When They Was Fab: Electric Arguments About the Beatles

2021.r16b You Know My Name (UCLA) + McCartney 3 2 1 part 4

Kit O'Toole tunes up for the B-side, as we present our review of episode 4 of McCartney 3 2 1

2021.r16a Find My Way video and McCartney 3 2 1 pt.3 (Kit O'Toole)

Kit O'Toole guests this week as we look at the "Find My Way" video from Paul and Beck, and review pt.3 of "McCartney 3 2 1".     Don't stop here though, as Kit also joined us for our review of pt.4, which can be found in the "B-side" of this show.

2021.c07 Let It Down (2020) -- Andrew Harrison, Sam Whiles.

Part two of Sam Whiles' "classic" visit to When They Was Fab.    Further discussion of the Beatles in 1970, and how the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo continued to intertwine through their early solo efforts.

 

2021.r15 McCartney 321 parts 1 and 2.

"These Things Bring You Together" and "The Notes That like each Other".    This week we look at the first two episodes of Paul McCartney x Rick Rubin, also known as "McCartney 321".     We go through the tracks and the stories.    Is it possible top find new revelations, even among old stories from "The act we've known for all these years?" 

2021.c06 It Don't Come Eary (2020) — Afterfab, Sam Whiles

"Classic" When They Was Fab.    Sam Whiles joined us in 2020 to discuss the Beatles in 1970, and how the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo continued to intertwine through their early solo efforts.   Pt.2 will be posted shortly!

2021.r14 Beatles and Monkees.

The Monkees both were are were not "a weekly dose of A Hard Day's Night."     This week, we look at the relationship between the two acts.     How did Bob Rafelson come to the concept of "four zany musicians having wild adventures."        What did the "Four Kings of EMI" think of their counterparts, and how often did their paths cross?

2021.r13 It's Only Love (2021) --Alejandro J. Sarmiento

This week: The Beatles take drugs!     No, nothing surprising about that revelation, so we spend the rest of the hour talking about how the substances changed their mindset (and subsequently songwriting, recording and production).    We also examine the different ways substances altered Lennon, McCartney and Harrison - and how each spoke of their drug use without being overtly encouraging (usually).

2021.b01 Ringo's Birthday Bash 2021.

Have fun, cue this episode up and hit start 5 minutes to noon local time (7/7/21).    Peace and Love everybody, and the happiest of Birthdays to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sir Richard Starkey.   Peace and Love everybody!

2021.r12 Ringo and Alternate All Starrs -- Mindi Abair

Jon and I consider an alternate set of All Starrs.   In the thirty plus years of the band, Ringo has only had one female member.     Should Ringo choose to go a different route, what would it look like?    Which musicians might fit well in the band - providing and performing "songs you know and love".

2021.r11 Falling In Love Again -- Hamburg Beat

Thorsten Knublauch's new book ("The Beatles Mach Schau in Hamburg") and a deep dive into Lord Reith's "Executive Version") of Live at the Star Club inspired this week's topic - a look at the Beatles trips to Hamburg, We trip through the highlights of 1960, 1961 and 1962 and each of the trips John Paul George (and variously Pete, Stu and Ringo) would make along with figures including Bruno Koschmider, Peter Eckhorn and Horst Fascher.