i guess people cant help themselves when it comes to drama stories. but for me ,i'll take the music and leave the debate. ever since i was a kid i could't pick a favorite beatle . heck if it wasnt for the fighting paul would have made another crappy record . baby i'm amazed is the only track worth listening to on it.
gaspo yeah i agree, as a new music example..i love the foster the people song , good chordings and backgrounds etc etc,,,but this Paul Mc album had 10 songs of that calibre...likely better and more catchy...
@JonBenet6 -- What? This song doesn't make you want to smile away? Oh geez, I guess Paul failed, then. If you listen to the lyrics, you can clearly tell Paul did in fact want you to smile away after hearing this song. Darn.
@mysphit23 -- Informed guess, but not true according to McCartney, who did admit to a few jibes at Lennon on the Ram album. For the record, "You took your lucky break and broke it in two" and "Too many people preaching practices" from the song Too Many People were definitely aimed at John. That's it. Other than that, McCartney and Lennon were two lifetime friends who'd had a falling out. Only Lennon in his then-fragile state saw the entire album as a criticism of him.
just a guy and his notepad and his guitar....anyone gonna comprehend anything better than this guy??? how many and how varied can one artist produce>>>>> ?
Great rocker sweet guitar tones Ram another great follow up with Beatle-esque energies blended in Great George like soloing was george near bye??? In Pauls mind for sure Love the driving Bass stuff Smiling dude im smiling for sure Peace Tim
this guy was over shadowed by lennon no doubt...i love lennon but he became a god when he died...people made him as being THE BEATLE...when in fact mc cartney had way better stuff than he had as both a beatle and as a solo artist....lennon fans (and i am one) don't glorify him because he died an untimely death and give the credit to paul, george, and ringo too...
Smile away! Thanks Paul for setting a standard of survival for me...You have been a great teacher! Although some think I am crazy for always smiling away! hugs sweet Paul and congrats to you and best wishes to the bride on your upcoming marriage!
Paul and John came away from the Beatles with different points of view and different temperaments. Sure they were angry at each other when they broke up and went solo. Each blamed the other for the disintigration of their little band. So they took cheap shots at each other. But their wasn't any real animosity between them. When John was in New York the day he was shot, he was going to see Paul to see if would be interested in recording new material.he was shot before had the chance to ask.
@FreakyOrthopedic But that tune was a little over the top and a bit uncontrolled. And the tune itself was bloody 'orrible. Helter Skelter, Oh Darlin' and Smile Away in that order. The latter was pre Wings and he still had some Beatle left in him.
@just4tunes Smile away 'orribly now - and let's be clear there was nothing wrong with Wings - they were still fit to stand side-by-side with the 'orrible Who/Pretenders/Rockpile for Kampuchea at the end of the 70's. Not meant to be profound but still a crackin' little rock'n'roll band. Don't believe everything you read.
@DoubleCross2009 Oh no...I disagree completely. Actually the Who were one of the few bands in the late '70's still rocking it ...and well. The early Pretenders were an awesome band. It's unimaginable that the person who wrote Elanore Rigby and Yesterday could only muster a Magnito and Titanium Man or Little Luck in his later career.
@just4tunes well at least we agree about the Who: saw them in 79 (Moon had not long died unfortunately) supported by AC/DC, Stranglers and Nils Lofgren - it was a top day out in the time just before they started to put a cap on volume. still love wings tho', magneto and all. anyway don't have to like all a band's tunes - even the who's early 80's output was pretty poor after what went before. keep smiling.
This is another one of the greatest lost gems in all rock history. McCartney's songs were just so catchy and melodic. My God what a talent. And the story of him and Linda is one of the greatest love stories of all time. That was trully true love. Peace.
@marvy1118 Well...Paul did have some good solo songs. But I don't really like his singing voice. And Lennon had a lot more "listenable" songs. But if you think this song is rubbish and Lennon's songs are shit, what hell of a great pile of shit they are.
This is fucking incredible. One of those pieces of spontaneous-genius-weirdnesses that only Macca and Lennon could achieve. The mesh between vocals and the harmonies after the chorus is so natural, unique.
Here's something most people don't know. Paul played [Wait for it] EVERY NOTE FROM EVERY INSTRUMENT ON EVERY SONG from the "RAM" album, INCLUDING ALL THE VOCALS! Only 1 person in the studio to assist in engineering while he played every instrument, his silly wife Linda. Most DEFINITELY one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. If he has a weakness I would say his lyrics, he tends to throw in any words that go with the music, but hell, WORKS FOR ME!!
@MyDreamside Been listening to first the Beatles, then Paul, for about 47 years now, and the tunes just keep sounding better with age. Hard to believe so much music came from one man.
