"3 Legs" By Paul McCartney

[Perfidia4ever]

Il ritornello è stratosferico, straordinario, stramaledettamente beatle. Non credete?

[redmun1]

i love gettin super duper blazed and listen to this song...thats what im doin now actually

[novafrog1]

just potable

[genericgeorge]

Classic album

[digenovafilm]

Three legs is best.

[papashura]

Налейте мне вина.

[JonBenet6]

A fly flies in, a fly flies out, most wives, they got 2 legs, but mine got one. lol

[PhantomKitty957]

@JonBenet6 Loool. That's horrible, but I can't help but laugh....

[AsymmetricSymmetry]

what happened to music!!!!!!! born in the wrong generation man ill tell you what.

[daflyboys]

Although I know he had a lot of success with Wings, I never really enjoyed their music and thought McCartney made a mistake conjuring up that band especially after how great his first two solo albums were.

[JonBenet6]

@daflyboys I'll drink to that

[itsbridgetlogann]

Paul's best solo album. Fucking amazing.

[olderthandadirt]

I volunteer to dog walk at the spca, today I walked a three legged dog and sang this the whole time

Thanks for posting so I can learn a few more lines

[789lop1]

Rolling Stoen Magazine sucks!!

[Puppyizzy]

i LOVE that time change at 2:13!!! Best part of the song.

[exileinrosedale]

Absolutely the BEST McCartney album by far. I should know...I was a kid and got to watch part of one of these sessions at A&R Recording.... The Tape Delay sounds AMAZING!

[dobrautero]

Rolling Stone Magazine gave Ram a 4star rating.

[raymartin10]

3 legs - this is from a robert johnson song - "three legs to truck home" from stones in my passway

[hwanj]

paul is also wonderful blues singer

[spiritartist100]

what i like about this slbum is he did all the stuff on it except backup vocals and also he was not afraid to be silly nor emotinoally insecure

[exileinrosedale]

@spiritartist100 Wrong bro....Hugh McCracken - Guitar, Denny Seiwell & David Spinozza played on it as well...

[marvy1118]

No, it's his song, "One Leg" that he wrote about Heather Mills.

[dicek18]

ram is the shit its funny almost nobody knows about it, its a fucking masterpiece

[mknytet]

@dicek18 it's the best album he's done!

[floridajeet]

also, this man wrote 'yesterday', hey 'jude' 'live and let die' and 'too many people'

[k2ombs]

Ram is an absolute masterpiece of McCartney. If you know someone who doesn't know Paul....this is his great work. If they still don't like him after this record....they should retire to the sh*t that abounds otherwise......

[DavelovesRealMusic]

This song is Killer..why won't he play it?

[olderthandadirt]

Torbjaarn! That was nasty!!! (and the funniest thing I"ve read today)

[Torbjaaarn]

This song is about Heather Mills

[DavelovesRealMusic]

@Torbjaaarn No She's a 1 legger....maybe her DOG only has 3 legs lol

[Torbjaaarn]

@DavelovesRealMusic I meant that Paul and Heather together had thre legs...

[floridajeet]

@Torbjaaarn LOL @ Paul and Heather havin 3 legs

[TheCocky69]

@Torbjaaarn no that's one leg.lol

[gaspo218]

When you listen to RAM, think John.  Because in every tune, there's a "dig" towards John somewhere in there. Paul was an angry guy, lucky for us. THIS IS GREAT MUSIC. STILL !!

[jhoule5874]

I believe he says "Hes got it" in the beginning

[mallard4998]

Great song by the Master singer songwriter...Genius!.Don't knock him you musical morons!!!

[jarredgamarra28]

another great blues song by paul!!!

[69MC97gc]

Again about John and the fight .Listen-learn.3 legs means John,George and Ringo.

[69MC97gc]

Again about John and the fight .Listen-learn.

[WINGSanthology]

pretty good song, also what does he say @ the begining?

[Dilze92]

its funny cause most people don't know about Ram and you can't find it in stores either, but its the best album made by Mr. McCartney.

[johnnydemo9]

I want to learn how to play this on acoustic guitar.

Just like Paul. Anyone know of any "How To Play"

video's around?

