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In part 1, I named my second favorite Beatles podcast and general-topic, comedy, and defunct podcasts that I especially like. Ranking podcasts Ranking the Beatles. Jonathan Pretus (usually accompanied by his wife, Julia) ranks every Beatles song from 224 to 1. Sie Liebt Dich winds up at 224, and of this writing Jonathan has yet…
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I’ve listened to episodes of more than 50 Beatles or solo Beatles podcasts. These are my the ones that I enjoy the most. All of the podcasts that I mention here offer at least some episodes for free (though some also offer episodes behind a paywall), and some offer all their episodes for free. I’ll…
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Within the Beatles’ catalog are a few (some? several?) songs on which only one Beatle appears, either as a singer or as both a singer and a musician. I’ll attempt to list all those songs in this post. As I customarily do, I’ll begin by guessing on how many songs appear on the list: six.…
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This is the fourth and final installment in our series in a series in which I choose tracks from The Beatles’ U.K. albums that could have been released as singles in England. Post 25: Could-have-been singles, 1963-64 Post 32: Could-have-been singles, 1965-66 Post 40: Could-have-been singles, 1967-68 Yellow Submarine (1969) I’ve always considered Yellow Submarine…
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The Beatles couldn’t predict the future any better than the rest of us. But a few of their songs seem to foretell the future in oddly specific ways. In this post I’ll examine three of those songs, plus a bonus: two songs that some might argue contain premonitions that I’m not so sure about. I…
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“Theory” might be too strong; in the world of financial services marketing, a legal reviewer might call that word “promissory.” But I have a germ of an idea for a theory about what made The Beatles such a successful collaboration. Before I explain, be aware that I’ll be using the word “need” loosely, to mean…
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I haven’t written much about Ringo in the blog. That’s my fault, not his. I tend to forget that Ringo appeared in The Beatles’ story so late, relatively, which is a testament to how quickly he assimilated. When Ringo joined the band in August 1962, Brian Epstein was already managing them, EMI had already signed…
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Before you read any further, guess how many Beatles’ songs don’t feature the title of the song in the lyrics. I guessed 35, somewhere in the range of 15-20% of their catalog. Then I did the research. But before I reveal the results, shouldn’t there be a name for songs that don’t mention the title…
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Overall, The Beatles enunciated their lyrics, especially when they sang the songs that they wrote. But when they–no, let’s be precise–when John sang some cover songs, he had a habit of amending some of the lyrics. It was almost as if he didn’t know all of the words. In this post, we’ll examine one of…
Off The Beatle Track 