not unreasonable to think Plastic Ono Band would be next after that in 2 weeks.
@NoahSmyth
5 ай бұрын
Now we need McCartney 2 & 3!
@abigaildevoe
5 ай бұрын
when i can keep a straight face through temporary secretary i’ll take a swing at MCII
@konowd
7 ай бұрын
In the Rutles movie, John Belushi played Ron Decline, obviously based on Allen Klein
@sethrogaine
6 ай бұрын
it's stupid to scapegoat yoko ono as the reasons for the beatles breaking up, scapegoating is a lazy way of explaining something multifaceted (sarcasm) Klein obviously broke up the beatles!!!!
@konowd
6 ай бұрын
There were a number of factors that lead to The Beatles breaking up, Klein certainly played a big hand in it, Yoko was one of the straws that broke the camel’s back, but not the only one
@sethrogaine
6 ай бұрын
the Klein bad guy narrative is being pushed by Paul of late seeing as he's head of the Beatles estate and most money to throw around. Get Back (movie) was framed that way. Somewhat deceptively. And the fans have been sold, or have bought into it.
@konowd
6 ай бұрын
There’s a very good biography of Klein written by Fred Goodman that’s well worth reading
@refinedrapture_
7 ай бұрын
You make the drama more dramatic 😌
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
it really isn't hard, the drama does plenty of legwork
@eggman7527
7 ай бұрын
She wore a maraschino cherry beret, the kind you find at etc. 🎶
@johncollier9280
7 ай бұрын
I'm not sure this is my favorite McCartney song but I was blown away by it upon discovery. I purchased Flaming Pie, gave it a quick listen, then it disappeared into my collection. Many years later I heard the song Somedays 'n was awestruck. I've listened to it o'er 'n o'er ever since. Without a doubt one o' his best ever compositions in my opinion...
@goriotv2023
4 ай бұрын
MCCARTNEY is my favorite Paul's solo album. I never get tired of it
@GaryChambers-p5m
10 күн бұрын
Bought the album Blind back in 1970. Hey.... you can't go wrong with "Paul McCartney" I loved him as a Beatle (Still today).I've been in bands throughout the 70s/80's/ 90s and 2002. After that, all I do is write music and record me on Drums, Guitars,keyboards,Piano, Bass and vocals. Thanks to Paul, I really don't need anyone else 🤪, Although once in awhile by Buddy and songwriting partner drops by. ❤❤
@itsmewildbill2296
7 ай бұрын
Evcellent job as always! Many do refer to it as The Cherry Album, or as most I knew did, The Cherries Album.
@64north20west
6 ай бұрын
I love the detailed historical references, the advanced level of music theory, and the passion that goes into the humor, the visually appealing presentation, and the sincerity of your documentaries on these LPs. I wish my vote for you to get a Pulitzer prize would carry weight. Thanks again.
@Nuclearmagenta
7 ай бұрын
I believe you’re incorrect about the United Artists three film contract. United Artists felt that Yellow Submarine did not fulfill the terms of the contract and that the group still owed them one more film. In Peter Jackson’s Get Back you can see the group discussing how turning the TV documentary into a feature film (which would be called Let It Be) would fulfill their United Artists contract. We can hear George expressing concern about whether a film shot in 16mm could be released theatrically. In any case, there is plenty of documentation to support this.
@SamAronow
7 ай бұрын
I discovered "Momma Miss America" on an _AVClub_ listicle of classic instrumentals from 2008 (back when _The AVClub_ meant something) and I've loved it ever since.
@Kieop
6 ай бұрын
It's been used very effectively on some movie soundtracks.
@Amadeusthegreat100
7 ай бұрын
Hee haw! The cherry album. Good review. Junk is a beautiful song. I can't believe youre doing the 'double album plus bonus tracks' next.
@sanddab
7 ай бұрын
I couldn’t agree with you more about the song “Junk”. It’s my favorite song on the album.
