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Paul McCartney — Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey
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Highlowsel
(New York City)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 14:03
 
 renostve999 wrote:
I bought this album when it first came out in '72.  (yep, I am THAT old{#Eek})

Even back then, at the tender age of 16, I thought this song was tripe! 

Just to be perfectly clear, I still think it's shallow.  But I sure do like it, too.  My life is full of contradictions like that.

 
Renostve:  "My life is full of contradictions like that."

Ha!  And here I was thinking that's the very definition of life.  Heh!  And about the time you get it all figured out, and then resolve all the contradictions you.....die?  As Kurt Vonnegut would say....so it goes. 

Highlow
American Net'Zen

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 14:00
 
 emiliano wrote:
I find this song too lame. I even think that Paul it´s out of tune at the beginning. Don´t like it at all sorry.

 
We're so sorry, Unlce Emiliano. It's a shame that you have to feel that way.

grant
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 13:59
 
Great memories of listening to this as a kid - loved it then and still do.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 16:25
 
While not a fan of McCartney and Wings, I've always liked this  and the Band on the Run albums.

renostve999
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 15:53
 
I bought this album when it first came out in '72.  (yep, I am THAT old{#Eek})

Even back then, at the tender age of 16, I thought this song was tripe! 

Just to be perfectly clear, I still think it's shallow.  But I sure do like it, too.  My life is full of contradictions like that.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 15:38
 
 shellbella wrote:
What is this song about?? 
 

What was Seinfeld about?  Ziakut has it right re: the lyrics, but I still love it.  I also love Bowie and many of his lyrics defy any sense of logic.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 15:36
 
What is this song about?? 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 15:36
 
Wonderful song.  Amongst my favorite McCartney tune.  As a young'in when it came out I said, great Beatle tune, and assumed it was John with the "funny radio announcer" "kettles on the boil" voice.  I soon learned the truth and was quite dismayed at the breakup of the greatest band ever.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 08:07
 
Interesting concept to me that any artist especially one as popular as PM is able to assemble lyrics which really seem to mean absolutely nothing in the context of a song...put some jangly disjointed musical arrangements around it and call it a song and even better...have an average score of 7. Wow! Just wow! As a sentimental memory...I like it. As a song...don't.

coachc
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 08:05
 
The novelty has worn off. I am officially old.

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 08:02
 
"We're so sorry, Uncle Albert."
     — Paul McCartney

"Yeah, well, 'sorry' don't feed the bulldog."
     — Uncle Albert

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 23:53
 
 Grayson wrote:
Only McCartney-post-Beatles song I ever liked.
 
bump

Zep
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 20:10
 
Definite earworm material.... fun, though, singing the gypsy part while running down the halls at school. Butter-pie?
 

Krispian
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Nov 20, 2012 - 14:49
 
Wheeeeeee! This is getting me in the mood for his concert this Sunday! Can't wait!!!

emiliano
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 06:40
 
I find this song too lame. I even think that Paul it´s out of tune at the beginning. Don´t like it at all sorry.

justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 06:31
 
 orquidea wrote:
me encanta ... Hey to cross the sky...{#Daisy}
 
 

Well it´s up to you what to sing but actually it is:
Hands across the water. Heads across the sky.

Grayson
(Atlanta)
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 06:29
 
Only McCartney-post-Beatles song I ever liked.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Sep 18, 2012 - 17:53
 
Oh man — what a flashback!  And I learned something new today — always thought this was a Beatles song.  To me it sounds like something off of Yellow Submarine, or at least a B-side.  I enjoy their goofy side — and as a kid liked watching the animated feature.

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Aug 18, 2012 - 06:02
 
Outstanding

Love the sonic qualities — they sure knew how to make recordings back-in-the-day...

gjr
(boston, ma)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 13:53
 
Barry: Rob, top five musical crimes perpetuated by Stevie Wonder in the '80s and '90s. Go. Sub-question: 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?  

Jack Black in "High Fidelity"
most of mccartney's solo stuff is as john lennon said "granny shit"

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:47
 
How can I forget how, in 5th Grade, maybe autumn of 1973 or early '74, on a gray and cold day at school, Kathy D. brought this record in for Sister Roberta to decide whether to play or not during Music class...?  To her credit, she not only put it on, but taught us to sing and dance to it!  "Live a little, be a gypsy, get around, pick your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around!" and there we were, swinging and flinging each other around like it was an Irish jig or square-dance... Fabulous memories, then, now and forever, bound up in the timeless energy of MUSIC...

panlad
(Serenity)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:45
 
Wow haven't heard this in years.  Used to listen to this on All the Best when I was younger.
A lovely addition to library.  Thanks for something unexpected (in a different way) for RP!

