The Beatles- Blackbird
Added 2025-11-29 19:38:05 +0000 UTC
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One of the things I’m most proud of The Beatles doing is refusing to perform in front of segregated audiences.
Sweetish_Jeff_25
2025-12-06 17:56:21 +0000 UTCAs beautiful as you are.
Terry Saunders
2025-12-03 17:10:46 +0000 UTCWritten by Paul McCartney as a message of encouragement to Black women experiencing racial injustice in the American South during the civil rights movement.
sb
2025-11-30 08:32:50 +0000 UTCAmber, if you ever get a chance, I highly recommend listening to the Beatles Esher demos. These are essentially demos of many songs including “Blackbird” which they recorded for The White Album. It’s basically “The Beatles Unplugged”.
Sweetish_Jeff_25
2025-11-30 07:17:00 +0000 UTC💯
Sweetish_Jeff_25
2025-11-30 07:15:00 +0000 UTCWelcome aboard, Jenny!
Sweetish_Jeff_25
2025-11-30 07:14:20 +0000 UTCno we need more beatles
ty110072
2025-11-30 02:41:12 +0000 UTCJust wanted to shout my thanks for your content. I’m a brand new subscriber but I’ve been watching your reactions for years. Thanks for the nostalgia and the wonderful feeling I get from the things I love being passed on.
Jenny Beard
2025-11-30 01:56:27 +0000 UTCWe still use the slang bird but it is slowly dying out.
Grim Morgul (Mike)
2025-11-29 21:21:08 +0000 UTCAlways great to be reminded of how amazing The Beatles were, and what a classic track.
Max Kenny
2025-11-29 20:38:02 +0000 UTCAlso, English slang for a girl was “bird”. Paul was singing a tribute to the “blackbirds”. Beautiful, indeed!
Anthony Caples
2025-11-29 20:30:02 +0000 UTCPaul wrote this song during the Civil Rights movement as an empowering and hopeful message to black women in the south in the 1960s since they were facing racial struggles.
David K
2025-11-29 20:27:04 +0000 UTCYes, another great song that uses the power of words and music to speak hope to people during the Civil Rights era. This was same year Dr. King was assassinated.
Anthony Caples
2025-11-29 20:25:00 +0000 UTCI'm going to have to listen to those other two versions now. Beatles version is all I know.
Phillip Borntrager
2025-11-29 20:03:23 +0000 UTCI really wish there didnt have to be a Beatles song every single week. We dont get many music reactions from you, it'd be nice not to waste one on a group that we already know pretty well how you feel about them.
Wes Morrison
2025-11-29 19:58:26 +0000 UTCBeatles Anthology is on Disney+. That would be a great reaction!
roberto h.pilia
2025-11-29 19:52:13 +0000 UTCJust listened to Beyonce version, it was well done. Read a comment that Paul wrote this song as a tribute and gift to Black women after the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's.
nevrbluffs
2025-11-29 19:50:09 +0000 UTCMcCartney wrote this song in support of the black community to show support during civil rights. one of my fave beatles songs.
chris watt
2025-11-29 19:40:07 +0000 UTCMy all time favourite Beatles song 🖤
Grim Morgul (Mike)
2025-11-29 19:39:28 +0000 UTC
