A message from Sir Paul McCartney

[Dennis Donovan]

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Paul McCartney ✔@PaulMcCartney



3:31 PM - Jun 5, 2020

Thank you Sir Paul.

[skylucy]

1. As I used to doodle on my school notebook when I was 10...

I LOVE PAUL!!

[stillcool]

2. first wipe of the eyes today.

so much now, brings me back to so much then

[calimary]

25. Me, too!

I had three good friends in grade school with something unique in common. Each of us liked a different Beatle. We had a Mrs. Lennon, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Starkey, and I was Mrs. McCartney.

I suspect Paul had a lot of wives out there!

[cayugafalls]

3. Love Love Love Sir Paul and The Beatles....

Talking about a...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

11. ❤️

[niyad]

30. My word, how very young they looked there!

[crickets]

4. Thank you, Paul. K&R for visibility.

[karynnj]

5. It is so great to read such a good statement from my favorite musical star for decades.

Beatles music helped me and others through bad times in the 1960s.

[lagomorph777]

7. He helped millions through bad times.

And continues to do so.

[karynnj]

10. I agree

Not to mention, he greatly contributed to the good times too! I bet many me age, 70, choose one of his lovely songs for the first dance at their weddings. My husband and I chose Here, There and Everywhere.

[JustGene]

22. We sang Let it Be

At my 8th grade graduation. '72

[calimary]

41. Welcome to DU, JustGene!

I have loved the Beatles since I first heard about them in 4th grade. I'm in my 60s now. Still love 'em.

[JustGene]

49. Same-Wish I still had my stack of sheet music of at least 300 songs

[Leghorn21]

6. Thank you, Sir

[spanone]

8. Thank You Sir Paul.

[MoonRiver]

9. Beautiful!

Thank you Sir McCartney!

[lindysalsagal]

12. Old ideas: People are people.

It's insane that we're still fighting this.

[lame54]

13. There is always more to learn about The Beatles

[cvs15ensign]

14. Thanks to the Beatles

They understood from playing around Europe, that there are many different people. The Beatles wanted them all to enjoy their music!

[calimary]

26. Welcome to DU, cvs15ensign!

See Post #25!

[malaise]

15. The Beatles walked the walk

[saidsimplesimon]

16. Love to you Sir Paul and family,

still advocating for change.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

17. Imagine

Being Chauvin and realizing even Paul McCartney thinks you are a racist murderer.

Life as he knew it is done.

That’s what hate will get ya.

[Initech]

18. Is there any doubt that Sir Paul is one of the greatest people on the planet?

I would find very few would be worthy of that title.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. "Love is all you need." Thank you Paul. Stay safe.

[ElementaryPenguin]

20. Thank you, Paul! John Lennon and Linda would both be proud of you!

[Heartstrings]

50. And George!

[panader0]

21. Rock and roll comes from black blues.

[Harker]

51. Exactly.

Many of the early Beatles recordings were covers of songs written and recorded by black artists.

[panader0]

52. Don't get me wrong, I love the Beatles.

But most of the old rock is like you say, covers and white versions of blues stuff.
Like 'Hound Dog' by Elvis is a cover of Big Mama Thornton I first got into the blues
because I looked at the artists named as writers. Very much of the early Stones stuff was
old blues covers. I thought "who is this Willie Dixon guy?", did some research about 1967, and discovered a new world of music.
I followed the blues down to the Delta and made many more discoveries.
Paul McCartney is surely aware of rock's origins.

[Harker]

54. I am deep into the blues and r&b, and got there the same way.

I love a lot of rock 'n' roll and rock, but I'm likelier to be listening to Skip James or Otis Redding than to the lads from Liverpool.

I'm a listener, you're a musician - but I suspect we have a lot of common background.

I have a bag of Hohner blues harps awaiting my retirement next year. I'm going to learn to blow like Big Walter Horton if it kills me.

[Nortbnd101]

62. The mission of the early Rolling Stones.....

(as they have declared openly forever..) was to bring American Blues to the people
of England. That's all they were hoping to do...Worked out for them nicely, I'd
say. Also recall them saying they would call it quits when they turned 50! Let's
Not Fade Away quite yet, y'all...

[panader0]

63. Not Fade Away, which the Stones covered well, was a Buddy Holly tune. He wrote it.

Holly and the Crickets (where the Beatles may have gotten their name) recorded it in 1957
in Clovis, N.M. of all places. I've been through Clovis and there ain't much there.

