@@sarahwolfe1154 Father McKenzie was a lonely priest, just as Eleanor was a lonely parishioner, who found comfort attending his church. Eleanor passed away at the church & since she was alone, there was no one to attend her funeral - except for Father McKenzie.
The song has always broken my heart and the meaning behind it, “Eleanor Rigby” was released by The Beatles in 1966 as part of their Revolver album roll-out. A unique offering for the famed group, the song features only a string arrangement and vocal from Paul McCartney across the verses. The full group joins in on the chorus for a few moments of classic Beatles harmony. Paul McCartney recounted the song’s origin and meaning in a 2018 interview with GQ, saying “Over the years, I’ve met a couple of others, and maybe their loneliness made me empathize with them. But I thought it was a great character, so I started this song about the lonely old lady who picks up the rice in the church, who never really gets the dreams in her life. Then I added in the priest, the vicar, Father McKenzie. And so, there were just the two characters. It was like writing a short story, and it was basically on these old ladies that I had known as a kid.” Behind the Lyrics McCartney, who penned most of this song, got the name from the actress Eleanor Bron, who appeared in the 1965 Beatles film Help!. “Rigby” came to him while in Bristol, England when he spotted a store named Rigby and Evens Ltd. Wine and Spirit Shippers. He liked the way the two names ringed together because it sounded natural and matched the rhythm he wrote. As the opening chorus makes perfectly clear, the song is a sort of character piece about “all the lonely people.” The song’s intricate string arrangement underscores the narrative Paul McCartney sings about across the track’s three verses. The two characters, Eleanor and Father McKenzie, are both isolated in their own lives before finally “meeting” after Eleanor’s death, with the priest burying her. Eleanor Rigby Meaning The first verse follows the titular Eleanor as she tidies up after a wedding send-off and peers through the window at her house. Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice In the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window, wearing the face That she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for When McCartney first introduces us to Eleanor she is living in a “dream” world of her own, picking up rice from a wedding that was thrown over the happy couple. With the opening lines, he quickly lets the listener know that the closest Eleanor comes to getting married herself is tidying up after everyone has left. Eleanor Rigby, died in the church And was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt From his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved Later it’s revealed that Eleanor died, leaving no one to carry on her name. McCartney adds a bit of irony towards the end of the song by having the song’s two characters cross paths a little too late. If the two had met earlier they might have become friends with something in common, but it was too late. Eleanor died leaving Father McKenzie to “meet” her while officiating the funeral. He also implies that McKenzie’s sermon “saved” no one given that nobody attended. Father McKenzie The second character featured in the song’s lyrics is Father McKenzie. Without having much of a congregation, McKenzie is forced to write sermons that “no one will hear.” He later talks about darning his socks. Question is, if no one else will see if his socks are darned, why does he care? The second verse’s lines speak to the priest’s isolation and lack of companionship. Heart breaking in my eyes , There are so many lonely people still in the world in 2022 going on 2023
Thank you Zen, that was a great interpretation of the song, in 1966 I was 9 Y.O. I listened to this when it first came out on my Transistor radio, now at 65 years of age this song comes to mind every now & then Because I have been seeing A lot of lonely ppl in my 40 years of public transportation as a Bus Driver & Light Rail train operator and this song makes me wonder where do they all come from? I to am a Lonely one🙄🥃Cheers 🍺
@@509Heavydrop Hi Thank you so much for that comment. How amazing you still drive and also notice why people are because they are lonely and you just could be saving life's and not realizing it. I'm in the hospital and it's truly sad. Frist they were about to put me in the room my mom died and I lost it in tears as it's the ten year anniversary 💔. They put me in the room next to it. Lost my whole family too the pandemic and medical in the states is awful suddenly. Doesn't matter rich poor famous or not doctor's are so backed up people are dying from so many thing's like my dearest friend I called gramps as a joke Leslie Jordan he couldn't get an appointment with his heart doctor and had to wait and as he's pulling out to finally get to the appointment he crashed his car before he even left the front of his place and passed away. He made the lonely people laugh saved lives during lock down. Yes there could be a million people in a room and I feel lonely because my family all dies and all my friend's live overseas. Poor Elanore Rigby is always what I thought about that song. People really need too be kind to other's I'm sure those people you speak of that get on your bus love you and don't want too be lonely so look your not only a bus driver but saving lives and didn't even realize it. Cheers maybe I'll get on your bus when visiting Britain 🇬🇧 the world isn't as big as one may think. 🌻🌻✌✌❤❤🎧🎧 George was alway’s my favorite. I'm friend's with Julian. He agreed and said bloody brilliant what we both wrote. So I guess we're kind caring people who notice these thing's
In my personal interpretation, Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie shared a platonic relationship. In this perspective, love is not merely expressed through words or symbolic unions such as marriage. It finds its expression in the happiness derived from performing acts for the sake of the other, like cleaning rice for a wedding or writing a sermon for someone. It suggests that significant connections go beyond conventional romanticism and social conventions. The lonely individuals are not necessarily Eleanor Rigby or Father McKenzie, but rather those who have never experienced love and are unable to recognize it.
