Paul McCartney - Too Many People

[rollingstonesgirl99]

such a good song.....just sooo amazing.

paul is a genious :D

[75tm400]

RAM on 8 track. Good @ss times back then.

[maestrostring00]

yea this songs about john

[TheShapcal]

I read somewhere that the line "Now what can be done for you/She's waiting for me" is about Yoko ...supposedly she started following Paul around and then moved on to John because Paul wasn't interested ...and the whole art show story is bunk to save face ...don't know if it's true, but it would make a LOT of sense and would have made John insane with jealousy, enough that he could write a song as over-the-top angry and resentful as "How Do You Sleep?" ...makes me wonder what else happened!

[supermansakic]

Guys I hope you know this song has NOTHING to do with the amount of people in the world. Its about John Lennon meeting with Mccartney in 70' saying why he left the beatles- because he was sick of the publicity. Then when Mccartney says, "this was your first mistake" that part, is about mccartney telling lennon he was a fool for giving up his fame for nothing.

[NS9213]

Apparently 9 people don't think that this song is "a piece of cake"???

[Jackupnow]

Paul you broke it so Paul what can your new wife take from you ?it's ok to grow old

[ignisdesuper]

maybe paul was more of a political artist than we are inspired to believe. this jam isbadass\

[MrDanielTynan]

Somehow I had never heard this particular song before. then they were playing it on the Howard Stern show while talking about Jackie. heheh. . anyways GREAT song!

[rudwung1]

Beatles Forever.....

[chookieJS]

I think Too Many People was way more subtle and creative. But How Do You Sleep was just mean..

[singleh27]

Too Many People dislike this video. It's an awesome song.

[LocalLiverpudlian]

When most friends squabble nothing comes out of it.

Just hurt feelings and broken things.

When Paul and John squabble, you get two great songs.

[Neverever325]

Silly Love Songs, another not so subtle part of the conversation John and Paul were having....

[KOSMICKEN09]

my fave paul solo song, and that's saying a lot for me...

[Binca954]

I like the song Paul and the others did a good job on their own.

[RobloxAdminstrator12]

Like bar looks like a joint

[batalion666]

some Pauls songs are really bad

[inkey2]

I love the last lead guitar part in this.....i was bummed when I heard from numerous sources he did not play that part......i always thought it was him....sounds just like his playing style

[AwesomeBeatles]

I heard this on Chicago radio last week. I forgot how much I love this song. When I was 10 years old I took the city bus into town to buy the 45rpm. I love this song better now than then. G, from Michigan City, Indiana.

[JT8800]

Too Many People don't seem to realize that this is a 'message' or 'commentary' on John Lennon and of course, Yoko Ono. The breakup of the Beatles created years of chaos and animosity between The Fab Four. While Lennon and McCartney took shots at each other over those years, they were able to maintain a somewhat fragile and uneasy relationship until the death of John Lennon in 1980. For fans who want a tribute of sorts, check out 'Here Today' by McCartney. Listen, then Judge for yourself.

[FabFM]

@JT8800 Actually the relationship was uneasy up until 1977, after that they spoke on the telephone regularly and Paul actually spent a weekend with John and Yoko at their home in NYC. Paul also credits Yoko as one of the people who provided him with the greatest comfort after Lennon's death.

[softsummernights]

some of faul mccartney's best work

[reverseification]

Can you imagine that Paul wrote this song when the world population in 1971 was 3.7 billion people; near the end of 2011 the world population will reach 7 billion!!! The human race is taking away all the environment of the planet's species, using all the resources and at the same time producing waste which poisons our planet... Worst of it all?: I am one of them! (Please recycle)

[PhillyDippy5]

@reverseification World Population is not the point,m the point is that Paul is talking about his soul mate John Lennon. Kill China and wolrd population will be ok again.

[GeorgeCarlinAtePussy]

@reverseification Paul McCartney is alone responsible for the 7 billion people alive in 2011 since he fathered over half of them.

[unfortunatebeam]

@reverseification where I come from, Prince Edward Island Canada, recycling is the law. I don't see why that isn't the law everywhere at tis point.

This is crazy...

[grindlemeister]

@reverseification I agree with ya 100 percent. Seven billion people is a scary concept to think about. Funny enough, no one wants to talk about overpopulation anymore. It seems to be a taboo subject. Too many people indeed. WAY too many.

