Ram, which was released in May 1971, went to number one in the U.K. Paul released his first solo single, “Another Day” while the case was in court, but left it off the album.“Another Day” is a classic piece of McCartney story-telling in the vein of Eleanor Rigby, and only slightly less tragic, about a woman working in a office “where the papers grow” and where “sometimes she feels so sad” until “the man of her dreams comes to break the spell” and then “leaves the next day”, the git. So we can safely say relations between the Paul and John were roughly similar to that of two neighbours with a boundary dispute arguing over a planning application. On 12 March 1971, the day Paul won his suit to dissolve The Beatles in court, the three other former Beatles drove to Paul’s house in St John’s Wood in Lennon’s Rolls Royce, at which point Lennon got out and threw two bricks through McCartney’s windows. In between recording the album, Paul also had to go back to London to attend court regarding the small matter of dissolving the Beatles partnership, returning only once all the arguments had been made in evidence. He and session guitarist David Spinozza became Paul and Linda’s backing band for the Ram album. In the damp basement he found Paul and Linda McCartney. “I went down into the basement thinking I was going to get mugged at any moment” he said later. In the first week of January, top session drummer Denny Seiwell turned up at a dilapidated building to audition for an unknown band. So Paul decided to up his game and find the best musicians in New York for the next record. Maybe George was the talented Beatle after all?
In the meantime George Harrison had released his first solo LP, the triple album “All Things Must Pass” to wide acclaim. Even Lennon got in on the act, giving an interview to Rolling Stone magazine, published in early 1971, saying “I was surprised it was so poor”. McCartney sued the other Beatles to allow him to legally leave the group, and three days later took an ocean liner to New York.Ĭriticism of the first LP was that it was too home-made and sketchy. Glad you asked – it was “Getting A Little Bit Annoyed” Today Steve will be hearing songs from Ram.īut first let’s hear the story of Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram My job is therefore to share with him some of McCartney’s best songs and listen to Steve’s reaction. I have a friend, Steve, who has never heard any of Paul McCartney’s solo and Wings LPs, except for, as he put it, the Frog Chorus, the one about no man’s land at Christmas, and Ebony and Ivory.
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This is the third in a series of McCartney articles, but you can read each one independently should you prefer. The Story of Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram:īy Every Record Tells A Story on SeptemĪre Paul McCartney’s solo and Wings albums worth buying? Was Wings really “the band the Beatles could have been”? Home › Music › The Story of Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram:
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