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 Alfred Hitchcock; written by Joseph Stefano; 1960 Voice Actors  Joe Anastasi Mike Sugar Annie Mawson -- as herself. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices