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Penny Lane

Lyrics

Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say "Hello".
full lyrics
Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say "Hello".
full lyrics

Features of This Track

mellow rock instrumentation
a subtle use of vocal harmony
acoustic rhythm piano
intricate melodic phrasing
a light swing groove
a busy horn section
thru composed melodic style
a clear focus on recording studio production
acoustic sonority
major key tonality
melodic songwriting
brass instrument solos
a dynamic male vocalist
upbeat lyrics
a mid-tempo swing feel
emphasis on instrumental arranging

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

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Comments

cheyenne.ort e g a
Still forever in my heart! They will never be forgotten!!
cheyenne.ort e g a
Forever in my heart! They will never be forgotten!!
This is a nice and bouncy song. I also agree with you cap_stern
A great foil to Strawberry Fields Forever
saying things are overrated is overdone especially when it comes to the beatles. how about offering some unique insights to the music instead of the same old tripe.
Ehh overrated to the extreme
Viva la Queen !!!!
chrismares2
Thanks Sir Paul ...Live on
A true classic. They just don't
make em like this anymore.
lol
Just to clarify (it's only three years later), I probably shouldn't have used the term rip-off. I just find them very similar in theme but different in culture.
While channel surfing one day, came across a rerun of the show Fame. Jimmy Osmond was singing this song. Thought I had taken LSD or something... .
one of my favorite songs by the beatles :D
i didn't know pleasant valley sunday was a rip off of penny lane. thx formerly dbradfor for the enlightenmen t
after 40+ years, the Beatles still RULE !!!
This along with Strawberry Fields was the first music video I ever saw long before MTV. I was living in San Pedro at the time, those were so good times
very strange
stevef1112
EXCELLENT, I was in the 6th grade when this came out. They changed the ROCKIN WORLD!!
Penny Lane on a Friday:)!
penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes

I named my Boston Terrier after this song. She lived for 14 years and this song was the first one I heard after she passed away. I stopped at the store on my way home from the vet and it played over the Muzak of all things.
David Mason played the Piccolo trumpet on this song. Paul McCartney heard one of his performances and knew the sound was right for this song. So, he wrote the notes and they got him to play it.
Thanks april7334. I was on the right track. :)
the beatles have influenced music more than any other 10 bands in history combined. If you have ANY musical background in writing or performing, you know this to be true.
A mac is short for a macintosh -- a particular type of raincoat
What the heck is a mac? Does anyone know? Must be a British term for a raincoat or something.
Pleasant Valley Sunday? Not written by the Monkees, they just sang it. Blame Carole King if you think that is a rip off - she wrote it about a town in New Jersey. Came out in 1967
Why would you say the Beatles are bad?
pandoraradio 2 7 7
Whoever says the Beatles are bad are just plain wrong. They rule! Whenever I hear this song, Penny Lane stays in MY mind for a while...
periwinkle55 5 5
who said you can't dance to the Beatles?
dyannachrist i e
A great piece of classic Beatles this is deffinatly one of the first songs of them that I heard
Remember Pleasant Valley Sunday, The Monkees Americanized rip-off of Penny Lane? I must say the English characters are much more colorful.
This was one of the first songs I heard when I was a kid that really caught my attention and turned me on to music. What a great song.
This song just seems to capture the essence of "Beatles" for me. If I had to introduce the Beatles to someone in a handful of their songs, this song would be on the list.
Mixed feelings on this one - it sounds silly. McCartney's ego got out of hand at times, thankfully John Lennon was around to bring him down to Earth !!
But I like the tune ! Luv them Beatles - you have to !!!
The chemistry of The Beatles was what made them great ; they were all so different... .
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes!
Who was the session trumpet player on this track?
mr_godbey
Do not try to figure out Lennon-McCar t n e y arrangements and why they put alternate chord changes out of sync; if one does they won't enjoy the tunes as they are. This is what makes the group one of a kind.
....have always lurrved the piccolo trumpet.
.....very, very strange.
What a great song. Upbeat. Positive. I have always loved this song and the Beatles music. Finger pies in summer. And the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain, very strange. There beneath the blue suburban sky.
All Beatles Music Is No. 1!!!!!!!!!!! ! !
A super song. I've loved it from the first time I heard it. I must say though that the sound of the recording was overly bright, with a spectral ballance shy of the lower frequencys. OK, everyone knows about that if they have ears. What they might not know, is why. I'm one of those folks. Anyone know the answer? I'd like to hear about it. Thanks, Tom

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