Episode 2: Eleanor Rigby

Episode 2: Eleanor Rigby – The Counter-Narrative!

In our second chapter, we explore the creation myth surrounding the song, Eleanor Rigby. Travel back in time with us to the very moment of formation of ... the Beatles.

Why this moment in time? Because it provides fascinating clues about the creation of this song. Join us in our investigation as we discover what in the world a psychological phenomenon known as cryptomnesia, has to do with the creation of Eleanor Rigby.

Buckle up, for we are going to visit a very specific graveyard just outside Liverpool where everything will be revealed. Well, almost everything. Try to figure out now, in advance if you can, what the film “Psycho” has to do with the song Eleanor Rigby!

Songs

Eleanor Rigby; Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter, of SDPL

Yesterday, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, of SDPL

Ola-na Tung-eee; Paul McCartney, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

A Day in the Life; Lennon and McCartney, ‘outro,’ performed by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Mellow Yellow; Donovan; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Da-Zi-Di-Da-Zu; Paul McCartney, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

A Hard Day’s Night, Lennon and McCartney; ‘intro,’ performed by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Richard Strauss

"Think!," Merv Griffin; mangled by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Twilight Zone Theme, Bernard Herrmann and Marius Constant, original recording cue, mangled by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

1985, Paul McCartney: ‘outro,’ performed by SDPL (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, and Matt Twain)

The Girl Can’t Help It; Bobby Troup; performed by Little Richard

Twenty Flight Rock; Ned Fairchild and Eddie Cochran; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by SDPL (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, and Matt Twain)

Cry Me a River; Arthur Hamilton; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Shake It Off; Taylor Swift, Max Martin, and Shellbac; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Moonlight Sonata, Piano Sonata No. 14, Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Easier Said Than Done; William Linton and Larry Huff; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Barracuda; Ann and Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher and Michael DeRosier; performed by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Maniac; Michael Sembello; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

String Concerto, Vivaldi; performed by Baroque Band

Bad Idea, Ariana Grande, Peter Svensson, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of SDPL

Psycho!, Bernard Herrmann, original recording cue, mangled by Mike Sugar, of SDPL

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by SDPL (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Sources

McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007

Recording the Beatles, Kevin Ryan & Brian Kehew, Curvebender Publishing; 2006

The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books; 2000

www.merriam-webster.com/medical/cryptomnesia

www.dictionary.apa.org/cryptomnesia

Sunbeams Music Trust; Annie Mawson, Director;

The Girl Can’t Help It; produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, screenplay adapted by Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker; 1956

Psycho! directed and produced by