[pronessnoob]

@reverseification

it's already passed 7 billion people, to this day.

[PowerInMN]

"Piece of Cake"

[75tm400]

Linda keeping beat with the cowbell in this song is sweet .

[ElricAru13]

@MerryHeartIsMedicine i don't know who you're talking about, and no one in my family know those silly named people

[TrentYamasaka]

@MerryHeartIsMedicine fuck god

[kmc56]

drinky drinky smokey smokey

[ApollonAcheus]

I really dont like the fact that John and Paul fighted each other with their songs, but i have to say, and im also suprised, that both songs ("Too many people" and "How do you sleep") are really, really good.

[hungryhippos41]

@ApollonAcheus "fought" buddy, it's "fought," not "fighted"

[crazymind]

Although both songs are actually quite good despite the fact that they are attacks towards eachother, Paul McCartney did it in subtle underlying way, however how do you sleep at night was completely bare, one couldn't refer that to anyone else cause it was in reference to Beatles' songs and basically said Paul all over it.....

[dhloup1]

One of music's highpoints

[rowwell]

Is that Ravi Shankar playing the sitar at the end of this song?

[009gman]

@rowwell do not think it was a sitar

[RJLKMRD]

I don't think John really ever got over these attacks toward him in "Too Many People" as is evident in how he still sounded bitter toward Paul in his 1980 Playboy Interview but the attacks in "Too Many People" seemed so subtle and far less explicit than John's attacks in "How Do You Sleep." I think John could dish but he couldn't receive.

[RJLKMRD]

Starting at around 2:19 and until the end of the song, it seems like Too Many People really hits its peak with the final refrain.. It sounds like something from The Who's Tommy. it actually is the hardest stuff on Ram other than Monkberry Moon Delight

[cindyluq]

off the "Ram LP".....my fave by Paul MCartney.......even though the subject matter is not the happiest......still classic!!

[llpowers]

haha i say "too many people" every chance i get. if its in a crowded area, im sitting in traffic, anything! i always start singing this song. love you paul :D

[spyderkat]

Who are the a**holes who silenced RAM? I do magic- really. You have one week to make it play or the bad luck begins.

[foxrun1348]

He asked for Lennon's "How do you sleep?"

[maxbatch70]

When the Beatles disbanded, it was a very sad day for us,in my generation, t'was like losing a nearest kin,wewere so mournful, that we couldn't believe it, we convinced ourselves that it was just a joke, but reality seeps in, and it took us a long time to recover. I believe, it would take a thousand years before another group with the likes of the beatles would reappear.

[arianaHARRISON]

This song jusr brightens my day.

I love both Paul McCartney & John Lennon.

They were both really good song writers and musicians.

Ahhhh man what would the world be like if they were still here <3 ?

[BeatlEPMJo]

JOHN & PAUL FOREVER NO MATTER WHAT!!! <3<3

[maxbatch70]

beatles, FOREVER, period!

[LVEMEDO]

@maxbatch70 AWESOME COMMENT

[maxbatch70]

@LVEMEDO Thank you

[Codguy77]

@maxbatch70 This is a McCartney song, not a Beatle one.

[maxbatch70]

@Codguy77 ok I stand corrected

[LVEMEDO]

@maxbatch70 WAY TO GO I agree

[frazettastone]

@maxbatch70 YESS!!!! PEROID!! much love too you and yours!

[maxbatch70]

@frazettastone - thank you very much

[JT8800]

Even though it's nearly impossible to put aside the sniping between Lennon and McCartney, it's not a bad tune. Definitely not close to his best, but not bad!

[TheDrogobych]

Зис очень вери прекрасно я это слушал еще в 1972 году!!

[econogate]

In the past context it maybe seems like a shot at yoko, and I think it sounds also like it could be directed at anyone as well...I suppose common wisdom or maybe even admission says it was at John...

[maria31808]

I iove so much this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mrstevehartman]

Its about EVERYBODY !!!

[photoeng1]

It's not a shot at John. It's a shot at Yoko!

[MrHarryski]

@photoeng1 Its about John

[stivick11]

@photoeng1 This song has always been considered a shot at John, and John supposedly shot back at Paul with "Imagine". McCartney is the only one that could really answer, but do we really want to know. Beatle mystic will drive me till' I die.

