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jpak

(41,760 posts) Sat Jun 24, 2017, 10:23 PM Jun 2017

I'm sorry, but there is only one man that can unite America

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I'm sorry, but there is only one man that can unite America (Original Post) jpak Jun 2017 OP

Context jpak Jun 2017 #1

A Little History Of That Song.. Grassy Knoll Jun 2017 #2

STILL the third-biggest-selling recording in music history. lastlib Jun 2017 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Grassy Knoll Jun 2017 #4

He had such an inspirational message, too csziggy Jun 2017 #5

jpak

(41,760 posts)

1. Context

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Sat Jun 24, 2017, 10:43 PM

Jun 2017

Grassy Knoll

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2. A Little History Of That Song..

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Sat Jun 24, 2017, 11:13 PM

Jun 2017

...McCartney originally wrote a rough version of the song, called “Hey Jules,” to cheer up Lennon’s then five-year old son, Julian, during his parents’ divorce, and it eventually became “Hey Jude.”

“I was going out in my car, just vaguely singing this song,” McCartney told Rolling Stone, “and it was like, ‘Hey, Jules…’ And then I just thought a better name was Jude. A bit more country and western for me.” He said the song’s intro was “a hopeful message for Julian: ‘Come on, man, your parents got divorced. I know you’re not happy, but you’ll be OK.'”