- Eleanor:
Elanor Bron: actress who played the female lead in the movie "HELP!"
- Rigby:
A clothing shop in the UK
- Lives in a dream:
"A loely woman who watches the wedding from afar and cleans up the rice after the wedding is done. Never to have her own wedding but always dreaming of having one" -- Paul McCartney interview.
- Father McKenzie:
While playing the song (without offcial lyrics) for Margret Asher (piano teacher and mother of future mother to GF of Paul, Jane Asher), Paul was making a "melody track" (blurting out words to go with the melody): "My mother told me... da da da da...."
Originally it was "Father McCartney" but it changed ot the neutral "Father McKenzie" (a last neame found in the telephone book)
- darning his socks:
Ringo's suggestion
- Eleanor Rigby:
Originally the protagonist was "Daisy Hawkins"
- died in the church
and was buried along with her ...:
Proto-lyrics:
"Ola Na Tungee Blowing his mind in the dark With a pipe full of clay No one could say"
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Story Behind The Song (chapter):
https://youtu.be/X9Lc81ShfKI?t=674&si=nWAXWRGI-UTqTHZU
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Vanilla Fudge - Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby” is a song about loneliness and depression representing a departure from their early pop love songs.
This is an early example of the Beatles taking risks and dabbling in other genres; in this particular example it’s baroque pop, as made evident by the string arrangements. During the Beatles' experimental phase, their producer George Martin experimented with studio techniques to satiate the Beatles' artistic desires. To achieve the aggressive punchy sound of the strings, Martin had the microphones set up really close to the instruments, much to the chagrin of the session players, who were not used to such a unique set-up.
This is the only Beatles song where none of the Beatles play an instrument. They only sing as a string ensemble plays on. There was also some debate between John Lennon and Paul McCartney as to who wrote most of the song, but the song tends to follow more of Paul’s storytelling style.
Eerily enough, the name Eleanor Rigby was found on a gravestone at the St. Peter’s Parish Church where John and Paul met as teenagers. In a 2018 interview, McCartney said that he hadn’t known of that person or the gravestone when he wrote the song.