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Father McKenzie. He also was the one who was wiping his hands as he walked from the grave. He made himself known from "Eleanor Rigby" on the Revolver LP in 1966.
Molly. Just plain Molly. Desmond liked her face and they became Desmond and Molly Jones. From one of the most memorable tunes from "The Beatles" LP (known also as The White Album).
The queen. "Penny Lane" is from "Magical Mystery Tour" released in 1967, right after the Summer of Love cooled down.
Sweet Loretta Martin. Great provocative lyrics from the final Beatle days. Tune is "Get Back" from the "Let it Be" LP - 1970.
Jojo. For whatever reasons, Jojo was being admonished to get back to where he once belonged. From the final track of 1970's "Let it Be."
monkey. Some say this song is about Yoko Ono. Others say it is about the Mareshi.
Blackbird. Paul McCartney was inspired to write this song while in India and a bird woke him up at 6:00 in the morning. It has also been said that if you listen carefully to this song, you can hear Paul tapping his foot in the background.
Horse. John Lennon based the lyrics of this song on an old circus poster he got at an antique store.
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Free as a Bird. This was the first of the "Anthology" reunion songs.
Elephant and tiger. This song was about a kid named Richard Cooke III, whom The Beatles met in Rishikesh.
Rocky Raccoon. A cute little song that was originally called "Rocky Sassoon", until the singer Donovan helped Paul McCartney out a little with the lyrics.
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Piggies. This was the song that prompted Charles Manson to kill eight people and write "Pig" and "Piggies" on the wall. He even had them stabbed with forks and knives because George Harrison mentions them in the lyrics. For some reason, he thought The Beatles were telling him to give the "piggies" a "damn good wacking".
Octopus's. Ringo Starr wrote this song after meeting a fisherman who told him all about the octopuses that lived at the bottom of the ocean. For a time, Ringo wanted to live at the bottom of the sea too.
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. This song is about a picture drawn by Julian Lennon (John's son) about a schoolmate called Lucy.
I Am The Walrus. "Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long..."
Lovely Rita. She was "Filling in a ticket in a little white book".
This song is included in the mythical album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". When Paul was told that the girls who worked in the parking meter were called "meter maids" in the USA, he found it funny and got the inspiration to write this song.
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da. This cheerful song from the album called "The Beatles" (which everyone calls "The White Album") was written and sung by Paul.
Baby You're A Rich Man. This song is from the Album "Magical Mystery Tour". Some people consider this album as a second part of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band".
Across The Universe. "Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe..."
This song was written by John after an argument with his first wife Cynthia, and some years later it was recorded for the album "Let It Be"
Penny Lane. "In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine."
| I'm hungry now, I've just heard a song talking about "chocolate cake"! Which song have I listened to? | Objects in Beatles Songs
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The Ballad Of John And Yoko. The song tells all the problems John and Yoko had to get married.
| Before saying "wearing raincoats" the title of this song is mentioned. "Raincoats" are worn in which song? | Objects in Beatles Songs
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Two Of Us. This song was written by Paul and dedicated to his first wife Linda, who passed away in 1998.
Glass Onion. John wrote this song in order to confuse the people who like finding hidden messages in their songs. He did it: the song line "the walrus was Paul" was taken as a hint for the "Paul's dead" myth.
A name Paul concocted. Many tourist have seen an "Elenor Rigby" tombstone in a cemetary in the Liverpool, England area, and some accounts have Paul and John strolling through a cemetary and getting the inspiration from the headstone. The question of why one-half of "The Beatles" was in a cemetary remains a mystery.
In an interview, Paul claimed that "Rigby" was the name of a store and "Eleanor" was from the actress Eleanor Bron. He thought the name "Eleanor Rigby" sounded natural.
The sister of a famous actress. The sister of actress Mia Farrow, Prudence met John Lennon on a spiritual retreat in India, which she attended with Mia. Prudence became depressed and would not come out of her room, so John tried to cheer her up with a song.
An Indian guru. After the Beatles attended a Transcendental Meditation camp, Lennon wrote the song about the Maharishi, who had made sexual advances toward Mia Farrow and her sister Prudence. Lennon did not think very highly of the guru.
None of these. This is a trick question to separate real Beatles fans from those taking guesses. Penny Lane is not a person, but an area of Liverpool, England where Paul McCartney spent time as a child.
A name that sounded good. A friend of John and Paul's wife was a French teacher who assisted Paul with the lyrics. "Michelle" won the 1966 Grammy for best song.
Women. While Paul McCartney claims that this is a tribute to women everywhere,it may have been inspired by his mother, who died when he was just fourteen years old.
Fictitous meter maid. With their accents, "Rita" seems to rhyme with "meter". After the release of the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album, 'Paul is Dead' rumors began, with some claiming that Paul was struck and killed by an automobile while admiring a pretty meter maid.
Lucy O'Donnell. Many people thought the song was about "LSD" because the letters are the initials of the title. John Lennon claimed it was inspired by a picture his 4-year-old son Julian drew in school of his friend, Lucy O'Donnell.
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