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>The idea that he coincidentally landed on the name ‘Eleanor Rigby’ - for a song about a woman who “died in the church and was buried along with her name” - is

• notahacker 4y ago
  An exceptionally unusual line about names and burials and a fairly unusual name associated with a burial in one of the only churches the Beatles are likely to have spent much time hanging around? (Throw in the fact that Lennon claimed to have written a lot of the song, which meant McCartney who disagreed with that claim had a lot of reason to make up an alternative story if he couldn't remember where the name or line came from...) I passed a narrowboat called Eleanor with the location it's based in (Rugby) painted below the name (it's from the Aintree Beetle range too... ) a month or two back. If the owner told me he'd named his boat Eleanor because of a film star, and coincidentally decided to moor it at Rugby some time later, I wouldn't believe him :)
  • vlunkr 4y ago
    In my opinion it's not that impressive either way. If he did remember it: Seems like it's very common for artists to take mental or physical notes of interesting things they see. He saw the name, associated it with the cemetery, then forgot that it was a real name and place. If it's a coincidence: Tons of people are buried at churches, that's not unusual. There's a chance there's more than one Eleanor Rigby buried at a church.