Paul McCartney's Time as a Boy Scout Inspired 1 Song From The Beatles' 'White Album'

15 October, 2022 - 0 Comments

Paul McCartney said one song from The Beatles‘ The White Album was about his appreciation of nature. He said the tune was partly influenced by his time as a Boy Scout. In addition, Paul thought his life as a Boy Scout would be a prelude to going into the army.

In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed the meaning of one song from The White Album. “This is what I was writing about in ‘Mother Nature’s Son,’ it was basically a heart-felt song about my child-of-nature leanings,” he said.

Paul discussed his time as a Boy Scout. “I was a Boy Scout and I remembered [Scouting Movement founder Robert] Baden-Powell’s saying ‘People never look up,’ so I would go in the woods and sit in a tree and watch people go by underneath,” he said. “I’d be like a super spy, the Silent Observer, the Sniper. It became apparent to me that what I was doing was practicing to be a soldier.”

Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com

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