Paul McCartney Reacts to Beyonce's 'Blackbird' Cover on 'Cowboy Carter'
justjared.comPaul McCartney is addressing Beyoncé’s cover of “Blackbird,” featured on her new album Cowboy Carter. “Blackbird” comes from the double album by The Beatles also known as The White Album.
The song was written by Paul and John Lennon, and was inspired by the Civil Rights movement in America in the ’50s and ’60s. Keep reading to find out more… “I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird’.
I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,” he said on social media. “I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.
You are going to love it!” “I spoke to her on FaceTime and she thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,” he continued. “I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song.
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