Penny Lane

Alluding to an article of mine in Partisan Review, he claims that I am "deceived, apparently, by the Beatles" into thinking that a suburb called Penny Lane is "a sort of provincial cockaigne."

Nice Place to Visit Poirier, Richard 1968

(Soundbite of music "Penny Lane") THE BEATLES (Band): (Singing) In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know.

How Much Is Jackson's Share of ATV Worth? 2009

(Soundbite of song "Penny Lane") THE FAB FAUX: (Singing) In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs.

Rebuilding The Beatles, Note by Note 2008

"Okay, what did the fireman in 'Penny Lane' keep in his pocket?"

Never Come Down Black, Michelle 1996

I describe "Penny Lane" as "a beautiful neighborhood song," which is not at all to say that Penny Lane is a beautiful neighborhood.

Nice Place to Visit Poirier, Richard 1968

Mr. Costello sang "Penny Lane" after saying that Penny Lane was half a mile from where his mother grew up, and that when the song came on the radio, "Myself, my mum, my dad and the cat all stood up and took notice."

NYT > Home Page 2010

Mr. Frye, who also teaches law at Hofstra, and his wife, Penny Lane , a visiting professor of filmmaking at Bard, are currently working with editor Francisco Bello to finish a rough cut of "Our Nixon" by the spring.

Nixon at Home, Kissinger on the Beach Nicolas Rapold 2012

Lennon duly headed off and wrote a poem based on a bus route of his youth, winding its way through Liverpool, past Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011

Lennon duly headed off and wrote a poem based on a bus route of his youth, winding its way through Liverpool, past Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll 2011

The way the song begins drives this interpretation home: "In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs/Of every head he's had the pleasure to know."

Joseph Smigelski: The Power of Memory: Use It in Your Writing 2010