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When im 644/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Ageing is universal, and When I’m Sixty Four is one of the most wonderful examinations of ageing (and love) ever put to song. It’s a specific declaration that “I’ll love you forever” doesn’t take place in some kind of ageless fantasy the way it does in your head when you’re young that instead, love changes form as you change form. ![]() It may be a granny song, but it’s a granny song for future grannies. The BeatlesYellow Submarine Songtrack 1999 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of.It’s a reaffirmation of love, a renewal of the vows made in songs like All My Loving. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWhen Im Sixty Four Stuff like All My Loving, Can’t Buy Me Love etc seemed more selfless and less “you’ll be mine baby” than most other love songs from that era, and When I’m Sixty Four is just the progression of that attitude. I feel like there was something remarkably progressive about a lot of the Beatles’ love songs (especially in the earlier days). Love changes people change, and McCartney’s unshakeably optimistic outlook that things will always get better has never been more present than it is in When I’m Sixty Four. For me it’s such a great song because it feels like the natural continuation of so many of his other, more conventional love songs and/or even the whole band’s best rock & roll love songs. This is the man that brought us haunting love songs like Yesterday and pseudo metal like Helter Skelter, and I always found his confidence in hopping around genres inspiring, particularly for someone positioned so close to the heart of rock & roll.īut that said, the beauty of When I’m Sixty Four doesn’t lie in that aspect. When I’m Sixty Four is one of his “granny songs” at its finest and it’s the perfect example of what I love so much about McCartney.
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