@Hvacrmitch It was actually his first album called Mc Cartney on which he played every instrument,every note.Ram was recorded with his first post-Beatle band,A band which became WINGS.
@PhantomKitty957 First the background line is: "Don't know how to do that." It's basically Linda saying she doesn't know how to just smile away in the face of criticism. And then she interchanges it with "Learning how to do that." It switches back and forth. LOVE THIS SONG. RAM IS BRILLIANT.
Ponder this: if Paul released RAM today (for the first time), would it go to # 1 and stay there for about 6 MONTHS to A YEAR ?? This is still fresh and GREAT and the crap that is out today is REAL CRAP !! Do you agree with me or what ??
To histre 101:I LOVE this Song.Mybe you misread my posting/reply -I love both Paul and John.I am one the 1964 who saw them on TV when the Beatles played She Loves You-But you have to admit that RAM is an attack on John who had attacked Paul....ans so on.They(and George too) became friends long before John was shot and George died from cancer.Take care.
@69MC97gc I hear what you're saying, though I don't agree......they were friends all along, no doubt in my mind, I don't agree with this notion that "John wrote songs to attack Paul, while Paul wrote songs to attack John"..nah....I just don't buy it...
You don´t have to do that---It´s all about the(then )fight between Paul and John.The smell of feet ,breath,the smell of horribly now..."I met a friend"---
Do you think the "smile away" line in this song means basically "turn the other cheek"? I'm sure at this time, Paul was going thru a lot of sh%# around the break-up...criticism and back-stabbing. I love the vocals and rocking feel of this song, just always wondered it if meant anything.
Every single time Rip got out of the field in Iraq, if he was at a FOB or COP with a crappy MWR computer trailer, he played Smile Away on Youtube. Did wonders for his mental health. SMILE AWAY!
@PlatformWhimsical Speed of sound is the BEST it's my favourite wings album & i love denny laine's 'the note you never wrote' & paul's 'she's my baby' not to mention all the other amazing tracks & i'm a beatles fan all the way as they're my favourite band but wings are fuckin awesome too & i also like venus & mars
Wings never really did anything for me, so I was worried about hearing Paul's solo work. After listening to McCartney and Ram for the past two weeks, I gotta say they're both great albums. Maybe I'll give Wings another shot.
And I wonder what John thought about this song. It sounds right up his post-Beatles alley. I can practically hear him singing it himself.
@rhcp500 I know you wrote this a while ago, but the best place to start is Band on the Run. There are great songs from Red Rose Speedway and Wild Life. Don't let Wild Life's bad reviews spoil your enjoyment. It's half of a great record but the good half is beyond good. Then there are lots of hit and misses from the mid and late 70's.
@stampede331 For me, Band on the Run isn't better than Ram, McCartney, Red Rose Speedway or Venus and Mars.. just preference I suppose. Wild Life is nowhere near as bad as critics will tell you. It has some GREAT tracks on it. Back to the Eggs got some great tracks on too. Wings at the Speed of Sounds also great by the way.. but not better than Band on the Run (which I do also love..) I prefer Macca though when he's raw, playful and whimsy.
love that Obama creme pie....oh wait...he isnt the delivered god cum all...lol....aww poor fools...his smile is great though...and hes black to boot.... sort of a three for one for fools....get in line...it will all work out
@dodsie9 The oil has disappeared. Now we have shrimpers who say there is no need to go back to work shrimping right away because they are living on money from that terrible BP who employs all those people and pays the pensions of all those retirees. Don't be so anti-business. They may be successful at making money, but have you ever got a job from a poor person?
we were sitting on a little sandy side road in myrtle beach,s.c. watching the sun come up listening to this tape.............GOD it was so good. thanks 4 letting me drift back.........bless u my friend
Yeah I agree 100%! But i think it' coz we've become saturated with garbage..maybe he started it...hehe. Don't mean he is or was just...SO MUCH INFO today to appreciate Greatness
I love Paul and his musicianship. He loved Linda and she did not mess up his music at all. He and George were the best for me, then Ringo, I only rate John last because he was such a jerk and he picked out the Yoko for a wife.
@DAVWAVE ..... John was unhappy at the end of his first marriage.. he found someone he loved more ..whats wrong with that, and what if u were in Johns shoes . lets say u were maddly in love and noone like her .it wouldnt be the same would it ? Yoko isnt the only reason they broke up! they were starting to get less close and unhappier in the band .. they had been together as a band since like 1957 or something and how was John a "jerk"
@sallyg270 I am talking about Paul,who was happily married to Linda Eastman.John was (second Marriage) to Yoko.George was happily married too,so and so was Ringo.When the Beatles went different ways it wasnt all fun because they......Paul on one side and John,George and Ringo on the other fought about everything..The songs they had composed,the records(the songs,the vinyls,the rights)-Paul wanted the Eastman Group to represent The BeatlesJohn wanted Allens"fists".