[prorokini]

@stivick11

John's reply was "How do you sleep". In that song he accused Paul that "all [he] did was Yesterday" and being the king of squares. The record's sleeve hat John grabbing a pig by the ears, a parody of Paul's album's sleeve. I don't know if all that stuff was really about hate or just playful sneering at each other.

[LpFBTS]

what part is it where he sings falsetto ? i read somewhere he does in the "bridge," but can someone point out where that is ?

[letosvet1]

@LpFBTS when he sings that was your first mistake etc. ;)

[LpFBTS]

@letosvet1 thanks ! :)

[cbimbi]

" Dont let them tell .... " Paul spells lide " JOhn le nn On " or am I having allucinations?

[60srocker46]

one of mcCartneys best, even if it was a shot at john

[overban888]

strange to know that "John was a former member of the band of the so called band the Beatles, hey but why be·A·tles?????????

I don't see how can be dedicated to him especially

[WiltatKansas]

Paul McCartney is a freakin genius

[cindyluq]

that was your first mistake.....

[TheKatao]

John kicked his ass good with how do you sleep. i love this guitaring and singing. i can't help it, i love everything about John. but I hate Paul's personality, but his singing from the 60s to the 80s was PHENOMINAL!

[acrbarros]

I don't care about "How do you sleep" and "Too many people". Despite all their discussions, I know they loved each other. Don't you think? It seems like brothers. Although they argue, sometimes, they are best friends.

And, of course, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are the best musicians of all the time!!! ;)

[WiltatKansas]

@acrbarros John Lennon says in a video from the 70's here in youtube that Paul was his best friend.

[FireFox516]

I can't stop listening to this song. It's just so catchy.

[KamikazeKing]

I believe that both "Too Many People" and "How Do Youi Sleep" are amazing songs. No matter what morals you follow people should know; Lennon and McCartney were at their prime. They will forever be known as two of the most musically influential people of all time. RIP Lennon.

[icanwaitanotherday]

I don't care about old Macca/Lennon wars. I just love this song!

[JFLD02186]

great guitar by maca...killer

[PixieDust1996]

Is this a McCartney-made "How Do You Sleep"?

[LouiePlaysDrums]

The opposite. "How Do You Sleep?" was written in response to this song.

[kingmick13]

i remember when i was little,my mom playing this 45 over and over....it was great

[maxbatch70]

John Lennon was an artist, poet, an intellectual among the beatles, whose music is not for commercial purposes, he has a troubled childhood, abandoned by his father at a tender age, his mother met a tragic car accident, and when the beatles broke up (thanks ,no thanks, to paul) john lennon was devastated, his behavior was bizarre, but his talent in composing music is incomparable, whenever john sneezes, the world, in my generation, catches cold.

[Bobjb999]

Paul: the pot head, Johnny :acid head (as was George) , and later the junkie ("cold turkey has got me on the run").

-"preaching practices" could refer to John's trying all kinds of therapies (e.g. Primal Scream therapy, as evidenced by scream-singing on the Plastic Ono Band album: the song "Mother", for one) & spiritual teachings - when he wasn't trying all kinds of drugs! Paul's songs got covered more 'cause

Johnny went to stranger mental places that fewer listeners & singers could relate to!

[sharkey4123]

@Bobjb999 I always though preaching practices was about Lennon's campaigning for peace etc, telling people that they should do this and that. As Paul says "dont let them tell you who you want to be"

[Bobjb999]

Your interpretation works too, I'd say.

My first thought was the line referred to:

(the) preaching (of) spiritual practices, but you're right, Johnny got rather politically vociferous & preachy at times.

But I wonder if McCartney may have both resented and admired John for that. Paul later said he wrote "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" after John had written a number of political songs & Paul said he thought he might try his hand at voicing some of his own political opinions in a song too.

[lifestraight]

@sharkey4123 Yeah those lines were about John.

[sharkey4123]

@lifestraight

I knew they were about John, there's just many ways to interpret them and what exactly he is saying about John. That was always what I assumed til I saw here that other people think it's other things about John.

[katrin2801]

How John can win if Macca wrote this song first and then Lennon wrote "How do you sleep" as an answer...

