Discover which Disney animated title sparked an important reflection on the life of Paul McCartney, from the Beatles
Did you know that a classic Disney animation influenced Paul McCartneyby the Beatles, to be someone better? Disney has been releasing animated titles for over a hundred years, and one of the titles from the studio’s Golden Age brought a valuable lesson to the singer about animal rights.
The story in question is ‘Bambi’, released in 1942, a time when the first animated feature films from the House of Mouse were released and major cinematic innovations emerged.
In the story, in the first days of his life, the little deer that gives the story its title, also known as the prince of the forest, as his father is the most important deer in the region, ends up dealing with a terrible loss, but even facing difficult times, he finds friends and beauty in life.
I think it made me grow up thinking that hunting is not cool,” McCartney said, referencing the scene in which Bambi’s mother is killed by a hunter. “You look at a lot of these great classic stories and through their efforts, kids — like I was — grew up feeling that it’s a bad idea to be cruel to animals,” he concluded in an interview on the radio show ‘John Lennon at 80’ (via Far Out Magazine).
INSPIRATION FOR THE BAND
More than that, the English rock band formed in 1960 and composed of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison It is Ringo Starris considered one of the most influential of all time, and when a musical artist becomes successful, it is common for the public to be curious about who were the inspirations behind the works that were so acclaimed.
As for the Beatles, Disney stories also had credit in one of the titles of the band’s great discography: ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret?’.
Released in 1963 as one of the tracks on the album “Please Please Me”, the song, composed by John Lennonpays homage to the studio’s first animated feature film created by Roy It is Walt Disney“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, which premiered in 1937 in theaters in the United States.
The film’s opening number, ‘I’m Wishing’, features the melody referenced by The Beatles in ‘Do You Want to Know a Secret?’, which is sung by George Harrisonbrings some lines from the original song.
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THE BEATLES IN A DISNEY MOVIE?
It’s worth remembering that the relationship between Disney and the Beatles was almost even closer. It turns out that in “The Jungle Book” (1967), the studio tried to get the Beatles to voice the vultures Buzzie, Flaps, Ziggy and Dizzy, who accompany Mowgli for a while during the boy’s journey to leave the forest where he grew up.
Although it wasn’t possible to fit the artists into the dubbing, the animated birds were inspired by their four bandmates. What’s more, the characters also speak with a Liverpool accent (the city where the Beatles were formed) in the original English audio. Check it out:
Source: Recreio
