Paul McCartney - Blackbird (The Beatles) | The story behind the song

Paul McCartney - Blackbird (The Beatles) | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

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Top 2000 a gogo

6 жыл бұрын

In this interview Paul McCartney tells the story behind 'Blackbird' by The Beatles. A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public TV) from 2005.

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@amritjanardhanan 5 жыл бұрын

“Bach got good tunes” - Paul’s music review

@fathur4465 4 жыл бұрын

yeah Paul is beethoven of our generation

@07nikhilchaudhari83 4 жыл бұрын

@@fathur4465 lmao. No one can become close to Beethoven except bach and mozart. I love the Beatles but you're literally comparing bob dylan to Shakespeare here

@fathur4465 4 жыл бұрын

@anita chaudhari I admire bach, beethoven and mozart for their sensibility and being such an influence for great musician of all time in history. But speaking generation here, The beatles still resonance more everywhere today than them 'classic genius'. Nowadays gemeration will honor McCartney as a living form of a music and melody itself. He took influence from the genius, then recompose it for everyone, literally everyone. From proletarian working class, to buckingham palace and white house. Everybody enjoys his music. He become the term 'music' itself. The definition of good music will adapt and change over time. Classics, baroque, rock n roll, jazz, Nothing really died,, they just blends altogether and turn into something fresh to newer generation

@07nikhilchaudhari83 4 жыл бұрын

@@fathur4465 First of all, i understand you're a big fan of the beatles and so am i but musically The beatles can't be compared with mozart or bach or Beethoven or even lizst. I see you know how great the beatles are but i can also tell you don't have a clue about how great those classical legends were. You can go to every musician in this world and they will feel awkward at the thought that Paul is Beethoven of our generation because if you know anything about Beethoven and his musicality , paul is just a great popular music artist compared to Beethoven. Beethoven music had real depth, genius, complexity, he shaped music, he changed music, The beatles impact on popular music is impeccable but what Beethoven influenced was way much broader than just popular music. Also, The beatles still resonance more for the average audience because uhhhh Beethoven was classical music? Classical music is an acquired taste, it requires time and most important of all musical knowledge. For an average audience , it will be easier and better to listen to sgt pepper and enjoy music than say spending days and nights understanding some symphony by Beethoven. Beethoven is taught in music schools and will be taught for centuries , The beatles are surely relevant today among their fans but i don't think they will be listened from 200 years from now. Beethoven managed to stay relevant because his music is still studied today, there are still books written about him, because his audience throughout history is different than average audience. Popular music doesn't Last for centuries, because popular tastes changes with time. People like blues before 50's. 60's and 70's rock was the prominent. Later disco came and today hip hop and EDM. Popular tastes keep changing and popular mass audience doesn't care that much. whereas classical being the genre of music that is studied, genre with most dedicated fans and especially musicians , classical legends stay relevant. Classical and pop are completely different music and shouldn't be compared.

@07nikhilchaudhari83 4 жыл бұрын

@@fathur4465 It's just like how bob dylan might be more relevant today than Shakespeare. Or you can say many authors and poets today are more relevant than Shakespeare today but that doesn't mean they will stay relevant forever. Shakespeare will probably stay relevant after centuries from now on whereas those authors and poets Today probably would be forgotten. Shakespeare has such a huge influence on the poetry , literature, english language that is seriously immeasurable. Same goes for Beethoven or bach or any of those classical geniuses. Bach and composers like Beethoven shaped music, The beatles couldn't be the beatles without them, modern music and basically any music that has roots in western classical wouldn't have been same if it wasn't for those classical geniuses. Bach literally invented the modern music, everything can be traced back to him.

@jhonhall928 5 жыл бұрын

He's a good guitar player I can see him going places.

@harrynac6017 4 жыл бұрын

I would suggest him to play the bass though.

@charleewayman3831 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Ausblack 4 жыл бұрын

Your only 50 years late

@nicolehall56 4 жыл бұрын

Ya think? :)

@zaymclovin4178 4 жыл бұрын

Ausblack Whooooosh

@GBPaddling 6 жыл бұрын

Someone once suggested it should have been 'Bachbird'

@eimearthebeamer 4 жыл бұрын

ha!

