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What gets me about McCartney being unpopular in the early 70's is that his songs were so good. Was there something wrong with people's ears, or have our ears changed over time?
A bit of both, I think. I’ve seen Ram referred to as the “granddaddy of indie rock,” which is a good description, and explains why it’s aged so well and been favorably reevaluated in the past ten years or so. Plus, back in the early ‘70s there was the Beatles breakup PR war going on, which must've muddied the waters. There was Paul's passive-aggressive ...