Welcome to Stroll Down Penny Lane, where we celebrate the life and music of Paul McCartney. In this series we investigate the creation stories behind his songs. We discover that there is often an autobiographical aspect to his songs. And in our examination of his compositions, we also discover what it is that causes such an immediate connection with his music. We are a proud part of Pantheon, the podcast network for music lovers.
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episode 9: Episode 9: She’s Leaving Home – Origins Of A Masterpiece Part 1
Episode 9 She’s Leaving Home - Origins Of A Masterpiece Part 1
We explore the origins of Paul McCartney’s song She’s Leaving Home and John Lennon’s contributions. Our investigation uncovers the connections to Brian Wilson’s song, God Only Knows. More than this, we explore the hurling of great, songwriting thunderbolts across the Atlantic Ocean in a grand competition between Paul and Brian Wilson.
Songs:
She’s Leaving Home, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter
Look Away (theme song for the television series, a Series of Unfortunate Events), Nick Urata and Daniel Handler; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Eddie Holland; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
You Won’t See Me, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
(S)he Drives Me Crazy, Roland Gift, David Steele; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
Beatlus Rubbere Soulus Gregorian chant, Mike Sugar; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Richard Strauss; performed by Mike Sugar
God Only Knows, Brian Wilson and Tony Asher; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
Here, There, and Everywhere, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
Frère Jacques, Unknown, traditional; unknown performer.
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar
The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)
Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)
Sources:
Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016
Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006
With a Little Help from my Friends, the making of Sgt. Pepper, George Martin, with William Pearson; Little Brown and Company; 1994
I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir, Brian Wilson and Ben Greenman; Da Capo Press; 2016
All You Need Is Ears, George Martin with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Press; 1979
The Beatles Anthology, Chronicle Books; 2000
The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles; Vintage Books, Harvill Secker; 1997
Meet the Runaway Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home, Jordan Runtagh; Rolling Stone; May 23, 2017
A Hard Day’s Write; The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song, Steve Turner; !T Books; 1994
Twilight of the Gods, the Music of the Beatles, Wilfrid Mellers; Schirmer/Macmillan; 1973