@khshayarxha 4 жыл бұрын

That was neat😂

@johnpresnell 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...

@haroldsteinblatt2567 4 жыл бұрын

Who made the suggestion?

@BiRainbow29 3 жыл бұрын

Ba-dum-tss

@patriciaburke2401 6 жыл бұрын

Paul always did have a kind heart. Besides those beautiful eyes and amazing talent, it’s no wonder we were, and still are, in love with him! Thanks for sharing the wonderful message behind this great song.

@BillMcGirr 5 жыл бұрын

Great comment. I know a lot of ladies... including my mom had a great fondness for Paul. He’s amazing.😊👍

@thelightwarriordiariesxsup6781 4 жыл бұрын

Will u still love him when u find out there's 2?

@recipoldinasty 3 жыл бұрын

@@thelightwarriordiariesxsup6781 stupid fk

@soaringvulture 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, even beyond his great talent, it's Paul's heart that reaches out and grabs us. No one else can do that.

@peteroloughlin1694 2 жыл бұрын

Paul McCartney is so brilliant on the detail of Bach - and yet makes it so understandable - such genius. Love it XXX

@damianbowyer6258 4 жыл бұрын

Blackbird One of Paul's Best Songs.

@mjgutierrez Ай бұрын

GOD BLESS

@OhanaFilms 4 жыл бұрын

George: "Is this how it goes?" - So cool.

@mole62ssf 5 жыл бұрын

Always did think Blackbird was a great song. But Bach and civil rights? Way to elevate greatness, Paul.

@annegorski4739 4 жыл бұрын

Marianne Wade LOL typical Paul

@RickytheMenace 4 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing this is what it would feel like to hear Einstein talk about quantum physics 😱🧠

@mole62ssf 4 жыл бұрын

@@RickytheMenace Ooh, excellent analogy.

@willritter4076 4 жыл бұрын

I'd be honored if some Beatles fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PENNY LANE and BLACKBIRD on my YT channel in tribute to the Fab Four and the vocals of Paul McCartney. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Thanks and RESPECT to the legends.

@randomgaming6808 3 жыл бұрын

@@willritter4076 I’ll check it out!

@Physicsnerd1 4 жыл бұрын

I just started learning to play guitar. My first song was Blackbird. It is a great song to learn and get to know the strings, finger-picking, and some nice bar patterns. I've been playing for two years now and I've played Blackbird pretty much everyday, refining tempo, string tone, and overall quality of sound. I've learned a few other songs along with many riffs, but I popped my cherry with Blackbird. Thank you Paul for this wonderful gift. By the way, I'm 64 and I remember watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb 9, 1964 at 8 pm. My sister and I got permission to stay up on that Sunday, a school night, I was 8 yrs old. Their style and performance was unimaginable in those days. They changed things in a way that can only be describe as a phenomenon. It was a good time to be alive.

@josearriola3087 6 жыл бұрын

Sir paul the master of writing songs

@davegriffmusic 6 жыл бұрын

You have to be inhuman to not be moved by this song

@GuilhermeSilva-rp2it 5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. For me , the most moving and pathetic song by the guy. Feel the same when listening to Fire and Rain by James Taylor, and Kathy´s song, by Simon & Garfunkel.

@MrAnyVideo 4 жыл бұрын

Tell that to generation z. A lot of them don’t even know a lot of songs by The Beatles

@yeetfecteau1380 4 жыл бұрын

This song makes me teary eyed, even when im not sad

@parzibalamblin1890 4 жыл бұрын

deaf people are not humans xd

@eddiebaez2093 4 жыл бұрын

I am always love it but when he told the meaning...WHOA...

@christianinja7 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite Paul McCartney song! I love that it has such a deeper meaning to it.

@FacheChanteDeux 4 жыл бұрын

I like that no matter how famous Paul is he is still down to earth and everything always goes back to the music. This is the best thing he can do for future musicians.

