SIR PAUL McCartney has said that seeing news footage of Bloody Sunday shocked him so much he felt he had to write a protest song.
He was in the US at the time patching things up with fellow Beatle John Lennon when on January 30, 1972, soldiers opened fire at a civil rights march in Derry and left 14 people dead.
Macca and his late wife Linda were inspired to record Give Ireland Back To The Irish — which was banned by the BBC but hit number one in the Republic.
Father Edward Daly (left) escorts a group carrying a mortally wounded protester on Bloody Sunday
Sir Paul (79) explained: “I was in New York that day, having met with John the day before. It was a meeting at which we more or less agreed to stop sniping at each other.
“It was deeply troubling to me to see footage of a perfectly peaceful demonstration that had gone wrong. It looked as if our Army boys had acted indiscriminately and fired on innocent people.
Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music.
Creative Director at McCartney Studios
Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times
Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik
President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc.
Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel
Lives in Playa del Rey
From Kassel, Germany
Married to Ruth McCartney
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