This song was Paul's way of addressing the civil rights movement of the time. Here's a quote from an article: "I was sitting around with my acoustic guitar and I'd heard about the civil rights troubles that were happening in the '60s in Alabama, Mississippi, Little Rock in particular," he told GQ. "I just thought it would be really good if I could write something that if it ever reached any of the people going through those problems, it might give them a little bit of hope. So, I wrote 'Blackbird.'"
@@fidge54 What, wait a second... I'm merely giving people a background into McCartney's mindset. So they might have a better understanding of the song 🤔
Anything Lennon or McCartney saw, read, heard or did was likely to become a song. Paul could see a guy eating a grilled cheese sandwich and turn it into a gold record.
I remember hearing a Beatles interview years ago, where they said that sometimes they would vote on decisions for the group. But on racism they didn't need to vote, there was no way they were ever going to perform to a segregated audience. Greatest band ever
Paul McCartney proves over and over again that a song doesn't need to be overproduced or loud to be a gem!.....a common trait throughout the incredible "White Album"!
It's a song for the 60's civil rights movement. Referring to the two black women trying to enter College/University in the early 60's! McCartney had a picture taken a few years ago with him and the 2 women that inspired the song! Love to you two! The Beatles were, and are still, the greatest band of all time! Do try 'In My Life,' ' Because' or' She's leaving Home' by them! Thank you!
Actually it was the Little Rock Nine trying to get into Central High School. The Govener, Orval Faubus, had the States National Guard prevent them from entering the school. On September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered units of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division - the "Screaming Eagles" - into Little Rock and federalized the Arkansas National Guard to escort them into the school. The nine had escorts to and from classes the rest of the year.
A bird was English slang for a woman back in the day....same as a broad was slang for a girl in the US....so Black Bird was about the women in The Civil Rights movement...The Beatles refused to play in a Florida concert when they found out that the crowd would be segregated and the organisers caved in and allowed the crowd to mix.....After that concert The Beatles had it written in their contracts that all their future concerts would not be segregated...Greatest band of all time.
When the Beatles came to America they refused to play in segregated venues. They abhorred segregation. Paul was a huge fan of Fats Domino. In Brittan a "bird" is a girl or woman. He was trying to say to back people that they would sing, and fly.
Paul was saying “once you get your chance, you may be disappointed, but I hope you get your chance”. Real talk. But you got it. It’s a bittersweet civil rights song. Paul many times pulls back the curtain and speaks deep truths.
Every time I Went to my grandmothers i always brought my acoustic guitar i knew she would ask me to play this song. She said it remained her of her childhood in the Mississippi delta as a sharecropper in the 1929s and 30s. She had no idea. Who the Beatles was. But when I start playing this song she start clapping and stomping her foot. Just priceless. She been in heaven for 30+ years they don't make them like that anymore. Miss you Granny..
A "bird" in Britain is another word for a woman. This was a cheerleading song for the civil rights movement. The beatles were always inspired by singers like Ray Charles, Little Richard, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, so many of their heroes were black. They refused to play a few shows in the south unless the venues removed the "WHITES ONLY" signs for the floor seats, keeping the rest in the balcony. He was telling them, despite being knocked down, it is still your moment to arise.
I grew up on The Beatles and only learned fairly recently that this song was about the civil rights movement of the '60s in America. It's a beautiful song no matter how you interpret it, but knowing the true inspiration makes it even more beautiful to me.
"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
The Beatles REFUSED to perform before segregated audiences in the US. That was courageous at the time. Many of their early idols were black artists like Little Richard.
@@ljd8557 not being used that way here. Blackbird in UK and continental Europe is a common bird that has a distinctive and beautiful song, often seen tugging a worm out of a grass lawn, a segment is on the record. In same family as songthrush and mistlethrush. Males are black with yellow beaks. Females dark brown. A symbol of frailty, beauty, and character, in fact they are pretty aggressive against each other but poets never bother with reality of nature
My daughter and I have matching “Blackbird Fly” tattoos. I always sang it to her when she was a baby and she surprised me last year for Mother’s Day and we went and got them. ❤️🖤
"Bird", or "Birdies" was slang in England for Girls. He was talking about about black girls getting their wings and soaring., and overcoming racism and obstacles.
