Talk:When I'm Sixty-Four

I had heard that this song is more of a tribute by Paul McCartney to his father, and hearkens back to the big-band era of the 20's, but the person who wrote this claims it's about a couple growing old together or whatever. Who's right?

Stop, youre both right! Growing old together AND due to the time when it was written, would harken nostalgically back to the 1920's.. jazz foxtrot era.. much like 'Honey Pie' on the White Album: the chords and musical instruments used trigger? create the sound of a particular era. 76.218.248.127 (talk) 18:47, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

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I'm pretty sure its for his father- read it in a number of places

• Myabe both. According to this article it was written before the beatles were famous, but in a interview at the time of "sgt pepper" came out McCartney himself said he wrote it about him and Linda and how he hoped she would take care of him when he was 64. So, thought he may have written it long before he met her, i don't doubt that the origanal version was probably very diffrent to the final cut. 64.12.116.68 18:22, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• Actually, McCartney only met Eastman a couple weeks before the Sgt Pepper's launch party. So this is unlikely. JaymzSpyhunter 00:29, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Lyric copyright infringement

I have removed the lyrics added to this page. Without permission from the copyright holder they are an infringement of the rights. Please do not add reproductions of lyrical material that are still in copyright.

Thanks,

Pepperstool 11:55, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Jack Wild

Can someone please add jack wild to the Covers section, thanks

Interesting Thought

Isn't it interesting that two of the four Beatles didn't even live til they were 64, but I don't think that's notable enough to put in the article. Invmog (talk) 01:18, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it's 3 of 6: Stu didn't make it either. As far as I know, Pete is still around. Wschart (talk) 02:19, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Number 64

Paul McCartney is also numbered 64, as seen on the numbering of individuals on the album cover. The black and white drawing. There is an external link called "Numbered list with graphical reference" here. Ponkatron (talk) 14:09, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Discussion about the song

As a musician I often think of the first b-part as if some of lyrics is missing. The second b-part kicks of with the words "Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear" Is there a story behind this, that someone close to the story of the recording knows of it would be the right place to tell it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.80.157.64 (talk) 14:22, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

More bout the song... due to the fact that 'in the song's final verse, the clarinet is played in harmony with McCartney's vocal' and so a bit hard to hear, but behind all that is George? finger-picking the melody, Chet Akins style. 76.218.248.127 (talk) 18:26, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

People's reaction

Shouldn't it be notable that when Paul turned 64 himself a few years ago, people from all over the world sent him thousands of bottles of wine in relation to the lyrics? --37.83.72.233 (talk) 10:56, 15 August 2013 (UTC)

What's unique

The (only?) exceptionally interesting and amazing thing about this song, that we all reacted to when it came out, is the 1930s-1940s style of it, inconceivable in those days. Remarkable that there is nothing about that or that reaction in this article. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 00:56, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

It's your opinion that the "(only?) exceptionally interesting and amazing thing about this song ... is the 1930s-1940s style of it" (an opinion with which many would disagree), so we need reliable sources to put that in the article. Note also that others songs performed by the Beatles and others in the sixties were either written in the 30s-40s or written in that style, among them Bésame Mucho, Till There Was You, True Love Ways, Honey Pie ... the list could go on. Sundayclose (talk) 01:43, 5 June 2017 (UTC)