Show Notes
The panel reviews and discusses last year's hit Beatle book John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, by Ian Leslie. We loved this book. For those who haven't read it, it's a "biography of a relationship" - telling the story of John and Paul's partnership through their songs. Each chapter is named after a song which means even the table of contents tells a story. For the casual fan, this book is a pretty thorough summary of all the major events of their lives. For the Beatles experts, Ian underlines facts you might not have noticed (John and Paul both use "I" even when they trade lead vocal on "A Hard Day's Night", the album Rubber Soul took just 14 days of studio time to record?) as well as thoughtful connections you might not have considered (You can see "Tommorrow Never Knows" as an answer to "Yesterday"). His description of the songs themselves captures what it feels like to listen to them. He rightfully points out that any Beatles fan has listened to "Hey Jude" so many times it's ironically tough to ACTUALLY hear. They he describes the gradual build of the song that it pops into your head, fresh for the first time in years! It's a best seller so many of you will have read it. If not, we think you'll love it if you do.Panelists: Will Hines, Brett Morris, Katie Plattner, Joel Spence ------------------ Email us at [email protected] Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to support the show and for bonus episodes.
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This is our original episode discussing Rubber Soul, first published in February 2017. In honor of the super deluxe version of the album coming out this week, we decided to re-release this ep! Hope you like it! Panelists: Will, Joel, Curtis and Ariana. ------------------ Email us at [email protected] Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to support the show and for bonus episodes.
The panel (Brett, Joel, Katie and Will) each put together a one-disc White Album. 45 minutes max -- what do you cut? What do you keep? ------------------ Email us at [email protected] Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to support the show and for bonus episodes.
Will and Joel welcome guest Connor Ratliff (Dead Eyes podcast, George Lucas Talk Show) to pick what they think are the funniest Beatles songs. What makes a Beatles song funny? We each had our own way of deciding that. Email us your thoughts! ------------------ Email us at [email protected] Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to support the show and for bonus episodes. (republished to improve some audio filtering)
The Beatles announced on July 29 that they are releasing a remixed version of Rubber Soul with bonus tracks this October 2026. Joel and Will do an emergency episode to discuss! ------------------ Email us at [email protected] Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com to get support the show and get access to our full back catalog of episodes and for bonus episodes.