. . . Is "Honey Pie a rock song? . . . . . . . musical variety.
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i could be wrong and maybe someone older can tell me . .
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but i think there was this tongue in cheek throwback nostalgia trend in the mid 60s where young people made tinpan alley/old timey vaudville type music cool again
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to my belief there is a 20 year throwback=cool factor
i.e.
in the 70's - 50's nostalgia became cool (american grafitti, happy days, sha na na, grease)
in the 80's - there was a 60's rock sound revival (rasberry beret by prince for example, the monkees comeback)
in the 90's - a 70's fad with release of films like dazed and confused, that 70s show . .
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today alot of new groups (rap and otherwise) are remaking 80's new wave classics and kids are wearing members only jackets with irony
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anyway..
davy jones showed that nostalgic music style in a few numbers where he had the straw hat and cane...
another example of that old music=cool trend was lady godiva by peter and gordon which preceeds honey pie
1966
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maybe someone who was alive back then can confirm or refute this theory- or shed light on it