Oum Kalthoum The Blackbird Song Analysis

Not as exotic as Oum Kalthoum the Beatles is a band that originated from Britain. Known as the “best selling band in history”, the band was composed of 4 artists, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The Beatles started by creating a name for themselves in Liverpool, where they grew up. Around the 1960’s the Beatles were one of the bands to lead the “British Invasion” and took their fame to the United States, where they created their best music. The beginning of the Beatles’ music consisted of R&B and Rock-n-Roll, but soon they began to create their own style which was a mixture of blues, country, rock-n-roll, soul, skiffle, and old jazz. This style of music was pulled from their interests in specific artist like; Little Richard, Buddy Holly, and Elvis Presley.
When looking at the song Blackbird, which was written by Paul McCartney there is a significant amount of symbolism and “hidden” meaning in the song. It appears to have been pushed or inspired by the unfortunate racial clashes that happened in the US around the 1960s. The song can be interpreted in many ways, but the primary meaning behind the song was for it to become a form of Black empowerment. Throughout the song the “Blackbird” represents someone going through the struggle …show more content…
This song happened to be the very first song that I learned on the guitar, and took me about 3 weeks as I had no idea at the time. After learning the meaning behind the lyrics, the song became more important to me and when playing it I feel that I express the full potential behind the meaning of the music. This isn’t just a song to me, this song is what got me into playing guitar since it lead me to learn chords and scales before I could learn to play it. I need to give a big thanks to the Beatles for my exploration of the beautiful instrument we call the