John & Paul often talk about some songs as being "work songs"....tunes they knocked out for other artists, or George and Ringo, or tracks to fill out the album. They often referred to #188, "Little Child," as one of those songs. It's a fairly simple, uptempo rocker intended for Ringo's vocal spotlight on With The Beatles, though John eventually handles  the vocal on it. Simple as it may be, it's part of a period where the band starts realizing they're not beholden to the standard pop song arrangement or instrumentation, starting to spread their wings while maintaining a foot steadily in their beat group phase. It's also a remnant of that strange time in music where women are always referred to like young children, which is...yeah, kinda weird. A rocking track though that does it's job on the record.

It takes a certain level of love for a band to devote oneself to a podcast, and we're kicking off season 2 by talking to James C., the host of one of our favs, The Oasis Podcast. Since 2017, James has been chatting with ex-Oasis members, musicians who worked with the band, art directors, video directors, a whole slew of of people who worked with the Britpop giants, while also discussing the on-going solo careers of the Gallaghers and co., giving a much-deserved spotlight to music that, whether we in the states realize or not, was an influential, cultural JUGGERNAUT. There's so much more than just "Wonderwall," folks! We touch of the perfect storm of Oasis coming to the alongside the Beatles Anthology, the joys of a shimmering coda, the pride and love of having YOUR band, and our half-hearted attempts to reach out to the brains behind the music that fuels our respective shows. Be sure to listen and subscribe to The Oasis Podcast at any podcast provider of your choice, and follow along with James on Twitter @oasispodcast. Additionally, he hosts the 1001 Albums podcast, based on the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." Check them out!

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