"Eleanor Rigby" Parodies

"Eleanor Rigby" Parodies

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"Eleanor Rigby" Parodies refer to social media posts written in a way that invites readers to read the words to the tune of the popular Beatles song, "Eleanor Rigby." They're primarily popular on Twitter, where the parodies are often about current trends or memes.

Origin

"Eleanor Rigby" is the second track off the Beatles album Revolver. It was released as a single on August 5th, 1966[1] (shown below).



Parodies of the song will often follow the meter of the song's verse, which reads:

Eleanor Rigby
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream

Twitter users began writing parodies of the track in the early 2010s. One of the earliest extant examples is a February 14th, 2010 post by @reyar, who wrote, "all the lonely hipsters, where do they all come from? i look at all the lonely hipsters."[2]


Ray Tan @reyar all the lonely hipsters, where do they all come from? i look at all the lonely hipsters. (tune: beatles' eleanor rigby) http://bit.ly/399m4l 10:41 AM Feb 14, 2010 Twitter Web Client

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The parodies began to grow more popular in 2016 thanks in part to the tweets of @KestrelPi, who tweeted a series of popular examples in 2015 and 2016. His most popular example read:

To the tune of Eleanor Rigby:
Dog in a trenchcoat
Getting promoted at work but then sheds his disguise
Canine surprise

The October 27th, 2016 post gained over 23,000 retweets and 47,000 likes (shown below, left). The following day, he had another popular example about Danny DeVito trying to produce a sequel to Twins, gaining over 560 retweets and 1,300 likes (shown below, right). The users tweets were covered by The Poke.[3]


Peter Silk @KestrelPi To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: Dog in a trenchcoat Getting promoted at work but then sheds his disguise Canine surprise 7:22 AM Oct 27, 2016 Twitter Web Client Peter Silk @KestrelPi To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: Danny DeVito Trying to kickstart a low budget sequel to Twins Arnie's not in Twitter Web Client 6:57 AM Oct 28, 2016

More recently, on November 3rd, 2019, Twitter user @mnurkic gained over 1,900 retweets and 17,000 likes making an Epstein Didn't Kill Himself joke (shown below, left). @arrrroberts gained over 70 retweets and 300 likes on October 6th, 2019 joking about the character Hannibal Lecter (shown below, right).


frank lloyd zappa @mnurkic [to the tune of eleanor rigby] hillary clinton killed jeffrey epstein, ensured it was ruled suicide the coroner lied 1:12 AM Nov 3, 2019 Twitter for iPhone s Adam Roberts @arrroberts MIND AT THE END OF TS THER *to the tune of Eleanor Rigby* Hannibal Lecter Wearing the face that he keeps in a jar by the door Who is it for? 12:08 PM Oct 6, 2019 Twitter Web App

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Sue Fletcher-Watson @SueReviews To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: Eleanor Rigby Let's change the words to make fun on a modern day theme This is a meme @LeVostreGC 7:34 AM Dec 3, 2016 Twitter for iPhone Steve Horton @tropicalsteve To the tune of Eleanor Rigby: Anthony Weiner Why does he keep popping up in the news I need some b0oze 7:51 AM Oct 29, 2016 from Tampa, FL Twitter for Android sweet ros and hella guil @cyranope to the tune of Eleanor Rigby Wide-brim fedora Wide as your shoulders- no, wider- no, wider than that Gigantic hat 2:05 AM Dec 6, 2016 Twitter for Android 4

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