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From: Kevin Wayne 
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Subject: Re: Sergeant Pepper Question
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On 5/2/05 7:57 PM, dancle16{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> I don't recall seeing this discussed here before so I thought I would
> ask.
> 
> In the song "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", there is an
> instrumental section with horns after the first verse and before they
> sing, "We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely..."
> 
> At the start of this section, the crowd is cheering and whistling.  A
> couple of seconds after the cheering dies down, there is the sound of
> laughter.
> 
> I'm wondering what provokes the laughter.

I think we're supposed to infer that, in the "concert" which the album 
is supposed to comprise, one or more of the band members are clowning 
around.

It's also probably supposed to evoke a fun, club concert, in contrast to 
the constant screaming of Beatlemania.

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