Did you ever hear the remix?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWp80UZx64U
― Mark G, Thursday, 12 May 2016 13:35 (seven years ago) link
Ha, wow, that's actually not too bad -- and yes, the coda is pretty great.
Weird we're having this conversation at all -- I love this song pretty much unconditionally.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
'The Back Seat of My Car' is probably the best song on the record!
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
CANTAWTAAAAAAAA
― niels, Thursday, 26 July 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Cantawtaw!. what a great album.
― Gâteau Superstar (dog latin), Thursday, 26 July 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
Steen was I, from the driveOf the enemy's HOOS
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 26 July 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
Heart of the Country is better than some Beatles songs
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 July 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
the moment in Three Legs where he sings "and he can run" and the beat starts is my favorite moment on the album.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 26 July 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
The terrible sound of TO MAH TO
― ant banks and wasp (voodoo chili), Friday, 27 July 2018 00:56 (five years ago) link
“Heart of the Country” is the life I keep trying to aspire to.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 27 July 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
Also, Thrillington...
― timellison, Friday, 27 July 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
wah wah wheeeeeeeeee
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Friday, 27 July 2018 03:19 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhEU7Z7HPH0
― Maresn3st, Friday, 2 April 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
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 (two 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 (two 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