Your next Beatles reaction should be "Here There and Everywhere", one of the most beautiful love songs ever! And to the two of you best wishes for a happy healthy 2022 and plenty of more vids for us to enjoy!!! Keep up the great work on your channel!!
....a very difficult chord structure to play ...classic McCartney...showing yet again he is the most diverse musician of all-time...vocally, lyrically, performing.
Yes. You can close your eyes and focus your ears on the guitar chord progression. You follow the chords and you know what you're going to hear at the end and McCartney takes you there... ...but not quite. Masterful songwriting.
The chord changes on this song are insane....I once tried to learn it and really had to struggle. I was kinda able to learn it but not like Paul plays it: perfect!
The song uses a classical guitar technique mixed with a folky strum. Play 10ths on the 2nd and 5th strings, moving up and down the fretboard. Strum the open 3rd and 4th strings in between. Start with left hand 1st finger on 5th string, 2nd fret and 4th finger on 2nd string 3rd fret. Pluck with thumb and middle finger then strum the open strings. Then practice moving the shape up the fretboard adjusting the intervals to stay in the scale. You are playing a harmony a 10th (octave plus a third) apart so if B is in the bass, D is on top, if C in the bass, E on top, etc.
@Asia and BJ, Thank y'all for sharing! It was deep and Sir Paul McCartney was ahead of his time. Here's what he had to say... I had been doing some [poetry readings] in the last year or so because I've got a poetry book out called Blackbird Singing, and when I would read "Blackbird", I would always try and think of some explanation to tell the people … So, I was doing explanations, and I actually just remembered why I'd written "Blackbird", you know, that I'd been, 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, you know, the 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.[5] Much love, Fam!!!
Including him writing the song, this is all Paul… sung live with him playing a single guitar and the click is his foot tapping. The guitar part is not overly difficult to play for a proficient guitarist but was genius to write. Many guitarists have done covers of it.
This song Blackbird along with Helter Skelter, Sexy Sadie, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon and others were hand delivered to Paul McCartney in Malibu California during the first week of June 1968. To be recorded on the Beatles upcoming album titled “The Beatles,” but what became known as “The White Album” (released in the U. S. Nov 6, 1968). The guy who delivered the songs is also the guy who wrote the songs. Present at that “song delivery” meeting in Malibu were Terry Melcher (son of Doris Day), Dennis Wilson (drummer for The Beach Boys), Gregg Jacobson (close friend of Melcher and D Wilson), Paul McCartney and the song writer himself Charles Manson. John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison were at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills dropping LSD with several other very well known Hollywood celebrities (Mia Farrow, Jane Fonda…), while McCartney was at the Malibu house, owned by Doris Day, and meeting Manson for the first and only time. The average person simply can not even begin to comprehend how deep and vast all of the lies about Manson and The Manson Family are. If the real truth about Manson is ever told, I hope I don’t die laughing.
Oh. Congratulations on almost 200k subs in 1 year. Spoke to Asia when she went live not to long after the reaction video for wretch 32 and avelino. Channel has blown up and deservedly so. 2 good people's with great chemistry and great reactions. You had me subbed Asia!! Soon as you got goosebumps from wretch. Congrats on the channel. Peace and love from the UK. Don't sleep on dave new album. Its GOAT music for real
Helter Skelter isn't what Manson turned it into. Lennon say"s it's the name of a ride at an amusement park (mayby rollercoaster-ish) the bottom- back to the top- stop- turn & see you again..... it certainly is a screamer.
@@peterbaruxis2511 Yes I'm certainly aware of the story as I've watched just about every documentary in it. Yes, helter Skelter is about a ride at a fair
A bird in England is a woman .This was about young black women entering a school in Little Rock ,AK during integration of schools in the 60s. Paul MCCartney, saw this on TV. Beatles were the first band that refused to play to segregated concerts it was put in their contracts..
I've had moments in my life where an occurrence (ie 'walking the bridge') leaves me with with a tear in my eye. Watching you and listening to this song was another one of those moments.
Fool on the hill, across the universe, fixing a hole, tomorrow never knows, and within you without you. Are great songs that most people, that are not Beatles fans, have never heard of.
What can be said about the Beatles except.... we're not worthy! So thankful they came into my life.... all these years later they're still an inspiration to us all.
