If you need to know who she is you'll not know the answer.
2007-02-22 12:15:58 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Paul McCartney got "Rigby" from the name of a store and "Eleanor" from actress Eleanor Bron. He liked the name "Eleanor Rigby" because it sounded natural. But there is a gravestone for an Eleanor Rigby in St. Peter's Churchyard in Wooton, England.
This was originally written as "Miss Daisy Hawkins" and "Father Mackenzie" was originally "Father McCartney." Paul decided he didn't want to freak out his dad and picked a name out of the phone book instead.
McCartney wasn't sure what this song was going to be about until he came up with the line, "Picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been." That's when he came up with the story an old, lonely woman.
2007-02-22 12:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul McCartney said he came up with the name Eleanor from actress Eleanor Bron, with whom he had starred in the film Help! Rigby came from the name of a store in Bristol, Rigby & Evens Ltd, Wine & Spirit Shippers, that he noticed while seeing his then-girlfriend Jane Asher act in The Happiest Days Of Your Life. He recalled in 1984, "I just liked the name. I was looking for a name that sounded natural. Eleanor Rigby sounded natural."
2007-02-22 20:27:14 · answer #2 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul claimed that he had made up a name and Eleanor Rigby sounded good so he went with it. Later on they found a gravestone with the name Eleanor Rigby on it. This was the graveyard he and John had hung out at in their teen years.
2007-02-22 20:26:27 · answer #3 · answered by Tyler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but Eleanor Rigby was the subject of a Beatles song.
2007-02-22 20:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by mainwoolly 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, a character is a Beatles song.
2007-02-22 20:31:50 · answer #5 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She was the first woman diplomat of Zanzabar, a country of very lonely people. This was when Father Mackenzie was president.
2007-02-22 20:20:14 · answer #6 · answered by radioflyer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She was a school marm who seduced Ringo Starr when he was fifteen. His stories of their erotic adventures inspired Paul and John to write a song named after her.
2007-02-22 20:21:28 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Beetles got her name off of a gravestone when they were choirboys, I saw it on tv a few years ago
2007-02-22 20:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Of course not, she used to work on the bacon counter at Tesco's
Enough of this, I'm off to bed, Night everyone!
2007-02-22 20:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Greybeard 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Was she an elderly lady who was a cleaner?
2007-02-22 20:23:47 · answer #10 · answered by The BudMiester 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