Golden Slumbers (Medley)

If you watch the Beatles Anthology, you can see Harrison, McCartney and producer George Martin listening to the original tapes on the mixing board. My oldest daughters (now 8 and 6) used to love when I’d sing Golden Slumbers and Good Night to them. As well as an actual physical home, this could also mean a metaphorical ‘home’, i.e. I interpret this song as meaning once there was a way back home, meaning back to heaven, to God. And there’s no cure, except to soothe the child. I love this song.When he chanced on ‘Golden Slumbers’ Paul was actually playing the family piano at the house he bought for his father in Heswall on the Wirral rather than in Liverpool itself, as Jim McCartney had moved from Forthlin Road and remarried in November 1964.You’re right – thanks for that! With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with Lennon is one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. I think it is one of the saddest (and most beautiful) songs I know.The key is the the opening phrase “once there was a way to get back homeward / home”.I find it interesting how you see this song. On top of this, I have to point out that you’re obviously in the minority if you think Golden Slumbers is a poor recording.By far, my favorite Beatles recording. Besides, when it moves to Carry That Weight, he sings about carrying a weight for a “long time” to me there is no longer time you spend on this earth than after you die. Paul is a gift. Maybe I just have a morbid way of looking at it, but its always been a sad/somber song to me. Paul McCartney played "Golden Slumbers", "Carry That Weight", and "The End" for the concert for Montserrat in 1997.

“Sleep pretty baby do not cry.” Makes me tear up. I’m sure that most likely the song was not purposely written to reflect that, but every single time I hear this song it’s like my soul recognizes what the song means. I think the song is purely about once you become famous, home is never in one place; in Macca’s case Liverpool.He can’t get back home, because fame won’t allow him to go back there as Joe Public and he misses that.

Deb from Portland , Or golden slumbers is a lullaby, that is why it is comforting. So beautiful! “Golden Slumbers” is the sixth part of the climactic medley on their 1969 album, A number of the lyrics are based on a poem by by 17th century poet Thomas Dekker, called “Cradle Song”.The song has been covered by several high-profile artists, including The bass, done by George on this, is surprisingly fitting and really hits nicely.Aak – why would George’s bass be ‘surprisingly fitting’?

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