Thanx~

[menoziinrevoltado]

Paul's "She's Leaving Home" has the same origins of John's "A Day In The Life" and, lyrically and instrumentally speaking, you all know which one is the winner here.

[joaormedeiros]

@menoziinrevoltado lyrically it's hard to tell, i would say a day in the life, though both are master-pieces, instrumentally, she's leaving home wins, and just for the record a day in the life showcases how the partnership between paul and john was what really made the difference

[chewytoes911]

No singer can ever compare to Paul he might aswell be god and will be remembered untill the end of time itself

[johnnydemo9]

excellent album!!!

[50cal7777]

my dog got 3 legs all day long

[m1kes1mmons]

my dog he got 3 legs yo dog he got one

[rmftito]

Ram was a good lp. and this song ii a good rock and roll of Mccartney

Robert

[90zosoman09]

the only mccartney album other then with the beatles that I thought was awesome. I man yeah they were all okay but I always thought the song writing was way to corny.

[MichalFokt]

"When I thought I could call you my friend" - clearly a note about John, this and "Too many people" were mentioned by John as the cause for him to write "How do you sleep". There was much of bitterness among them, even George joined with his "Wah Wah" against Paul. Only Ringo stayed friend with all of them. Good that they reconcilled later.

[johnnydemo9]

@MichalFokt

Actually, RINGO had Back off Boogaloo..

a put down on Paul....

[MichalFokt]

@johnnydemo9 Yeah, but he also had "Early 1970" - a song in which he is sentimental about all his three friends, thinks about what are they doing now and how he´d like to play with them again. Released in 1971... He was the one who went well on with all three others...

[rwhitenow]

But he can't run

[decemberschild1217]

Mick Jagger:

"I don't think the Stones will ever break up but if we do, we wouldn't be so bitchy about it"

[AlanDMoore]

He could be talking about the other Beatles John, George, and Ringo.

He still had some anger at the time this song was recorded.

[mussman717word]

John definitely saw himself as a target of this song, and it seems like it with the lyrics referring to Paul, George, and Ringo as three legs and John Lennon riding the horse (heroin), thus deactivating his crucial artistic imput to the band, especially during the infamous "Get Back" sessions, etc.

[55102]

not only a good singer but a great composer

[CessnaContrail]

oh pauly...how you be so good. love this.

[jc333jc]

Probably when he said " When I thought you was my friend"...as a guess :-).

There were lots of little "in jokes/digs" in their albums for a while.

But they made it up after this. :-)

[LiquidIndian911]

david spinozza played lead on this one. great NY session player. also played with lennon. too many people was the song that really pissed lennon off but this one sounds like its about him too. it was definitely on pauls mind. why else would he put a picture of one beetle f6cking another on the cover.

[Asskicker32294]

Actually one could say all the bullshit began when Paul put out his little interview thing with his first album...that pissed off John who attacked him and just about everyone else in the famous Lennon Remembers Rolling Stone interview...then Paul nailed him back on Ram and John did a touche on Imagine. It seemed like Paul was trying to patch things up on Wildlife, and mercifully it was all over by 1973. I remember feeling terrible about my beloved Beatle boys fighting back in those days.

[DAVWAVE]

how did those comments get a neg. Anyway, I know how you feel about "our Beetle Boys" they were part of and a big part of music, and music is a big part of one's childhood/teen years usually. It does not get bigger than the Beatles. Unless you experienced the Beatles influence on everything, you can not imagine it.

[Asskicker32294]

I had abusive parents and was a miserable little wretch persecuted by insane catholic nuns, and spat upon by many and the BEatles was the only thing that made me happy. Despite all the miserable stuff that happened I can say my childhood was happy mainly because of them

[damyankee425]

@Asskicker32294  you could say that their little tiff with each other brought the music out in them both

[johnnydemo9]

@LiquidIndian911

I was in a band a few years back with dave Spinozza'a cousin Freddy (my Drummer)

He told me that Paul paid fairly well for his work on RAM but..took forever to get paid.

[vixitrixalina]

best memories ever!! xxxxxx

[italobeats]

someone could say to me in which part of this song paul refeer lennon... thats what i read...thanks

[beatlefjvu3]

Muy buena canción, me gusta el efecto de la voz...

