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Recorded: 11 June 1968
Producer: George Martin
Engineer: Geoff Emerick
Released: 22 November 1968 (UK), 25 November 1968 (US)
Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar
Available on:
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A solo performance by Paul McCartney , Blackbird was composed shortly after The Beatles’ stay in Rishikesh, India, and featured on the White Album .…
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Offline Dave Grohl played and sang Blackbird during the Oscars’ tribute to the film industry people had passed away in the past year.
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Offline This is my favourite song, I love it so much I got the lyrics tattooed onto my back. I think that it is a real positive message for anybody who may be going through a hard time aswell.
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20 August 2013
Offline This Beatley Moment is brought you by the song Blackbird , @Gagamee.
Here’s the picture from that post.
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This Beatley Moment is brought you by the song Blackbird , @Gagamee.Here’s the picture from that post.
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Paul McCartney Meets Women Who Inspired Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’
subtitle: “Two members of the Little Rock Nine visit singer backstage at Arkansas concert”
If you don’t know about the Little Rock nine, the article is very informative.
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Singer/songwriter Rachel Fuller, wife of Pete Townsend, has written an Animal Requiem for a service for pet owners to mourn their lost pets.
I composed the Animal Requiem for all of us who have lost a much beloved pet. They become parts of our families and the pain we feel is equal to the love we felt for them.
For releasing it, she wanted something a bit special.
I wanted to have an extra track after the Requiem and I approached Sir Paul McCartney about a collaboration on Blackbird .
It might not be what he was writing about but for me the song has a message about animal welfare and rising up against oppression. (Proceeds from the requiem will go to animal welfare charities and independent shelters.) Harmonically, the song would fit beautifully.
I had to go to Pete, who is an old friend of Paul’s. Everyone knows Paul is a huge supporter of animal welfare and Pete wrote him a letter explaining the project and asking if I could record Blackbird using a choir and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Paul wrote back very quickly saying “This is cool with me. It’s a great project.” If the other people say “Yes”, you can have the original Beatles tapes.
They did so I added the RPO and choir to his singing and playing. It’s great to have the prestige of the Beatles estate for the requiem.
So it seems we have a new version of the original on the way, if that makes sense.
The album will be released for download (I bet one track gets downloaded a whole lot more than the others) on 31 January and on CD 8 March.
No sign of it on YouTube yet.
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Offline Mi’kmaq Blackbird singer gets huge shoutout from Paul McCartney
“There’s an incredible version done by a Canadian girl. You see it on YouTube. It’s in her native language,” McCartney said in a video from a tour stop in Lexington, Ky. “It’s really cool, check it out.”
The cover and Macca’s response are at the link.
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