What Is a Nation? and continues to be invoked. Political historian Karl Deutsch, in a quote sometimes mistakenly attributed to Renan, said that a nation is "a group of people united by a mistaken view about the past and a hatred of their neighbours". Benedict Anderson's 1983 work Imagined Communities, which states that a nation is an "imagined political community", argues that Renan contradicts himself when he says French people must have forgotten the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, yet does not explain what it is. In other words, Renan assumes that all his readers will remember the very massacre he says they have forgotten.
From a Lover to a Friend McCartney, however, was less certain whom the song was about in an interview on Howard Stern's radio show. "The Guardian" called it a "masterpiece... so delicate and honest that it sounds pretty much perfect." "From a Lover to a Friend" was recorded on 27 February 2001 with Paul playing bass and piano, Abe Laboriel, Jr. playing drums, Rusty Anderson on 12-string electric guitar, and Gabe Dixon on piano. From a Lover to a Friend "From a Lover to a Friend" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 2001 album "Driving Rain". It was released as a single and