I am the world's biggest Beatles fan. My house is nothing but Beatles decor. Framed posters everywhere. I own every video. Every album. I have shirts galore. I have listened to them religiously since the 1960's. The very first album I ever owned was "Magical Mystery Tour".....when it was released. I have heard every single Beatles tune many, many times (over many, many years). So, what are my favorite Beatles tunes? In current order (but always, subject to change as the order has changed many. many times) 1) And I Love Her 2) Girl 4) Drive My Car 5) Norwegian Wood 6) Two of Us. 7) Michelle 8) Do you want to know a Secret? 9) Love Me Do 10) Come Together
@@kayserchishti7303 I am American and live in Washington State. My ex-wife (1994-1999) was born and raised in Halifax, England. I visited my in-laws there in 1995. I was able to visit Manchester, Yorkshire Dales, Scarborough Castle, Leeds, Kings Cross, Liverpool, and Yorkshire Abbey. My visit lasted two weeks. The weather was bright sunshine for every day of the trip. My ex was a championship dancer (Irish Dancing) that once performed for the Queen. Her "mum" was an instructor of the same dance style. (Her parents were Irish Catholic-sympathetic to the crown.) My ex-mother-in-law taught some of the dancers that performed in "Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance" in Las Vegas (If my ex-wife had not married me, she probably would have performed with them). My ex-wife knew some of these dancers well and had danced with many of them as a teenager. My ex had won many awards for her dancing. She is married to another "bloke" now and they live in Reno, Nevada. Thank you for your kind offer.
Blackbirds really do fly at night - when autumn comes they seek a place to winter. McCartney knew this, ......but he revealed he created the melody by adapting a piece by Bach which he and George used to practice.
Yep. This is a song of hope for all who suffered the civil right movements in the 50s n 60s. The bird is a metaphore. Paul Mcartney wrote it to give hope after reading an article. Theres another version on CZcams of a man singing this to his newborn baby on life support a whom only had hours to live and the mother died giving birth. The father sings it to the baby in the incubator so to hear these beatiful words before passing. It will make you weap. ❤
That's so funny that Asia says, "I don't want to be that black bird." You are, in fact, a Black bird ("woman"). He wrote that for you to encourage you.
Julia is another nice, acoustic, beautiful song from the White Album, this one from John. Check that one out sometime too. You're great, reactions are great and heartfelt.
Besides Paul writing this about the civil rights movement. The Beatles also refused to play in a segregated stadium in Jacksonville Florida. And they actually won. Amazing for that time.
Go look up the Maureen Cleave interview from 1966. Paul said America was racist. A teen magazine put Paul and this story on the cover but the John saying Beatles bigger than the “2000 year old man” got all the press.
Great song by Paul McCartney. It’s technically a Beatles song but is pretty much a solo with Paul and his guitar with Ringo providing a soft beat in the background.
Here in Australia...we lived in a wonderful town called Narrandera. I found that we had a little blackbird that would sing late in the evening in one huge Rosebush we had. The blackbird would sing the most beautiful little songs. When I heard this song, I burst into tears...so miss my little blackbird.
For so many of us that grew up with the Beatles and didn’t know anything about them then years afterwards got their books and start reading everything about them there’s so much information we can tell you about them I was suggest getting one of the Beatles books Is there a such a huge influence on our generation and yours
The Beatles REFUSED to perform before a segregated audience in the US. It was in their contract. Many of their idols were black performers like Little Richard.
Remember this song came out in 1968. The image of a blackbird that Paul sings about is a metaphor for a black woman or blacks in general that have been repressed and harmed, but have the inner strength to fly. Now is your time. Stay strong and be heard. For such a simple song its incredibly uplifting as well.
CSN did a cover of this and Stills thought it was so much better than this....I don't. Even though the three part harmony makes it very good. This version is better. like most originals.
It's an inspirational song that applies to anyone who has been through hard times. He really was trying to do something positive for someone specific at the time though, as people have described below. Not many people in this modern age would ever guess that black bird = African American Woman without being told lol.
Well, I like this this song very much. I remember that day very well when I was having enough money to buy the f...White Album. O.K., that was 44 years ago but never mind.
another, Ann Wilson of Heart,, and the song Barracuda has a daughter Gretchen, Gretchen has a song Redneck Woman, I believe you'd like that one, it's gritty , A kickin country/country rock a bit. upbeat wanna get up and dance kind of song
Great reaction and interpretation. It's a song about hope and overcoming obstacles. The broken wing stands for everything that keeps you down, but you have to heal and take your opportunity to fly and realize your potential. Inspired by civil rights.
