so i watched the yellow submarine movie for the 2nd time today and something i noticed is how john is addressed as "john love" two times, once by cartoon ringo and once by real paul, and both times the subtitles said just plain "john"???? it confuses me greatly
Liverpool now has a Brian Epstein statue to go with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Unveiled Aug. 27 on the 55th anniversary of Epstein’s death, the statue of the Beatles’ manager stands nearby the Liverpool Beatles Museum.
“We are so pleased that Brian has his rightful place on Whitechapel only 100 yards away from us here,” the museum tweeted.
Andy Edwards, who created the city’s statues of the Fabs, sculpted the Epstein statue.
Epstein also managed Gerry and the Pacemakers, Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas and other acts.
“We feel Brian really deserves this honor,” Tom Calderban, of the Brian Epstein Legacy Project, told the Liverpool Echo.
“His impact on the world of music, art and culture was - and continues to be - overwhelmingly positive, and we believe our debt to him as a city is incalculable.”
In 2018, McCartney further elaborated on the song's meaning, explaining that "blackbird" should be interpreted as "black girl", in the context of the civil rights troubles in southern 1960s US.
Blackbird
Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise
Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free
Blackbird fly
Blackbird fly, into the light of a dark black night
Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to be free
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
You were only waiting for this moment to be free
no but it’s the fact that the beatles made she’s leaving home and just left us to deal with it. john, paul, george, ringo, this is a message for you: how could you do that to me? how could you give me this song with no warning. it won’t leave my brain. thanks </3