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Beyoncé ended the last evening of her sixth-part “Cowboy Carter” tour on Monday evening at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London And reported on social media to celebrate this moment. And at the same time to show their recognition one of the most influential musicians in England.
“Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney that you wrote one of the best songs ever,” wrote Beyoncé in an Instagram post. “Every time I sing him, I feel like this.” Beyoncé’s version of the Beatles classic “Blackbird” from the “White Album” was part of her historical, grammy-winning album “Cowboy Carter”, which was released last year.
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In her post, the singer also shared photos on which she appeared in fringe chaps and a white T-shirt with two blackbirds. She praised McCartney’s daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney. “It is a real circle that closes to wear the design of your beautiful daughter.”
“Thank you, London for giving me and my family unforgettable memories,” she wrote. Before she gave an indication of her return: “Take a contact when I get on tour again!”
McCartney: “I think it makes a great version of it and strengthens the message of civil rights that originally inspired me to write the song”
McCartney had previously praised Beyoncé’s version of “Blackbird”. And said he was “so happy” with her interpretation. “I think it makes a great version of it and strengthens the message of civil rights, which originally inspired me to write the song,” he wrote together next to a photo of the two. “I think Beyoncé has made a fabulous version. I would like to recommend everyone to listen to them. If he does not yet know them.”
McCartney has often explained that “Blackbird” was inspired by the “Little Rock Nine”. A group of nine black students who were exposed to racist hostility in 1957 after they were written down on the exclusively white Little Rock Central High School. The governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, called the National Guard to prevent the students from entering the school. Which led to the “Little Rock Crisis”.
Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone praised Beyoncé’s “Blackbiird” as an act of “revisionist genius that completed the story of ‘Blackbird'”. “She keeps the song her own. As if Paul McCartney had written it for her, because he has it in so many species …”, wrote Sheffield. “In so many species, ‘Blackbird’ has always been waiting for this moment. And Beyoncé lets the song climb higher than ever.”