Comments on: Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

By: MikeP

MikeP — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 04:27:42 +0000

I had the 45 back in the day. This is just a fun listen, nothing spectacular or meaningful. Not a great piece of art, but one to just hum or sing to, however meaningless the lyrics are.

By: Gord Sharp

Gord Sharp — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:24:26 +0000

NNo you are not. Have always looked for a cameo credit for J.C.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:54:26 +0000

I think you’re right. Uncle Albert, as even Paul admitted, was a collection of odds and ends of bits and pieces sewn together to make a song. John saw right through it and called him on it, mentioning what he liked and what he didn’t. John could be very unfair sometimes, but on this count he was just calling it like he saw it.

By: Dean Pulley

Dean Pulley — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 22:05:12 +0000

How do we know that John didn’t any influence in the “Uncle Albert” song? And in meaning representation was Einstein. I understand Paul’s comments concerning his uncle and Admiral Halsey. But very deep in my gut something tells me that John had a bit of influence for his own reasoning. They both may of agreed on the lyrics for separate reasons. John was a visionary and Paul would take an idea from time to time I’m sure. Not saying Paul to be fair was a ladder stepper for his own reasons, but was an amazing artist himself but was the first to be the business man.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 20:07:43 +0000

I was thinking the same thing as I listened to the song but an hour ago. Intentionally or not, Paul sounds very much like John Cleese in that passage.

By: per

per — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:39:51 +0000

On the McCartney LP Maybe I´m amazed and Every night are really good. That would be something is good but definitely not fully developed.

Junk is okay but melodically too predictable. That goes for Teddy boy to. whch does not have very good lyrics, because McCartney did not bother to develop it or did not understand that he should do so.

Man we was lonely has good verses but a rather tedious chorus. The two parts differ too much emotionally to fit together.

Kreen Akrore is interesting but not a real song. What else is there on that LP? Not much.

Ram is even worse: Uncle Albert is good, as is the verse-refrain in The back seat of my car, but that is all, in my opinion.

Wild life is a right out terrible LP. Red rose speedway has the not so bad, but also not very good, My love and When the night.

Band on the run is overrated. The two first parts of the Band on the run song are good as is Denny Laines No words, but the rest of the songs are mediocre compared to McCartney´s Beatles production.

Venus and Mars… I can´t be bothered. Speed of Sound has Let ’em in which is not so bad.

London Town, Back to the egg, McCartney II… Not much substance there.

Tug of war is a good LP in many ways, for a change.

Pipes of peace is not very good. And so on.

By: Topazthecat

Topazthecat — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:21:45 +0000

When Paul almost never wrote good and fully developed songs? Paul wrote *many* of these in his early solo/Wings career.And John didn’t always write these type of songs in his solo career either.

By: per

per — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:06:32 +0000

Lennon´s critique of McCartney´s material was almost always fair. He knew what he was talking about. I agree totally with the Lennon citation above, about Uncle Albert and the Ram and McCartney LP:s.

By: per

per — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:23:59 +0000

McCartney made a mistake when coupling Uncle Albert with Admiral Halsey. The former is much better and one should never connect a good to a lesser song.

By: per

per — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:14:02 +0000

I too like Magneto and Titanium man, though the lyrics is silly.

By: per

per — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:10:46 +0000

Lennon was better than McCartney at hearing if the basic material of a song was good or not. He was able to think past, and not be fooled by, a slick production.

I really think Lennon wanted McCartney to make good and fully developed songs and was disappointed when he almost never did.

By: Chuck M

Chuck M — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:12:05 +0000

That was Linda McCartney’s vocal, “water”, and it was passed through modulated reverb and mixed in separately from the main backing track.

By: Marla

Marla — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:47:36 +0000

No, you hear nothing of the sort. Cole Porter is the person he’s channelling, not John Cleese. As if. Too much ignorance on these boards.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 01:40:44 +0000

Nope, I hear it too!

By: tommyleo

tommyleo — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:23:52 +0000

Certainly sounds like Paul, no?

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:23:41 +0000

Who does the voice over on the talking part? Sounds like John Cleese. Is it?

By: jack

jack — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:30:25 +0000

Am I the only one that hears Paul doing a bit of John Cleese in this song

By: Robert Szymanski

Robert Szymanski — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:33:44 +0000

I’m dying to know “What is that sound effect when he says the word “wa-ter”?? The song Admiral Hasley? For several years I wanted to know how did that weird vocal effect..”Land, across the water “wa-ter”, land across the sky”…

By: Lady Madonna

Lady Madonna — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 15:55:31 +0000

I’ve always loved the song! One of my favorite along with Magneto from Venus and Mars. Love you Paul!

By: Randi Brooks

Randi Brooks — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:51:16 +0000

Sorry but John was a music genius too and there are countless great examples of this during his Beatles years,and some during his solo career.Please go listen to his beautiful,brilliant music in his 1974 song, Number 9 Dream, the music is beautiful and brilliant with beautiful melodies and harmonies and John's usual beautiful singing voice.John produced and arranged this song by himself and the very good album it's on,Walls and Bridges too. And John’s beautiful Hawaiian type music in this song, You Are Here, from his Mind Games album.