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Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pull me out of time
You hung me on the line
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you
Maybe I'm a man
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Maybe I'm a man
And maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me
Baby, won't you help me to understand?
Ooh
Maybe I'm a man
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
That he doesn't really understand
Maybe I'm a man
And maybe you're the only woman who could ever help me
Baby, won't you help me to understand?
Ooh
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I leave you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you help me sing my song
Right me when I'm wrong
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you
| softjeans (Upper Ojai, CA) | Posted: Apr 11, 2013 - 21:45 WonderLizard wrote: For an otherwise stellar track the church/pipe organ in the middle sixteen sounds out of place, like he's trying to beatify the song. It pops up out of nowhere and disappears forever. Strange. McCartney will change everything at any time, even in the last few bars of a song. It's central to his genius. |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 11:04 Studio version is better than any live version because of organ/guitar (IMO).  |
| allmodcons | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 11:01 Carleen Anderson's cover is so much better. Top song though... |
| drewd | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 18:14 Lazarus wrote: Everybody in my church loves this song... Ooh ! Lazarus has risen ? With large green font..... This is my favorite Paul song. We be dancing .... |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 18:08 bachbeet wrote: I must be in a minority because I never did like this one. One of the few Maccarneys I didn't mind so much!  |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 07, 2013 - 18:06 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 09:12 For an otherwise stellar track the church/pipe organ in the middle sixteen sounds out of place, like he's trying to beatify the song. It pops up out of nowhere and disappears forever. Strange. |
| bachbeet | Posted: Nov 05, 2012 - 23:40 I must be in a minority because I never did like this one. |
| cShaggy (..in the general vicinity..) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 14:39 Posted by: lemmoth (NYC)
Aug 03, 2012 - 14:26 < Reply > lkovathana wrote: What's with the sudden uptick in playing Paul McCartney in the past few days? Can we have a 30-day moratorium on Sir McCartney? Why would we ever want to have that? ..^ the more Beatles (before or after), the better.. |
| Elroweho (Cheesehead in Paradise) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 14:39 Maybe I'm Amazed RP is playing this one -Heard it too many times on mainstream radio! |
| Painted_Turtle (Land of Laughing Waters) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 14:39 Love hearing this again..I never get tired of it. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 11:55 lemmoth wrote: No - Born in 1942 - so in 1970 he was 28. Sorry—I took the orig. post as stating the song was 28 years old in 2010. My apologies to Businessgypsy & lemmoth. Will now head back over to my remedial reading class, already in progress...  |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:26 lkovathana wrote: What's with the sudden uptick in playing Paul McCartney in the past few days? Can we have a 30-day moratorium on Sir McCartney? Why would we ever want to have that? |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:25 Businessgypsy wrote: 28 years old, played every instrument - all while trying to figure out who he was without the Beatles. Genius Agree...except. His drumming should put to rest forever the notion that Ringo was a hack, and all the great drum parts on Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, Abbey Road, and so on were played by Paul. Paul's drumming is adequate for this effort. Ringo was and is a great drummer. |
| ziakut (Right Here) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:25 There are far better tunes off this album. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:25 mrdak wrote: This is the shit right here, my brothers............  Amen to that..... |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:24 treatment_bound wrote: Uhhh, make that 38 years old. You somehow lopped off a decade when you posted this (which I would love to do to my age right now). No - Born in 1942 - so in 1970 he was 28. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 08:18 Businessgypsy wrote: 28 years old, played every instrument - all while trying to figure out who he was without the Beatles. Genius Uhhh, make that 38 years old. You somehow lopped off a decade when you posted this (which I would love to do to my age right now). |
| mrdak (Middle GA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 06:54 This is the shit right here, my brothers............ |
| pcicatar (Portland, OR) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 13:24 From The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Vegetarian": Paul: "Linda and I both feel strongly about animal rights. In fact, if  |
| Lenora | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 13:21 One of Paul's best... |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 19:49 Yep, amazing what 30 years of trying to improve can do to increase one's expertise in almost any field. |
| gvan (From inside the house!) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 10:27 You guys are getting good with your segues. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 10:26 cosmiclint wrote: For me, this is one of those cases where the live performance of a song is a dramatic improvement over the studio version. The live (Wings) version is kind of over-played for me; maybe because it was released as a single and I heard it all the time back then. This version seemed to have more feeling to it for me. To each his own.  |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 08:48 For me, this is one of those cases where the live performance of a song is a dramatic improvement over the studio version. |
