Recall McCartney saying that this was how it was supposed to be heard but Phil Spector got his hands on it and perhaps for contractual reasons put his stamp on it. This stripped down version is so much better (even though the released one is wonderful too).
This song reminds me of my late wife who succumb to cancer.This was one of our favorite song during our courtship. It brings back a lot of memories..God I miss her!
My father passed away 4 years ago last week and he taught me piano for 15+ years. I’m 26 now, I haven’t played since he passed. This song alone has made me realise I can’t give up something just because it makes me sad to hear a piano now. I’m going to get it out the loft at the weekend and learn this, for him. ❤️
@@markeytube8581 I did indeed, and have been since! Not as regular as I used too but I make a point of sitting down at it a couple times a week at least :)
Thank you! Hiding music or hiding creativity of any kind is never a good idea. My daddy passed on almost 5 years ago. I miss him daily, but he would want me to continue being the girl he loved and raised. Peace be to you. I am sorry you lost him so young. I had him for 41 years and have felt cheated. Hearing your story brings me gratitude and peace.
I what to thank Paul McCartney with all my heart, for making my life all the better, with his lovely beautiful music, so glad that I have been living at the same time as this genus.
I love this song it's very beautiful and amazing 🎉🎉. Paul McCartney is a phenomenal artist and musician ❤️ ♥️. This song 🎵 ❤️ is a Masterpiece for sure.🎉🎉
I think some people are born with this stuff packed into their brain and soul. In rare circumstances it all comes flooding out for the rest of us to enjoy.
Nothing tests the human spirit as much as loss, and this song conveys the pain of it. As human beings, we are touched because we identify with it, and this song brings us to it emotionally. It is one of those rare gems that is able to deliver you to a special place within your soul. A memory, a yearning, a loss, something that maybe should have been, or maybe even a triumph to reflect on. It is all in here...
Lost one of my childhood friends in 2020. Days when the quarantine was going rough, like everything had stopped moving and making any sound. This song has became too precious to me, more than before. I can still vividly imagine those bygone days with him around, they were golden. Wherever you are buddy, remember, you're always with us. After all, each one of us are wanderers of this Long Winding Road. I don't know if there will be a next life or not if so, hope I get to be friends with you again.
I agree, it’s damn near perfrct, but Paul actually had Ray Charles in mind to sing this one when he wrote it. The story goes that Ray Charles cried the first time he heard this played by the Beatles. George Michael did one of his typically gorgeous cover versions for the concert for Linda McCartney. Check it out. Nobody beats the Beatles doing this song, but it’s such a universal way of feeling that it is probably on the bucket list of many musicians to cover this one.
Thank you, Sir Paul. Your musical contributions to the world can never be appropriately measured. They can be, however, warmly appreciated in the hearts of millions. I thank you for all of your wonderful contributions
Holy shit! It's such a great musician that he played this like he was in his living room hanging around. Only musicians like this can be simple but also moving
Paul has shared that this is exactly how he grew up. His dad playing the piano after the family dinner, all his aunties and uncles singing with the piano. He did have a good family life, considering his mom passed away when Paul was a child basically. As he told the story, I could see in his eyes...it was bittersweet.
I used to believe that too, and McCartney has never denied that interpretation, far as i know. More I've read, though, i think this song is about Jane Asher. This song had been kicking around for awhile before the Get Back sessions, and remember that Asher had ended their engagement only 6 months before that. Paul and Linda *officially* got together in September, just a month or so after the break-up. This song was not written in contemplation of a band breaking up. It was written in fear of losing someone he'd been closer to than anyone in his life, and from things I've read since, i can very much believe this was how vulnerable he felt. That Asher had left him first, and he was afraid. There's a moment in part 3 of the Get Back documentary, in the first hour I think, where Paul is working on the song, and as he does so, he turns to look at Linda and Heather laying on the floor together, across the studio. I don't know how to describe that look, except to say that he seemed both happy and melancholy. Can only guess what he may have been thinking, but i think i have an inkling. Steven Stills wrote a song in that vein-- with a line he pinched from Billy Preston (curiously enough): "And if you can't be with the one you love/ honey / Love the one you're with." Gives this amazing song extra poignancy, for me. One of the most beautiful and extraordinary love songs written in any era, by anyone. THIS, imo, is *Blood on a Track*.
The Long & Winding Road is still an awesome song in December, 2020. Listening to Paul and piano years later makes one appreciate this whole Lennon/McCartney thing even more (although, Wikipedia indicates McCartney wrote it himself), especially considering this 50th year after it was written
Oh my gawd fathers the love i have for this gentleman and the beatles, x i ADORE EVERY SINGLE note x beat x just a huge fan x and being a singer meself x huge gratitude and privilege to sing them x
On February 22nd, I was left alone by my “friends”, and all I did was cry to this song, I kept replaying “Many times I’ve been alone and many times I’ve cried, anyway you’ve always known the many ways I’ve tried” Paul McCartney is a true genius.
Even though he was an AMAZING artist, he was-as long as the other Beatles-frequently using drugs during the 60’s and early 70’s. He’s perfect, but not clean...