Paul most likely didn't write this so literally, but in Australia and possibly England, a woman can be referred to as a bird. Like, she's a good bird. Not a derogatory term at all.
This song is about being a misfit. Like an outcast with a beautiful singing voice. 'Black bird singing in thedead of night take these broke n wings and learn to fly'
There was a singer a few years ago that posted a short video of himself playing and singing this song to his dying newborn son (after also losing his wife)...every time I hear this song, it reminds me of that video and just makes me sad.
Asia and BJ There is an awesome cover done by a singer Geoff Castellucci who is part of an Acapella group named Voiceplay on his CZcams channel. Geoff is a baritone singer who has a vocal range from 4 to 5 Octaves with Bass range into subharmonics.
Bird is slang for woman in the UK. I think Paul had seen two African American girls trying to get to just study at school and they were being harassed.. He heard a black bird at night...and fused the two. Just a poetic way of seeing that black civil rights movement
This song was written to support black women in the USA who were in the fight of their lives for respect and rights. The civil rights movement was in 5th gear because of civil unrest and Paul and the Beatles were supporters of all human rights. They refused to perform in the south with segregated audiences in the USA south. They were an inspiration. Love them.
Y'all oughta check out Laura Nyro. "Eli's Comin'" would be a nice way to start. She was a huge rare talent, but her songs, covered by other artists, are probably better known than she is.
This song was Paul's way of addressing the civil rights movement of the time. Here's a quote from an article: "I was sitting around with my acoustic guitar and I'd heard about the civil rights troubles that were happening in the '60s in Alabama, Mississippi, Little Rock in particular," he told GQ. "I just thought it would be really good if I could write something that if it ever reached any of the people going through those problems, it might give them a little bit of hope. So, I wrote 'Blackbird.'"
youve got to hidE your love away! ...SUPER SONG!
We use the term 'bird' in England
A female...
@@leestrawberryfields... So what? FAIL
@@fidge54
What, wait a second... I'm merely giving people a background into McCartney's mindset. So they might have a better understanding of the song 🤔
Anything Lennon or McCartney saw, read, heard or did was likely to become a song. Paul could see a guy eating a grilled cheese sandwich and turn it into a gold record.
I remember hearing a Beatles interview years ago, where they said that sometimes they would vote on decisions for the group. But on racism they didn't need to vote, there was no way they were ever going to perform to a segregated audience.
Greatest band ever
Paul McCartney proves over and over again that a song doesn't need to be overproduced or loud to be a gem!.....a common trait throughout the incredible "White Album"!
If you can do it stripped down, you know it’s the real deal.
💯
Yes! Short, sweet and to the point! Exactly!
Jenny Wren is the 21st century equivalent. If you have not heard that you own it to yourself to give it a listen.
@@ml5955 it's not an equivalent of blackbird
that's just mccartney's acoustic playing style
"calico skies" is another great one like this
It's a song for the 60's civil rights movement. Referring to the two black women trying to enter College/University in the early 60's! McCartney had a picture taken a few years ago with him and the 2 women that inspired the song! Love to you two! The Beatles were, and are still, the greatest band of all time! Do try 'In My Life,' ' Because' or' She's leaving Home' by them! Thank you!
Actually it was the Little Rock Nine trying to get into Central High School. The Govener, Orval Faubus, had the States National Guard prevent them from entering the school. On September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered units of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division - the "Screaming Eagles" - into Little Rock and federalized the Arkansas National Guard to escort them into the school. The nine had escorts to and from classes the rest of the year.
Also one of the BEATLES we're one of the first bands to refuse to play an event unless they didn't segregate the audience.
@@daggarcia Different times, they were run by their record company truly. I doubt the loving John, and Paul were behind that request.
@@JoshOuaMichael he meant that the Beatles refused to play a show if the theater segregated the audience. They wanted everyone treated equally.
@@JoshOuaMichael You're wrong they were behind not wanting segregating audiences.
Such a beautiful song inspired by the Civil Rights movement.
A bird was English slang for a woman back in the day....same as a broad was slang for a girl in the US....so Black Bird was about the women in The Civil Rights movement...The Beatles refused to play in a Florida concert when they found out that the crowd would be segregated and the organisers caved in and allowed the crowd to mix.....After that concert The Beatles had it written in their contracts that all their future concerts would not be segregated...Greatest band of all time.
