I first remember hearing the Beatles' Let It Be as a preschooler, and thinking that it must be a hymn, not only because of its stately pace but also because they were singing about "Mother Mary". Years later, I read that McCartney's mother, Mary, died when he was young and the Mary referred to in the lyric was his own mother.
So I was driving along today, after a bit of a challenging year, and Let It Be came on the radio. I always was slightly annoyed by some of the Beatles' later output, there is a slightly twee sensibility or something there, but I listened to the words and it hit me: It's a song about moving through loss, and how the people we lose never really leave us. Well, I almost had to pull off the road.
Am I the only slow on the uptake music fan out there?
So I was driving along today, after a bit of a challenging year, and Let It Be came on the radio. I always was slightly annoyed by some of the Beatles' later output, there is a slightly twee sensibility or something there, but I listened to the words and it hit me: It's a song about moving through loss, and how the people we lose never really leave us. Well, I almost had to pull off the road.
Am I the only slow on the uptake music fan out there?