Beatles 'Blackbird': A Song Analysis

As I was trying to think of what exactly to pick to write this media literacy paper on, I was stressing because I generally view things very simply so it was difficult to look back and reflect on things I had been exposed to that had a deeper meaning. Suddenly, I got in my car and began to ride around for a little bit and my music had shuffled to “Blackbird” by the Beatles. I was singing my lungs out when I stopped singing and started to wonder if there was actually a deeper meaning behind the lyrics I was singing. Knowing that media has a major effect on how we live, I got even more curious because I was basically oblivious to the lyrics I was singing and generally everything I devote my attention to. When I got home, I did a lot of research on this specific song and I found that there really was a deeper meaning. "It's not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know, it's a bit more symbolic” (Paul McCartney.) That very quote goes on to let you know that the song does, in fact, mean more than what it had seemed (or to me at least.) I was so excited when I found out there was more to the song because the Beatles were/are such an iconic band that played various
In a way, it upheld the cultural norms by giving attention to the race problem by creating a song specifically about it. But then again, it challenges the cultural norms because the song approached the issue of racial tension in America in a different way than the way that the issue was generally perceived. Either way, the song was the beginning of an opportunity for other artists to show their support/other opinions upon the Civil Rights Movement. Therefore, this song itself was a movement in the civil rights era that expressed feelings in the somewhat hidden messages portrayed in the