No matter how many times I hear it, no matter where....this song takes me back to when it was new, and I was a kid in the back seat of the station wagon (mom and dad up front), hearing it for the first time on a rainy night. Still have my dad's 45 of this. Thank you for another great video. 😊♥️
Both my parents served in the United States Marine Corps during WW II. They were married after the war while they were both stationed in Washington D.C. On the day they were to be married there was a parade in D.C. honoring Admiral William "Bull" Halsey. Due to streets being closed because of the parade route, they nearly didn't make it to the church they were to be married in at the time the ceremony was scheduled. Afterward they always referred to the date of their wedding anniversary as "Bull Halsey Day".
Uncle Albert is one of my childhoold images... this flugel horn and the higest voices that I've heard shoutting "Hands across the water, heads across the sky" is the soundtrack of my life... 1970 in the kinder garden, I was 6 years old. This tune were sounding on the radio everywhere. And realized that Paul was the conductor makes me love him more. Thank you for this chapter. Amazing channel.
Thanks again, GT! I have always placed the "Uncle Albert" half of this track near the top of my most favorite McCartney solo efforts. All the layers, textures moods, empty spaces, the background "Ah ah ah ah ah, yehhhhhh" vocals around the stuffy British spoken "We're sooo sorry, Uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody theeng all DAY!" David Nivenish part. Good rainy weather music.
It wasn't even close to a number 1 but, on the song Harbor Lights by Boz Scaggs off the Silk Degrees album...Chuck Findlay plays a terrific Flugglehorn solo on the songs outro!
Again, fantastic information. I had no idea this was recorded in the US or that George Martin had written the score. I believe that John said some complementary words about it.
According to my original source, Spinozza did the guitar parts on this track and McCracken joined the sessions after Spinozza had to leave, but you’re right. McCracken did that work.
@@the_guitar_trooper McCracken, with 100% certainty, did all of the electric guitar work on "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (see pg. 183-184 of "The McCartney Legacy" by Allan Kozin & Adrian Sinclair: this is the best and most accurate book on McCartney's solo recording career). Spinozza is not featured anywhere on that track. By the way, it's another song featuring Paul's acoustic tuned down! (That's never been mentioned anywhere before!...not even in "The McCartney Legacy")....
You have one of the most satisfying cadences and timbres I’ve heard on RUclips in a very long time! Also this video was very informative! I learned a lot.
Nice Job on this one GT. To me, this track in particular has that Beatles feel to it both musically and production wise. Took a little of the sting out of the breakup as the quality of Ram was just that much better than McCartney one. Probably still my favorite PM solo record. There’s a great video out there of Denny Seiwell playing along with the track. Such a laid back interesting drum track during the body of the song. I loaned Denny my 1940’s Gretsch WMP Broadcasters back in the 90’s so that he could play a set of Ram songs with my bandmates at the time. It was great to actually see him play this material in a live setting.
I think that it is a tribute to Paul’s music and entrepreneurial skills to be able to stitch together odds and ends shows how multi talented he really is
By the time _Ram_ was released, Northern Songs had been bought out by ATV Music, under the control of Sir Lew Grade. So it was actually ATV that brought suit against Paul for Linda's share of the copyrights. Part of the settlement was that Paul provide a TV show featuring his music to Lew Grade. This turned into the 1973 _James Paul McCartney_ TV special (which featured _Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey_ as well as Beatle songs owned by ATV). And it was shown in the UK on ITV, which had links to ATV.
"Little little gypsy get around; get your feet up off the ground. Little, little get around" is absolutely profound in reflecting the life/work of musical genius Paul. . . his maturing identity from international teen-hearthrob to husband/father. Children are far more satisfying than fame, and far more necessary in the onward march of human culture and progress.
Hi, Carey!! Macaa is a wordsmith deluxe! The actual lyrics are : “Live a little be a Gypsy get around Get your feet up off the ground Live a little get around”
Thank you! This is what real "live"ing is all about . . . discovering the hidden meanings that we didn't catch the first time around. @@the_guitar_trooper
OK I was already to correct you, but it seems I've been hearing the lyric "had to have a berth" incorrectly all these decades. I always heard it as "had to have a bath". But but but... it makes WAY more sense as "bath" because the real Admiral Halsey suffered from a debilitating skin disease that cause him to miss the Battle of Midway. He was hospitalized and one of his treatments was "oatmeal-water baths". His condition finally cleared up so he was able to "get to sea". I feel like my whole life has been a lie.