We still use bird all the time, ask me bird
"back in the day" ? what?
That is BULLSHIT, Black bird was composed recorded and released in 1968, and The beatles gave their last concert in 1966.
@Pablo Molina. ??? No one said otherwise. 🤔
The word "bird" is still used today not just "back in the day"
When the Beatles came to America they refused to play in segregated venues. They abhorred segregation. Paul was a huge fan of Fats Domino. In Brittan a "bird" is a girl or woman. He was trying to say to back people that they would sing, and fly.
I finally figured that out some years back, which helped explain the song "And Your Bird Can Sing".
We use"bird" in Australia too
@@randymarsh6363 all the things you mentioned are true but all I said was that we say bird too. Nothing more, nothing less.
@@eviekelpie1 I'm sorry, but thanks for educating me on that point.
@@eviekelpie1 Aussies say sheila
Paul was saying “once you get your chance, you may be disappointed, but I hope you get your chance”. Real talk. But you got it. It’s a bittersweet civil rights song. Paul many times pulls back the curtain and speaks deep truths.
Every time I Went to my grandmothers i always brought my acoustic guitar i knew she would ask me to play this song. She said it remained her of her childhood in the Mississippi delta as a sharecropper in the 1929s and 30s. She had no idea. Who the Beatles was. But when I start playing this song she start clapping and stomping her foot. Just priceless. She been in heaven for 30+ years they don't make them like that anymore. Miss you Granny..
that's beautiful! she could feel it in her soul.
God rest her beautiful soul!
A "bird" in Britain is another word for a woman. This was a cheerleading song for the civil rights movement. The beatles were always inspired by singers like Ray Charles, Little Richard, Fats Domino and Chuck Berry, so many of their heroes were black. They refused to play a few shows in the south unless the venues removed the "WHITES ONLY" signs for the floor seats, keeping the rest in the balcony. He was telling them, despite being knocked down, it is still your moment to arise.
Yeah Brits say " Birds" , Yanks say " Chicks" :)
Such a simple, but beautiful song.
Thx! The Beatles always stood up for civil rights no matter the consequences!
I grew up on The Beatles and only learned fairly recently that this song was about the civil rights movement of the '60s in America. It's a beautiful song no matter how you interpret it, but knowing the true inspiration makes it even more beautiful to me.
I’ve always loved this song - but until recently, never knew it was inspired by black women during the civil rights movement. 💜
I didn't know until I went to a McCartney concert in 2009 and he told the story.
"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
In England a bird is a slang term for a woman. So you're bang on buddy
The Beatles REFUSED to perform before segregated audiences in the US. That was courageous at the time. Many of their early idols were black artists like Little Richard.
@@ljd8557 not being used that way here. Blackbird in UK and continental Europe is a common bird that has a distinctive and beautiful song, often seen tugging a worm out of a grass lawn, a segment is on the record. In same family as songthrush and mistlethrush. Males are black with yellow beaks. Females dark brown. A symbol of frailty, beauty, and character, in fact they are pretty aggressive against each other but poets never bother with reality of nature
Another reason to adore them..this song is so Beautiful ❤️
My daughter and I have matching “Blackbird Fly” tattoos. I always sang it to her when she was a baby and she surprised me last year for Mother’s Day and we went and got them. ❤️🖤
That is so beautiful, Mom.
"Bird", or "Birdies" was slang in England for Girls. He was talking about about black girls getting their wings and soaring., and overcoming racism and obstacles.
Your next Beatles reaction should be "Here There and Everywhere", one of the most beautiful love songs ever! And to the two of you best wishes for a happy healthy 2022 and plenty of more vids for us to enjoy!!! Keep up the great work on your channel!!
J
it's absolutely beautiful! it was John's favorite song by Paul.
In England one of their slang words for women was "bird" ... It's a tribute to Black women in the civil rights era.❤
In My Life by The Beatles is really good and thought provoking.
....a very difficult chord structure to play ...classic McCartney...showing yet again he is the most diverse musician of all-time...vocally, lyrically, performing.
Yes. You can close your eyes and focus your ears on the guitar chord progression. You follow the chords and you know what you're going to hear at the end and McCartney takes you there... ...but not quite.
Masterful songwriting.
he makes it sound so easy!
