Sung in the voice of a fictional or imagined narrator rather than the songwriter.
Songs tagged 'Persona' carry the 'Americanism' tag about 4.4x as often as the catalogue average (4 of 18, vs an overall rate of 11 in 217 songs).
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
Aspiring novelist's query letter voice
Children-book narrator voice
Narrator is the taxman, not the songwriter
Sales-pitch voice promoting the doctor
Circus barker / playbill voice
Beatles adopt Sgt. Pepper band persona
Chorus voiced as parents' lament
Beatles maintain Sgt. Pepper band persona
McCartney as shy office clerk
Sung in character as tour barkers
Sung in character as a vaudeville bandleader
Idealized country-boy narrator
1920s crooner voice
Returning Soviet traveler
Mock-cowboy narrator voice
Affected Scouse accent
Lounge-show MC voice
Updated
Book
Revolution in the Head
Ian MacDonald
Book
The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
Alan Aldridge
Course
Nas – Teaches Hip-Hop Storytelling
MasterClass · Lyric-writing + narrative craft.
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