@littlejoe9381 4 жыл бұрын

We had to learn this song in school. I always wondered what it was really about. Thank you Mr. McCartney. I like to hear it from the artist himself.

@eddiewouldknow 2 жыл бұрын

Being a simple minded person, I never realized the message behind the lyrics. After hearing and playing this song thousands of times, I like it even more now.

@aussiecoastie72 4 жыл бұрын

Paul is absolutely amazing !! My favourite singer songwriter * ever !! Thank you Paul for the gift of your music 🎵 🙏🏻

@nosferatu8530 2 жыл бұрын

A true, true Genius in music. This man never ceases to amaze me

@marylisajones1 3 жыл бұрын

What a great background story! I’m a musician and learned this song on the piano. I also remember being a great fan of Bach as well growing up.Thanks for inspiring countless musicians and music lovers❤️

@rebeccaspookyduran7864 4 жыл бұрын

I remember so many songs growing up but this one stands out a lot because my dad would strum it on his guitar. He passed away at the beginning of last year and just certain songs and certain things remind me of my dad and my mom and my sister is my grandma and all this just being together sitting around while grandma and Dad strumed the guitar and just traveling you listening to music.

@mjgutierrez Ай бұрын

GOD BLESS

@xgeorgina420x7 2 жыл бұрын

Paul McCartney is a musical genius 👏

@user-wu1tn5ww1b 5 ай бұрын

Bach was

@paigeturner2799 4 жыл бұрын

I used to sing Blackbird to my kids when they were babies❤When they're sick I still do. ❤🎶

@chaleco82 4 жыл бұрын

Oh Paul, you always make it look like is no big deal but we can't have enough of it. THANK YOU SIR !!!! I worked hard on this song until I could play it. And yes, It always is a tribute to you. and it always will....

@goverypro3010 6 жыл бұрын

I hope to be as sharp as he is at his age..

@SpaceCattttt 5 жыл бұрын

Move into a house made of whetstones.

@funeralbillii9172 5 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceCattttt Now THAT'S a sharp joke!

@beastmaster6946 5 жыл бұрын

@@SpaceCattttt Noice 👌

@StoryeTime 4 жыл бұрын

He's been a veghead for a loooonnng time ;)

@BARKINGattheMOON100 4 жыл бұрын

Story Time Vegetating more likely.😂🤣😂

@Bends95 4 жыл бұрын

That song is one of my favourites..gets me in the feels

@ceebee491 4 жыл бұрын

I played a gig last night and this song went down so well. The people who spoke to me after all said how much it means to them. 🎸🎼🎤

@iseeolly9959 4 жыл бұрын

I play Blackbird on my piano...it's just amazing....and yes Bach was such a dude...every change of chord just feels correct. My fingers just fall into place. Maybe it's because I was brought up Baptist and Hymns work in a similar fashion?

@eimearthebeamer 4 жыл бұрын

maybe

@chill5978 4 жыл бұрын

Shut the fuck up dumbsss lmfao

@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers 6 жыл бұрын

The Beatles have been and will always be a gift upon this green earth. One could [almost] argue that they wrote every song that was necessary to be written and that we need no more.

@leondole813 6 жыл бұрын

God bless you and greetings from Liverpool 😍

@curcumin417 5 жыл бұрын

Lol - Beatles are great, but lets not get carried away. Stones and Led Zep are much better in my book.

@SmithMrCorona 5 жыл бұрын

Conversely, if I never hear another Beatles song for the rest of my life, I would be no worse off.

@Jordan-zi8fn 5 жыл бұрын

They never did Piano Man or Bohemian Rhapsody :)

@minstrelofMir 5 жыл бұрын

you say we may need no more,but hay i started a beatles band in 1975 age11 with twisted hands that were stuck half open,,it opened my left hand,so luckerly im not so bad as an adult,i carried on played and have taurt 2 that became national champions,and 2 that became music teachers.. 1 being my daughter at singing,,now her daughter has writen songs since age3 (got her on youtube)and guitar since age5 and is 10 now,and writes amazing songs..all them as i got the same pull to do music and song writting like the beatles got when they saw elvis.. and who knows if the world will want my families songs,,but sooner or later they will,and in the mean-time learning and writing is a personal evolution you cannot imagin.