@orbandsceptre27 (real fans dont believe that) right... why people believe this i dont know coz why would they replace him with someone that looks like him coz John George and Ringo wouldnt be up to keep a lie like that, once the beatles broke up im sure one of them wouldve let it out, John and Paul still sent letters to each other (i highly doubt that Johns gonna send letters to a fake paul! why would this ""iposter"" carry on being someone else? and why would someone give up ther own life!
..ilove the song a lot...but that flashing off the words over and over is really childish...we know we know the song is by paul,,,plez stop playing with ur buttons...it ruins ur intention of a good song being enjoyed
i was just thinking of the song 3 Legs and looked it up, and found these! im 16 now, but grew up as a child listening to this album. i used to sing Oh Banana Doodah haha! although i never knew Macca sang these... i also love Ram On, Boy, monkberry Moon Delight, Uncle Albert and Long Haired Lady. x
THis is just a great, raw, Paul song. I remember a friend of mine, who was not even a beatles fan saying that the phrase "I could smell your teeth a mile away" was the most absurdly funny thing he had ever heard. A great line.
Its well known that a couple of RAM songs refer to Lennon, mainly Too Many People and Dear Boy. But I've always kind of thought that Smile Away, which is a great song, was a gentle poke at Ringo. At the time, he was releasing all this country-tinged stuff that was pretty silly.
McCartney has stated quite clearly that Dear Boy was directed at Linda's ex, who rather unfortunately went along and topped himself, although many years later.
3 Legs probably has got something to do with the other three Beatles.
-Three 'legs' who went wherever Allen Klein told them to go.
John was supposedly convinced Dear Boy and Back Seat of My Car referred to himself.
Isn't this just the best good time music? Ram is a great record... Yes, am old enough to know better. And by the time I thought that I knew everything, I realised that all of the Beatles were magnificent musicians; each different, and thank goodness for it.
As I get older, I keep coming back to this album. And I keep getting older! My eyesight fades, my taste improves. :-)
When was John Lennon on your fuckin case Gaspo218 what part did you play in the band's break up? you lived through fuck all you dreamer! you aint connected!
I can smell his breath when he sings this...
histre101 1 month ago
"Man I could smell your feet a mile away"
bunnyfish714 1 month ago 2
RAM is one of the best Albums of all time!!!
Vanrocco66 1 month ago 3
More of this stuff in his live shows and less of the over-played Beatles stuff!!!
Vanrocco66 1 month ago
SMILE AWAY :D
Letsgobobcats 2 months ago
this song is so weird... but SO frikin good, holy cow! :D
ilovethesunrise 2 months ago 2
He puts some feeling into this one....!!!!
centralparocker 2 months ago
i guess people cant help themselves when it comes to drama stories. but for me ,i'll take the music and leave the debate. ever since i was a kid i could't pick a favorite beatle . heck if it wasnt for the fighting paul would have made another crappy record . baby i'm amazed is the only track worth listening to on it.
ShelleBelle69 3 months ago
gaspo yeah i agree, as a new music example..i love the foster the people song , good chordings and backgrounds etc etc,,,but this Paul Mc album had 10 songs of that calibre...likely better and more catchy...
fuzzypige222 3 months ago
Fuzz bass makes a comeback. you guys hear it?
shickasha 3 months ago 2
Man! Talk about under-rated! McCartney is "The King"
bnutdude 5 months ago
but, sir Paul, I don't WANT to smile away horribly now. Maybe later.
JonBenet6 5 months ago
@JonBenet6 -- What? This song doesn't make you want to smile away? Oh geez, I guess Paul failed, then. If you listen to the lyrics, you can clearly tell Paul did in fact want you to smile away after hearing this song. Darn.
DannyLamb613 4 months ago
we all know this was to John, right?
mysphit23 5 months ago
@mysphit23 No.
PhantomKitty957 5 months ago
@mysphit23 -- Informed guess, but not true according to McCartney, who did admit to a few jibes at Lennon on the Ram album. For the record, "You took your lucky break and broke it in two" and "Too many people preaching practices" from the song Too Many People were definitely aimed at John. That's it. Other than that, McCartney and Lennon were two lifetime friends who'd had a falling out. Only Lennon in his then-fragile state saw the entire album as a criticism of him.
