59 episodes
The Beatles World Cup The Beatles World Cup
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5.0 • 5 Ratings
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What's the greatest Beatles song of all time? We think there's only one way to find out - by pitting every Beatles song against each other in the ultimate winner-takes-all tournament! Join Jono, Rob and special guests as they progress through the rounds robins, knockouts, and finals to find the ultimate Beatles song. It won't be easy, it will be contentious, but one thing's for sure - no song is safe... Not even your favourite.
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The Best... Source of Information
How do you like your Beatles facts? Exquisitely researched in minute detail? In one-sided Anthology form? Or 8 hours long and counting? This week, we're looking at the best sources of Beatles information on offer, in any format (semi-weekly antipodean head-to-head podcasts not included)
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The Best... Non-Standard Instrument
We're back... again! This week: The Best Use of Non-Standard Instrument. Forget your guitars and drums and pianos - this is all about the beautiful, the obscure or the downright odd instruments that have turned up in Beatles tracks. And yes, the recorder gets a mention.
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The Best... Ringo-centric Song
Don't pass this one by! It's all about Ringo this week, as we work out which Ringo-centric Beatles song is the best of all. We'll act naturally as we dive into a strange bouquet of deeply sonorous musical oddities, but which one will we drum up support for?... Yup, that's all we got.
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The Best... Album Cover
Our Best of specials continue this week with a deep dive into the best Beatles album cover of all time. From photos to drawings, collages to single shots, psychedelia to.. well... nothing! 12 to choose from, only one can win... unless of course two do, as let's face it, Jono and Rob’s favourites rarely align!
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The Best... Opening Track
We're back! After an epic 51 heats, and a wee lie down for a few months, Jono & Rob are back with a special series celebrating the best of the best of the Beatles. This week, the best opening track of a Beatles album. From I Saw Her Standing There to Two of Us and all the bangers in between, we put our patented ranking system into action to work out the winner. Best start listening!
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The Redemption Episode
64 Beatles tracks are through to the knockout rounds of The Beatles World Cup ... but there's just time for a quick revisit of our choices, and the opportunity to right some wrongs and wrong some rights. Rob & Jono each pick a song to bring back, but also a song currently on the list to consign to the dustbin. And in true Power to the People, listeners get to as well! Do we redeem ourselves and atone for past sins? Find out over 17 minutes!
Customer Reviews
Fun & easy listen!
This is a really enjoyable podcast, who two fun presenters working through every song, including many I'd never heard of!
Speaking words of wisdom...
I'm really enjoying this podcast series on Beatles songs which chooses a song to advance each week from a field of four. I'm very familiar with Beatles songs that were released as singles but not as well versed on B sides and album tracks.
This podcast is introducing me to new Beatles music that I haven't heard before.
Jono and Rob have a good chemistry and pleasant voices. This is an easy listen and a short podcast released weekly. I look forward to the later rounds where things will get really tough.
Recommended for Beatles fans, anyone with an interest of 1960s music and anecdotes of music history.
And in the end…there can be only one
As I big fan of football and the Beatles, this podcast is a winner for me, even if the Fabs themselves had little interest in the beautiful game. The premise is simple: each episode 4 randomly selected Beatles songs from the episode before are pitted against each other, giving the hosts the opportunity to discuss and share opinions and memories of each tune before then selecting their favourite. Sometimes they agree, sometimes not, in which case a penalty shootout style tiebreaker is used to decide which song wins and which three are eliminated from the competition.
It’s only five heats in as I write this, but already some heavyweights have been drawn against each other and defeated, while some of the minnows have survived to fight another day, such is the nature of knockout World Cups! Each episode is short, the hosts humour and rapport is engaging, as is their obvious affection and interest for the Beatles catalogue. The World Cup is such an obvious stage for the biggest band in history, the Brazil of the music world, and I’m looking forward to see which songs make the final and hold the ultimate trophy aloft.
Highly recommended for Beatles fans looking for some fun.