Ranking The Beatles
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Ranking The Beatles
Musician and self-described Beatles fanatic Jonathan Pretus ranked the entire recorded catalog of the Beatles, because he's a big, big nerd. Then he decided to make a podcast to talk with other people and learn about their connection with The Beatles' music. Tune in as Jonathan and his guests, joi...
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#178 - Octopus' Garden with The Beths
Originally released March 16, 2021
Sometimes, all it takes to write a signature song is...quitting your band. During a sabbatical from the tense...
#72 - I've Just Seen A Face with guest Jack Petruzelli
It's weird how many songs the Beatles have that aren't "hits" but are still universally loved. It seems everyone knows and loves "I've Just Seen A Fac...
#73 - Blackbird with Allan Kozinn (author, The McCartney Legacy)
McCartney's ability to craft the most capitvating, simple, and gorgeous melodies never fails to amaze. Conceived (we think/he tells us) as a song of e...
#74 - Julia with Jude Southerland Kessler
One of the best things about the White Album is seeing so many different sides of each Beatle. To close out the first disc, we get a rare glimpse of t...
#75 - Get Back with Robert Rodriguez & Jerry Hammack
Ever seen an artist create a global smash hit from the moment of inception through each and every moment of rehearsal and refinement to recording, liv...
#76 - Slow Down with guests Blotto Beatles
Maybe it's just me, but I've got a real sweet spot for when, in the midst of all the chaos of exploding into the world's biggest band and becoming the...
#77 - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds with Jason Kruppa
Did you guys know the Beatles did drugs? IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE TITLE, MAN, LSDDDDDDDD! Inspired by a drawing done by his son Julian, John's "Lucy in...
#78 - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) with author Sara Schmidt
**Disclaimer: First show of the new year, and yeah, I know, I blew it, but I own up to it! The integrity of the list remains!**
The fabs sure lo...
#79 - Taxman with Vinyl Benjy
What do George Harrison and Big Worm from the movie Friday have in common? Messing with their money is like messing with their emotions. But Big Perm,...
#80 - For No One with Duncan Driver
Everyone knows that couple...everytime you go on holiday, they seem to get into a fight about SOMETHING. Then everyone's walking on eggshells, trying...
#81 - Hey Jude with James Campion (author, "Sing A Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude")
Note: PLS LISTEN BEFORE LIGHTING YOUR TORCHES AND GATHERING YOUR PITCHFORKS!
Written as a way to show sympathy and encouragement to young Julian...
#82 - Dig A Pony with guest Nicholas Dayton (songwriter/producer, Sesame Street)
John came into the Get Back project only one fully formed new song, "All I Want Is You," later re-named as "Dig A Pony." After a possibly initial ambi...
#83 - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away with Steven Page
Thousands of words have been written about Bob Dylan's influence on the Beatles. Despite all those words, one need look no further than "You've Got to...
#84 - Old Brown Shoe with guest Sean Nelson
Upon rejoining the band following his departure in the Get Back sessions, George pulled his more serious material, most of which would end up on All T...
#85 - One After 909 with BC The Beatles
As a songwriter, I could never imagine at this point in my life, putting out song a wrote at 16 or 17. I don't ever want anyone to hear that. But then...
#86 - Baby's In Black with Andy Nicholes (co-host 2Legs Podcast)
Though the Lennon & McCartney songwriting team found it harder and harder to truly write songs together from scratch as they got busier and busier, wi...
#87 - You Never Give Me Your Money with Tom Hunyady (co-host, 2Legs and Talk More Talk podcasts)
In many ways, Paul McCartney is the ultimate storyteller. He's got an unparalleled ability to craft characters and a situations that are so vivid, you...
#88 - No Reply with guest Jeff Slate (musician, journalist)
The journey of "No Reply" is a curious one. A song John seemed to not think much of, and originally offered to another Brian Epstein-managed artist, i...
#89 - Lady Madonna with Davis Rogan (pianist, host DJ Davis' Tasting Notes))
After spending a year and half out firmly planted in psychedelia, The Beatles returned to Earth at the beginning of 1968 with "Lady Madonna," a Paul-p...
#90 - The Inner Light with Caitlin Larkin (DJ, Sirius XM The Beatles Channel)
There seems to be somewhat of a misconception of The Beatles having a really big "Indian period." In reality, there's only 3 songs that really fit tha...