DannyLamb613 4 months ago
Love this album.
tanksbb 5 months ago
Puristic pop. Fundamental Funk. Rocky rock and electric esalectic...!!
and smelly feet
fruntbach 5 months ago 9
fuck yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss
sanguine111 6 months ago
Breathes there a greater rock vocalist than McCartney in his prime? The way he could go from bell toned sweet vocals to screaming madman is amazing.
paulybxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 6 months ago 5
just a guy and his notepad and his guitar....anyone gonna comprehend anything better than this guy??? how many and how varied can one artist produce>>>>> ?
fuzzypige222 6 months ago
myfatherknowsbest 6 months ago
i wrote a song about an octopus!!!
keithosmarferrer 6 months ago
smile away to another cassic by PM
bigbazza58 6 months ago
this guy was over shadowed by lennon no doubt...i love lennon but he became a god when he died...people made him as being THE BEATLE...when in fact mc cartney had way better stuff than he had as both a beatle and as a solo artist....lennon fans (and i am one) don't glorify him because he died an untimely death and give the credit to paul, george, and ringo too...
buzzbeerguy 6 months ago
Poor bastard should have never got re-married to that gold digging cunt !!
painitful 6 months ago 3
One of me favorite songs
preluki 6 months ago
Killed me in "71, This is PM at the roots of his shit
chippy783 6 months ago
FANTASTIC
gumshoesoul 7 months ago
Eight people can't smell your feet a mile away.
integral 7 months ago 2
@integral thats just a retarded comment
denversnowboarder 7 months ago
@denversnowboarder I see a great future for you in the YouTube comment section troll biz. Congrats.
integral 7 months ago 3
@integral thats just a retarded comment dude dont try to get thumbs up
denversnowboarder 7 months ago
@denversnowboarder had to try twice to get your feeble minded comment right? What a maroon.
anklegrease 7 months ago
@anklegrease you replied twice too, I hope those two thumbs up boost your self esteem, asshole
denversnowboarder 7 months ago
Smile away! Thanks Paul for setting a standard of survival for me...You have been a great teacher! Although some think I am crazy for always smiling away! hugs sweet Paul and congrats to you and best wishes to the bride on your upcoming marriage!
Hugs Jet
jetbirdzme 8 months ago
Paul and John came away from the Beatles with different points of view and different temperaments. Sure they were angry at each other when they broke up and went solo. Each blamed the other for the disintigration of their little band. So they took cheap shots at each other. But their wasn't any real animosity between them. When John was in New York the day he was shot, he was going to see Paul to see if would be interested in recording new material.he was shot before had the chance to ask.
john0763 8 months ago
@john0763
Really? I've never heard of that! Makes me hate that bastard Chapman even more.
AyashaYumi 8 months ago
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FreakyOrthopedic 9 months ago
@just4tunes DOn't forget "Monkberry Moon Delight"!
FreakyOrthopedic 9 months ago 2
@FreakyOrthopedic But that tune was a little over the top and a bit uncontrolled. And the tune itself was bloody 'orrible. Helter Skelter, Oh Darlin' and Smile Away in that order. The latter was pre Wings and he still had some Beatle left in him.
just4tunes 9 months ago
@just4tunes u dont really have to show that u have a british accent when ur typing
aurkomaitra 9 months ago
@just4tunes Smile away 'orribly now - and let's be clear there was nothing wrong with Wings - they were still fit to stand side-by-side with the 'orrible Who/Pretenders/Rockpile for Kampuchea at the end of the 70's. Not meant to be profound but still a crackin' little rock'n'roll band. Don't believe everything you read.
DoubleCross2009 8 months ago
@DoubleCross2009 Oh no...I disagree completely. Actually the Who were one of the few bands in the late '70's still rocking it ...and well. The early Pretenders were an awesome band. It's unimaginable that the person who wrote Elanore Rigby and Yesterday could only muster a Magnito and Titanium Man or Little Luck in his later career.
just4tunes 8 months ago
@just4tunes well at least we agree about the Who: saw them in 79 (Moon had not long died unfortunately) supported by AC/DC, Stranglers and Nils Lofgren - it was a top day out in the time just before they started to put a cap on volume. still love wings tho', magneto and all. anyway don't have to like all a band's tunes - even the who's early 80's output was pretty poor after what went before. keep smiling.
