Beatles: Penny Lane Meaning
Song Released: 1967
Penny Lane Lyrics
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
The little children laugh at him behind his...
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Man I hope the acid trip suggestion was a joke. For some reason everyone thinks EVERY song by the Beatles is about things such as drugs. They weren't high during every album they ever made. In fact, they were high on MAYBE one or two of the albums, and personally, I think the only one is Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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That tradition isn't actually Italian. It's Greek. The greeks placed coins on the eyes of the dead so that when they were on their way to Hades they would have money to pay the boatman, Phlegyas (or Charon), to cross the River Styx. The tradition just was adopted by other cultures over time, especially the Latins (Italian, Spanish, etc.)
That being said, I doubt it was about heaven and placing coins on the dead because their is an actual Penny Lane and all those places in the song are real. I think maybe it's just about a happy place that brings back good memories. -
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There is an old Italian tradition of putting pennies in the ears and eyes of dead people. "Penny Lane" could be a metaphor, and this suburban neighborhood could be the Beatles' vision of heaven.
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You're kind of right. It's not referring to Penny Lane the road as most people think but Penny Lane the district. The district contains all the things mentioned in the song.
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Actually it's about the area close to Penny Lane. Smithdown Place mostly and Smithdown road goping onto Allerton Road and less about Penny Lane - this purely sounded better lyrically...
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There is a road in Liverpool called Penny Lane and there really is a barbershop on the corner
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