I first heard uncle Albert/ the DJ didn’t introduce the song and I immediately thought the Beatles didn’t break up after all, because I recognize the voice as a Beatles song. Then I found out the truth, but I’ll always be disappointed they broke up.
?? There’s nothing LMO about my comment. In 10 years the Beatles music evolved more than any other group,I’m sure you agree.Some of it is 60years old and not stale, if it were, you wouldn’t be paying homage to it. Get well soon.!
According to Tony Bramwell's book " Magical Mystery Tours " Uncle Albert was a shell shocked Brit vet from WWII, and could be challenging to be around. It's a great read if you can find it. He knew all of them from childhood and also worked for Brian Epstein and after with The Beatles and others.
Just looked at this video about McCartney's Ram album (one of my personal favorites). I appreciate your #2 reference regarding David Spinozza. David is a phenomenal guitarist that doesn't get the recognition he deserves. However, with respect to McCartney's "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey," I think you'll find that most of the guitar work was done by one of David's contemporary studio guitar players and friend, Hugh McCracken, another exceptional musician that played on hundreds of famous recordings.
I have thought long and hard about my favorite Beatles songs. In the end, I could not come up with one Beatles tune that I preferred over all the rest. For the individual Beatles, however, I found it much easier. For Sir Paul, this song is, of all he had recorded, my hands down favorite. I like nearly everything he had made, of course, but this one I have to put down as my number one. My criteria for making this determination is kinda weird. I thought about which songs, if they came on the radio in the car just as I was about to park and get out, would I hesitate and stay inside until it was over. Most songs from most performers I could turn off. After all, I will hear it another time, especially because I subscribe to satellite radio (and they have a dedicated Beatles channel). But, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is one that I would stay and listen to until the end. This has actually happened many times.
What gets me about this montage is the total disassociation of each piece that is never reconciled! The track sells based solely upon Macaa’s sense of melody and musical flow. He could have sung virtually anything to the arrangement and it would have made little if any difference, IMO
I practically live on the Beatles Channel on Sirius XM! Love it! The fact that they have Peter Asher, Geoff Lloyd, and Randy & Tal Bachman with their own shows is awesome!
Bought Ram the first day it was released! “Back Seat of My Car” was my favorite Song. Became bar friends with Denny Seiwell at a popular spot near Lake Hollywood mid 80’s…Full of great Stories! I didn’t know George Martin wrote the arrangements. You ALWAYS have nuggets for us!!! ❤👏👏👏
Unfortunately he is. Paul should've quit performing 20 years ago. I hate his Beatles Tribute Band act, and what's more, he murders my favourite Beatles songs of his.
Very intresting Mr Guitar Trooper. I would be satistied/ glad if you could do a vocalanalys of Back Seat of my Car. So good. By the way, cheers from Sweden
hi from Uruguay 👋 i speak spanish but try some english Thanks a lot for this fun and clever video love this song and for me Paul is the best , simply the best of all by far and i love really love The Beatles , but my fever ever band is Wings
I always thought ‘He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea’ as ‘he had to have a bath or he couldn’t get to sea….’ This was before the internet to check out lyrics & never bothered afterwards.
Here's an 11th fact you didn't know. Just after the verse "we'll be sure to give a ring" you hear a telephone ring tone. After the last ring tone there was a voice effect put on for "we're so sorry, uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody thing all day" Well......the engineer put that effect on a bit early. The last 2 telephone rings have a different sound. McCartney heard it and liked it. It stayed on the record.
Yeah I have seen that account, but I couldn’t cooborate it. In my view, it was too plausible that the high pass effect is deliberately punched in at that point after hearing the raw voice. It sounds to me like a typical Macaa schtick. But the omission of that account was a personal choice of mine - there is no evidence that the high pass filter application timing was NOT an accident.
Adding that voice effect was a nice transition to make both the vocalized "drrrt-drrrt" and the "ca-chunker" sound [when the receiver was picked up] seem like a real analog telephone call being made on the recording.