I also was in 4th grade when it came out. Our English teacher has us always in a discussion about Beatles music's meaning and would break down lyrics . Most of my teachers at that time so into them.IIf we behaved in most classes while doing tests they would play Beatle music. It was the culture and I miss those days. There music was life changing and new, not the crap that's passing as music today.
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Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dream Waits at the window Wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Father McKenzie Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear No one comes near Look at him working Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there What does he care? All the lonely people Where do they all come from? All the lonely people Where do they all belong? Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah, look at all the lonely people Eleanor Rigby Died in the church and was buried along with her name Nobody came Father McKenzie Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave No one was saved All the lonely people (ah, look at all the lonely people) Where do they all come from? All the lonely people (ah, look at all the lonely people) Where do they all belong?
Some people don't realize this is for the people that might be reading the comments just in case they still want to see it stupid but works and is kinda nifty
I know that some find this comment useless, but have you ever wondered that this may have been made to someone blind? So that they can listen to this comment. 😂😂 jus kidding
I agree. singing along, I sang "to" and not "of" without looking closely at the words on the screen, just because I'm a huge Beatles fan and know the song well.
Once I had a LP by the London Symphony Orchestra with a nice cover of this, but the original is still the best one. PS: Lennon looks terribly on this picture.😳
Anche ELEANOR RIGBY è uno dei brani fondamentali per l'inizio del PROGRESSIVE ROCK di stampo classico sinfonico!!!!!!! Si evince dal fatto che ascoltando attentamente il brano si nota che la sezione orchestrale di archi porta alle strutture dei concerti grossi BACH, VIVALDI,HANDEL etc ed è abbastanza chiaro che di lì a poco anche il progrock di stampo classico sinfonico se ne servirà e NON poco !!!!!
its crazy how the cover is getting more clout then the actual song dont get me wrong the cover is fine but like this is just proving how slept on the beatles actually are when they shouldnt be
@@bologna3464 i think jonni means by young people, perhaps. John Lennon was dead by 1980 so there was never going to be a Beatles reunion after that. If you didn't grow up listening to the Beatles in the 60s, 70s or 80s then you pretty much missed out on Beatlemania and the youngsters of today may not know much of their work, unless they hear covers of Beatles songs by modern artists.
Isn't the version from Broad Street? Sounds like it cuts off before the instrumental 'Eleanor's Dream' kicks in. It should say 'Paul McCartney' and not 'The Beatles'.
Lennon and McCartney used to cut through a church and cemetery in Liverpool, and noticed a headstone with the names of the Rigby family. Eleanor was one of the names. The rest is just made up.
This remix almost kills the vibrant resonance between the instruments. The cleanup crew overdid it! Here’s the official version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qE4Zc5VogoI.html
This song is so much fun to play. Played it in my orchestra class, our cello player is incredibly gifted, without her this peice would have fallen apart
Loneliness can eco across the miles if you travel while suffering from loneliness. It will start to feel like something you cannot escape no matter where you go or how far you travel. My suffering came to a halt when I found Jesus. I've never experienced loneliness for even a fleeting second in His presence. 💪🛐. Than you
.. Waits at the window wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door.. those lyrics are so powerful and speak for many of us who put a front on. Loneliness is the cause of so much unhappiness.
They begin by describing Eleanor as wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door. Meaning that she does not go out without putting tons of eye and face makeup on. Then the singer asks "Who is it for?"
Woher komm en die Menschen, die allein sind. Weil diese Gesellschaft Solidarität regelrecht bestraft, bleiben viele Menschen aus Sicherheitsgründen allein. LG Maxi
Man as a child I did hear this song every day on the radio. as a small child growing up in Liverpool . I had no education My only introduction to music was the radio. I listened all day every day to the radio.
@@germandimplez I remember my teacher talking about what great and powerful poetry it was. It was actually in our English textbook. I am now heading for my 60s and don't remember anything else...
WOW THIS STILL SOUNDS GOOD AS THE DAY I FIRST HEARD IT WHEN I WAS N THE 7TH OR 8 TH GRADE AT SCHOOL 37. I STILL KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO THAT. WOOOOOWWWWW‼️
In Scotland a religious community is known as a Rigg as in High Riggs Edinburgh. In Cumbria a farmstead is indicated by the "by" at the end of the place name as in ScotBy. Who WAS Eleanor Rigby? 🎶Half a pound of tuppenny rice Half a pound of treacle That's the way the money goes🎶 There is a hidden history that we are NOT ALLOWED to talk about, I am slowly decoding it!!!!!
i think you underestimate the prolific songwriting of Paul McCartney. Paul could simply see the name of a person on a grave in any graveyard and write a song about them, with many details none of which were provided other than her name on the tombstone she laid at.