DoubleCross2009 7 months ago
I love the guitar at the beginning. For a moment, before Paul started singing, I thought I was listening to Nirvana. :P
nehnehmjfan22 10 months ago
@nehnehmjfan22
Actually this would have been an awesome song for Nirvana to cover. Can you imagine Kurt Cobain singing, "man I can smell your breath a mile away" ?
jaystarstar 8 months ago
This is another one of the greatest lost gems in all rock history. McCartney's songs were just so catchy and melodic. My God what a talent. And the story of him and Linda is one of the greatest love stories of all time. That was trully true love. Peace.
makingsense53 10 months ago 39
Paul was just wierd during this period, one reason I like him.
marvy1118 11 months ago
Even Paul's shit was better than John's greatest.
marvy1118 11 months ago
@marvy1118 Well...Paul did have some good solo songs. But I don't really like his singing voice. And Lennon had a lot more "listenable" songs. But if you think this song is rubbish and Lennon's songs are shit, what hell of a great pile of shit they are.
albuorkka 11 months ago
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chardonnay501 11 months ago
This song rocks!!
chardonnay501 1 year ago 2
I agree, better if bass was less distorted.
Rob barry
reflexgamingz 1 year ago
Been listening to Ram since the late 70's when my parents bought it for me for Christmas. 30 plus years later I still have to PLAY THIS LOUD!
eva89117 1 year ago
2:40 my favorite part....paul Rocks..and bass sounds like thunder...Yes sir~ Ah~~ ya ya ya ya ya SS...mile away
TheBeatlesjohnpaul 1 year ago
An other Great Song that Los Angeles Oldies Radio Stations have forgot
Just one great song.
TL250Rider 1 year ago
A terrific track from a great album.Sadly maligned when it first came out,'Ram' does not have a weak track on it.Thanks for posting.
walesdad 1 year ago
Never fails to bring a smile to my face. :)
*Smile away quietly now...*
JaneFokster 1 year ago
Excellent, my favorite line in the song!
saclrpfrl10 1 year ago
This is fucking incredible. One of those pieces of spontaneous-genius-weirdnesses that only Macca and Lennon could achieve. The mesh between vocals and the harmonies after the chorus is so natural, unique.
ccmazza 1 year ago
@just4tunes man i can smell your teeth a mile away smile away smile away ya smile
lukefenderrhodes 1 year ago
Here's something most people don't know. Paul played [Wait for it] EVERY NOTE FROM EVERY INSTRUMENT ON EVERY SONG from the "RAM" album, INCLUDING ALL THE VOCALS! Only 1 person in the studio to assist in engineering while he played every instrument, his silly wife Linda. Most DEFINITELY one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. If he has a weakness I would say his lyrics, he tends to throw in any words that go with the music, but hell, WORKS FOR ME!!
Hvacrmitch 1 year ago 2
@Hvacrmitch i find his lyrics very artistic too,is not easy at all
MyDreamside 1 year ago
@MyDreamside Been listening to first the Beatles, then Paul, for about 47 years now, and the tunes just keep sounding better with age. Hard to believe so much music came from one man.
Hvacrmitch 1 year ago 2
@Hvacrmitch It was actually his first album called Mc Cartney on which he played every instrument,every note.Ram was recorded with his first post-Beatle band,A band which became WINGS.
69MC97gc 1 year ago
@69MC97gc You are correct, MY BAD. Sorry, a lot of brain cells have committed suicide over the last 40 years.
Hvacrmitch 1 year ago
@69MC97gc this is incorrect too - RAM was recorded by Paul, Linda and several invited musicians, some of them THEN joined Wings later that year...
MichalFokt 1 year ago
@Hvacrmitch i hope you dont mean "silly wife linda" in a bad way.
missgenevincent 1 year ago
Om me la di doo dah ((*j*))
kklooey 1 year ago
Can anyone tell what the line is that the background vocals keep repeating?
PhantomKitty957 1 year ago
@PhantomKitty957 "don't know how to do that"....then changes up to "learnin' how to do that"....btw.....the background is all his Linda.
histre101 1 year ago
@PhantomKitty957 First the background line is: "Don't know how to do that." It's basically Linda saying she doesn't know how to just smile away in the face of criticism. And then she interchanges it with "Learning how to do that." It switches back and forth. LOVE THIS SONG. RAM IS BRILLIANT.
TheMrosin 1 year ago
real crap
papapardal1 1 year ago
Ponder this: if Paul released RAM today (for the first time), would it go to # 1 and stay there for about 6 MONTHS to A YEAR ?? This is still fresh and GREAT and the crap that is out today is REAL CRAP !! Do you agree with me or what ??
gaspo218 1 year ago 38
To histre 101:I LOVE this Song.Mybe you misread my posting/reply -I love both Paul and John.I am one the 1964 who saw them on TV when the Beatles played She Loves You-But you have to admit that RAM is an attack on John who had attacked Paul....ans so on.They(and George too) became friends long before John was shot and George died from cancer.Take care.
