The Paul McCartney Song He Says Is Like 'Eleanor Rigby' Meets 'Rear Window'
Paul McCartney is a genius for telling an intriguing story in a song. Many of his tracks, like “She’s Leaving Home” and “Eleanor Rigby”, tell fictionalized stories about people he either knew or read about. One song from Paul McCartney’s solo career sounds like a stalker wrote it, and even he admits it’s almost like Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul McCartney explained the origin behind “Eleanor Rigby”. The singer-songwriter grew up in Liverpool and knew many old ladies who lived in his neighborhood. There was one woman who he spent some time with, helping her with errands and other needs. She lived by herself, and McCartney wrote the titular character from her perspective.
“I found out that she lived on her own, so I would go around there and just chat, which is sort of crazy if you think about me being some young Liverpool guy,” McCartney wrote. “Later, I would offer to go and get her shopping. She’d give me a list, and I’d bring the stuff back, and we’d sit in her kitchen. I still vividly remember the kitchen because she had a little crystal radio set.”
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