| onerb | Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 08:48 Great, great love song. 10 for sure... |
| lkovathana (Chicago, Illinois) | Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 23:38 What's with the sudden uptick in playing Paul McCartney in the past few days? Can we have a 30-day moratorium on Sir McCartney? |
| parrothead (could be anywhere in the great USA) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 16:45 GuiltyFeat wrote: I've always been a McCartney fan, but this track came to me later in my fandom and just grew and grew in importance. At the risk of being sacrilegious, Jem did a gorgeous cover version at the close of the first season of The O.C. Definitely worth chasing down. Me a big McCartney fan too dispite the screen name. Wings over America version got me hooked on this toon may years ago. |
| heliosweb (New Mexico USA) | Posted: May 18, 2011 - 16:40 redstorm wrote: That is not saying much...Very few things McCartney did came anywhere close to "All Things Must Pass" ....IMHO I'm really surprised no one caught that faux pas. All Things Must Pass was George Harrison. Hmmm... OK, now that I think about it, you're comparing McCartney's work to Harrison's. Then it's an apt point, possibly. McCartney is pretty different from Harrison in terms of songwriting, and I think Harrison was just a different kind of genius. Whether he was better or not... that's a subjective opinion, probably. I do think Harrison's songwriting tended to be more "weighty" or substantial in many ways. |
| wiredsol (Kaukauna, Wisconsin) | Posted: Mar 16, 2011 - 16:01 I have always enjoyed the group Faces' version also. Bill 'how 'bout spinning some Faces? Perhaps from A Nod is as Good as a Wink.... or Long Player. |
| GuiltyFeat (Ra'anana) | Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 07:23 I've always been a McCartney fan, but this track came to me later in my fandom and just grew and grew in importance. At the risk of being sacrilegious, Jem did a gorgeous cover version at the close of the first season of The O.C. Definitely worth chasing down. |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 13:38 28 years old, played every instrument - all while trying to figure out who he was without the Beatles. Genius  |
| keller1 (In A Gadda Da Vida, Baby) | Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 18:49 fugglesworth wrote: If only all his post-Beatles output were of the calibre of this track, most of the tracks on Ram, Live and Let Die and Band on the Run (title track).... My own view is that Band On The Run is a classic, that Venus and Mars was a near miss, and there were a fair number of other good tunes in Macca's early catalog —- this one, Time to Hide, and as you point out, Live and Let Die. If you want a GREAT recent track (of which there are admittedly not many) check out Sing The Changes w/The Fireman. |
| Ja300Mes (North Fork) | Posted: Nov 10, 2010 - 18:27 Timeless! |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 06:57 This song is indeed a classic in so many ways, but I've always thought his vocal during the bridges (choruses?) to be kind of ridiculous. Maybe bring this song down a couple half steps or something? |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 06:56 Good stuff!  |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 06:35 Al_Koholic wrote: Ram. Is this Bernard McGuirk |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 06:34 jarrudy wrote: as jack black says: "is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?"
to me, this song is a latter day sin... Relatively speaking being only a few years away from say...Long and winding road, and many decades from say ... Flaming Pie....this ain't no "latter day" sin, And of course this is a f&*&*ing masterpiece, son. |
| philbertr (Roch New York) | Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 06:33 lemmoth wrote: Nice Segue from the beautiful neo-classical piece to this masterpiece. Came here to make this exact comment |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Aug 07, 2010 - 06:31 Nice Segue from the beautiful neo-classical piece to this masterpiece. |
| Al_Koholic (Exit 82, New Joisey) | Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 09:50 ronniegirl wrote: This is the original cover. You are thinking of a different record. Ram. |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 09:36 peacockangel wrote: like being stabbed i tell you f*kcnig liar |
| crnkan (Pleasant Hill, Mo) | Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 09:36 One of Paul's best |
| peacockangel (Phoenix) | Posted: Jul 06, 2010 - 09:35 like being stabbed i tell you |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 13:34 apd wrote: Is this an alternative cover for the album? I've only ever seen the "sheepskin coat" version, which is cute, but this is beautiful. This is the original cover. You are thinking of a different record. |
| (former member) | Posted: Jun 04, 2010 - 13:32 What a gorgeous tune. Nice melody, well done lyrics, a great performance. And the voice... This is just great stuff. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 20:29 This is an amazing McCartney song... love it... |
| apd (Toronto, On) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 13:28 Is this an alternative cover for the album? I've only ever seen the "sheepskin coat" version, which is cute, but this is beautiful. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 13:26 classic... love it... |
| jarrudy (Rocky Mountains) | Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 13:24 as jack black says: "is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?"
to me, this song is a latter day sin... |