69MC97gc 1 year ago
@69MC97gc I hear what you're saying, though I don't agree......they were friends all along, no doubt in my mind, I don't agree with this notion that "John wrote songs to attack Paul, while Paul wrote songs to attack John"..nah....I just don't buy it...
histre101 1 year ago
SMILE AWAY IT REALY HELPS!!
jakelvis100 1 year ago
Great Song Great album
Thank you
TL250Rider 1 year ago
Sure does make me smile away. My Dad used to hate this song ... almost as much as ELO's "Roll over , Beethoven".
alfredhitchcock8 1 year ago
You don´t have to do that---It´s all about the(then )fight between Paul and John.The smell of feet ,breath,the smell of horribly now..."I met a friend"---
69MC97gc 1 year ago
@69MC97gc oh please (eyeroll)
histre101 1 year ago
A favorite of mine, love the music.
graceflyer1 1 year ago
@just4tunes Check out the vocals on "No woman no why". They are great too.
ale0kiss 1 year ago
Do you think the "smile away" line in this song means basically "turn the other cheek"? I'm sure at this time, Paul was going thru a lot of sh%# around the break-up...criticism and back-stabbing. I love the vocals and rocking feel of this song, just always wondered it if meant anything.
bbaxtr 1 year ago
I wish he'd do Ram songs in concert. Anyone ever heard him do this one live?
vantalge 1 year ago
@vantalge I have. My friends dad had video taped it...but he didn't know who Paul McCartney was. He just remembered being at the concert!XD
MrBendorandoran 1 year ago
Brother I can smell your breath a mile away!
Mark5610 1 year ago
Every single time Rip got out of the field in Iraq, if he was at a FOB or COP with a crappy MWR computer trailer, he played Smile Away on Youtube. Did wonders for his mental health. SMILE AWAY!
ripvanwinkle61 1 year ago
he is good bot with out lennon he is incomplet
9serchiyo 1 year ago
@9serchiyo oh please.....both lennon and mccartney can stand tall on their own
histre101 1 year ago
@9serchiyo rotflmao!!!!
histre101 1 year ago
this shit is ..BEATLE !!!!!!!!(I mean that in a GOOD way)
gittahfiend 1 year ago
Totally tubular to the max!
xoxo
The Clarences
THECLARENCES 1 year ago
@rhcp500 Hey you should definately check out Wings, they're my favourite all time band. I'd recommend Speed of Sound and London Town for starters.
PlatformWhimsical 1 year ago
@PlatformWhimsical Speed of sound is the BEST it's my favourite wings album & i love denny laine's 'the note you never wrote' & paul's 'she's my baby' not to mention all the other amazing tracks & i'm a beatles fan all the way as they're my favourite band but wings are fuckin awesome too & i also like venus & mars
MrMoviemaster26 1 year ago
@just4tunes I think Oh! Darling and Monkberry Moon Delight would disagree
rhcp500 1 year ago
@rhcp500 Right on.
deemat555 1 year ago
Wings never really did anything for me, so I was worried about hearing Paul's solo work. After listening to McCartney and Ram for the past two weeks, I gotta say they're both great albums. Maybe I'll give Wings another shot.
And I wonder what John thought about this song. It sounds right up his post-Beatles alley. I can practically hear him singing it himself.
rhcp500 1 year ago
@rhcp500 I know you wrote this a while ago, but the best place to start is Band on the Run. There are great songs from Red Rose Speedway and Wild Life. Don't let Wild Life's bad reviews spoil your enjoyment. It's half of a great record but the good half is beyond good. Then there are lots of hit and misses from the mid and late 70's.
stampede331 1 year ago
@stampede331 For me, Band on the Run isn't better than Ram, McCartney, Red Rose Speedway or Venus and Mars.. just preference I suppose. Wild Life is nowhere near as bad as critics will tell you. It has some GREAT tracks on it. Back to the Eggs got some great tracks on too. Wings at the Speed of Sounds also great by the way.. but not better than Band on the Run (which I do also love..) I prefer Macca though when he's raw, playful and whimsy.
ziggywatters 1 year ago
MAN I CAN SMELL THE OIL THOUSAND MILES AWAY SAD !!! FGUCK YOU BP
dodsie9 1 year ago
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love that Obama creme pie....oh wait...he isnt the delivered god cum all...lol....aww poor fools...his smile is great though...and hes black to boot.... sort of a three for one for fools....get in line...it will all work out
fuzzypige222 1 year ago
@fuzzypige222 /what the hell,s that got to do with any fuckin thing
Fletch7453 1 year ago
@dodsie9 The oil has disappeared. Now we have shrimpers who say there is no need to go back to work shrimping right away because they are living on money from that terrible BP who employs all those people and pays the pensions of all those retirees. Don't be so anti-business. They may be successful at making money, but have you ever got a job from a poor person?
dachille1 1 year ago
Great Song!!! thanks Paul for all the songs. they are all great but some are just a little greater..
deweydell 1 year ago
Don't know why he doesn't break this one out for the live shows.