@RastaSaiyaman 5 жыл бұрын

I love his reaction to the Crosby, Stills and Nash version. In fact it was through this little doc that I learned of the version and I looked it up, such a pretty version they did.

@idealtara 5 жыл бұрын

He said he likes it when people try to learn it, it's a great tribute for him! I learned it for you Macca!

@ShrubPlays 4 жыл бұрын

This explains why I actually like the song.

@TheAustinGuy 4 жыл бұрын

Shrub Plays no it doesn’t

@JordanTheMinecrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Bach. Incredible how his music is still reengineered and listened to so frequently.

@TheManorBeast 4 жыл бұрын

Blackbird was inspired by Bach. I love that

@davidharding966 5 жыл бұрын

I really, really like the Beatles. I couldn’t say they are my favourite and probably not in my top 10 - but I recognise without a shadow of a doubt they are and always will be the greatest band ever.

@jt6869 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful meaning to the lyrics!

@BillMcGirr 5 жыл бұрын

Just an iconic song from one of the best band of musicians to ever assemble. Amazing.👍

@TheIgisas 4 жыл бұрын

Yup...

@maroifanai8656 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best acoustic song ever, respect sir Paul

@kingrobert1st 4 жыл бұрын

I just like the fact that people like it (Blackbird) enough to learn it. It's a great tribute for me.

@Velkro5000 5 жыл бұрын

Love this channel!

@InkyDaCaT 4 жыл бұрын

These interviews are so great! Wow so you introduced Paul to Crosby Stills & Nash's beautiful tribute...wow that alone you gets golden music magic award🙌🙌🙌

@jeffallinson8089 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating story from the legendary Paul McCartney

@RJReda 2 жыл бұрын

First song I ever learned on guitar by a teacher who was obsessed with The Beatles. I learned it in my own way without ever hearing the song until many, many years later 🎶

@SkwidToast 6 жыл бұрын

The Red Wings sticker on his guitar made my day.

@carlbaumeister3439 6 жыл бұрын

He put it on in the mid 70s because of the connection to the band named Wings: www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/10/17/paul-mccartneys-red-wings-sticker-joe-louis-arena/73939846/

@norbury57 5 жыл бұрын

Playing the Oilers tonight. Must be a bad omen.

@cynlev 7 ай бұрын

As a Detroit native, I approve this comment!

@TheCaptainKim 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see the interaction between Paul and classical music.

@amandatrayes5272 2 жыл бұрын

This was fascinating. Thank you

@johncalaway4446 5 жыл бұрын

Their White Album was one of my favorite album by the Beatles. I could sit listen to this album and it's entirety. I still do to this day.

@absolving 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful clip of CSN playing it at the end!

@JV-nq1ps 4 жыл бұрын

Where would the world be without the Beatles music.

@NewarkGuy 2 жыл бұрын

love Paul McCartney...he's such a great musician and human being 🙂

@MrDanHatton 4 жыл бұрын

Great to know where blackbird came from. Makes sense 👍😊

@MacDaddyRico 4 жыл бұрын

A group of old actors decided to get together at the club to discuss plans for a new blockbuster film. "I think it should feature the great composers!" Al Pacino suggested after downing a shot of bourbon, then continued, "I'll be Vivaldi." Nick Nolte gulped down his beer and said, "I'll be Handel." Leonardo DiCaprio held aloft his cocktail and declared, "And I shall portray Tchaikovsky!" Suddenly, Arnold Schwarzenegger stood up and said, "I'll be Bach"...

@CB-xr1eg 4 жыл бұрын

Oh my gawd...

@rods6405 4 жыл бұрын

Good One Ha Ha

@mitsuomits9077 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha cool

@nerdy355 4 жыл бұрын

Leonardo DiCaprio is an old actor?

@rods6405 4 жыл бұрын

nerdy355 yep he is old but dates are not

@HanfM 4 жыл бұрын

the most beautiful song ever written.

