Things We Said Today Beatles Radio

With Paul McCartney about to undertake his “Got Back” Tour in the weeks before his 80th birthday, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo devote Episode 362 of Things We Said Today to assembling setlists that are a bit different from what he has traditionally done, or that include songs he has long neglected in concert. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear

In Episode 361 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo speak with Pete Compton, who co-directed (with Ajoy Bose) the new film ‘The Beatles in India’ – an expansive look at the Beatles’ involvement with Indian music and spirituality, as well as the Beatles’ impact on India.   NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Ple

In Episode 360 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss the often-overlooked “Yellow Submarine” album and the 1999  “Yellow Submarine Songtrack” expanded remix. We also, in light of the delay in the release of “The Beatles: Get Back” DVD/Blu-ray, pass along Peter Jackson’s advice that we let Disney and Apple know that we want bonus material on such a release. Here are some relevant addresses, as well as a link to an online petition: To email Disney:  TWDS.Global.Communications@disney.com To catch their attention on Twitter, include @DisneyPlus, @disney and @thebeatles in your Tweet. (Disney’s Facebook pages don’t allow for messages, public or private.) In social media, use the hashtag #TheBeatlesGetBack.  To send Apple snail mail, write to Jeff Jones, Apple Corps, 27 Ovington Square, London, England SWW3 1JL. The petition: https://www.change.org/p/walt-disney-the-beatles-get-back-extended-cut?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_32233916_en-GB%3A6&recruiter=1251097143&rec

In Episode 359 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo look back at a few enduring misconceptions about the Beatles and their history. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get

Things We Said Today #358 – 2021 Year-End Review In Episode 358 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo look back at the audio, video and books released in 2021, and single out their favorites, before offering their hopes for 2022 Beatles and solo projects. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and w

In Episode 357 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo commemorate the 20th anniversary of George Harrison’s passing with an overview of his musical contributions to the Beatles, and on his own, and a look at how he made some of his other interests part of the cultural conversation. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two we

In Episode 356 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo offer some impressions of “The Beatles: Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s extraordinary eight-hour exploration of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. I

In Episode 355 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo interview Peter Jackson, the director of “The Beatles: Get Back” – the most anticipated Beatles project since “The Beatles Anthology,” in 1995. Mr. Jackson is also, of course, the director of the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, and the extraordinary World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old.” And true to form, the master of film epics spent no less than four hours with us. Included is lots of new information about the film and the techniques Mr. Jackson used to make it – including demonstrations of his new AI-based audio system (MAL), which goes far beyond spectral technology in separating layers of sound within a mono recording. Lots of talk as well about the Nagra tapes, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the power dynamic within the Beatles during the making of “Let It Be,” and other topics – and a number of mysteries Mr. Jackson still wants to get to the bottom of.  NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. T

In Episode 354 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo review “Lyrics,” the two-volume book by Paul McCartney (with help from the poet Paul Muldoon) has just been published. Is it really, as he has suggested, an autobiography, told through his song lyrics? How illuminating is it – and how accurate are his memories? What does it tell us – and what does it leave out? Is it a thrill or a disappointment? So many questions – but that’s what we do. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear

In Episode 353 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo interview Simon Weitzman and Andy Lee, the director and editor, respectively, of “Here, There & Everywhere,” a new film-in-progress about the universe of Beatles fandom, across generations and around the world, and taking in everything from collectors, convention attendees (and administrators), members of the Quarry Men and school friends of the Beatles themselves, and artists and performers whose work is inspired by the Beatles’ music. You can check out their trailer and donate to the project at: tinyurl.com/htaefilm Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, twe

In Episode 352 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo review Ringo Starr’s new EP, “Change the World,” and discuss “The Beatles: Get Back,” the new book of transcripts and photographs from the “Get Back/Let It Be” sessions that was just published to accompany the “Let It Be Special Edition” audio release and Peter Jackson’s six-hour Get Back documentary. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the T

In Episode 351 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo review the new Let It Be Special Edition box – the audio component of a three-part reconsideration of Let It Be that also includes the Get Back book and Peter Jackson’s six-hour Get Back documentary. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure

In Episode 350 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo each choose five tracks – Beatles and solo – that they hear differently now than when they were first released. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to

In Episode 349 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo focus on the tracks that close albums, and each identify the three best closing tracks from the Beatles canon, and their five favorite closers from all the solo albums – plus honorable mentions, so it’s really more like four or five Beatles tracks and 10 solo tracks. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very

In Episode 348 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo are joined by Kenneth Womack and Jason Kruppa, the authors of the new “All Things Must Pass Away – Harrison, Clapton and Other Assorted Love Songs” – an exploration of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” Derek and the Dominoes’ “Layla,” and the complicated relationship between the two guitarists. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and

It’s been a busy week of George Harrison celebrations at Things We Said Today. Having started the week with a commemoration of The Concert for Bangla Desh, and then done a guest appearance to talk about “Gone Troppo” on the new P2 Podcast Blues: A George Harrison Solo Podcast, with Hudson Ranney and Martin Quibell (check it out!). And now, in Episode 347, the Things We Said Today crew – Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo – discuss the new reissue/remix of “All Things Must Pass,” an album we all love. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and str

In Episode 346 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo commemorate the 50th anniversary of George Harrison’s Concert for Bangla Desh at Madison Square Garden in New York. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the first word as soon as a new show is available. We don't wan

In Episode 345 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss McCartney 321, the six-part Hulu series in which Paul and Rick Rubin discuss Beatles and solo McCartney recordings, soloing tracks from the masters along the way. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you subscribe to any of our program providers, you'll get the firs

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary reissue of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss the way the Beatles’ archival releases, group and solo, have evolved since “The Beatles Anthology.” (A video version of this podcast can be found on our YouTube channel.) As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure and write a (good, ideally!) review of our show on our iTunes page. If you s

In Episode 343 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo celebrate Paul McCartney’s 79th birthday by each selecting three favorites from among his post-Beatles albums and individual songs (not necessarily singles), and three examples of his best work with the Beatles. For perspective, they also look at their least favorite McCartney works in the same categories. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com, join our "Things We Said Today Beatles Fans" Facebook page and comment there, tweet us at @thingswesaidfab or catch us each on Facebook and give us your thoughts. And we thank you very much for listening. You can hear and download our show on Podbean, the Podbean app and iTunes and stream us through the Tune In Radio app and from our very own YouTube page.  Our shows appear every two weeks. Please be sure