Thanks, good list. A few more interesting facts: #11 Although the composition was stitched together by McCartney from disparate ideas, surprisingly the recording wasn't stitched together. They practiced the whole thing in the studio until until they got the transitions right and recorded it in one continuous take #12 The flugelhorn solo was not originally planned. Paul decided on this during the studio recording and made up the idea on the spot. He hummed roughly what he wanted to Marvin Stamm. Stamm tried it and "I went on until he liked it". Stamm was quite impressed by McCartney. # 13 Although George Martin, back in England, wrote out the orchestral score for this and other Ram tracks, ideas for it were (not untypically) prescribed by McCartney. Drummer Denny Seiwell was asked if he thought Paul needed someone like George Martin, and he replied, "No, I really don't," explaining that Paul had specified how he wanted the different instruments to be voiced and had very clear requirements. *"He* [Paul] made those records sound the way they sound, along with the help of George."
i am guessing... but from the Let it Be album, it seems it was usual for him/them to record in a take... 'not another Maxwell Silver Hammer' or something similar from John L at the numerous takes & practices
@@philmoore71 It was Denny Seiwell who made a point of emphasising this, his point being, I think, that listeners would tend to assume the track was built by engineers splicing bits together in the studio, because it was difficult to do with so many changes of tempo, meter, and character. And he wanted it known that they didn't "cheat", so to speak, but did it the hard way.
This may be just coincidence - but the drummer in The Rutles - stage name Barry Wom - real name John HALSEY - had a nickname nearly all his friends used (me included): ADMIRAL!
WOW ~ I was all wrong in my assumptions regarding this song ~ I thought that the Uncle Albert and Hands Across the Water part was a jab at Alan Klien ~ The Marvin Stamm Flugelhorn part reminded me of the background music to all those old Laural & Hardy films ~ Thanks good clip again ~
2nd attempt to comment. My husband was a lifelong Beatle maniac and finally got to see Paul McCartney in 1993 at the very first concert at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. He was left with literally bad taste in his mouth because one beer was $8.00, the only food was Linda McCartney's vegetarian food and we had to sit through a 20 minute Greenpeace film. Entertain, don't lecture. At least he got to see at least one of the Beatles. As for me, I never paid too much attention to the Beatles and I thought the song was a Beatles song off of Sargent Pepper. 🤷
Nice post, Linda! I lost my zeal for concerts about 25years ago. They have turned into money grabs. I can’t blame the promoters nor artists, though. They wouldn’t make the events money mills if people didn’t go to them. I prefer widescreen TV concerts…. That I can PAUSE to go to the kitchen or bathroom. Now THAT’S entertainment!! Please share the video and channel for me!!
It was - from the script: In spite of the popularity of the February 1971 release of “Another Day” in Ireland and Australia, it only went to #2 in the UK and #5 in the US,
Always loved this tune (tunes actually). I was only 9 or 10 when it came out but it always piqued my interest when it came on the radio and I would try to figure out what the story behind it was all about. Steely Dan “Do It Again” was another one around the same time that had the same effect, in fact practically every song on the radio back then seemed so different and interesting.
Why is fragrant #3, one of only times McCartney sings with a definite British accent. So is his American accent singing, a put-on? (or natural?) (or vice versa, on all his other songs?)
I'd always felt that each part of this medley could have made great songs if they had been presented SEPARATELY...as stand alone compositions. Its too bad he bunched them together. Though it does speak to the strength of his song writing ...particularly his flair for catchy melodies.
Two new revelations for me, Paul likes to use uncredited producers during this time (Phil Ramone produced 'Another Day') and Paul was still working with George Martin behind the scenes, wow, George Martin worked on Ram...
Can't believe you didn't explain the 2nd half of the title - Adm. Halsey! Macca has confirmed that the name refers to US naval commander William "Bull" Halsey, who took part in many of the major Pacific naval battles of WW 2. Not that McCartney was a fan or anything - maybe the name just fit - but it is an odd inclusion in a pop song. A bonus thing you might not have known about "Uncle Albert...."
Thanks for the post! I left it out intentionally. Please don’t misunderstand - It’s not that it’s insignificant info, it’s just a bit too tangential to the technical and marketing aspect focus of the video (by my evaluation) to keep audience interest.
I think it's a masterpiece easily, and I do mean easily; on the level of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen 4 years later. I find it sad that it has nowhere near the same level of recognition or popularity. Unlike "Bohemian..." I could listen to it any time any day.
