And way down the street, could it be the bus from the "Magical Mystery Tour"? Your mother should know. John and Yoko dance briefly in the foreground, as if to "The Ballad of John and Yoko," while two men are seen "carrying a picture of Chairman Mao" (from"Revolution") in the background. Out the window, the images come fast and furious: A couple of workmen are seen "Fixing a Hole where the rain comes in." And popping out of the hole momentarily is the Blue Meanie from the"Yellow Submarine" animated film.Ī man walks his "Hey Bulldog" as the Newspaper Taxi from "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" appears on the curb (not the shore) "waiting to take you away."īehind it, the Blue Meanie pops up again.
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8, supposedly denoting "Eight Days a Week."Ī basket of green Apples rests near a newspaper reporting "4,000 Holes Found in Blackburn Lancashire" (from "A Day in the Life") and a box of "Savoy Truffle" snacks as the Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on an old TV set. Sharp-eyed Internet postings point out that the clock shows the time to be 10:10 (or "One After 909," of course). Up through a window on which is a barely discernible "lizard on a window pane" (from "Happiness Is a Warm Gun") is the "Paperback Writer" hard at work, despite having John Lennon in his parlor relaxing, in the most eerie piece of juxtaposition on the video. Mustard" from "a hole in the road" (actually it looks like more children at play). Less clear is the notion that in the background is emerging "Mean Mr. Kite!"ĭown a cobbled street of brownstones we see a ladder (and a telltale leg) marking where "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window." Running down the street are children in their "Piggies" masks. The camera takes off skyward, past a towering slide where the "Helter Skelter"-minded may recall, "When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide." A flying toy flies, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. The people in the street invite all sorts of wild speculation: -Is a couple whispering together inquiring "Do You Want To Know a Secret?" Is that mysterious women in black "Baby's in Black," "Polythene Pam" or "Girl"? And is the one with her "Another Girl." We will not go so far afield. There is also some thought that kids holding hands represent "I Want To Hold Your Hand" that a couple tussling in a car are wondering "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" (what? and not "Drive My Car"?) and that it is "Taxman" Mr. Are the constables at the end of the block "pretty little policemen in a row" from "Walrus" once more? One posting on the Internet notes that a man conversing with the nurse is wearing one "Old Brown Shoe" on his right foot.
How detailed do we want to get? Are the children running at the beginning of the scene the offspring of "Lady Madonna"? See how they run. The first third of the collage comprises the cover of "Beatles Anthology I" the other two-thirds are to be the covers of subsequent volumes being released later this year. Spread across the window, where it is given its first public unveiling, is the complete "Beatles Anthology" triptych by artist and Beatles crony Klaus Voorman. The words "Penny Lane's" (as if that's the name of the shopkeeper) are partly discernible from the bakery window, where a decorated "Birthday" cake denotes another McCartney song the numbers on it - 6 and 4 - indicate a third, "When I'm Sixty-Four." A small sign on a nearby window asks for "Help!" The record store the camera passes, incidentally, gives a plug to the Beatles' latest million-selling retrospective of outtakes and live performances.