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A podcast in which two old friends sit about and talk BS - Beatles Stuff - on a track-by-track basis pretty much for the sake of it!
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Saturday Feb 24, 2024
Saturday Feb 24, 2024
It's mea culpa time on Stuffology this week. The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed two tracks absent from our Beatles For Sale coverage - Every Little Thing and What You're Doing. This is because - and there's no delicate way of putting this - JG is an idiot and mis-posted. So Every Little Thing will post this week, What You're Doing next week and then after that we'll have our coverage of the album.
Aaaaaanyway.... How good is Every Little Thing anyway? How awesome is the timpani (answer: very awesome!)? And what cover version makes JG swear the air blue?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
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JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced, if that's the word this week, By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
Saturday Feb 10, 2024
We draw a veil over Beatles For Sale with the final song on the album, George's take on Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby.
How does the song stack up against the other cover versions? Who actually wrote it? And are the live versions better than the studio recording?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
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JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
It's a stroll through country, er, country this week, as I Don't Want To Spoil The Party moseys on up to the stand. Does the song work for the band? Can they embrace country as easily as other influences? Does anything about this actually, you know, work?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: / X / Rated @beatles_ology
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JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
We head back to the land of Carl Perkins this episode, population Ringo.
Yes, it's another cover version but how does this one fare? Can Ringo manage to sound enthusiastic? Does anyone - presenters included - care that much about this track? And will there be yet more Jeff Lynne commenatry?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
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JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
It's another cover version to be addressed in this episode as the Buddy Holly number "Words of Love" falls under the Beatles influence.
Do they manage to capture anything of the original? Who says something nice about Jeff Lynne? And why no Ringo praise?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
It's Christmas! Or at least it was when this episode dropped which makes this our Christmas episode! That means we kick off the episode with a discussion about Beatles music that gets used in Christmas adverts - is it effective? Or just blatant manipulation? Or something else?
Then it's time to move on to our main feature, Eight Days A Week. Does the song stack up against other Beatles No 1's in America? Does the song deserve the description "slight"? And does the Ron Howard movie of the same name justify itself in the pantheon of Beatles documentaries?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter / X / Are We Still On This? : @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced by: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Saturday Dec 02, 2023
Like every living creature on planet Earth, it will come as no surprise to discover We Have Opinions on the new Beatles single Now And Then. So we kick off the podcast with a discussion about the new track, the video, whether it really is a Beatles song (spoiler: it is) and whether it's better than the 90s Beatles singles.
And then after that it's back to our regularly scheduled programme with Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey. How does the song work in terms of being a medely? Does it help lift the rather doleful mood of the album so far? And - for the second episode in a row! - we have some listener mail to report on. Exciting stuff all round, in other words!
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter / X / It's The End of Social Media As We Known It (And I Feel Fine): @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Saturday Nov 18, 2023
Well, the time has arrived. We've talked about it often enough in the run-up to this episode but, finally, it's time to tackle the much-reviled Mr Moonlight.
Does the song deserve it's reputation as one of the big stinkers of the early Beatles career? Is there much justification for it on the album? And just how far down the ranking (or up - it's that exciting!) will it land?
Plus - shock of all shocks - we have some listener correspondence to discuss!
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter / X / Not Going Well, Is It?: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
Saturday Nov 04, 2023
It's a brief (very brief, in fact) foray in to the world of the Short McCartney Ballad with the rather charming "I'll Follow The Sun".
Does the song deserve to be thought of as slight? How many weather-related other songs can get mentioned? And is there enough content to actually justify calling it a ballad?
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter / X / Is This Still A Thing?: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
It's time for a cover of one of the most well-known songs ever as The Beatles cover Chuck Berry's Rock and Roll Music.
Does the song deserve the classic status it holds? Do The Beatles manage to make a decent fist of it? And how many times can the word "Showaddywaddy" me mentioned in one podcast? (If you're thinking the answer is "too many" then you're correct!)
Rankings: Track-by-track Ranking
eMail: beatlesstuffology@gmail.com
Twitter / X / It's The End Of The World As We Know It: @beatles_ology
Instagram: beatlesstuffology
JG's Blog: Judgementally Reviews…
Andrew’s Blog: Stuffology
Produced By: JG McQuarrie