Persona
Sung in the voice of a fictional or imagined narrator rather than the songwriter.
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Songs(17 of 18)
Paperback Writer
Aspiring novelist's query letter voice
Doctor Robert
Sales-pitch voice promoting the doctor
Yellow Submarine
Children-book narrator voice
Taxman
Narrator is the taxman, not the songwriter
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles adopt Sgt. Pepper band persona
She's Leaving Home
Chorus voiced as parents' lament
Lovely Rita
McCartney as shy office clerk
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
Beatles maintain Sgt. Pepper band persona
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Circus barker / playbill voice
Magical Mystery Tour
Sung in character as tour barkers
Your Mother Should Know
Sung in character as a vaudeville bandleader
Mother Nature's Son
Idealized country-boy narrator
Rocky Raccoon
Mock-cowboy narrator voice
Honey Pie
1920s crooner voice
Back in the U.S.S.R.
Returning Soviet traveler
Polythene Pam
Affected Scouse accent
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Lounge-show MC voice
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