@DirectorsGarage
6 ай бұрын
I always thought the live version of Maybe I'm Amazed from Wings Over America was the better version of this song. I thought the album version was (for obvious reasons) underproduced. John may have been the internal leader, but management and direction was all Brian Epstein. Had Brian lived, the band would have survived at least into the 70s, I believe. EDIT: I still want you to try a teleprompter! It would change your world.
@BadDreamFucker
7 ай бұрын
I always thought Hot as sun glasses was one song. Lol Didn't realize it's Hot as sun/glasses. 😂
@abigaildevoe
7 ай бұрын
lol i bet paul wishes he thought of that pun!
@chrismcgovern1647
7 ай бұрын
Paul even managed to sneak one extra song in there at the end with "Suicide"
@johndillon6705
7 ай бұрын
What a beautiful review. I actually got emotional.
@alanclayton9277
6 ай бұрын
important, for me, to put this down here. after the ATMP video today and with that distance i realize that this episode affected my understanding of mccartney 1. i love the piecemeal structure interspersed with very good songs. my interpretation used to be that this commonly called 'homespun' approach was his choice. he just liked it. this ignores the astonishing pressures of circumstance and emotions he was under at that time. there was an intense creative struggle going on not a carefree one. again it's a case of vinyl monday not just putting some context down alongside the album but of seeing both as inextricably linked. this approach, the correct approach, enriches mccartney 1. creating music happens within a lived experience.
@jazzzman8050
7 ай бұрын
My dad bought this album for me when I was 15…he’d encouraged my initial love for The Beatles, but was appalled when rumors of their drug use hit the press. He so loved the back photo of Paul and baby Mary, that he wanted me to see this perspective of my hero. My mom interpreted the front cover photo as “life is like a bowl of cherries, on the straight and narrow path” 🤷♂️ Another great episode Abby. I’ve always felt this album was more important than people gave it credit for. Your research has, once again, provided more info and context for an album I’ve had since it was new. Re: Junk…I never fully appreciated it until I heard Chet Atkins solo acoustic guitar rendition…the seemingly effortless beauty that Paul has so often summoned. Which is why a favorite Paul song is kinda impossible, but I’ll mention “Can’t Buy Me Love”, a peak moment in the Beatles live R’n’R band mode. 😺👍
@johnnyalegreworkplace8065
3 ай бұрын
"Every Night" is so Dylanesque. And "Junk" is so Brian Wilson.
@spacemissing
7 ай бұрын
Couldn't care less about the record. Still fascinated by this review.
@leighfoulkes7297
6 ай бұрын
I seriously couldn't choice a favorite McCartney song because there is way too many and I love 'em all.
@BlueSky...
7 ай бұрын
"And then there were two. . . " What an incredibly sad and scary moment that must have been for Paul. "Is this mighty ship actually going to . . . _sink_ ?!" Linda really was his only answer through that very, very difficult time.
@MplsTodd
7 ай бұрын
Impossible to pick my favorite, but Things We Said Today, For No One, Golden Slumbers, I’ve Got a Feeling, Maybe I’m Amazed, Dear Boy, Uncle Albert, 1985, Wanderlust, How Kind of You would be up there
@johncall7532
Ай бұрын
I love your channel. The death of band manager Brian Epstein in '67 bears mention regarding late Beatles lack of cohesion.
@adamfindlay7091
5 ай бұрын
Sir Paul's overall talent is beyond...measure? Ill butt in that the Group were drifting since 68. Anyway... I will go with Linda's advice: this was therapy for her beau. Gemini is the communicator.
@wyldebill4178
5 ай бұрын
McCartney 1 is a single for Maybe I’m Amazed attached to a bunch of ridiculous bull crap.
@josephblue4135
6 ай бұрын
I've never heard this album before. I went to hear it here on KZitem. I sort of like it. "MAYBE I'M AMAZED" from Wings Over America live is more exciting. I liked "Teddy Boy". I am impressed that he played all the instruments & produced it. I like RAM better.
@AB-rh5yq
6 ай бұрын
Monkberry came from Paul’s kids mispronouncing the word milk as monk. That’s what Paul says at least
@spaceengineer1452
Ай бұрын
What incident at George and Patties wedding ?! Why mention something, you haven't reported on ??
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