#91 - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey with guest Brian Marchese (host, Where's That Sound Coming From?)
The longest titled song in the Beatles' catalogue is also one that maybe flies a bit below the radar. Buried on side 3 of the White album, "Everybody'...
BONUS! A Let It Be Podcast Roundtable Chat
After decades of hiding in the Apple vaults, the Beatles' 1970 film Let It Be is finally out! Lovingly restored thanks to Peter Jackson's team, the do...
#92 - If I Needed Someone with Ethan Alexanian (host, Fans on the Run)
Imagine the feeling you'd get when the band that was the inspiration for YOUR band put out a song and told everyone YOUR band inspired that song? Prob...
#93 - Honey Pie with Dr. Christine Feldman-Barrett, author (A Women's History of the Beatles, The Life, Death, and Afterlife of the Record Store)
Much has been discussed of Paul McCartney's love of what John Lennon called "granny music." The music of his parents' generation, British Music Hall,...
#94 - Free As A Bird with Skylar Moody (Beatles content creator, journalist)
Some 25 years after the Beatles' break up, new music from the band emerged via a cosmic combination of technology and enduring love...and the career-s...
#95 - Savoy Truffle with Chris Carter (host, Breakfast with the Beatles)
After a few years of producing some fairly heady and serious musical output, George found himself wanting to lighten the load a bit in 1968. Not every...
#96 - It Won't Be Long with Ken Womack (author, "Living the Beatles Legend, The Untold Story of Mal Evans")
Riding high on the success of a chart topping debut album and #1 singles, the Beatles were searching for what the next big hit would be. While "It Won...
#97 - Good Morning, Good Morning with Red Rockers
It can be tough to write songs when you're not out living real life experiences. After the Beatles stopped touring, John often found himself at home,...
#98 Hello Goodbye with Debbie Davis (singer, musician)
1967 was arguably the top of the mountain for the Beatles. With the Sgt. Pepper album, they provided the soundtrack that encapsulated global conscious...
#99 I Will with guest Mike Viola (singer, songwriter, producer)
We're into the top 100 songs in our rankings! We can't turn back now!!
Paul McCartney seems to have a knack for making sure he finishes things....
#100 I Should Have Known Better with Laurie Kaye
As Paul noted in the Get Back series, The Beatles seemed to excel when their backs were against a wall. They were certainly feeling the time crunch du...
#101 - Every Little Thing with Joe Adragna, singer, songwriter (The Junior League, The Minus 5)
While the exact time and place of this song seems to have been lost to the fog of 80+ years of memories, Paul does remember that he wrote this song wi...
#103 You're Going to Lose That Girl & #102 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) with guest Mary Lasseigne
Been a long time since we did a two-fer episode! Here we go!
The Beatles often seemed to turn in some of their best work when up against a deadl...
Now & Then - a round table discussion from Ranking the Beatles, Blotto Beatles, & BC The Beatles
IT'S HERE!! New Beatles music in...2023!?!?!
What a time to be a Beatles fan. After blowing our collective minds with the Get Bac...
#104 - You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) with Sam Whiles, host of "Paul or Nothing"
After what must have been a creatively exhausting few months creating Sgt. Pepper, The Beatles blew off steam by recording a track that was more in li...
#105 - Across The Universe with Dan Wilson (guitarist)
Lots of songwriters point to the idea that the best songs are the ones that tend to find the you, letting the writer be the vessel or medium. Much lik...
#106 - Baby, It's You with Chuck Gunderson, author "Some Fun Tonight"
It almost seems a shame that the Beatles only ever recorded one Burt Bacharach song. There are arguably no finer melodicists in modern popular music t...
#107 - I Feel Fine with Laurence Juber (guitarist, composer, Wings)
At the end of what was probably the busiest year they'd ever have, the Beatles needed a single for the Christmas market in 1964. They needed to churn...
#108 - I've Got A Feeling with Julian Fulco Perron (singer, songwriter)
Though the Lennon/McCartney partnership really only existed in name by 1969, the two songwriters still knew who the best person was to help complete a...
#109 I'll Cry Instead with Phoebe Lorde of Another Kind of Mind
In early 1964, John was certainly on a hot streak as a songwriter. He had the lion's share of material on the band's 3rd album, the soundtrack to thei...