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"Lovely Rita" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written mainly by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It is about a meter maid and the narrator's affection for her. [4]
"Meter maid" in Stockholm, Sweden, 1961. The term 'meter maid' was popularised in The Beatles' song "Lovely Rita", in which the male singer, smitten with a female traffic warden, recalls: Standing by a parking meter, when I caught a glimpse of Rita Filling in a ticket in her little white book. In a cap, she looked much older,
Jurgen, Generalisimo, Don Luigi, and Rita are four of Dr. Evil's henchmen who appear at the very beginning of the first film, along with Frau Farbissina and Mustafa. Jurgen is a doctor, Generalisimo is a dictator, Don Luigi is a hook-handed crime boss, and Rita is a meter maid.
Apparently the "meter maid" part refers to a parking attendant, which was later made famous by "Lovely Rita". In Tim Riley's book Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music – The Definitive Life he says the song is about a rather buxom parking attendant.
Remember "Lovely Rita, Meter Maid"? If I haven't misremembered the lyrics, three lines were "Will you feel free/To take some tea/With me?" —— Shakescene 21:38, 4 January 2010 (UTC) I suppose it might make a difference whether the singer was inviting Rita to drink tea with him or eat tea with him.
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In November 1966, on the flight back to England after a holiday in Kenya, McCartney conceived an idea in which an entire album would be role-played, with each of the Beatles assuming an alter-ego in the "Lonely Hearts Club Band", which would then perform a concert in front of an audience.