[Benheh]

I love the effects Paul uses on his voice in this song. Plus the tempo change towards the end, genius piece of music.. :)

[Crisstti]

Love this song. "Most flies they got three legs" LOL.

[joaormedeiros]

Paul is a freaking great lyricist - look at "Shes leaving home" man!!!!

[28if]

Cep't he tends to write the tune first and then matches the words. Sometimes it works (Band on the Run) and sometimes doesn't (She brings me everything and tenderly) and I won't spare you the Whoa Wah Whoa Whao's in "My Love"....My Love Does it Good! Deep Lyrics, Man!

[Asskicker32294]

@28if I believe that Paul was trying to rewrite "Something" with "My Love"...it has the same basic structure...Something is far far superior of course...

[Daniel13l]

but just beacause they have the same structure doesnt mean that he was trying to rewrite ¨something¨

and to me ¨my love¨ is better than ¨something¨ because he uses piano and makes it sound more elegant

[Asskicker32294]

Well its all a matter of taste and opinion so I won't argue that. Don't get me wrong, I love Paul and I was always rooting for him to do something great. In my opinion his best albums were McCartney and Band On The Run.

[Cazarellagaia]

@Asskicker32294 It reminds me more of the long and winding road than something, but that's just me :)

[smokindog]

I had forgot about this song! This is fucking great!!

[mrfeinsinlver]

Who plays lead guitar on this song?

[jc333jc]

Great song.

Fantabulous tempo shift. Gritty vocals. Marvellous album. Don't care about legs or band members. Just a good track.

I like this. Did I disguise my thoughts too deeply? :-)

[Rawego]

tell us how you REALLY feel, son! :))

[nard109]

fuck, heather took like 50 million dollars from him when they got divorced, now thats a 3 legged b*tch!

[graceeeeeee5]

Must.... try to... avoid.. making heather...jokes.

[RandalBauer11]

Ram has got to be my favorite album done by Paul.

[alberzeta]

@RandalBauer11 almost true, "band on the run" and "tug of war" (and possibly "flowers in the dirt") AWESOMEEE!

[dannycs4]

@alberzeta I also really liked "Venus and Mars", "Back To The Egg", and "Red Rose Speedway" :D

[gchristi626]

@RandalBauer11

Yeah, I do like how Ram still has a home-made sound to it like "McCartney" does, despite being recorded in CBS Studios in New York. You almost feel like you're on the Scottish Farm with Paul, Linda and the kids, that's the magic of it: The Heart of the country

[exileinrosedale]

@gchristi626 - It wasn't all recorded at Columbia...When there were problems there, he moved over to A&R Recording Studios (Studio A-1, one of the best sounding Studios ever...)

[beatleloko]

PAUL YOU`RE THE BEST

[OlymPigs2010]

Yes Heather has one leg but she's also got $100 million of McCartney's bucks!!! Just shows you how one lame,useless,fucking asshole can can get the best of a situation!!!

[blackspace007]

Paul's got two legs, but Heather's got one......

I know that's fucked up, but funny, yes?

[DonSweat]

LOL, funny. I think John was reading too deep into this one, remember John did go out of his head for a while in the early 70's. Paranoia, alcohol and accepting interviews weren't a good mix. I'd read an interview Paul did in 1993 about this album and he said, it's not about John. Martha (of Martha my Dear fame) was Paul's sheepdog, and it actually only had 3 legs.

The rest was just writing words to a melody and Paul was never "the thinking mans Beatle" lyrically.

[rule914]

What are you talking about? In the Beatles, Paul was great with lyrics. "Hey Jude" has a beautiful set of lyrics, and that was all Paul. Same goes with "Yesterday". Also see "Blackbird" and "Eleanor Rigby". All very thoughtful lyrics from Paul. And possibly the most famous Beatles lyric originated from Paul "the love you take equals the love you make".

In the Beatles, Paul was just as much of a thoughtful lyricist as the others.

[accordionreid]

The haunting lyric "when I thought you was my friend" sure sounds like a retort against John but in reality I think Paul just wrote fun songs for beatle fans and others to enjoy. RAM and ALL THINGS MUST PASS by Beatle George rival IMAGINE as the best works by any artist including Beethoven!

