Paul McCartney Said the Fall of the Berlin Wall Made The Beatles' 'The Fool on the Hill' Relevant

Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ “The Fool on the Hill” embodied the 1960s. He said it became relevant because of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other events from the 1980s. Björk covered “The Fool on the Hill” when she was a child.

Paul McCartney said The Beatles‘ “The Fool on the Hill” is one of his favorites among his own songs. He said it embodied the zeitgeist of the 1960s. In addition, he felt it was especially relevant after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In a 1989 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Paul was asked to name his favorites among his own songs. “The more we go through this, the more I think [Bob] Dylan was right when he said all your songs are like your children,” he said. He said “The Fool on the Hill” was one of his best.

“It’s something I wrote at my dad’s house at Liverpool one weekend,” he added. “It’s good to do it in the concert now because I enjoy the way it seems to reflect the spirit of the ’60s.”

Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com

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