Btw for those who are wondering why is Beyonce covering the Beatles especially this song
this is especially powerful knowing that she was inspired to make this album after being treated like an outsider at the majority-white country music awards. i think she’s singing this song as a message to herself back then.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night”
In Britain, ‘'bird’‘ is slang for a young girl.
I actually just remembered why I’d written ‘Blackbird’ […] I was in Scotland playing on my guitar, and I remembered this whole idea of ‘you were only waiting for this moment to arise’ was about […] Black people’s struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird. It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it’s a bit more symbolic.
–Paul McCartney in 2002
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly”:
“All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise”
McCartney is paying homage to the civil rights movement. Throughout American history, African-Americans had been seeking an equal place in society, and the ‘60s civil rights movements finally ended explicit government-sanctioned racism.
I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about, so this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.’As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place so, rather than say ‘Black woman living in Little Rock’ and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.
- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Nowby Barry Miles
however even in this year and the years before that this song is considered relevant because of what we know because of the racism that has occurred since
youtube
Ps: The Beatles are great allies because they strongly refuse to perform in concerts where black and white fans couldn’t go together to hear them perform as you will see in this post from Paul McCartney in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd
Btw for those who are wondering why is Beyonce covering the Beatles especially this song
this is especially powerful knowing that she was inspired to make this album after being treated like an outsider at the majority-white country music awards. i think she’s singing this song as a message to herself back then.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night”
In Britain, ‘'bird’‘ is slang for a young girl.
I actually just remembered why I’d written ‘Blackbird’ […] I was in Scotland playing on my guitar, and I remembered this whole idea of ‘you were only waiting for this moment to arise’ was about […] Black people’s struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird. It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it’s a bit more symbolic.
–Paul McCartney in 2002
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly”:
“All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise”
McCartney is paying homage to the civil rights movement. Throughout American history, African-Americans had been seeking an equal place in society, and the ‘60s civil rights movements finally ended explicit government-sanctioned racism.
I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about, so this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.’As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place so, rather than say ‘Black woman living in Little Rock’ and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.
- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Nowby Barry Miles
however even in this year and the years before that this song is considered relevant because of what we know because of the racism that has occurred since
youtube
Ps: The Beatles are great allies because they strongly refuse to perform in concerts where black and white fans couldn’t go together to hear them perform as you will see in this post from Paul McCartney in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd
Btw for those who are wondering why is Beyonce covering the Beatles especially this song
this is especially powerful knowing that she was inspired to make this album after being treated like an outsider at the majority-white country music awards. i think she’s singing this song as a message to herself back then.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night”
In Britain, ‘'bird’‘ is slang for a young girl.
I actually just remembered why I’d written ‘Blackbird’ […] I was in Scotland playing on my guitar, and I remembered this whole idea of ‘you were only waiting for this moment to arise’ was about […] Black people’s struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird. It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it’s a bit more symbolic.
–Paul McCartney in 2002
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly”:
“All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise”
McCartney is paying homage to the civil rights movement. Throughout American history, African-Americans had been seeking an equal place in society, and the ‘60s civil rights movements finally ended explicit government-sanctioned racism.
I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about, so this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.’As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place so, rather than say ‘Black woman living in Little Rock’ and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.
- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Nowby Barry Miles
however even in this year and the years before that this song is considered relevant because of what we know because of the racism that has occurred since
youtube
Ps: The Beatles are great allies because they strongly refuse to perform in concerts where black and white fans couldn’t go together to hear them perform as you will see in this post from Paul McCartney in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd
Btw for those who are wondering why is Beyonce covering the Beatles especially this song
this is especially powerful knowing that she was inspired to make this album after being treated like an outsider at the majority-white country music awards. i think she’s singing this song as a message to herself back then.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night”
In Britain, ‘'bird’‘ is slang for a young girl.
I actually just remembered why I’d written ‘Blackbird’ […] I was in Scotland playing on my guitar, and I remembered this whole idea of ‘you were only waiting for this moment to arise’ was about […] Black people’s struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird. It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it’s a bit more symbolic.
–Paul McCartney in 2002
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly”:
“All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise”
McCartney is paying homage to the civil rights movement. Throughout American history, African-Americans had been seeking an equal place in society, and the ‘60s civil rights movements finally ended explicit government-sanctioned racism.
I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about, so this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.’As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place so, rather than say ‘Black woman living in Little Rock’ and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.
- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Nowby Barry Miles
however even in this year and the years before that this song is considered relevant because of what we know because of the racism that has occurred since
youtube
Ps: The Beatles are great allies because they strongly refuse to perform in concerts where black and white fans couldn’t go together to hear them perform as you will see in this post from Paul McCartney in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd
Btw for those who are wondering why is Beyonce covering the Beatles especially this song
this is especially powerful knowing that she was inspired to make this album after being treated like an outsider at the majority-white country music awards. i think she’s singing this song as a message to herself back then.
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night”
In Britain, ‘'bird’‘ is slang for a young girl.
I actually just remembered why I’d written ‘Blackbird’ […] I was in Scotland playing on my guitar, and I remembered this whole idea of ‘you were only waiting for this moment to arise’ was about […] Black people’s struggle in the southern states, and I was using the symbolism of a blackbird. It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it’s a bit more symbolic.
–Paul McCartney in 2002
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly”:
“All your life, you were only waiting
For this moment to arise”
McCartney is paying homage to the civil rights movement. Throughout American history, African-Americans had been seeking an equal place in society, and the ‘60s civil rights movements finally ended explicit government-sanctioned racism.
I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird. Those were the days of the civil rights movement, which all of us cared passionately about, so this was really a song from me to a black woman, experiencing these problems in the States: ‘Let me encourage you to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope.’As is often the case with my things, a veiling took place so, rather than say ‘Black woman living in Little Rock’ and be very specific, she became a bird, became symbolic, so you could apply it to your particular problem.
- Paul McCartney, Many Years From Nowby Barry Miles
however even in this year and the years before that this song is considered relevant because of what we know because of the racism that has occurred since
youtube
Ps: The Beatles are great allies because they strongly refuse to perform in concerts where black and white fans couldn’t go together to hear them perform as you will see in this post from Paul McCartney in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd