Intertextuality in Recorded Popular Music
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Running head: PENNY LANE: SONG ANALYSIS
Penny Lane: Song Analysis
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Penny Lane: Song Analysis
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PENNY LANE: SONG ANALYSIS1
Songs such as “Hey Jude”, “Day Tripper”, “Let it be”, “Come Together”, “Yesterday”
and various others have gained popularity over the years. These are songs that have been
successful in positioning themselves as iconic “The Beatles” songs which instantly brings up the
image of the Iconic foursome in front of our eyes (Ticháková, 2019). From the vast list of
Beatles songs, all songs have not received the same amount of love and hence, one song is more
popular than other. “Penny Lane” is such a song that is a masterpiece on its own. However, the
song has been overlooked among the cluster of highly iconic Beatles songs (Church, 2019). The
songs is considered one of the most colourful creations that came from The Beatles. The songs is
based on a collection of sights that Paul McCartney saw as a child growing up in the Liverpool.
The motive of the paper is to critically evaluate the song “Penny Lane” on the basis of the style
of the song, the genre and the historical context of the song.
The Beatles along with the Rolling Stones followed by bands such as Led Zeppelin and
various others have brought classic rock to prominence and relevance (Koger, 2019). “Penny
Lane” is a song that has been composed and written by Paul McCartney on the basis of the vivid
memories that McCartney experienced while he grew up as a child in Liverpool. The name
Penny Lane, has been derived from the name of a bus terminus from where one could travel to
any part of Liverpool. The song portrays a live setting that has been based on the amalgamation
of the childhood memories of Paul McCartney along with the sights that he saw while he was
waiting for John Lennon in the Terminus called Penny Lane. The visuals that came with the
release of the song showed an array of vast colours that helped in communicating the vibrant
setting of the song. Liberal people might state that the visuals associated to a song are the last
aspects that the listeners of the song need to know about. Thus, it can be opined that the music
Songs such as “Hey Jude”, “Day Tripper”, “Let it be”, “Come Together”, “Yesterday”
and various others have gained popularity over the years. These are songs that have been
successful in positioning themselves as iconic “The Beatles” songs which instantly brings up the
image of the Iconic foursome in front of our eyes (Ticháková, 2019). From the vast list of
Beatles songs, all songs have not received the same amount of love and hence, one song is more
popular than other. “Penny Lane” is such a song that is a masterpiece on its own. However, the
song has been overlooked among the cluster of highly iconic Beatles songs (Church, 2019). The
songs is considered one of the most colourful creations that came from The Beatles. The songs is
based on a collection of sights that Paul McCartney saw as a child growing up in the Liverpool.
The motive of the paper is to critically evaluate the song “Penny Lane” on the basis of the style
of the song, the genre and the historical context of the song.
The Beatles along with the Rolling Stones followed by bands such as Led Zeppelin and
various others have brought classic rock to prominence and relevance (Koger, 2019). “Penny
Lane” is a song that has been composed and written by Paul McCartney on the basis of the vivid
memories that McCartney experienced while he grew up as a child in Liverpool. The name
Penny Lane, has been derived from the name of a bus terminus from where one could travel to
any part of Liverpool. The song portrays a live setting that has been based on the amalgamation
of the childhood memories of Paul McCartney along with the sights that he saw while he was
waiting for John Lennon in the Terminus called Penny Lane. The visuals that came with the
release of the song showed an array of vast colours that helped in communicating the vibrant
setting of the song. Liberal people might state that the visuals associated to a song are the last
aspects that the listeners of the song need to know about. Thus, it can be opined that the music
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