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Not a blackbird

             Blackbird: Paul McCartney did not have ornithological intentions when he wrote this song. In England, "bird" is a term meaning "girl," so the song is a message to a black girl, telling her it's her time to fly: 
All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise.

McCartney wrote this song about the civil rights struggle for African Americans after reading about race riots in the US. He penned it in his kitchen in Scotland not long after an incident in Little Rock when the federal courts forced the racial desegregation of the Arkansas capital's school system.

"I was sitting around with my acoustic guitar and I'd heard about the civil rights troubles that were happening in the '60s in Alabama, Mississippi, Little Rock in particular. I just thought it would be really good if I could write something that if it ever reached any of the people going through those problems, it might give them a little bit of hope. So, I wrote 'Blackbird.”
The birds were dubbed in later using sound effects from the collection at Abbey Road, where the song was recorded.

Taken on: July 4, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS R6, f/11.0, 1/800 sec, 600mm, ISO 4000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R6
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	600mm
ISO:	4000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Windows)
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