What fascinates me about the track is that the words aren't really relevant to the song's allure - it's Mcaa's sense of melody and musical flow. I think that he could have sung any words to that arrangement and it would have made little if any difference in the popularity.
Yep. Isn't that a HOOT?! There has been criticism directed at her over the years, but she did have some musical talent, and she piloted Paul through some very depressing times.
Nope - once Macaa assembled Wings, his plan was to avoid session players for guitar. Spinozza was very busy anyway, and he actually had to leave the Ram project early because of other commitments.
@the_guitar_trooper oh ok. I thought he might’ve been on one of the tracks that literally had everyone on them ... Rockestra Theme or So Glad to See You Here.
This thing about stitching bits of unfinished songs together was a feature of later Beatle's work by McC and, for me, was always irritating much as the results were popular. Just give me a finished song, a vignette, a musical story rather than sweepings from the floor glued together.
Thanks for the view!! And I heartily agree!! I don’t for a minute think that the lyrics would have made any difference in the success of that track. It’s all in the production and melody.
Aww c’mon. It’s just a curiosity hook! All of this stuff is out there already somewhere, but you would be surprised how many people really DON’T know some of these points.
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No matter how many times I hear it, no matter where....this song takes me back to when it was new, and I was a kid in the back seat of the station wagon (mom and dad up front), hearing it for the first time on a rainy night.
Still have my dad's 45 of this.
Thank you for another great video. 😊♥️
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I have the same memory, back seat of the car in the summer driving to Fla for vacation. Can still see the view.
Great times ( no responsibilities yet)
13 and just putting sports on the back burner to chase girls
Both my parents served in the United States Marine Corps during WW II. They were married after the war while they were both stationed in Washington D.C. On the day they were to be married there was a parade in D.C. honoring Admiral William "Bull" Halsey. Due to streets being closed because of the parade route, they nearly didn't make it to the church they were to be married in at the time the ceremony was scheduled. Afterward they always referred to the date of their wedding anniversary as "Bull Halsey Day".
Great post! Thanks!!
Uncle Albert is one of my childhoold images... this flugel horn and the higest voices that I've heard shoutting "Hands across the water, heads across the sky" is the soundtrack of my life... 1970 in the kinder garden, I was 6 years old. This tune were sounding on the radio everywhere. And realized that Paul was the conductor makes me love him more.
Thank you for this chapter. Amazing channel.
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Thanks again, GT! I have always placed the "Uncle Albert" half of this track near the top of my most favorite McCartney solo efforts. All the layers, textures moods, empty spaces, the background "Ah ah ah ah ah, yehhhhhh" vocals around the stuffy British spoken "We're sooo sorry, Uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody theeng all DAY!" David Nivenish part. Good rainy weather music.
Hey Shuroom - I missed this earlier! Thanks for the comment!
Love the song. Wish he had performed it in concert. I think it would have been really well received!
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Well done!
I never walk away without some new nugget of wisdom.
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Yet another excellent and musically informative video from GT! Great work! 👍👍👏👏
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Great work. I believe this and “Feels Good” by Chuck Mangione are the only #1s featuring a Flugglehorn.
Lee Loughnane with Chicago used a flugelhorn on occasion.
It wasn't even close to a number 1 but, on the song Harbor Lights by Boz Scaggs off the Silk Degrees album...Chuck Findlay plays a terrific Flugglehorn solo on the songs outro!
I remember listening to this in my mom’s 45’s collection when I was 6 years old in 74’.
Wow
Again, fantastic information. I had no idea this was recorded in the US or that George Martin had written the score. I believe that John said some complementary words about it.
Hi! Yeah - John didn’t like the album. At all.
But had favorable comments about THIS song.
Nicely done! The lead guitar on this one however was not David Spinozza, it was the late Hugh McCracken (who often worked w/ David!)....
According to my original source, Spinozza did the guitar parts on this track and McCracken joined the sessions after Spinozza had to leave, but you’re right. McCracken did that work.
@@the_guitar_trooper McCracken, with 100% certainty, did all of the electric guitar work on "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (see pg. 183-184 of "The McCartney Legacy" by Allan Kozin & Adrian Sinclair: this is the best and most accurate book on McCartney's solo recording career). Spinozza is not featured anywhere on that track. By the way, it's another song featuring Paul's acoustic tuned down! (That's never been mentioned anywhere before!...not even in "The McCartney Legacy")....
