Before you roll your eyes,
take a second: in this special episode, Richard and Robert dissect
what is easily the most polarizing recording of The Beatles’ entire
canon: the musique
concrète produced by John, with assistance from Yoko and
George, issued on their wildly expansive 1968 self-titled double
album....
Said Allmusic about our guest: “He writes songs that are melodic, hooky and
emotionally true, and he sings and plays them with an honesty and
force that still finds room for humor without venom.” (See any
commonality with The Beatles?) In this episode, Robert and Richard
sat down and talked Beatles (and music...
“Are The Beatles on their way out now?,” asked The Daily
Sketch. Said a critic at The Sunday Mirror: “They have,
to put it bluntly, goofed. ‘Paperback Writer’ would have gone into
my junk box had it been by another group.”
They were speaking of this, The Beatles’ 12th
single: a work signaling the...
Setting aside the thematic full album works like
Run Devil Run, Rock ‘n’ Roll or Sentimental
Journey, the former Beatles recorded a fair amount of material
written by others. Naturally, Ringo – the least prolific writer
among them – relied on covers the most, but each of them had
favorite tunes that they...
Hosted by award-winning author Robert Rodriguez, Something About The Beatles is an intelligent but entertaining examination of The Beatles' music and career. Smart, funny and surprising - just like the Fab Four.