[DeboGnR]

YEAH! I LOVE YOU PAUL!♥

[LennMacca93]

Holy shit!!! I'm going to listen this song whole night!! YEEEEEAAHHH

[SolidGoldKalashnikov]

this song vs "How Do You Sleep," ... john wins...

[rzcmch]

@SolidGoldKalashnikov How do you sleep is just angry garbage.

Too Many People can be applied to anyone in the world who follows the preachings of rabble-rousers

[POBulkhead]

@rzcmch You are a retard!

[rzcmch]

@POBulkhead You let people tell you who want to be

[WiltatKansas]

@rzcmch If you think how do you sleep is garbage so you are retarded. It's a great song actually.

[rzcmch]

@WiltatKansas ...You cant even type a proper sentence. If you are suggesting the subjective quality of music taste influences mental level then I wish you the best of luck in life

[WiltatKansas]

@rzcmch You can't suck more.

[rzcmch]

@WiltatKansas you cant swallow any more. how's that belly full of cum?

[WiltatKansas]

@rzcmch I owned you.

[rzcmch]

@WiltatKansas except no, get over it mr internet debater

[richardr105]

the pure and unmatched genius of this one man basically defies description......keep on rockin' Paul........you are the best and continue to amaze the world you live in.

[BestBeatles1]

great song

[BestBeatles1]

so true . This song is written for john lennon. Its about you broke up the beatles. <3

[FierySkillz]

This song is directed at John but it's more about Yoko. "You took your lucky break and broke it in two" is about Yoko not John. Also he says "too many people preaching practises, don't let them tell you what you want to be". Again, this is directed at John about Yoko because at the time she was pretty much running his life. etc

[waybabelicious]

In England that is Paul's nickname - Macca. The only way I know, I see it on the Daily Mail website pretty often.

[Morticiancold69]

Paul's nickname is "pull me cock off", but you have to say it with a thick cockney accent

[katrin2801]

What does it mean- "pull me cock off?"

In my country people name him McCartney or Paul or even sir Paul...

Cha-cha...... It*s funny!

Our people RESPECT HIM very much.

[Morticiancold69]

Katrin,

That was Ray Davies and The Kinks name for Paul. It means "grab my penis toward you until you tear my penis off".

Glad to hear your country repsects Paul. You must not be in the Phillipines or another 3rd world ****hole. They tried to kill the Beatles for showing up in the Phillipines and playing so nicely.....

[LXAZ1996]

i respect john more

[rorshakks]

truly one of his (many) best solo songs

[60srocker46]

one of my all time favorite mccartney song

[VinylCentral]

ram pauls best slbum with amazing lyrics music

[shramps]

One of the best songs from Macca

I love the intro!

[madmikeastoria]

call me dumb but what is MACCA??

[Jam5bam]

Well where I come from it means thorn like a rose thorn.

[shramps]

its a popular nickname for McCartney

[Themonkeybunch]

His nickname.

[beatlefan9000]

lmao you cant compare Lsd with cocaine nub

[sachenbacher13]

what the does this song have to do with drugs you morons. let life be man.

[DrFeelGood1111]

what does it Matter that Paul didnt take as much drugs???? U don't need drugs to be a good Musician

[damonteufel]

@DrFeelGood1111 Um... the whole reason why they thought Paul was going to be the first to die was because of his drug abuse and antics.

[1Beatlesfreak1]

@damonteufel um... it was kinda george and john who took the most drugs. paul and ringo layed back on the drugs but they still got high

[zachisbackfu]

if you want to really know i did the most

[60srocker46]

it was said that all the beatles resolved there diffrences about 3 years before johns murder, and it was rumored that they where talking about a reunion just before johns death,i guess it wasnt ment to be. the beatles where a phenomanon in the sixties. the seventies and beyond,where only to feel there influence

[steppingONyou]

I'm sure both guys were willing to sit down and forgive each other for all the past bitchiness and immaturity... too bad John didn't live to laugh about it with Paul.

Actually, Paul was so shocked when he knew about John's death, that he and George Martin took 2 months off Paul's "Tug of War" recording sessions.

Paul wrote "Here today" for John, closing the "hate" chapter. And John knows... well, they're old enough now.

The song is on YouTube. There's a live version - makes me wanna cry

[garryrec]

actually Paul and John had a jam session with a couple other musicians around 1975, so i think they were cool before john was murdered.