The chord changes on this song are insane....I once tried to learn it and really had to struggle. I was kinda able to learn it but not like Paul plays it: perfect!
I’m a beginner and looked the tab up and was like nope! I’ll try again in a couple years.
There’s basically 4 chords per measure…. It’s extremely difficult
You just have to get used to the octave like shaping then it's pretty straightforward..just takes some practice
The song uses a classical guitar technique mixed with a folky strum. Play 10ths on the 2nd and 5th strings, moving up and down the fretboard. Strum the open 3rd and 4th strings in between. Start with left hand 1st finger on 5th string, 2nd fret and 4th finger on 2nd string 3rd fret. Pluck with thumb and middle finger then strum the open strings. Then practice moving the shape up the fretboard adjusting the intervals to stay in the scale. You are playing a harmony a 10th (octave plus a third) apart so if B is in the bass, D is on top, if C in the bass, E on top, etc.
@@netzahuacoyotl thanks for that! I play this chord in my practices, I always looked at it as a suspended 5th!
If ya want a complete contrast in style from the same album, listen to Helter Skelter
Paul is about 10 completely different singers on that album.
Paul McCartney has more talent in one fingernail than the whole of modern music.
@Asia and BJ, Thank y'all for sharing! It was deep and Sir Paul McCartney was ahead of his time. Here's what he had to say...
I had been doing some [poetry readings] in the last year or so because I've got a poetry book out called Blackbird Singing, and when I would read "Blackbird", I would always try and think of some explanation to tell the people … So, I was doing explanations, and I actually just remembered why I'd written "Blackbird", you know, that I'd been, 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, you know, the 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.[5]
Much love, Fam!!!
Including him writing the song, this is all Paul… sung live with him playing a single guitar and the click is his foot tapping. The guitar part is not overly
difficult to play for a proficient guitarist but was genius to write. Many guitarists have done covers of it.
it's a song about the civil rights movement in the US.
Just Paul, his finger picking, his toe tapping, and a guitar. So beautiful.
A great song from a true LEGEND!!
This song Blackbird along with Helter Skelter, Sexy Sadie, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon and others were hand delivered to Paul McCartney in Malibu California during the first week of June 1968. To be recorded on the Beatles upcoming album titled “The Beatles,” but what became known as “The White Album” (released in the U. S. Nov 6, 1968). The guy who delivered the songs is also the guy who wrote the songs. Present at that “song delivery” meeting in Malibu were Terry Melcher (son of Doris Day), Dennis Wilson (drummer for The Beach Boys), Gregg Jacobson (close friend of Melcher and D Wilson), Paul McCartney and the song writer himself Charles Manson. John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison were at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills dropping LSD with several other very well known Hollywood celebrities (Mia Farrow, Jane Fonda…), while McCartney was at the Malibu house, owned by Doris Day, and meeting Manson for the first and only time.
The average person simply can not even begin to comprehend how deep and vast all of the lies about Manson and The Manson Family are. If the real truth about Manson is ever told, I hope I don’t die laughing.
The guitar part is based off a Bach piece he and George used to play when they were kids. Paul discussed this at one of his shows.
3:26 The cool thing is that the entire song is all Paul. Guitar, singing and the toe-tapping. They put a microphone near his foot.
Oh. Congratulations on almost 200k subs in 1 year. Spoke to Asia when she went live not to long after the reaction video for wretch 32 and avelino. Channel has blown up and deservedly so. 2 good people's with great chemistry and great reactions. You had me subbed Asia!! Soon as you got goosebumps from wretch. Congrats on the channel. Peace and love from the UK. Don't sleep on dave new album. Its GOAT music for real
Thank you for this! The “White” Album gave us the best of The Beatles!
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The Beatles diversity in music is insane. 2 very different songs, Come Together and Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter isn't what Manson turned it into. Lennon say"s it's the name of a ride at an amusement park (mayby rollercoaster-ish) the bottom- back to the top- stop- turn & see you again..... it certainly is a screamer.
@@peterbaruxis2511 Yes I'm certainly aware of the story as I've watched just about every documentary in it. Yes, helter Skelter is about a ride at a fair
A bird in England is a woman .This was about young black women entering a school in Little Rock ,AK during integration of schools in the 60s. Paul MCCartney, saw this on TV. Beatles were the first band that refused to play to segregated concerts it was put in their contracts..