@maxcovfefe 5 жыл бұрын

This song spooked me during an acid trip, and I never tripped again after that. I'm glad I saw this. I think I can finally enjoy this song again without feeling creeped out. Worst part was that this was once one of my favorite Beatles tunes.

@sinbaon2154 6 жыл бұрын

Oh man this is so awesome!

@atomicblond1979 5 жыл бұрын

If I had the talent that Paul has in his little toe,I'd be a Genius. God Bless you Paul McCartney.

@cyndifoore7743 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite Beatles songs

@monicahamilton6686 Жыл бұрын

I knew the meaning of the song Blackbird and I loved it when I first it. I still love it. Good job Paul and George.

@tambalas7104 3 жыл бұрын

sir paul great composer and guitarist! and beautiful voice! all together with george, john and ringo!

@jonyu3597 4 жыл бұрын

Children, he isn't too old, people are supposed to be sound and healthy at this age. Senility comes much much later. Unless you made the wrong choices in life.

@Amquacktador 4 жыл бұрын

Paul made some bad decisions though

@AD-kv9kj 4 жыл бұрын

So what you're saying then is we should make the "right choices" and smoke copious amounts of cannabis, take LSD, mushrooms and god knows what else. Or maybe it's got more to do with the fact that he's a billionaire and can afford luxury, zero stress, the best food and medical treatment in the world?

@foxontherun4754 4 жыл бұрын

Austin Dyer you sound religious! That’s not healthy at all.

@starryian007 4 жыл бұрын

@@foxontherun4754 Bollocks. A lot of religious people take great comfort in their religion. Why do morons always talk crap.

@foxontherun4754 4 жыл бұрын

starryian007 some people take great comfort in killing. Doesn’t mean it’s a good thing.

@YnotNomis 4 жыл бұрын

His talent is outworldly.

@mr.y7263 4 жыл бұрын

whatever and wherever your song is inspired ... you are too genius for us, sir

@thhall459 5 жыл бұрын

I love this channel! This is such a lovely interview. I am now even more in awe of Sir McCartney.

@mynameisalsojohn 4 жыл бұрын

Love the meanings to his songs

@myeahonline 3 жыл бұрын

I cry when I hear the song. It’s too beautiful

@iamwe7035 2 жыл бұрын

I always liked this song the melody and as i grew older I really like the meaning of it. Beautiful song

@tambalas7104 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant talent paul! and at very young age amazing!

@skonenblades 4 жыл бұрын

For such a simple-sounding fun little ditty, it's a remarkably complex song. So great.

@daisuke4bleach 4 жыл бұрын

How so? Just curious what makes you think it is complex.

@skonenblades 4 жыл бұрын

@@daisuke4bleach to be clear, I'm no musician. I was taking piano lessons so I was at a low level. I thought I'd try this song because it sounds so easy and light. But the chords were, to me, a lot more complex and strangely placed than I was expecting. I don't mean it's complex in general, I mean it's deceptively complex for what it sounds like. Like, it gives a sound of something light and easy like "baa baa black sheep" but it's more difficult than that. That's all I meant.

@ChasingtheJoneses 3 жыл бұрын

My brother was a Vietnam Vet and was suicidal when he came home. I was just a little girl, i didn't know the pain he was feeling-i just knew my brother was home. He would sing this song to me. He died a few years ago of Prostate Cancer. He shared the part of him being suicidal when in his death bed. "But my baby sister covered me in kisses and loved me. " I have wanted a tattoo of a blackbird flying free ever since as a memorial to my brother. I was TODAY years old when i learned that my dear Paul was writing about, and my dear brother was singing about ME!!! I'm absolutely undone! Thank you SO much, Sir Paul! I AM free! And i AM no victim. What an awesome gift.

@matham625 2 жыл бұрын

you lady have made me cry... but thank you anyway...

