Paul The Ornithologist

[gcczep]

Feeling Blue...

I like Blackbird but Bluebird is more upbeat...plus it's getting whomped in this here poll.

 

[Musikwala]

I like Blackbird but Bluebird is more upbeat...plus it's getting whomped in this here poll.

Of course, man! It's up against one of the greatest ever Beatles songs!

 

[Jet]

I love both of them equally. They have different meanings, so it was hard to pick. Since Bluebird is getting beaten so badly and really has no political meaning, I guess I'll pick that one.

 

[Lynch]

Bluebird. I've never understood the praise that Blackbird gets.

 

[WetWilly]

Blackbird

 

[CrazyConnie]

Blackbird

 

[Jet]

Bluebird. I've never understood the praise that Blackbird gets.

I had been doing poetry readings. I had been doing some in the last year or so because I've got a poetry book out called Blackbird Singing, and when I would read "Blackbird", I would always try and think of some explanation to tell the people, 'cause there's not a lot you can do except just read the poem, you know, you read 10 poems that takes about 10 minutes, almost. It's like, you've got to, just, do a bit more than that. So, I was doing explanations, and I actually just remembered why I'd written "Blackbird", you know, that I'd been, 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.

— Paul McCartney, Interview with KCRW's Chris Douridas, May 25, 2002 episode of New Ground (17:50–19:00)

 

[joker1961]

Blackbird

 

[recgord27]

Blackbird