RARE EARTH : ELEANOR RIGBY (1970)

Μια από τις κορυφαίες διασκευές τραγουδιού των Beatles που έχω ακούσει είναι αυτή εδώ των Rare Earth : δράστης ο Tom Baird, συμπαραγωγός του άλμπουμ μαζί με τον παμμέγιστο Norman Whitfield. Από το άλμπουμ των R.E. Ecology του 1970. 📀 📀 One of the best Beatles song covers I’ve heard is this one by Rare Earth : the mastermind behind it is Tom Baird, co-producer of the album alongside the great Norman Whitfield. From Rare Earth’s Ecology album, 1970.

I look at all the lonely people
I look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice
In the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face
That she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie writing the words
Of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks
In the night when there’s nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby died in the church
And was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt
From his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

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3 Comments

  1. Ken Powell September 27, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Well, that was wild! A far cry from Cody Fry’s cover which, I have to confess, I’m rather in love with. This couldn’t have a different mood if you tried! Rare Earth is not a band I’m familiar with. I should change that…

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    1. Oannes September 28, 2025 at 11:44 am

      I like the CF one but …not in love. I think Sir Paul himself would’ve done it better (although less ambitiously) on one of his pseudo-classical excursions. 😃

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  2. Resa September 28, 2025 at 11:35 pm

    Really great!!! Thank you!

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