RichYan33 1 year ago
good one
biskitlee 1 year ago
we were sitting on a little sandy side road in myrtle beach,s.c. watching the sun come up listening to this tape.............GOD it was so good. thanks 4 letting me drift back.........bless u my friend
Fletch7453 1 year ago 2
This is a cut loose & have fun song!
greenwich1754 1 year ago
Are the background singers singing 'Don't know how to do that?' ? and then 'Leaning how to do that?' ?
switcherxx 1 year ago
@switcherxx uh, the "background singers" are actually Linda and yes she does change up to "learning how to do that"
histre101 1 year ago
I like your backing band.
This song rocks.
Paul
PaulTettam 1 year ago
Love this song.! "I could smell your feet a MILE away"... hehe smile away!!
rwhitenow 1 year ago
I agree, Mac sings with iron balls. It's unfortunate that many contemporary people are not familiar with this side of Sir Mac.
Thanks Paul...............
eastriverblues 1 year ago 3
Yeah I agree 100%! But i think it' coz we've become saturated with garbage..maybe he started it...hehe. Don't mean he is or was just...SO MUCH INFO today to appreciate Greatness
rwhitenow 1 year ago
true be it..... Sir Paul has written 'bout 10000 songs to Lennons 250.... of course John was a genious...
floridajeet 1 year ago
...quietly now. horribly now...lol smile away!
TheDragline288 1 year ago
Wings over America tour in 1980. They played Richfield Ohio . Did a great job on this song
deweydell 1 year ago
Love his voice!
giligara30492 1 year ago
This song would be absolutely killer performed live, McCartney should be doing this one right now.
thumbsaloft 2 years ago 13
Right on
Tomcaatt 2 years ago
Thanks! I still love this album so much!
VenusGrnys 2 years ago 2
JL and Yoko love each other
thewho186 2 years ago 2
JL is no more.
DAVWAVE 2 years ago
I love Paul and his musicianship. He loved Linda and she did not mess up his music at all. He and George were the best for me, then Ringo, I only rate John last because he was such a jerk and he picked out the Yoko for a wife.
DAVWAVE 2 years ago 4
@DAVWAVE This is no way to talk . Unfortunately, you might be right.
TheDragline288 1 year ago
@DAVWAVE ..... John was unhappy at the end of his first marriage.. he found someone he loved more ..whats wrong with that, and what if u were in Johns shoes . lets say u were maddly in love and noone like her .it wouldnt be the same would it ? Yoko isnt the only reason they broke up! they were starting to get less close and unhappier in the band .. they had been together as a band since like 1957 or something and how was John a "jerk"
sallyg270 1 year ago
@sallyg270 I am talking about Paul,who was happily married to Linda Eastman.John was (second Marriage) to Yoko.George was happily married too,so and so was Ringo.When the Beatles went different ways it wasnt all fun because they......Paul on one side and John,George and Ringo on the other fought about everything..The songs they had composed,the records(the songs,the vinyls,the rights)-Paul wanted the Eastman Group to represent The BeatlesJohn wanted Allens"fists".
69MC97gc 11 months ago
Is this song about George Harrison?
glimmer2158 2 years ago 3
@glimmer2158
Hey be nice!!!!
wateryskipper 2 years ago
@glimmer2158
HAHAHA LOL
wateryskipper 2 years ago 2
No it isn't about George
histre101 2 years ago
@glimmer2158 I've read somewhere that it might be about George.. something alluding to the Let It Be sessions.. interesting incite
RJLKMRD 1 year ago
I love this album, it is certainly some of Macca's best work. I CAN SMELL YOUR TEETH A MILE AWAY, YEAH,YEAH,YEAH
wrightchix 2 years ago
love this song ,it rocks.great memories from myrtle beach.back in the day of course
Fletch7453 2 years ago
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Paul McCartney is dead, this isn't him - now give me my minus mark monkeys!
orbandsceptre27 2 years ago
@orbandsceptre27 (real fans dont believe that) right... why people believe this i dont know coz why would they replace him with someone that looks like him coz John George and Ringo wouldnt be up to keep a lie like that, once the beatles broke up im sure one of them wouldve let it out, John and Paul still sent letters to each other (i highly doubt that Johns gonna send letters to a fake paul! why would this ""iposter"" carry on being someone else? and why would someone give up ther own life!
sallyg270 1 year ago
@orbandsceptre27 so yeahh .... up yours xD
sallyg270 1 year ago
Is Linda alternately singing 'Learning how to do that' and 'Don't Know how to do that' in the background? I've always wondered.
pcgneurotic 2 years ago
Yes she is....
histre101 2 years ago
bad mofo
rosemarie92123 2 years ago
Paul rocking out with "Smile Away", definitely one of his all-time greats.
moorlock2003 2 years ago 31
ram is the macca album in my opinion
VinylCentral 2 years ago 4
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Paul McCartney died in 1966, this isn`t him.
orbandsceptre27 2 years ago
Does this mean Elvis Presley is still alive?
