Recent Posts
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#163 – Chains with Susan Cowsill (singer, songwriter; The Cowsills)
This 1963 album Please Please Me album track is a great example of the Beatles understanding the value in digging through record store racks for songs other bands weren't playing...
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#164 – Not A Second Time with Andrew Sandoval (producer, author, radio host, artist manager, songwriter)
This 1963 John song often gets overlooked these days as album filler. However, this With The Beatles track can be seen as one of the songs responsible for writers and critics viewing The Beatles as actual artists....
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#165 – Your Mother Should Know with Mike Viola (singer, songwriter, producer)
Happy 1 year birthday to us! Thanks to everyone who's joined us on this ride so far!
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#166 – Think For Yourself with Kyle Gass (Tenacious D, guitarist/actor)
After having his mind perm-blown by acid in the spring of 65, George's songwriting changed its' trajectory, both in quality (upwards) and in subject matter....
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#167 – I’m Looking Through You with Mark Bryan (Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist, songwriter)
Paul McCartney sometimes is (unfairly) criticized for not bearing himself in his songs in the more upfront ways John often did....
Reviews
Ranking the songs of the Beatles? What could possibly go wrong? But somehow this podcast gets it just right thanks to the wit and charm of the co-hosts and their guests. The listener quickly discovers the rankings are used not to incite heated arguments but rather as a starting point to spark a positive deep dive into every Beatle song. Put simply, Ranking The Beatles is a welcome addition to the Beatle podcast universe.
Required listening if you like The Beatles at all. Great guests every week and Jonathan and Julia are fun and genuinely funny (even the tired Mike Love jokes). I listen every Tuesday morning as soon as I wake up. One week around Christmas they took the week off so I just slept the whole week until there was a new episode. It was worth the wait.
Nice to see a truly excellent new Beatles podcast. This one is hosted by a very appealing young couple, who along with their well selected guests, have a winning combination of professional musical knowledge and the enthusiasm of fans. It’s an interesting format that by definition promises to only get better as it goes along. If they can make the “Only a Northern Song” episode good then they’re unstoppable