TrentonMakes Posted November 19, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 19, 2018 Pop tripe from an overrated boy band? An uplifting classic and cathartic singalong? OK song but after hearing it 20,000 times you're done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 19, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 19, 2018 I like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted November 19, 2018 It was released on August 26, 1968. I don't recall hearing anything of a 50th-anniversary celebration (though there is a big 50th-anniversary rerelease of 1968's White Album, lots of unreleased tracks and demos). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 19, 2018 Share #4 Posted November 19, 2018 It expresses passion if nothing else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted November 19, 2018 Share #5 Posted November 19, 2018 Just did some googling and learned it was originally Hey Jules and McCartney wrote it to Julian Lennon to comfort him during his parents divorce. I knew it was meant as song of hope / comfort / inspiration, but did not know how personal this was for Paul to express his concern for John Lennon's ex wife and his son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share #6 Posted November 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, jsharr said: Just did some googling and learned it was originally Hey Jules and McCartney wrote it to Julian Lennon to comfort him during his parents divorce. I knew it was meant as song of hope / comfort / inspiration, but did not know how personal this was for Paul to express his concern for John Lennon's ex wife and his son. Yes, but what I don't remember reading about is whether John resented Paul's intrusion into his family matters. Seems like John would have to be a pretty big man not to have been bothered by this. "Hey Jules - sorry your dad left you. --oh, John, er, I didn't realize you were here." It's really fascinating to me how this band managed to come out with such a beautiful, uplifting song, during a time when the four of them could barely stand the sight of each other. I would really like to be alive 200 years from now, to see if people are still listening to Beatles music the way people are still listening to Beethoven today. I can't imagine Beethoven conceived that people in 2018 would still be marveling at his work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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