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Shout Out For Penguin Cafe Orchestra!

From the lens Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

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  • Lemming13 Feb 7, 2012 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Thanks for a lovely lens; I love PCO and so few people seem ever to have heard of them.
  • Oliver Jan 29, 2012 @ 9:37 am | delete
    Does anyone know the rest of Simon Jeffes poem which starts...

    'I am the proprietor of the Penguin Cafe, I will tell you things at random'

    I can only find the first line, perhaps that is is all which was written down, but I would be very interested to know the rest
  • pianolessongirl Dec 5, 2011 @ 10:16 pm | delete
    This is great. Wonderful lens. God Bless!
  • Randall Rice Aug 30, 2011 @ 6:54 pm | delete
    Great site, love PCO and this site is now a favorite, thanks.
  • Pedro Mar 25, 2011 @ 11:22 am | delete
    I like the penguin covers very much.
    I wonder if I coul buy some prints or paintings from those album covers?
    Hope so!
    Thanks,
    Pedro
  • Ruthi Feb 15, 2011 @ 2:37 pm | delete
    Great fun! And I enJOYed it so much that I've used your link in my latest lens creation, Lyrical Impressions.
  • Photahsiamirabel Feb 7, 2011 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    Blessed today on my tour through alternative music :)
  • Parleo May 22, 2010 @ 9:57 am | delete
    Great lens about a great group. I saw them once in London many years ago. Recently reunited with my CD collection I will be digging their discs out again for another binge.
  • Frankster Apr 28, 2009 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    Sound like a cool place. thanks for sharing. Great job on the lens. 5 stars and I'm a FAN! Bear hugs, Frankster aka Bearmeister aka Cat-Woman
  • Ian Jan 6, 2009 @ 3:41 pm | delete
    I am pleased to find fellow fans of the PCO. Their music is amazing, I only wished I had experienced it live.

    Is there a concert available on DVD?
  • Kevin Dec 22, 2008 @ 9:26 pm | delete
    As a current university student in America, I'm posting here to let you know that this music will not die. I have loved PCO for years and try to tell others about their wonderful music. Thanks for the website!
  • J. H. Lusk Nov 2, 2008 @ 1:28 am | delete
    I just wanted to say how happy I am to have found this site. Its good to know other people on the web (up until now I was only aware of the official site and a PCO micro-site) appreciate the penguin cafe orchestra as much as I do. As you stated at the top it will always make you smile =).
  • ... Jul 28, 2008 @ 8:27 pm | delete
    Heard constantly as a child without understanding. Love now, with a little more understanding. where can i get a recording of the whole bbc concert?
  • Holger Paetz Jun 29, 2008 @ 6:17 pm | delete
    Music that never dies
  • Cameron Vallance May 3, 2008 @ 5:49 pm | delete
    I love PCO - saw them on telly loads in the 80's and 90's and being a brighton resident, they were never to far away.....sadly sadly missed,Losing Simon Jeffes,for me,was like when we lost Pete MCarthy..
  • CherylK Apr 26, 2008 @ 8:17 am | delete
    I loved the YouTube clips. The Prelude and Yodel clip has such beautiful music and a beautiful dancer. Almost meditative. Five stars, no question.
  • carrieokier Apr 23, 2008 @ 6:50 pm | delete
    Nice lens! I love music, and am always interested in new avenues. Thank you!
  • KimGiancaterino Feb 21, 2008 @ 11:51 am | delete
    I'm glad to learn about PCO and am anxious to hear their music.
  • badmsm Jan 21, 2008 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    What fun! I heard PCO for the first time about 25 years ago. Nice to know they are still around. 5 stars!
  • l.crosse Dec 13, 2007 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    What is it about this music? What is it that forces you to listen, to come back to it over and over again, and love it as much as you always did? PCO music touches nerves, emotions, desires. It reminds you of love, fun, happiness, but also sadness, death and melancholy. PCO - the music of life.
  • j.burke Nov 24, 2007 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    Simon Jeffes is an under appreciated composer/artist. It is great to see some of his closest collaborators get together to play his music. It is the kind of music that seems best if it is heard live. I have tickets for one of the concerts and will travel from Brooklyn to attend.

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Cinetech

The Penguins found their audience by stealth. "Somehow they got to know about us - In the 1970s I think there was a lot of tape swapping."

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