Pete Shotton the storyline of "Eleanor Rigby" (he suggested that the two lonely people in the song meet, but too late). Shotton also recalls Lennon squinting at the words of a Victorian-era poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal that hung in Lennon's music room at Kenwood while he worked out the tune for "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!". According to writer Stan Williams, Shotton's wife Beth is the "pretty nurse" selling poppies mentioned in the lyrics of "Penny Lane". After the Beatles became famous, Lennon and George Harrison bought a supermarket on Hayling Island, and gave it to Shotton to
From a Lover to a Friend McCartney, however, was less certain whom the song was about in an interview on Howard Stern's radio show. "The Guardian" called it a "masterpiece... so delicate and honest that it sounds pretty much perfect." "From a Lover to a Friend" was recorded on 27 February 2001 with Paul playing bass and piano, Abe Laboriel, Jr. playing drums, Rusty Anderson on 12-string electric guitar, and Gabe Dixon on piano. From a Lover to a Friend "From a Lover to a Friend" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 2001 album "Driving Rain". It was released as a single and