DerekBayRoberts1 2 years ago 5
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All I know is this isn't the original Paul McCartney.
orbandsceptre27 2 years ago
What do you mean?
SungaiaCopesetic 2 years ago
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The beginning sounds like it is lifted from Sour Milk Sea
getback9691 2 years ago
One way to let someone know that they have
power over you, is to let them know how
annoyed you are, with what they do. Good
one. :-)
yourimageunreels 2 years ago
..ilove the song a lot...but that flashing off the words over and over is really childish...we know we know the song is by paul,,,plez stop playing with ur buttons...it ruins ur intention of a good song being enjoyed
CHUCKLOVES1969 2 years ago 3
THE VOICE
jba2323 2 years ago 6
great song
raphevan 2 years ago 2
i was just thinking of the song 3 Legs and looked it up, and found these! im 16 now, but grew up as a child listening to this album. i used to sing Oh Banana Doodah haha! although i never knew Macca sang these... i also love Ram On, Boy, monkberry Moon Delight, Uncle Albert and Long Haired Lady. x
vixitrixalina 2 years ago 3
Ram is his best album.
Mrung0wa 2 years ago 5
i agree
d0gdre8mz 2 years ago 2
THis is just a great, raw, Paul song. I remember a friend of mine, who was not even a beatles fan saying that the phrase "I could smell your teeth a mile away" was the most absurdly funny thing he had ever heard. A great line.
inkey2 2 years ago 4
can u get this album on cd?
markillingworth1972 2 years ago
I have it on CD...
jimmyjames77 2 years ago
Oh yes!!
susdew 2 years ago
wow classic !! i want this album right now!!
markillingworth1972 2 years ago 6
Its well known that a couple of RAM songs refer to Lennon, mainly Too Many People and Dear Boy. But I've always kind of thought that Smile Away, which is a great song, was a gentle poke at Ringo. At the time, he was releasing all this country-tinged stuff that was pretty silly.
rivalyeah 2 years ago
McCartney has stated quite clearly that Dear Boy was directed at Linda's ex, who rather unfortunately went along and topped himself, although many years later.
3 Legs probably has got something to do with the other three Beatles.
-Three 'legs' who went wherever Allen Klein told them to go.
John was supposedly convinced Dear Boy and Back Seat of My Car referred to himself.
Paul never admitted this.
EmileJoulbert 2 years ago 2
Yeah, I also think 3 legs seems to refer to the other Beatles.
Crisstti 2 years ago
Ram still is a really good album.
soundslikecamera 2 years ago 4
This song even made your parents laugh!
jimdunmire 2 years ago
In my opinion, Ram was Paul's greatest album....thank you for posting.
Ram on,
Joe.
kringles4 2 years ago 6
Smile away! :-)
Isn't this just the best good time music? Ram is a great record... Yes, am old enough to know better. And by the time I thought that I knew everything, I realised that all of the Beatles were magnificent musicians; each different, and thank goodness for it.
As I get older, I keep coming back to this album. And I keep getting older! My eyesight fades, my taste improves. :-)
jc333jc 2 years ago 8
DITTO jc333jc !!!!
CC4Ryder 2 years ago
It;s still a great album!...LOL
jc333jc 2 years ago
Macca no seu melhor album Ram
Rodrigoliverpool 2 years ago 4
dam how did global political bs get into this. man it's mc cartney just sit back ,shut up and listen. ah huh smile away.quietly now.
stratplayersdad 3 years ago 3
You seriously just just hit the nail on the head.
S0ITG0s 3 years ago 2
Paul has that lady madonna voice on this one
JCD22294 3 years ago 3
dude i got this record''' and it still sounds good. you do remember vynle don't you
stratplayersdad 3 years ago
Smile away!!!!!
Love it!!!!!
oxoxox
VenusGrnys 3 years ago
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BlueTankTop 3 years ago
When was John Lennon on your fuckin case Gaspo218 what part did you play in the band's break up? you lived through fuck all you dreamer! you aint connected!