You have one of the most satisfying cadences and timbres I’ve heard on RUclips in a very long time! Also this video was very informative! I learned a lot.
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Nice Job on this one GT. To me, this track in particular has that Beatles feel to it both musically and production wise. Took a little of the sting out of the breakup as the quality of Ram was just that much better than McCartney one. Probably still my favorite PM solo record. There’s a great video out there of Denny Seiwell playing along with the track. Such a laid back interesting drum track during the body of the song. I loaned Denny my 1940’s Gretsch WMP Broadcasters back in the 90’s so that he could play a set of Ram songs with my bandmates at the time. It was great to actually see him play this material in a live setting.
Thanks as always, Marty!! Great post!
I always thought this was about him getting stoned so often he couldn't get the song done. "And we're so easily called away"...
As far as I can tell, there is no cohesive theme or particularly salient lyrics.
Very enjoyable, thank you.
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That song instantly takes me back to 5 years old. I can see my Kindergarten classroom, my childhood home........I'll always love it.
Funny how that works, eh?
Great video! Glad I found your channel.
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I think that it is a tribute to Paul’s music and entrepreneurial skills to be able to stitch together odds and ends shows how multi talented he really is
Well said. Thanks, Kenneth!
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I always thought this track was one of his greatest. So varied and affecting.
What a talent.
Nice informative video. Good job.
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hello Guitar Trooper, cheers from Florida, Paul
I'm in Florida as well..South Florida
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Loved this song and Another Day.
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Football camp, my sophomore year of high school. This was all over the radio.
My trigger memory is putting that 8-track into the car player.
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By the time _Ram_ was released, Northern Songs had been bought out by ATV Music, under the control of Sir Lew Grade. So it was actually ATV that brought suit against Paul for Linda's share of the copyrights. Part of the settlement was that Paul provide a TV show featuring his music to Lew Grade. This turned into the 1973 _James Paul McCartney_ TV special (which featured _Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey_ as well as Beatle songs owned by ATV). And it was shown in the UK on ITV, which had links to ATV.
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"Little little gypsy get around; get your feet up off the ground. Little, little get around" is absolutely profound in reflecting the life/work of musical genius Paul. . . his maturing identity from international teen-hearthrob to husband/father. Children are far more satisfying than fame, and far more necessary in the onward march of human culture and progress.
Hi, Carey!!
Macaa is a wordsmith deluxe!
The actual lyrics are :
“Live a little
be a Gypsy
get around
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little get around”
Thank you! This is what real "live"ing is all about . . . discovering the hidden meanings that we didn't catch the first time around. @@the_guitar_trooper
OK I was already to correct you, but it seems I've been hearing the lyric "had to have a berth" incorrectly all these decades. I always heard it as "had to have a bath". But but but... it makes WAY more sense as "bath" because the real Admiral Halsey suffered from a debilitating skin disease that cause him to miss the Battle of Midway. He was hospitalized and one of his treatments was "oatmeal-water baths". His condition finally cleared up so he was able to "get to sea". I feel like my whole life has been a lie.
It kinda surprised me as well, but the hand-written text is quite specific.
I like the way you speak, your English is very clear to a Brazilian understand
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Nice video. The first movie I took my, now, wife to was Give My Regards to Broad Street. Good times.
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I always loved this song. Even though I knew this stuff, it's great to hear you tell it.
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I first heard uncle Albert/ the DJ didn’t introduce the song and I immediately thought the Beatles didn’t break up after all, because I recognize the voice as a Beatles song. Then I found out the truth, but I’ll always be disappointed they broke up.
It was time, IMO - they outgrew each other and the music was starting to get stale.
?? There’s nothing LMO about my comment. In 10 years the Beatles music evolved more than any other group,I’m sure you agree.Some of it is 60years old and not stale, if it were, you wouldn’t be paying homage to it. Get well soon.!
According to Tony Bramwell's book " Magical Mystery Tours " Uncle Albert was a shell shocked Brit vet from WWII, and could be challenging to be around.
It's a great read if you can find it.
He knew all of them from childhood and also worked for Brian Epstein and after with The Beatles and others.
Hey - Great post! Thanks!
