Something About the Beatles

I’m listening to your podcast on a Hard Day’s Night turning 60. The comment by the gal who said she lived in Hicksville America…my family had recently moved to Loco Hills, New Mexico from northeastern Oklahoma. Loco Hills probably had a population of 200. I saw a Hard’s Night in Artesia, NM, the nearest town of any size where we shopped for groceries and clothing. I was 9 years old, and I already loved the Beatles, of course I had seen them on Ed Sullivan on our old black and white tv. I had a Beatles hair bow, fake black velveteen that had all their names in white and of course I had Beatles boots. Later on I was the first girl in Loco Hills to sport white gogo boots with fishnet stockings 😂

Apologies if you’ve covered this theory before and I missed it. Theory: what if John pulled himself out of the Beatles because he felt his songwriting abilities were diminishing while George was coming on strong. Paul was on fire of course. Could it have entered his mind that he might become “the George” with a couple songs on each album? He wasn’t too helpful with George songs on the White Album. What if he saw a George as an incoming threat? The good looking guy who’s talking to your wife at a party. We all assume John loved his White Album songs as much as we do. But what if John didn’t love them but “only liked them”… knowing they weren’t “hit” songs in his competition with Paul. He’d already done the “No Ego thing” with LSD. If he didn’t think his songs were “Beatles’ Quality” that could explain his fear of George overtaking him in the band. In John’s mind the songs George contributed to Abbey Road might have really triggered self-doubt. If John goes solo he can avoid direct competition. I know you can shoot holes in this theory… but at least give it a little thought. LOVE YOUR SHOW!!!

I’ve become pretty obsessed with this podcast over the past couple of years. It has seen me through many long afternoons at work and has added to my enjoyment of The Beatles work. Robert is a great host; knowledgeable and witty. If you’re looking for engaging and balanced Beatle content then SATB is the podcast for you.

the podcast is informative but the host comes across as smug a lot. I wish he still had his old co-host. He was a good balance. Also I think he over-edits a lot of the episodes. Sometimes less is more. I know he’s trying to smooth it out meticulously but because of that you can oftentimes hear multiple edits in one or two sentences. You can tell that because the ambient background noise changes abruptly from edit to edit. It’s not a dealbreaker but def noticeable. If such small sections of audio require THAT much editing, maybe it would be better to just re-record that part?