A lot of classic rock songs from the 1970s are nonsensical. Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” is a little more connected to reality than it might appear at first. The former ...

The track listing stretched from timeless love songs between the husband and wife, to Macca’s take on The Beatles’ split in ‘Too Many People’, to the absurd track ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’.

That’s a non-sequitur. Then, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” becomes a nonsensical tune about Admiral Halsey from World War II needing a berth before the narrator has tea and butter pie.

On September 4, ‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ became the first of a string of post-Beatles, McCartney-penned singles to top the US pop chart. Recorded a year earlier, in November 1970 ...

From [email protected] Mon Nov 22 13:09:26 1993 carson.u.washington.edu Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney Chord Diagrams Am7 x x 0 0 1 0 D x x 0 2 1 2 Gm7 3 5 3 3 3 3 C x 3 2 0 1 0 C# x ...

A lot of classic rock songs from the 1970s are nonsensical. Paul McCartney’s “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” is a little more connected to reality than it might appear at first. The former ...

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