HUMAN ERROR

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon. The Apollo 8 mission was the first crewed spacecraft to circumnavigate the Moon.

During one Wings live performance's at The Rock Show Wings Over America Tour, in 1976, the band was playing the song "Call me Back Again", and during the performance, McCartney changes the lyrics to the chorus. As what was meant to be "I've called your name, every night since then", was changed to "I've called your name, John, every night since then".

McCartney has made this change of saying "John" not once, but twice (he does it at the Myer Music Bowl, in Melbourne 1975, and he did it again during The Rock Show Wings Over America Tour, in LA 1976). This lyric change is solely featured of live performances of the song, and cannot be found on any official releases.

Him including "John" in the lyrics isn't the sole reason why this song might be about John; The song takes place during McCartney's teenage years (implied from the lyrics; "I was just a little baby boy"), and he talks about conversing with someone on the phone almost every night of his youth. One of the closest people to McCartney during this time would've been John, so he is the only person I could imagine to have been speaking with on a daily basis via telephone or even just conversing in real life.

Now the part that confuses me is when McCartney brings up John "not calling him back", and the lyrics "I've heard your name every night since then", which leads me to think that the song is shifting from McCartney's youth to the moment in which the Beatles had broken up and it's aftermath. "I've heard your name every night since then" can be a reference to the interviews in which Paul was being asked if he and the other three Beatles (or maybe just John) might reunite. Paul's response to that being that John won't respond back to Paul about the offer.

Vincent Benitez (a music theorist) took on this perspective of the song as well, saying: “An Intimate Portrait intersperses a performance of Call Me Back Again with McCartney’s explanation of a short poem he had written at the time about his feelings about the possibility of a Beatles reunion”.

The demo of the song features different lyrics to the official release. Said lyrics being: "Call me back again, Only it's for one time, Come on Call me Back Again".

example a (candid)

example b (the photographer purposely placed them like this therefore emphasizing the fact that he too realizes they're idiots and does this to mock them)