I've had moments in my life where an occurrence (ie 'walking the bridge') leaves me with with a tear in my eye. Watching you and listening to this song was another one of those moments.
Fool on the hill, across the universe, fixing a hole, tomorrow never knows, and within you without you. Are great songs that most people, that are not Beatles fans, have never heard of.
Had the white album memorized by age 9. Thx mom
What can be said about the Beatles except.... we're not worthy! So thankful they came into my life.... all these years later they're still an inspiration to us all.
This song is just amazingly beautiful, with a very relevant meaning
The Beatles "Norwegian wood" :)
Song is about the civil right movement in the 60's
I am the world's biggest Beatles fan. My house is nothing but Beatles decor. Framed posters everywhere. I own every video. Every album. I have shirts galore. I have listened to them religiously since the 1960's. The very first album I ever owned was "Magical Mystery Tour".....when it was released. I have heard every single Beatles tune many, many times (over many, many years).
So, what are my favorite Beatles tunes? In current order (but always, subject to change as the order has changed many. many times)
1) And I Love Her
2) Girl
4) Drive My Car
5) Norwegian Wood
6) Two of Us.
7) Michelle
8) Do you want to know a Secret?
9) Love Me Do
10) Come Together
I live at 1a Abbey Road next to the Crossing. and Abbey Road Studios. There's tourists visiting the crossing everyday Come visit me for tea sometime.
@@kayserchishti7303 I am American and live in Washington State. My ex-wife (1994-1999) was born and raised in Halifax, England. I visited my in-laws there in 1995. I was able to visit Manchester, Yorkshire Dales, Scarborough Castle, Leeds, Kings Cross, Liverpool, and Yorkshire Abbey. My visit lasted two weeks. The weather was bright sunshine for every day of the trip.
My ex was a championship dancer (Irish Dancing) that once performed for the Queen. Her "mum" was an instructor of the same dance style. (Her parents were Irish Catholic-sympathetic to the crown.) My ex-mother-in-law taught some of the dancers that performed in "Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance" in Las Vegas (If my ex-wife had not married me, she probably would have performed with them). My ex-wife knew some of these dancers well and had danced with many of them as a teenager. My ex had won many awards for her dancing. She is married to another "bloke" now and they live in Reno, Nevada.
Thank you for your kind offer.
Wow! Great list too!
Blackbirds really do fly at night - when autumn comes they seek a place to winter.
McCartney knew this, ......but he revealed he created the melody by adapting a piece by Bach which he and George used to practice.
Yep. This is a song of hope for all who suffered the civil right movements in the 50s n 60s. The bird is a metaphore. Paul Mcartney wrote it to give hope after reading an article.
Theres another version on CZcams of a man singing this to his newborn baby on life support a whom only had hours to live and the mother died giving birth. The father sings it to the baby in the incubator so to hear these beatiful words before passing. It will make you weap. ❤
That's so funny that Asia says, "I don't want to be that black bird." You are, in fact, a Black bird ("woman"). He wrote that for you to encourage you.
Julia is another nice, acoustic, beautiful song from the White Album, this one from John. Check that one out sometime too. You're great, reactions are great and heartfelt.
Beatles ???? Brilliant content 👌 A hard day's night is the vibe
In England they would call a girl a bird. So the song is about a black girl and wrote it about the civil rights
This my first time hearing this song it was a nice one dope reaction
Besides Paul writing this about the civil rights movement. The Beatles also refused to play in a segregated stadium in Jacksonville Florida. And they actually won. Amazing for that time.
This is one of those songs that if you ever doubted it you know that PM is a genius
Go look up the Maureen Cleave interview from 1966. Paul said America was racist. A teen magazine put Paul and this story on the cover but the John saying Beatles bigger than the “2000 year old man” got all the press.
Written and performed on acoustic guitar by the musical melodical genius Paul McCartney.
Listen to here comes the sun. Written by George Harrison. My favorite Beatles song. It's so uplifitong.
Great song by Paul McCartney. It’s technically a Beatles song but is pretty much a solo with Paul and his guitar with Ringo providing a soft beat in the background.
Here in Australia...we lived in a wonderful town called Narrandera. I found that we had a little blackbird that would sing late in the evening in one huge Rosebush we had. The blackbird would sing the most beautiful little songs. When I heard this song, I burst into tears...so miss my little blackbird.
Gorgeous, classic song
In England a bird can be a girl. That's what he was writing..They used this word in several songs.