Bargamon
(In a good place)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:43
 
Great song by a great artist still in his prime then.

"live a little get around.........Get your feet off the ground live a little get around"

Great tid bit!

orquidea
(SPAIN)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:43
 
 jphilipr wrote:
Bravo RP d'avoir ressorti cette jolie petite perle ! {#Clap}

 
hahahah...
 

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:43
 
Lots of fun.  Stylistically McCartney.  Nice variety from the past for RP.  {#Bananapiano}

orquidea
(SPAIN)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:42
 
me encanta ... Hey to cross the sky...{#Daisy}
 

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:42
 
 kurtster wrote:
Prolly my favorite solo McCartney song, never got tired when it was played to death.  Its got everything McCartney in it.  Hooks, thick choruses, jangly guitars, background jabber and his voice doing everything he does in one song in different sections.  Really well crafted.
 
Well said

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:42
 


This is good for the ears...

 

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: May 15, 2012 - 10:41
 
when i was a little girl, this was my favorite song.
i still love it.

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 17:35
 
Prolly my favorite solo McCartney song, never got tired when it was played to death.  Its got everything McCartney in it.  Hooks, thick choruses, jangly guitars, background jabber and his voice doing everything he does in one song in different sections.  Really well crafted.

rabaak
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 17:31
 
I think the Cherries album that Paul played everything on was his best.  This one is pretty good. I didn't really like a lot of what Paul did after this album. 

Snoopy2
(Earth)
Posted: Apr 13, 2012 - 17:29
 
I knew it was Paul McCartney from the beginning!!! haha

philipr
(France)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:42
 
Bravo RP d'avoir ressorti cette jolie petite perle ! {#Clap}


max_p
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:41
 
 mread wrote:
Wow.  Would not have guessed this to be a Radio Paradise type track, but hey... cool!  "7"

Bill, please consider adding "Ram On", from the same album!
 
also consider ' Monkberry Moon Delight' for vocals. and  'too Many People'

SpamNRice
(Northern, Italy)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:41
 
I have not heard this in sooo long... and it feels so nice... "pot a pie"... none of this made a lot of sense when I was a kid, even less now, but it makes me feel good - need I say more? I thought not. {#Wave}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:40
 
IMHO, Paul's best solo effort. You could feel him finally spreading his wings (NPI) to full length and simply creating for the love of it—without the terrible self-consciousness, eagerness to please that's characterized too much of his output since. He was having a blast with this one, and it showed.

As a friend of a friend once said, "Paul oozed melody."


victoryluna
(stuck in Zincinnati)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:40
 
Man, I hate this song.

icemang
(Boston & DC, mostly)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:39
 
This whole album is so amazing, people always think it's Wings, but no, it's Paul and Linda and everything that was in Paul's mind during the Beatles years that John didn't like came flowing out in one of my favorite albums ever. Thanks Bill.

bev
(Reno, NV)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:39
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:
Great addition to the rotation, Bill. Takes me waaay back. I always liked John much better, but this song is proof that there never would have been The Beatles without Paul.... Thanks!
 
{#Clap}  Well said. George and John were always my preferred Beatles and post-Beatles songwriter, but I have such fond memories of this song. I always thought that Paul did a better job when he was collaborating with John, generally. The competition pushed him to do better work. But this — and a handful of his earlier post-Beatles tunes — really show off some of his boundless creativity.


ferwoman
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 07:38
 
Yay! Glad to hear this! Good addition to the playlist.

drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:59
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:
Great addition to the rotation, Bill. Takes me waaay back. I always liked John much better, but this song is proof that there never would have been The Beatles without Paul.... Thanks!
 
Good point, I always thought John was slightly over-rated and Paul was slightly under-rated, even though I always liked John better as well.  And of course, don't forget they really needed George (seriously under-rated) and Ringo too (under-rated drummer).



mread
(Sun Diego)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:58
 
Wow.  Would not have guessed this to be a Radio Paradise type track, but hey... cool!  "7"

Bill, please consider adding "Ram On", from the same album!


Troutnskibum
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:53
 
Great addition to the rotation, Bill. Takes me waaay back. I always liked John much better, but this song is proof that there never would have been The Beatles without Paul.... Thanks!

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:53
 
I had completely forgotten this.

Not a bad song. Wouldn't want to hear it more than once every few years but good.

renostve999
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:53
 
Aw, heck....takes me back to High School summer daze...spent swimming at the local pool.  Howya doin' Lisa?



chiguy
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:52
 
Great song. Hard to believe this is the first play on RP

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:52
 
Odd this song was not already here. Anyway great song!

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:51
 
uhuh

Grammarcop
(Upriver from Zug Island)
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 - 11:50
 
Huh?