DrBeatle said
Isn't it "we believe that we can't be *wrong*?"

You're right, I didn't even notice that until now..

I Me Mine said

What?  "The Back Seat of my Car" is my favourite song on the album and the "we believe that we cant be long" is my favourite part of the song!

Me too!  

I agree.  It never ceases to amaze me that people have different tastes!  All seriousness aside, I don't mind variety (it's the spice of life, after all), but it's sometimes dismaying when someone positively dislikes or disdains something clearly excellent.  "Subjectivity" is the bane of the post-modern world.

tkj said
For some reason I always compare these two albums in my head, probably because of Paul and Johns rivalry at this point. Pauls "Too Many People" and Johns "How Do You Sleep?" etc. 

These are two very good albums, alot of great stuff on both. But, the winner imo is Pauls "RAM". I love all the songs on this album, except maybe the second half of "The Back Seat Of My Car" (The "Ohh we believe that we cant be long" part..) 
I also like almost every song on Johns album, but I find Pauls more creative. 

What? ...]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/paul-mccartneys-ram-vs-john-lennons-imagine/page-2/#p63182 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/paul-mccartneys-ram-vs-john-lennons-imagine/page-2/#p63182 It wasn't more poignant. It's worth reading Joe's entries on the album and songs. He includes lots of relevant quotes. This one comes from a 1984 Playboy interview with McCartney:

"I was looking at my second solo album, Ram, the other day and I remember there was one tiny little reference to John in the whole thing. He'd been doing a lot of preaching, and it got up my nose a little bit. In one song, I wrote, "Too many people preaching practices," I think is the line. I mean, that was a little dig at John and Yoko. There wasn't ...]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:45:33 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/paul-mccartneys-ram-vs-john-lennons-imagine/page-2/#p63181 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/paul-mccartneys-ram-vs-john-lennons-imagine/page-2/#p63181 Wasn't '3 Legs' also a shot at John and The Beatles?

Regarding RAM versus Imagine, it's funny but while I consider myself more of a Lennon fan than a McCartney fan, RAM is constantly in my music rotation while I can't remember the last time I listened to the Imagine album.

Now if it was RAM versus Plastic Ono Band - in my opinion - RAM doesn't even come close to that masterpiece.

Just my thoughts

Funny Paper said
What does "and you broke it in two mean"?]

Paul's blaming John for their "break-up"...?

I took it to be Paul saying that songs like Cold Turkey and the stunts John was doing with Yoko were a waste of time for someone so famous, much like "and since you're gone you're just Another Day" from How Do You Sleep?

Alternatively, it could be that Paul really was only directing a couple of lines ("preaching practices- don't let them tell you what you wanna be!") at John, rather than the whole song and most of Ram like Lennon assumed.

Funny Paper said
What does "and you broke it in two mean"?]

Paul's blaming John for their "break-up"...?

Yes.

Paul's blaming John for their "break-up"...?

And the bit about 'one beetle screwing another' is actually funny; nothing wrong with a subtle dig or some humor.

Lennon's song is direct and nasty and very clearly directed at McCartney – regardless of what Lennon said much later (obviously feeling sheepish, if you pardon the pun).

John's "How Do You Sleep" is a lot like John's politics -- artless. humorless, self-righteous, hypocritical, blunt as a bag rocks.