[butterp7]

Have you seen the video of Paul listening to Lennon's "Beautiful Boy" from Double Fantasy. It's too heartbreaking to watch. He's really fighting back the tears. Check it out if you haven't.

[arianaHARRISON]

@butterp7 do you mind sending me the link? i cant find it. thanks you <3

[butterp7]

@arianaHARRISON -Sure...type in Paul McCartney cries after John Lennon's death. Have some kleenex ready!

[arianaHARRISON]

@butterp7 thanks<3 it was really sad. it actually made me cry

[butterp7]

@arianaHARRISON -Yep..told ya..he was reallllly fighting back the tears...it's really sad..I can't watch it anymore. But we sure could use a Beatles group right now. Talking love, peace, harmony, enduring, being involved, evolved, assisting, compassion, exploring, laughing, goofing, being in and out of the box. Especially in these times. Peace to you all.

[POBulkhead]

@steppingONyou They will both be dead soon. Time even kills theBeatles.

[jamrush123]

@steppingONyou cooooool now i know actually not cooooool i mean awwww paulies the greatest !!!!

[Rumplestillskull]

Why are you guys obsessed with who did the most drugs?

[jba2323]

WHO CARES

[emiliamota]

I loooove the lyrics!!!

[Redcom001]

PIECE OF DELICIOUS CAEK

[astanjay]

this song reminds me of a rainy saturday when i was kid.

it's like i see myself looking out the living room window and the rain is streaming the window.

memory

[xXxFatalClawxXx]

Nope im pretty sure Paul did most... and im also sure that George quit first when he changed religion

[MattTC1028]

paul didnt do the most! john did the most. paul did the least of them. he refused to take LSD and the three of them after 18 months got him to try it. paul was the lightest with drugs.

[xXxFatalClawxXx]

in the 70s and 80s, paul was arrested a few times for drug consumption. George quit early, when he converted to hindu. And Ringo quit when he became vegetarian

[MattTC1028]

well i was talking about during the period of the beatles. but paul just got arrested for marijuana. its not that big of a deal. john continued smoking marijuana as well. paul just got caught with it. but i was mainly talking about heavy drugs like LSD or cocaine.

[xXxFatalClawxXx]

lol well i dont really know abt john, but i know for a fact paul took a fair bit of drugs himself.

[BrownBoy69]

cant be arrested for consumption...sorry to be petty

[katrin2801]

Oh. What do you mean writing that "three of them after 18 month got him to try it?"

Is is true?

I*ve read that Macca took LSD one time. Isnt it?

[MattTC1028]

he did take it eventually. but the others were much more heavily into it.

[tresmetal]

more that once, after two years since the first time the rest did it.

[xXxFatalClawxXx]

Correction on No. 7.. He did the most drugs out of the four and was arrested a few times

[oakmont9]

A good cut, simply because it has many things to say- most of them timeless.

[Rumplestillskull]

Yeah this song is as good today as it was back then.:)

[Rumplestillskull]

and he would be the first one to agree about that

[Rumplestillskull]

no ones perfect paul is good but he's just a guy

[dgmusic7]

hey come on hes not Christ

....well john lennon wouldve said that

ahahaha

thats a beatles controvery reference ahhh im a loser..lol

[wascman]

Wonderful song!

[LadyGrinningSoul08]

Great track. :-)

[mechanicalvalve]

Like most songs they were and they weren't. These guys were true artistthough, they made every song mean many different things. THanks for your reply.

[mechanicalvalve]

Did Paul ever admit to writing this about John?

[AlbertCunning]

Only partially(..'preaching practices' was directed towards John and Yoko), but calling this song 'dedicated to John Lennon' is a huge exaggeration.

[Rumplestillskull]

I dont think so Mech but john once mentioned that they were both exchanging insults over the airways in their songs till they got together and agreed to stop "how do you sleep" was written by john

about paul and medicine jar was written by paul obviously about john

[wellisaythat]

Medicine Jar was written and sung by Jimmy McCulloch on the "Venus and Mars" album. Not Paul. And it wasn't about John.

It's one of my favorite songs, along with Wino Junko. Jimmy didn't have too many tracks by him on the Wings albums, but the ones he did were fantastic! And his guitar playing freakin' rocked too.

Love the Wings!

RIP Jimmy