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You rock sir.
Just looked at this video about McCartney's Ram album (one of my personal favorites). I appreciate your #2 reference regarding David Spinozza. David is a phenomenal guitarist that doesn't get the recognition he deserves. However, with respect to McCartney's "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey," I think you'll find that most of the guitar work was done by one of David's contemporary studio guitar players and friend, Hugh McCracken, another exceptional musician that played on hundreds of famous recordings.
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I have thought long and hard about my favorite Beatles songs. In the end, I could not come up with one Beatles tune that I preferred over all the rest. For the individual Beatles, however, I found it much easier. For Sir Paul, this song is, of all he had recorded, my hands down favorite. I like nearly everything he had made, of course, but this one I have to put down as my number one.
My criteria for making this determination is kinda weird. I thought about which songs, if they came on the radio in the car just as I was about to park and get out, would I hesitate and stay inside until it was over. Most songs from most performers I could turn off. After all, I will hear it another time, especially because I subscribe to satellite radio (and they have a dedicated Beatles channel). But, Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is one that I would stay and listen to until the end. This has actually happened many times.
What gets me about this montage is the total disassociation of each piece that is never reconciled!
The track sells based solely upon Macaa’s sense of melody and musical flow. He could have sung virtually anything to the arrangement and it would have made little if any difference, IMO
I practically live on the Beatles Channel on Sirius XM! Love it! The fact that they have Peter Asher, Geoff Lloyd, and Randy & Tal Bachman with their own shows is awesome!
Bought Ram the first day it was released! “Back Seat of My Car” was my favorite Song. Became bar friends with Denny Seiwell at a popular spot near Lake Hollywood mid 80’s…Full of great Stories! I didn’t know George Martin wrote the arrangements. You ALWAYS have nuggets for us!!! ❤👏👏👏
I got it the first week - on 8-track
@@the_guitar_trooper I bought the LP. I never bought an 8 track. I had a Pioneer Cassette deck installed in my 1970 Firebird. I preferred cassettes…
@@tpatrick44 a good friend of mine was a cassette guy.
Leave it to Paul to create this cool song😊 That kid from Liverpool is still entertaining us today.
I absolutely wore out that 8-track
Unfortunately he is. Paul should've quit performing 20 years ago. I hate his Beatles Tribute Band act, and what's more, he murders my favourite Beatles songs of his.
Very intresting Mr Guitar Trooper. I would be satistied/ glad if you could do a vocalanalys of Back Seat of my Car. So good. By the way, cheers from Sweden
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I,ve always felt RAM was Pauls best post Beatles work.
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Thanks a lot for this fun and clever video
love this song
and for me Paul is the best , simply the best of all by far
and i love really love The Beatles , but my fever ever band is Wings
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I always thought ‘He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea’ as ‘he had to have a bath or he couldn’t get to sea….’ This was before the internet to check out lyrics & never bothered afterwards.
It still sounds like “bath” to me, even after delving into it
Here's an 11th fact you didn't know.
Just after the verse "we'll be sure to give a ring" you hear a telephone ring tone. After the last ring tone there was a voice effect put on for "we're so sorry, uncle Albert, but we haven't done a bloody thing all day" Well......the engineer put that effect on a bit early. The last 2 telephone rings have a different sound. McCartney heard it and liked it. It stayed on the record.
Yeah I have seen that account, but I couldn’t cooborate it.
In my view, it was too plausible that the high pass effect is deliberately punched in at that point after hearing the raw voice. It sounds to me like a typical Macaa schtick.
But the omission of that account was a personal choice of mine - there is no evidence that the high pass filter application timing was NOT an accident.
Adding that voice effect was a nice transition to make both the vocalized "drrrt-drrrt" and the "ca-chunker" sound [when the receiver was picked up] seem like a real analog telephone call being made on the recording.
By far the best song McCartney done.
It is SO infectious - you can't let it go!
Thanks, good list. A few more interesting facts:
#11 Although the composition was stitched together by McCartney from disparate ideas, surprisingly the recording wasn't stitched together. They practiced the whole thing in the studio until until they got the transitions right and recorded it in one continuous take
#12 The flugelhorn solo was not originally planned. Paul decided on this during the studio recording and made up the idea on the spot. He hummed roughly what he wanted to Marvin Stamm. Stamm tried it and "I went on until he liked it". Stamm was quite impressed by McCartney.
