#150 – Dizzy Miss Lizzy with guest Sanjay Karnik
Guess who’s back? It’s your old pals at Ranking The Beatles! It’s 2022, and we’re back for Season 4, with new episodes and ready to rank more Beatles songs. We’re starting this season off by looking at a track the boys recorded because Capitol Records wanted a couple of new songs to tack onto yet another cobbled together American release. So the boys reached back into their Cavern/Hamburg bag of tricks, and dusted off a few belters by (fellow New Orleanian) Larry Williams. They liked the end results of “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” so much, they decided to tack it on to the end of the 5th album (and the soundtrack to their 2nd film – the color one) Help! It’s a barn burner of a rocker with a Lennon vocal that’s coming straight from the gut. It’s a rocker for sure, but a questionable arrangement choice, and some less than inspired guitar work, keeps this song from reaching the heights it maybe should’ve. It still smokes though, and is a ball to listen to.We’re excited to start this season off a little differently.
When we first started up this podcast, one of my oldest and dearest friends texted me that whenever it came about in the list, he wanted to talk about “Dizzy Miss Lizzy,” and after 25 years of friendship, you gotta do right by your buddy. So we’re happy to be joined by Sanjay Karnik, a New Orleans native, now living in Chicago, and one of the finest people we have the pleasure of knowing. We chat about a number of different things, including the Beatles influence in realtime on India (as opposed to the often discussed influence of India on the Beatles), learning western pop music in an Indian-American household, the speed of the bands trajectory, the advantage of knowing your creative partners so well, and beautiful story about his parents and “Love Me Do.” If you enjoy our chat, feel free to follow him on Twitter at @SKar1789 for a slew of progressive politics, sports, music, and other assorted shenanigans.What do you think? Too high? Too low? Just right? Let us know in the comments on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rankingthebeatles, Instagram @rankingthebeatles, or Twitter @rankingbeatles! Be sure to check out RTB’s official website, www.rankingthebeatles.com! Enjoying the show, and wanna show your support? Buy Us A Coffee!