@yosistakes 3 ай бұрын

Same I have tears and I don’t cry ever

@mjgutierrez Ай бұрын

GOD BLESS

@everly-shadystudios9900 4 жыл бұрын

Another cool story thank you very much! Didn't know Paul McCartney was a Detroit Red Wings fan

@nocturnalsky9733 4 жыл бұрын

“We weren’t as stupid as we look” hahaha

@paulg.2141 4 жыл бұрын

Such a spiritual song for me. This is a healing song.

@brammurti 6 жыл бұрын

That is one cool story

@Smokingwinchester Ай бұрын

Wow thank you!

@geraldbrown2875 4 жыл бұрын

Sir Paul, one of the most humble rock/Pop stars ever! 👍🎸🇨🇦

@lancel71 5 жыл бұрын

My fave KZfaq channel!🤘

@novomusicofficial 4 жыл бұрын

This guy will be famous some day

@thedave7760 4 жыл бұрын

I used to be able to play this song. Think I will try to relearn again tomorrow, it's only been 20 years I wonder how much is still in my brain.

@audreyjobe5608 4 жыл бұрын

Doesn't have to be in your brain. Kinesthetic memory will take over. Have you relearned it yet?

@krsbeln23 2 жыл бұрын

I just love this song..

@nancychace8619 4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful classic.

@emylievyrling534 4 жыл бұрын

first song i ever learned...it really helped me understand the instrument...and I played it most on my $150 Epiphone much like the one in this vid (except Black)

@johntechwriter 3 жыл бұрын

Genius at work.

@pietr098 3 жыл бұрын

Damn yes!

@BeeLZBeeb 5 жыл бұрын

Hands down my favourite Beatles song. It’s very special to me for reasons even I can’t fully explain. Such beauty and elegance. Nice to know it was inspired by Bach.

@kerkiraz 4 жыл бұрын

For who he is and what he as given musically what I really respect about the bloke is the none pretentious and the down to earthiness that the old bastard has never lost regardless of who he is.

@stephenmccollum1391 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs Ever Simply beautiful

@Colsoloact-po9wv 4 жыл бұрын

My fave thing to play/sing whenever I pick uo my acoustic.....one of these daysI'l put it up here on You Tube!!

@rongonzales1379 4 жыл бұрын

One of the first song I learned to play.

@michaelthomas366 3 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful song, Blackbird.

@zeus-mt7wx 4 жыл бұрын

When watching musicians put together a song,then record it. To me there mind is on another planet. Simply amazing. Paul,Mick both be zillion airs and no egos.

@GBPaddling 6 жыл бұрын

Paul McCartney's most perfect song?....................I think so.

@lynnturman8157 6 жыл бұрын

Definitely in the top 200...

@bossfan49 6 жыл бұрын

Me too. I think Paul usually mentions "Yesterday" in that manner...he says it was the first song he wrote that was "complete", as far as the way it's constructed. The melody wanders a bit but it ends up back where it started.

@mollkatless 6 жыл бұрын

I was enjoying this video until they showed crosby stills and nash bludgeoning the poor song into meaningless fluff

@staytoobrenner3982 6 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@slevin6544 6 жыл бұрын

Here There Everywhere is that song.

@joshuabts8352 2 жыл бұрын

Love this !!!

@ChefClary60 3 жыл бұрын

And when i first learned to play it? One of the coolest acoustic songs i know

@angrymoose3383 2 жыл бұрын

I love Blackbird. It takes me to a place of peace every time I hear it.

@baltpit2439 5 жыл бұрын

Best melody the Beatles ever did.

@hershysquirts187 6 жыл бұрын

This guy truly amazing. Awesome story.

@vonalysongreg2780 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure which part makes Blackbird a cute song, if was Paul's voice, the melody, the guitar, the story behind the song, or Paul's way delivering the message..all i know is that, i just loved Paul more and more each time i watch him and know more about his songs..

@204776439 4 жыл бұрын

He was tuned into a higher power when he wrote that one, which is something that happens to many musicians, but in this case it's Paul McCartney, one of his very best offerings.

@nedh.8792 4 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to Brian Wilson when he wrote God Only Knows. Some songs seem like they were written by a higher power.