[smirkymonkey]

23. K&R

[DoBotherMe]

24. All you need is love

I love George! Thank you, Paul.

[C Moon]

27. Thank you Paul!

[niyad]

28. Thank you, Sir Paul.

[Botany]

29. Thank you Sir Paul

He speaks the truth.

[A HERETIC I AM]

31. Holy shit! As a resident of Jacksonville and a fan of the Beatles, I had no idea....

of this bit of history.

Interesting.

One thing I hope Mr. McCartney can come to understand is that in large part, the protests are not exclusively about racism, as much as they are about the way the police conduct themselves, and for well over a century have been immune to accountability and oversight.


WE NEED A SYSTEM FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY

[Upthevibe]

32. I remember reading about this years ago.....

Thank you, Sir Paul....

[Soph0571]

33. Sorry not buying his cheese

Yay for them doing the right thing over 55 years ago, but where is he with his massive fortune, doing anything about systemic racism by contributing to vital services and charities that combat violence against black communities? Where were his concerts on this issue. Yet another celeb who is jumping on a bandwagon. If he thought it shit nearly 60 years ago, and he clearly did, how did he build on that? Not by much IMO, Dennis I love you but this old man just wants to be talked about right now. He is not an ally in any real sense of the word, certainly not in the last 40 years after desegregation became a thing.

[BannonsLiver]

35. Oh FFS

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[Soph0571]

57. You know what I am allowed an opinion and boomers plying it on does not mean my point is irrelevant

FFS indeed

[not_the_one]

37. Your concern is noted, and frankly, we don't give a shit.

You, unfortunately, haven't a clue.

Sad. Bigly.

[Sugarcoated]

46. Not at all...

Talk about getting him wrong. How do you know what charities contributed to or what he's done with his money? I've been reading up on McCartney and following his career closely since I was a teenager in the 70s. He's always been on American's side. He doesn't need to do anything to be "talked about" LOL he's a fucking Beatle. How old are you?

[Soph0571]

58. Do you what he has contributed to?

I am from the UK. Beatles yay and all that, but the point still stands... it is easy to write an Instagram post - I am not aware of his spending some of his many millions on anti-racist campaigns. If I am wrong please let me know. The expectation of being anti-racist moved on since boomer.

[Sugarcoated]

61. I'm a proud boomer, born in 1961

tail end of the boomer babies...I feel lucky to be able to remember the 60s, magical time. Anyways, McCartney isn't miserly with his money:

https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/paul-mccartney

[Nature Man]

53. Uh, who are you?

Probably not a LIVING FUCKING LEGEND.

[Soph0571]

59. Oh please

Firstly I am a fucking living legend in my own head, and secondly WTF does he his music career have to do with what I said. As those Liverpool boys would say... do one with your personal attack.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

34. Missed that. Thanks for posting! Husband and I had just finished watching Macca on Carpool Karaoke

with James Corden. Must see Beatle TV.

[hangaleft]

36. Love The Beatles

Loved John. He was the early Beatles.

Loved George. How could you not love George?

Ringo is the most under appreciated drummer in rock ‘n’ roll.

Paul is a la la la obla di obla da narcissistic asshole. His publicist wrote a nice statement on his behalf.

[NBachers]

38. Put me in the "I approve of this message" column.

People are welcome to disapprove if they see fit; I'm not one of 'em.

[zentrum]

39. John would have sent a message today as well.

[oasis]

40. "All You Need is Love" nt

[MustLoveBeagles]

42. K&R

[JI7]

43. People in the UK and elsewhere in the world were listening to Black American Musicians

at a time when many radio stations in the US refused to play music from many black artists.

[lpbk2713]

44. Always a class act.

[Sugarcoated]

45. He's a Brit but he's always been American in spirit

He was in a plane stuck on the runway watching the Twin Towers get attacked and collapse, cried right along with us. I knew about the opposition to segregation at their early concerts and now this. What a wonderful human being. Crying again...

[chwaliszewski]

47. Bravo!

[TomVilmer]

48. In 1970 a Danish group was offered a giant record contract...

... in the US, but price was also to entertain the fighting troops in Vietnam. They said NO to that fame, and became supporters for The Black Panthers. Later Huey Newton visited them in Denmark ...

[JudyM]

55. This was fun to watch. Especially enjoyed the strong bass line.

[TomVilmer]

56. Together with that drummer Jens Rugsted could do magic...

... but later on, not so much:

[H2O Man]

60. Recommended.