# 13 Although George Martin, back in England, wrote out the orchestral score for this and other Ram tracks, ideas for it were (not untypically) prescribed by McCartney. Drummer Denny Seiwell was asked if he thought Paul needed someone like George Martin, and he replied, "No, I really don't," explaining that Paul had specified how he wanted the different instruments to be voiced and had very clear requirements. *"He* [Paul] made those records sound the way they sound, along with the help of George."
Great post! Thanks for the view!!
i am guessing... but from the Let it Be album, it seems it was usual for him/them to record in a take... 'not another Maxwell Silver Hammer' or something similar from John L at the numerous takes & practices
@@philmoore71 It was Denny Seiwell who made a point of emphasising this, his point being, I think, that listeners would tend to assume the track was built by engineers splicing bits together in the studio, because it was difficult to do with so many changes of tempo, meter, and character. And he wanted it known that they didn't "cheat", so to speak, but did it the hard way.
My favorite solo Paul song
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More great facts!
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This may be just coincidence - but the drummer in The Rutles - stage name Barry Wom - real name John HALSEY - had a nickname nearly all his friends used (me included): ADMIRAL!
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WOW ~ I was all wrong in my assumptions regarding this song ~ I thought that the Uncle Albert and Hands Across the Water part was a jab at Alan Klien ~ The Marvin Stamm Flugelhorn part reminded me of the background music to all those old Laural & Hardy films ~ Thanks good clip again ~
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2nd attempt to comment. My husband was a lifelong Beatle maniac and finally got to see Paul McCartney in 1993 at the very first concert at the Alamo Dome in San Antonio. He was left with literally bad taste in his mouth because one beer was $8.00, the only food was Linda McCartney's vegetarian food and we had to sit through a 20 minute Greenpeace film. Entertain, don't lecture. At least he got to see at least one of the Beatles. As for me, I never paid too much attention to the Beatles and I thought the song was a Beatles song off of Sargent Pepper. 🤷
Nice post, Linda! I lost my zeal for concerts about 25years ago. They have turned into money grabs. I can’t blame the promoters nor artists, though. They wouldn’t make the events money mills if people didn’t go to them. I prefer widescreen TV concerts…. That I can PAUSE to go to the kitchen or bathroom. Now THAT’S entertainment!!
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@@the_guitar_trooper Absolutely!
Thanks for this! Side one of RAM is a favorite.
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I love that song and the video too
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I remember uncle Albert. Not about the others ones. Good job
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@the_guitar_trooper I had a friend of mine who had back seat of my car .via imported.
I thought Another Day was released as a single.
It was - from the script:
In spite of the popularity of the February 1971 release of “Another Day” in Ireland and Australia, it only went to #2 in the UK and #5 in the US,
I didn't know about Uncle Albert or the engineer taking over production, or the flugelhorn player. But the rest was known or believed.
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Always loved this tune (tunes actually). I was only 9 or 10 when it came out but it always piqued my interest when it came on the radio and I would try to figure out what the story behind it was all about. Steely Dan “Do It Again” was another one around the same time that had the same effect, in fact practically every song on the radio back then seemed so different and interesting.
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Why is fragrant #3, one of only times McCartney sings with a definite British accent. So is his American accent singing, a put-on? (or natural?) (or vice versa, on all his other songs?)
I always enjoyed Oh Woman Oh Why. The flip side of Another Day.
Never listened to it. Guess I’d better do that.
..Butterpie? Butterpie. The butter wouldn't melt so we put it in a pie. It was alright..
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Seems to me he was shadowing Brain Wilson and some of that Good Vibrations craziness...
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I'd always felt that each part of this medley could have made great songs if they had been presented SEPARATELY...as stand alone compositions. Its too bad he bunched them together. Though it does speak to the strength of his song writing ...particularly his flair for catchy melodies.
Yep. As I have said, in my opinion, the melodies and musical flow is what sold this track. The lyrics were really irrelevant.
I thought "Albert" was code for Frank Sinatra. Ha. Thanks for clearing that up. :)
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I had that single as a pre-teenie.
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Two new revelations for me, Paul likes to use uncredited producers during this time (Phil Ramone produced 'Another Day') and Paul was still working with George Martin behind the scenes, wow, George Martin worked on Ram...
