Most of all McCartney's songs came to him while fooling around with his piano. In 1966 the song Eleanor Rigby came to him, however at first the song wasn't called Eleanor Rigby but was actually called Miss Daisy Hawkins. McCartney recalled he got his big idea from:
"I was sitting at the piano when I thought of it. The first few bars just came to me, and I got this name in my head... 'Daisy Hawkins picks up the rice in the church'. I don't know why. I couldn't think of much more so I put it away for a day. Then the name Father McCartney came to me, and all the lonely people. But I thought that people would think it was supposed to be about my Dad sitting knitting his socks. Dad's a happy lad. So I went through the telephone book and I got the name McKenzie.".
He got the name Eleanor from a woman who was in the movie HELP!, her name was Eleanor Bron.
History: Close to where Lennon and McCartney sunbathed and met during a fete in 1957, a grave stone of Eleanor Rigby was discovered! The two claimed to have no idea that it was there and claimed it could have been subconscious and not so much a fluke!
Personally I enjoyed the song, I haven't really listened to any Beatles up until I heard this! The song is easily understood, and the catchy lyrics are easily stuck in your head. After hearing it I had troubles getting the song out of my head and found myself singing it quite often!
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