Paul McCartney says he was a little anxious about singing sa国际传媒淏lackbirdsa国际传媒� at a weekend concert after meeting a Cape Breton teenager behind a much-discussed Misa国际传媒檏maq rendition of the Beatles classic.
The British rock legend told a large audience at Vancouversa国际传媒檚 BC Place that Emma Stevenssa国际传媒� version in the Aboriginal language sa国际传媒渋s so beautifulsa国际传媒� it made him nervous about performing his version.
He told the crowd that hesa国际传媒檇 met Stevens before the show on Saturday evening.
Stevens posted a cover of the song on YouTube after she and her music teacher, Carter Chiasson, recorded it at Allison Bernard High School in Eskasoni, N.S.
Stevens and her classmates recorded the song to highlight the United Nationssa国际传媒� International Year of Indigenous Languages, which seeks to raise awareness of threats to Indigenous languages across the world.
Chiasson produced the video, and the lyrics were translated into Misa国际传媒檏maq by another community member, Katani Julian.
McCartney first recorded sa国际传媒淏lackbirdsa国际传媒� for The Beatlessa国际传媒� 1968 White Album.
The 76-year-old is currently on tour, and played in Vancouver on Saturday evening.
Stevenssa国际传媒� version has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times since it was uploaded to YouTube on April 25.
Her performance earned her worldwide attention, including a trip to a UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, where she performed and delivered a short speech that highlighted the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous girls and women in Canada.
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