Yeah. How about that? What I really found interesting was that Paul conducted the ensemble from Martin’s score.
Marvin also played for Brazilian legend Deodato
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Can't believe you didn't explain the 2nd half of the title - Adm. Halsey! Macca has confirmed that the name refers to US naval commander William "Bull" Halsey, who took part in many of the major Pacific naval battles of WW 2. Not that McCartney was a fan or anything - maybe the name just fit - but it is an odd inclusion in a pop song. A bonus thing you might not have known about "Uncle Albert...."
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I left it out intentionally.
Please don’t misunderstand -
It’s not that it’s insignificant info, it’s just a bit too tangential to the technical and marketing aspect focus of the video (by my evaluation) to keep audience interest.
I think it's a masterpiece easily, and I do mean easily; on the level of "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen 4 years later. I find it sad that it has nowhere near the same level of recognition or popularity. Unlike "Bohemian..." I could listen to it any time any day.
What fascinates me about the track is that the words aren't really relevant to the song's allure - it's Mcaa's sense of melody and musical flow. I think that he could have sung any words to that arrangement and it would have made little if any difference in the popularity.
"based on her glee club activities in school...." lol
Yep. Isn't that a HOOT?!
There has been criticism directed at her over the years, but she did have some musical talent, and she piloted Paul through some very depressing times.
Well, everybody has to start somewhere. Lots of famous singers started out in church choirs and such.
@@Mick_Ts_Chick yup
No picture of Marvin Stamm?
Good point. I didn’t have any and intended to capture a few, but other production aspects grabbed my attention and I simply forgot.
Was Spinozza on Back to the Egg?
Nope - once Macaa assembled Wings, his plan was to avoid session players for guitar. Spinozza was very busy anyway, and he actually had to leave the Ram project early because of other commitments.
@the_guitar_trooper oh ok. I thought he might’ve been on one of the tracks that literally had everyone on them ... Rockestra Theme or So Glad to See You Here.
Hey GT: fix your description. It reads: John McCartney.
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How do you know I, or anybody else, didn’t know those ten things?
I studied under-informed anthology in college. LOL
C’mon, Man! It’s just an aural hook.
Well, I had the lyrics wrong.
Bah. Made no difference.
RAM was the best Paul solo album.
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#11 i understand that he has never performed it live
I wouldn’t doubt that for a minute!
Dave spinoza was a big talker. He often commented on paul" not knowing anything about music".
Tool.
Ouch
And Paul did not attend his father's funeral.
And was seen on video, with Wings, soon after, having a good time.
Uncle Albert? Any pictures of the McCartney family with this uncle by marriage?
This thing about stitching bits of unfinished songs together was a feature of later Beatle's work by McC and, for me, was always irritating much as the results were popular. Just give me a finished song, a vignette, a musical story rather than sweepings from the floor glued together.
1st.
Eh?
11. It's not about anything. Par.
bingo
Great melody, excellent production......meaningless lyrics
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I don’t for a minute think that the lyrics would have made any difference in the success of that track. It’s all in the production and melody.
Stop titling videos "Things That You Didn’t Know". Thumbs down on all who assume they know more than everyone else.
Aww c’mon. It’s just a curiosity hook! All of this stuff is out there already somewhere, but you would be surprised how many people really DON’T know some of these points.
I knew it was one of the worst songs ever recorded and that's all I need to know about it.
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Lying, not laying.
*sigh*
Too Many People was as good or better than Uncle Albert.
Man, did John hate THAT song!
@@the_guitar_trooper What DIDN'T John hate?
@@MarriedMindless “Across The Universe” is a good candidate.
This was when the rot set in. Dreadful song.
Hmmmmm. That term was used by George Harrison to identify the final year or so of the Beatles, Paul pulled his career back together after the breakup.
Dorky song. Simpy lyrics. Colossal fail.
But he made SO MUCH MONEY off of it!!
One of the worst songs of all time!
I submit for your consideration- any track from the album ‘John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band’. Any track.
Drug music.
Ok
Rubbish
And yet, it’s sold like hotcakes in a famine!
This has got to be the worst McCartney song ever
I dint know about that. I’d vote for “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”
“Yesterday” gets my vote!
Go away Alan. Why are you even commenting? Are you a musician or just the village idiot?