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Probably the last true Lennon/McCartney collaboration. It is a very poignant song.
1 posted on 08/22/2022 11:59:44 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Yes it’s a very self reflecting song that hits me hard living in my big house with no more kids


2 posted on 08/23/2022 12:18:05 AM PDT by LumberJack53213
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To: DallasBiff
Here is a Paul Harvey moment:

Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at 50: Meet the Runaway Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home’

It would be years before Coe learned that the Beatles were singing her story. “I first heard the song when it came out and I didn’t realize it was about me, but I remember thinking it could have been about me,” she tells Rolling Stone. “I found the song to be extremely sad. It obviously struck a chord somewhere. It wasn’t until later, when I was in my twenties, that my mother said, ‘You know, that song was about you!’ She had seen an interview with Paul on television and he said he’d based the song on this newspaper article. She put two and two together.”


And now you know the rest of the story.   Good day!
3 posted on 08/23/2022 2:06:29 AM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: DallasBiff

A beautiful use of strings that gives this song the sad mood for the sad lyrics.

Thanks for sharing!


5 posted on 08/23/2022 2:27:24 AM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! R)
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To: DallasBiff

This song was the impetus for my middle sister to run off. Broke my parents heart.

Ran off... to Omaha of all places!

Hippy pos


6 posted on 08/23/2022 3:34:30 AM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: DallasBiff
It is a very poignant song

Since the moment I first heard this song my hate for it has burned with the heat of five suns. Hearing it gives me the same sickening feeling that I feel when I see Neil Cavuto on TeeVee.

7 posted on 08/23/2022 4:37:16 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: DallasBiff

It is a beautiful song, gorgeous in musicianship, darkly sorrowful in the storylines. The pace is about 60 beats per minute, similar to breathing. That quality makes the song nearly hypnotic.


8 posted on 08/23/2022 4:41:37 AM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: DallasBiff

Beautiful. The strings ... OMG!


9 posted on 08/23/2022 4:43:55 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Sometimes when you get to where you're supposed to be, it's too soon.)
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To: DallasBiff

The Harp is what provides that ethereal, otherworldly quality to it.


11 posted on 08/23/2022 5:05:57 AM PDT by lee martell ( )
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To: DallasBiff
The lyrical juxtaposition of the narrative story of the child's perspective simultaneously with the parents lamentations is profound in this era's popular music.

It reminds me of Summertime Blues.


12 posted on 08/23/2022 5:58:34 AM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Still think we can comply our way back to liberty?)
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