clicked through that, rather slavish recreations but quite nice in places.
theres yet another reissue of this imminent, a half speed mastered version. I love this album as much as anyone but I don't know why this album needs to be reissued every other year
― akm, Saturday, 3 April 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
I figured it was so that people could keep making money off of something in perpetuity
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 April 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
I just sprung stupid (comparatively) money for a copy of the 2012 mono Ram. I have Hoffman-level Beatles obsession rn and I feel both icky and (I feel) fine about it.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 10 December 2021 05:14 (two years ago) link
caught up in my first ever real beatles phase, i listened to this for the first time in ages this week (had only listened once before & didn't get it at all) & i'm really astounded
paul really really loved the beach boys huh
― ufo, Friday, 10 December 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
One of the best 420 albums ever if you are in a mindset where you can tolerate all the Paulness.
― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Friday, 10 December 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
A Paul-esque mix of the good and unbearable.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 December 2021 13:03 (two years ago) link
paul can have extremely bizarre and bad instincts at times but i don't think he really indulges those at all here, the paul quirks on display here are the most compelling ones
― ufo, Friday, 10 December 2021 13:04 (two years ago) link
you’re talking to people who hate “uncle albert”
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 December 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaands across the water
― ufo, Friday, 10 December 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
The budder wouldn’t melt, so I puddit it the pie.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 10 December 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
I like all but one song here, but there's something off about the production on the whole thing, like everything in the mix is at the wrong level or in the wrong place. The mix sounds amateur even for 1971, even compared to Emmitt Rhodes. I had always assumed Ram was mostly home recordings, and I was startled to learn it was cut in New York with a bunch of professionals.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 10 December 2021 16:03 (two years ago) link
“dear boy” is such a great song, sounds like paul imagining what smile was supposed to be like, and not landing too far off
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 December 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
i also love the pop-up book mixing, which is pretty white album, not unprecedented
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 December 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
I’m glad you’re having some Ram fever, ufo! I think I’ve listened to Ram more than most Beatles albums. I couldn’t post my Spotify Wrapped because my top five were all like Beatles, Neil Young, etc, so you know it’s extreme
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 December 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
"Eat at Home" has terrific guitar.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
Pretty much OTM. Re: the latter, "Smile Away" is like that at the same time. Fun and catchy but also pretty awful in its inanity. "Monkberry whatever" irritates the hell out of me - like a bad Cookie Monster impression.
The only cuts I like without qualification are "Too Many People" and "Back Seat of My Car," both great. "Heart of the County" has grown on me - charming and modest little number.
Not on the album, but I actually love the B-side "Oh Woman, Oh Why," a great, bizarre oddity.
― birdistheword, Friday, 10 December 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
His b-sides during this period run good to great
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
ufo don't forget to listen to "another day", as well, which was a non-album single recorded in the ram sessions and released as his first post-beatles single. it's track 1 on the second disc of one of the remastered versions. it fits right into the Ram ethos and sounds great
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
"Monkberry whatever" irritates the hell out of me - like a bad Cookie Monster impression.
joyless opinion
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
also wtf you don't like "dear boy" without qualification? macca haters get out
COOKIE
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
^Never gets old.
― Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
i intend to keep doing it, in an effort to prove that it cannot get old!
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:47 (two years ago) link
I cannot fathom disliking the production on Ram.
― ma dmac's fury road (PBKR), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
the divisive recording where some listeners -- but not all -- distinctly hear "COOKIE!" repeated on every other beat throughout the entire album
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 December 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
Only John said "Cookie" ("Hold On") - when he does it, it was great. Paul just drives it into the ground.
"Dear Boy" is all right. Honestly, Macca hater? That's like the GOP with their cult-like "RINO" paranoia, this isn't some doctrinal purity test.
― birdistheword, Friday, 10 December 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
If confirmed for the McCartney Supreme Court, will you agree to uphold the sanctity of “ram on”?
― my hands are always in my pockets or gesturing. (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:49 (two years ago) link
welcome, ufo, you're in for many treats, however deep you dive.this album just rules. imho one of paul's most consistent set of songs, and the combination of the kind of country-rock bedrock with all the different slightly offbeat choices in arrangement and production REALLY works for me. would never have compared it to The White Album before, but that totally clicks.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
My little sister and I quote bits of this album at each other like it's fucking Withnail & I
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 December 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
"Weee-a-leedle be a gypsy gadaround" is a weird thing for people to overhear in the supermarket
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 10 December 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
TOO MANY REACHIN FOR A PIECE OF CAKE
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 December 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
"monkberry moon delight" is my favorite solo paul song. clearly i am the only one who grasps the true essence of paul.
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Friday, 10 December 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
“Monkberry” was my entry point for RAM. I won’t stan for it now, but it’s an essential piece of an essential album soAlso wtf, the mix and production are perfect! It’s not supposed to be an Eagles record - it’s deliberately RAMshackle.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
Some folks go so far as to say that Paul invented indie-pop with RAM. I dunno about that. If he did, he did it by accident (he once said something to the effect that the critics ruined RAM for him and that fans made him love it again, which suggests that he wasn’t as sure in his vision for it as it might seem). I just wish he had other records I could enjoy as much as I do this one. I like my Paul rough & scrappy.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
I bet Linda did too.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
Best song on RAM
― Davey D, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
When was the Cookie Monster first seen on American tv?
― piscesx, Friday, 10 December 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Wiki says he was in the very first episode of Sesame Street, November 10, 1969, trying to eat a letter "W." Apparently he got his name sometime in the 1969-1970 season, and "C is for Cookie" in 1971-1972. Similar "eating" Muppet characters, with non-cookie themes, appeared in Jim Henson TV spots developed in 1966, with the first one making air in 1967.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Friday, 10 December 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
AM OFTEN MAKING AIR AFTER EATING COOKIE
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:00 (two years ago) link
sounds like paul imagining what smile was supposed to be like, and not landing too far off
yeah this was exactly my thought about most of the album. also not too far off the vibe of the weird post-smile late 60s beach boys albums & but certainly more fully realised than those
― ufo, Friday, 10 December 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
and thanks karl for the "another day" mention, would have certainly forgotten to check it out otherwise
― ufo, Friday, 10 December 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
my piano was boldly outspoken in attempts to repeat its refrain
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
didn't mean to be so aggro about this but if you're like "i, a person who likes the beatles and has thoughts about paul mccartney, only like two of the songs on his excellent album ram without qualification," afaic you are trying not to like it. free yourself
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:35 (two years ago) link
i listen to RAM more than any other Beatles/solo release. it's very hard for me to not feel charmed and inspired by a happy family man living out on a farm making loopy macca music.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:55 (two years ago) link
Some folks go so far as to say that Paul invented indie-pop with RAM. I dunno about that.
How about Paul invented Elephant 6?
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 11 December 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
Bees are buzzing about my sweet delectable babyBirds are humming about their big surpriseWho’s your favorite person, dear phenomenal lady?I belong to the girl with the flashing eyes
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 11 December 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
I wanna horseI wanna sheep
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 11 December 2021 07:03 (two years ago) link
Another Day and Oh Woman, Oh Why are so rad
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 11 December 2021 07:04 (two years ago) link
didn't mean to be so aggro about this but if you're like "i, a person who likes the beatles and has thoughts about paul mccartney, only like two of the songs on his excellent album ram without qualification," afaic you are trying not to like it. free yourself― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, December 11, 2021 12:35 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, December 11, 2021 12:35 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Quoting without further comments
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 11 December 2021 07:07 (two years ago) link
First time I heard this album I couldn't sleep the night because bits from it kept circling round my head
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Saturday, 11 December 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link