Comparing The Beatles' "Blackbird" 🍏 A song for those who think "I can't fly yet," telling you "It's time to fly" ✨🌕 Music | Lullaby | Interpretation | Recommendations | Hardship | Oppression | Freedom | Liberation | Beloved Masterpiece |

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This time, I am comparing different versions of the masterpiece "Blackbird".

Whether you are working or taking a break,
I hope you can enjoy this,
even if only for a brief moment... I created this with that in mind.

First, a cover version.


Blackbird covered by HANAREGUMI
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This song is condensed with
positive energy: "from darkness to light, from bondage to freedom."

"Blackbird" is a masterpiece by Paul McCartney,
included on the album "The Beatles" (commonly known as the White Album),
released by The Beatles in 1968.

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At first glance, it is a gentle acoustic song
encouraging a bird to take flight at dawn,
but it carries a deep social message in its background.

🍏 Main meaning of the lyrics

The lyrics speak to a blackbird with broken wings,
telling it, "Now is the time to take flight."

• "Blackbird singing in the dead of night"
(A blackbird singing in the middle of the night)

• "Take these broken wings and learn to fly"
(Take these broken wings and learn to fly)

• "All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise"
(All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise)

🍎 Background of the lyrics and the hidden "double meaning"

As Paul McCartney himself later explained,
the "Blackbird" in this song is not just a bird,
but symbolizes a black woman
involved in the American Civil Rights Movement.

🌙 Historical context

1960s America.
At that time, the Civil Rights Movement seeking the abolition of racial discrimination
was intensifying, especially in the American South.

Seeing this news, Paul wrote the song,
entrusting it with the hope that people in oppressed situations (especially women)
would "seize their freedom."

🌙 Points of wordplay

In colloquial English (British English),
a young woman is sometimes called a 'bird'.

The word 'Blackbird'
layers two meanings: the literal 'black bird' and a 'black woman'.

🍏 Song commentary and musical characteristics

♪ Acoustic guitar melody

It is said to be inspired by the 'Bourrée' from
Bach's 'Lute Suite No. 1 in E minor, BWV 996'.

The unique finger-picking is impressive.

👞 Footstep metronome

The steady 'tap, tap' sound heard in the song is Paul keeping the rhythm with his foot.

🦅 Birdsong

The birdsong heard in the latter half of the song
uses the actual recorded voice of a blackbird.

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🍎 Modern interpretation

Today, beyond just racial issues,
it continues to be loved around the world as a universal song of liberation,
where 'someone in a difficult situation stands up on their own and wins their freedom and rights'.

From the blackbird singing in the night,
the scene of it singing quietly while wrapped in particles of light,
to the moment it flaps its wings in the green apple tree,
and its figure standing still in the gentle presence of the day.

🌙 Finding your voice in the night
🕊️ Spreading your wings
🍏 Descending into the light

I tried making an illustration of that story.

The figure singing surrounded by the moon and fireflies
contains the salvation that
'it is still dark, but you are no longer alone'.

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