"Blackbird"

“But I can see you

Your brown skin shining in the sun

You got your hair combed back..."

φωτ. celia g

Το τραγούδι Blackbird το έγραψε ο McCartney και σε συνέντευξή του το 2002 δήλωσε σχετικά με αυτό:

"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."

(Radio interview with KCRW's Chris Douridas, May 25, 2002)

The Beatles - Blackbird 

...Και από συνέντευξη του McCartney στο Rolling Stone Magazine:

"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, (she) became symbolic."