For so many of us that grew up with the Beatles and didn’t know anything about them then years afterwards got their books and start reading everything about them there’s so much information we can tell you about them I was suggest getting one of the Beatles books
Is there a such a huge influence on our generation
and yours
One of the hardest songs for me to learn on guitar
The Beatles REFUSED to perform before a segregated audience in the US. It was in their contract. Many of their idols were black performers like Little Richard.
This Song is about ...... You!
Remember this song came out in 1968. The image of a blackbird that Paul sings about is a metaphor for a black woman or blacks in general that have been repressed and harmed, but have the inner strength to fly. Now is your time. Stay strong and be heard. For such a simple song its incredibly uplifting as well.
Paul wrote such beautiful melodies.
More Beatles please!
What a BEAUTY by a BEATLE!!❤️❤️❤️
Context is everything, see comments below.
CSN did a cover of this and Stills thought it was so much better than this....I don't. Even though the three part harmony makes it very good. This version is better. like most originals.
Aaaah yeah come on, do all the Beatles discography :) you will no regret it
It's an inspirational song that applies to anyone who has been through hard times. He really was trying to do something positive for someone specific at the time though, as people have described below.
Not many people in this modern age would ever guess that black bird = African American Woman without being told lol.
One of the first songs that I learned to play on the guitar
I learned how to play this when my son was born. I used to sing it to him at bedtime.
Well, I like this this song very much. I remember that day very well when I was having enough money to buy the f...White Album. O.K., that was 44 years ago but never mind.
We call girls birds in the UK or at least we used to & The Black birds are the black women during the civil rights movement.
This was in response to the 60s Civil Rights movement
another, Ann Wilson of Heart,, and the song Barracuda has a daughter Gretchen, Gretchen has a song Redneck Woman, I believe you'd like that one, it's gritty , A kickin country/country rock a bit. upbeat wanna get up and dance kind of song
This was the Beatles interpretation of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960's
According to Paul, he was referencing the US Civil Rights and desegregation of schools.
Great reaction and interpretation. It's a song about hope and overcoming obstacles. The broken wing stands for everything that keeps you down, but you have to heal and take your opportunity to fly and realize your potential. Inspired by civil rights.
I just knew you would like this and the real back story.
Just Paul and his guitar. The tapping beat is him tapping his shoe heal. That’s it. No other Beatle. True Masterpiece
My parents listened to The Beatles a lot back and I'm pretty sure they have heard this one. Good one.
Paul most likely didn't write this so literally, but in Australia and possibly England, a woman can be referred to as a bird. Like, she's a good bird. Not a derogatory term at all.
thank you for this wonderful reaction! much love!
Blackbird is the song from the movement social American!
Really interesting to hear your take on the lyrics...you guys got it pretty much, even though they're fairly obtuse! Good on you...
This song is about being a misfit. Like an outcast with a beautiful singing voice. 'Black bird singing in thedead of night take these broke n wings and learn to fly'
I always liked this song.
There was a singer a few years ago that posted a short video of himself playing and singing this song to his dying newborn son (after also losing his wife)...every time I hear this song, it reminds me of that video and just makes me sad.
Asia and BJ
There is an awesome cover done by a singer Geoff Castellucci who is part of an Acapella group named Voiceplay on his CZcams channel. Geoff is a baritone singer who has a vocal range from 4 to 5 Octaves with Bass range into subharmonics.
Bird is slang for woman in the UK.
I think Paul had seen two African American girls trying to get to just study at school and they were being harassed..
He heard a black bird at night...and fused the two.
Just a poetic way of seeing that black civil rights movement
One of the best songs about injustice ever made.
Another song from The Beatles famous White Album, "I Will." ✌️
Such a special song for such a special time. Simply powerful.
This song is from there album The White Album. The album is a pure Masterpiece
This song was written to support black women in the USA who were in the fight of their lives for respect and rights. The civil rights movement was in 5th gear because of civil unrest and Paul and the Beatles were supporters of all human rights. They refused to perform in the south with segregated audiences in the USA south. They were an inspiration. Love them.
Y'all oughta check out Laura Nyro. "Eli's Comin'" would be a nice way to start. She was a huge rare talent, but her songs, covered by other artists, are probably better known than she is.
Yes! Studio version please.
Every song on this album one better than the next! Check out “Sexy Sadie”