| The Beatles – Blackbird Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| The biggest problem about the song supposedly being about civil rights is the fact that that angle wasn't mentioned or brought up until decades after the fact. If it was about the plight of black people it was never discussed by McCartney at the time or even for years and years after. I get that Brits call women birds and you could easily make the case that it is about civil rights and wanting to be free, but I'm saying none of that was considered until many, many years later. When McCartney acknowledges that it is about civil rights I see that as revisionist history. Sounds good and makes himself look even better. I love the song, McCartney and The Beatles- but there is no record of its meaning until years, even decades after the fact. | |
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