[WiltatKansas]

I think the most heavy metal songs on the beatles became from John Lennon, with I want you (she's so heavy); look to one of my uploaded vids called the beatles influence on the heavy metal. I listened all my life heavy metal. I can be wrong but i know what i talking about.

[emightis]

This is a stab at Lennon, just listen to "How Do You Sleep?" that's Lennon's response to this and "Too Many People" which takes stabs at him too.

[WiltatKansas]

I love the mandoline.

[Dorian994]

ram is great album.I have all mccartney's albums.

[Buttons61]

Best VOICE in rock history!!!!

[WiltatKansas]

He has a great voice, but never a rock voice. Probably he is the best voice in POP, but in ROCK i think John Lennon was the best by far, tough Paul was better voice, but a little "effeminate" (with all my respects).

[Buttons61]

I agree he probably doesn't have the greatest "rock voice". Freddy Mercury...Robert Plant,I could go on. But if you listen to Paul singing "Why don't we do it in the road" or his backing vocals on "Come together" it's not what I would call effeminate. But I know what you mean, his voice can be very sweet like in "I will". I love Lennons voice too, they complimented each other so well.

[WiltatKansas]

Thanks for understanding what i wanted to say. I think the same about John and Paul voices, "I've got a feeling" can be a good example.

[diegoarnaudin]

Listen Helter skelter, man.

[WiltatKansas]

Lol, thank you dude, i already listened all the beatles discography. Listen to Everybody's Got Something to Hide, i think is more heavy metal than helter skelter, i think helter skelter is more punk.

[diegoarnaudin]

well, I don't know what style is each song, what I mean is that the voice of Paul is more powerfull than the voice of John. But if you listen to "Yer Blues" in that song John show a great heavy voice.

[WiltatKansas]

Yeah that's true, but it's a mistake recognize the Heavy metal by the power of the voice, John was in general who sang the hardest songs of the beatles and Paul the ballads, twist & shout. Anyway all of the beatles used all kind of the styles in his compositions.

[WiltatKansas]

I think Helter Skelter is more punk than heavy metal.

[diegoarnaudin]

Because that is what like too much his music, they don't have a definitive style, just listen the white album and tell me then.

[WiltatKansas]

Mmm yes he had their own style each one, but they were more gifted in different skills, thought they tried a lot of genres. Actually they are the proto-origins of some genres. I think McCa is the most gifted, but please don't touch Lennon, he is special for me.

[histre101]

Excuse me? What do you call "Long Tall Sally", "Oh Darling"  Ballads?? please.....

[WiltatKansas]

I didn't mention that songs.

[hubbard272]

I am pretty sure it was a slam to John. I don't know why. But, because of the "Well, I thought you was my friend etc." I know that they were feuding for several years.

[JPM4Ever]

Good point hubbard

[JPM4Ever]

This song is dedicated to Heather the bitch

[BonelessSausage]

As a line in an Allan Parsons Poject says..."When you lie down with dogs,you get up with fleas" Ed

[emh26]

How could it be dedicated to Heather when it was written in '71? That makes asolutely no sense.

[LiquidIndian911]

Not Heather Mills. It was Linda's daughter Heather, born in 1962. Paul adopted her.

[emh26]

Oh, ok. I never thought of her. But, this, as a song for his daughter? I don't see that somehow.

[JPM4Ever]

I think Paul wrote this song just for fun :)

[JPM4Ever]

great song

[MonkberryMoonDel]

Love this song, but still looking for an answer... What does this song mean?

[Jim2803]

My favorite McCartney album. Great spirited R&R and playful!

[DMarriott81]

george didnt play on johns first solo album..only ringo....get ya facts right lad

[dansalas]

Paul is obviously mocking on John. John recorded his first solo album with George and Ringo, that's why "he got three legs / but he can't run"

[InzoBadaBing]

I must admit, I love this song, but I don't know what he's talking about. Someone wanna clue me in?

[ricgrud]

haha McCartney and his last wife had 3 legs

[MyPlate]

Great song done Great

[ZZUPLOADER]

awesome!

[Harioom1960]

wow, a long time ago, i was 15 when i heard this song the first time. oh yeah time goes by. ;)