The story about Paul McCartney’s “Let It Be”
2016 March 3
“Speaking words of wisdom, let it be…” – Paul McCartney
Have you read this older post about “The Story Behind Paul’s “Let It Be'”?
– read here at mattandjojang.wordpress.com
At Expressions Music Academy, our music students performed “Let It Be” in December 2014, with the talented teacher/producer Michael Swain behind the keys and me on bass.
I’ve known this song’s musicality well; but today I’ve stumbled upon the story.
The song’s story is archetypal:
- Paul’s mom appearing in his dream, saying that lead lyric;
- the potential for religious interpretation;
- the song being written quickly, as inspiration often does;
- the sense of time in the lyrics;
- the structure of three being used (if you look past verse/chorus, you will see three sections, three shifts of perspective).
And today’s a tough day for us at the Vial/Burg house; it’s like this song’s story came to us on purpose…
Sometimes we stumble upon a song we thought we knew quite well, and see it in an new light. And that’s the power of music.
Let it be.
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