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Ram is the only studio album credited to the husband-and-wife music duo Paul and Linda McCartney, and the former's second album post-Beatles. Released on 17 May 1971 by Apple Records , it was recorded in New York with guitarists David Spinozza and Hugh McCracken , and future Wings drummer Denny Seiwell .
RAM began performing together in 1990, and recorded their first album in 1996. The band's music incorporates traditional Vodou lyrics and instruments, such as rara horns and petro drums, into modern rock and roll. The band's songs include lyrics in Haitian Creole, French, and English.
I was looking at my second solo album, Ram, the other day and I remember there was one tiny little reference to John in the whole thing. He'd been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit. In one song, I wrote, "Too many people preaching practices", I think is the line. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko.
Following the release of McCartney's album Ram in May 1971, Lennon felt attacked by McCartney, who later admitted that lines in the song "Too Many People" were intended as digs at Lennon. [4] Lennon thought that other songs on the album, such as "3 Legs", contained similar attacks, although McCartney denied the claim.
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is a song by Paul and Linda McCartney from the album Ram. Released in the United States as a single on 2 August 1971, [2] it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 4 September 1971, [3] [4] making it the first of a string of post-Beatles, Paul McCartney-penned singles to top the US pop chart during the 1970s and 1980s.
[3] [4] [5] The song's lyric adopts an observational style reminiscent of "Eleanor Rigby"; Denny Seiwell, the drummer on the Ram sessions, called it "'Eleanor Rigby' in New York City". [6] [7] The lyrics describe the drudgery and sadness of an unnamed woman's life at work and at home. McCartney's wife Linda provided vocal harmonies on "Another ...
In 1968, Manfred Mann released a version of the song, arranged for a band, on their LP Mighty Garvey!, with the title and lyrics changed to "Big Betty". In 1972, Manfred Mann's Earth Band performed "Black Betty" live for John Peel 's In Concert on the BBC, [ 15 ] this version was released in 2019 on the double CD / triple LP Radio Days Volume 4 ...
Ram wrote the lyrics to "The Great Pretender" in the washroom of the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas after being asked what The Platters follow-up to "Only You" would be. [2] In 1987, when the song hit #4 in the UK for Freddie Mercury , Ram had no idea who Mercury was but was thrilled his song was on the charts again—32 years after its 1955 ...