The Beatles changed the world with three simple words: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah—and we’re here to overthink (and over-drink) every last one of them. This week, we take a deep dive into She Loves You with James Campion, author of Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude. We discuss everything from Paul’s dad’s questionable lyrical edits to the harmonic genius behind this early Beatles barnburner. Plus, we take a few detours into dramatic readings, home decor philosophies, and the eternal question—does this song still slap after five pints?

Where does this iconic track land on our ever-expanding, ever-argued-over Big Ol’ List of Beatles Songs? Tune in, pour one out, and find out. Out now—dig it!

Where does this absolute ripper land on our big ol’ list of Beatles tunes? Stick around, pour another round, and find out.

Give James a follow on Instagram (@jamescampion) and please check out Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of “Hey Jude”, wherever you buy books. 

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Guest: James Campion
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
In-House Artist: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)

The Blottos start with a review of the new Beatleverse trailer before diving headfirst into a full-on banger of a Beatles track with author Jack Marriott; from there we quickly dive into our day drinker, the fingerpicking murders of Donovan, cozying up to a bar on a Sunday Funday, the upcoming bangers and clangers to be tackled, having a plastered pilgrimage through Beatledom, drinking above pubs that hold 50-year-old birthday parties, Manchester Britpop, rucksacks with old cassettes, being shit faced at the end of the bar and requesting Flowers in the Dirt, if Paul knows how much a pack of cigarettes costs, Tommy marketing himself as an audiobook reader, and all the magic parts that add up to the travel-focused "Ticket to Ride."

Don't forget to go to Microcosm Publishing and pick up Jack's book, Beatles Blackouts. Use code BEATLESMONUMENTS for a discount!

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Guest: Jack Marriott
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
In-House Artist: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)

It was a singular joy to close out the year in episode 85 with Tom Hunyady and Andy Nicholes of the 2Legs podcast as we discussed the McCartney '71 tapes, some real moments of what this work means to us when other things feel upside down, a State of the Blotto Union, The George RR Martins of New England, New Year's Blotto Resolutions (including Stamos), why mistakes happen on the list, the Blotto Mono Box Set, couples counseling for podcast hosts, the mandatory Thanksgiving/Last Waltz chat, the Backbeat soundtrack, the Beatles early bongo obsession, Shea Stadium notes, if McCartney actually drove a boat or started a campfire in his Anthology interviews, the first time Ringo hit a mystery word for us, the best day of McCartney in the studio, Andy Nicholes calling "Yesterday" the worst McCartney Beatles song ever, a lot of talk about our mutual friend Sam Whiles, and the McCarntey barn burner "I'm Down."

The interstitial music you heard between our intro and the welcome of the 2Legs gents is an original Scotty C. composition entitled "Elbows."  Once you listen too the episode, you will understand why this was a perfect place to point that out.

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Guest: Tom and Andy from the 2Legs Pod (@2legspodcast)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
In-House Artist: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)

We continue our Thanksgiving tradition of hosting a roundtable discussion between the best and brightest in Beatles podcasting.  This year is all about the reactions to and the the highs and lows of the recently released Beatles 64 documentary on Disney Plus.  What did we think?  Find out by listening to this Sam Whiles production.

If you're listening to us, make sure to also listen to our guests wherever you find your pods:
Ranking the Beatles
BC the Beatles
Fans on the Run
Paul or Nothing

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)

After a call from our attorney, we get right to business recording an intro in arrears as we discuss if fun size is that fun, if king's size being renamed sharing size is just making it shaming size, the ranking the Mr. songs feedback, the introduction of our singer/songwriter stalwart of a guest in Martin Sexton, recreating the entirety of Abbey Road with only an acoustic guitar, and a song that is actually about the Queen in "Her Majesty."

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Guest: Martin Sexton (https://martinsexton.com/)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)

We get back after a hiatus and rap about the universally accepted worst Beatles song ever.  Do we agree?  You'll find out after you sort through The Beatles Halloween Fan Club records, starting fires, the plight of professional podcasters, several Ranking the Beatles related messages, the role of youth coaching, Tommy inventing ice beers (again),Beatles soccer chants, kidney transplants, the official ranking of "Mr." songs, and the organ solo jam, "Mr. Moonlight."

We bring it up in the episode - if you haven't heard Tom Scharpling's "Mr. Moonlight" story, you need to listen to it here.  If you like that, you'll love Scharpling's The Best Show. 

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)

We return from a brief hiatus with the scholarly work you know and love....and then we hit a couple of early Magical Mystery Words.  From there we go heavy banter as we discuss George Clinton, summer vacations, our own review of our own list correction episode, Slane's refusal to be our official whiskey, Tommy visiting Slane Castle to formally request a sponsorship, what we would do if nominated for a Poddy, Becker only listening to songs that give him specific instructions for life, the Blottos pulling a Sufjan, Marvel Villain Ron Richards, and a song where we can only discuss the drummer, "PS I Love You."

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: http://www.blottobeatles.com & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)

It's our 4th annual BLOTTO VETOES Spectacular! Ever year we take a moment of reflection on our anniversary to make some alignments on our great big Beatles list. We heard from you, we heard each other out and something unprecedented took place this episode. Tune in to find out. 

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: https://www.blottobeatles.com/list & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)

The Blottos are back and by themselves for this haphazard foray back into the Help album, please join us again as we put this j'jam through our legendary alcoholic analysis. 

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter / X (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns and to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: https://www.blottobeatles.com/list & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)

We begin our octogenarian episode with Tommy's artistic expression of his anger towards Becker before we record an intro in arrears, featuring the magic of our new THX (or THC) bumper.   And then, friends, 80 is a big number, and we are doing a big song with a big guest!  We welcome Mr. Victor DeLorenzo of the Violent Femmes to discuss what some would consider to be the most popular Beatles song.  Victor was kind enough to give us the time to talk about his work in one of the most important alternative bands of all time before we discuss one of the most important works of the Fab Four.  Where will we rank it?  There's only one way to find out.

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us ([email protected]), or on the web (blottobeatles.com).  We want to hear from you!

Please also take the time to rate and review us on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

We have a shop!  Grab some merch.  You can always drunk dial us at 1.857.233.9793 to share your thoughts, feedback, confessions, and concerns and to be featured in an upcoming episode. Enjoying the show? Buy us a beer via the tip jar (don't forget to include a message telling us what we should drink with the money).

You know we're making a list of it, see the canonical, argument-ending list of Beatles songs we are assembling here: https://www.blottobeatles.com/list & listen to it on Spotify here.

Please remember to always enjoy Blotto Beatles responsibly.

Peace and Love.

Hosts: Becker and Tommy
Guest: Victor DeLorenzo (@vjd)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
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