This is a new phase Untitled Beatles Podcast...essential to the content of seeing the film, Get Back in IMAX was that Tony & T.J. each recorded their experiences driving to the theater; in comes the warmth and general nonsense of discussing the film together in a live bar performance, as reproduced for mp4 by Producer Casey. Also in this very special episode: 📻 Baby, if you’ve ever wondered, does T.J. wax nostalgic when his favorite sitcom actor leaves the material world? 📷 Which better su...
Feb 26, 2022•54 min•Ep. 96
Would you look at that? It was JUST Valentimes Day! And, beloved listener, please accept our belated gift: the thrilling conclusion to our conversation about the tunes inspired by Beatle significant others. T.J. and Tony talk tender tunes, play some Pattie (Boyd) Cake, and ponder: 💋 Which is sexiest: “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” or Lenny and the Squigtones? 🎼 Which Barry Manilow banger (#barrybanger) inspired the key change in John Lennon’s “Woman”? 🦘 Was that strange lady who made Men At Wo...
Feb 19, 2022•42 min•Ep. 95
Would you look at that? It’s almost Valentimes Day! Better run to CVS or lastminutegiftcarddepot.oops and show that special someone how much you care. Or, better yet, you could write your lover song after song after song that will forever stand the test of time and be meaningful to millions all over the world? I mean John, Paul, & George did it, why can’t you? #FailureAlert With so much love in the air, Tony & T.J. look at some of their favorite songs inspired by The Beatles significant ...
Feb 12, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 94
For centuries, humankind has wondered: What does the “B” in “B-side” stand for? Blench? Brackle? Bywoner? Perhaps we’ll never know. By the by, this week T.J. and Tony bloviate brusquely about B-sides by The Beatles, like a barrel of barmy bywoners . Baby they are not rich men, but their benevolence for this band will never blench ! Be that as it may, they often brood: 🌊 Could Tony’s inimitable soprano have secured him a spot with The Beach Boys, or was he forever destined to push Al Jardine’s s...
Feb 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 93
If your ideal “Penny Lane” ends with a trumpet riff, if you prefer “I Am The Walrus” with extra beats, if you struggle to enjoy “And I Love Her” without the longer outro: a) seek help, friend, and b) "Rarities" was a big part of your 80's Beatles experience! Tony & T.J. deep dish on Capitol’s long-forgotten 1980 offering and the wholly different '78 U.K. version, and along the way, consider: 📻 Is “The Boombox In The Backseat Of Tony’s Car" the standout track on "Ram"? 🌈 Is mono “Don’t Pass...
Jan 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 92
Rage Against The Machine sang, “Know Your Enemy”. Perhaps they were really singing “Know Your NME”, in reference to the U.K. magazine’s recent ranking of *almost* every Beatles song ?Turns out, TJiskel and TonEBert’s rankings differ wildly from NME’s, and each other’s! Good thing (#FineYoungCannibals) Producer Casey is there to set the record straight, as we reveal our own exhaustively exhausting rankings of the Beatles catalog, and also delve into other major Beatles news, like: 🚦Which 1982 hi...
Jan 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 91
For many, the most significant Beatle fundraising contribution on record is Macca’s nonsensical gibberish on the extended mix of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” For Tony and T.J., it’s the George Harrison-organized “Concert For Bangla Desh,” whose 3-LP boxed set just turned 50 years old. The album and film are powerful, joyous, and iconic, filled with both bangers and ladeshers. In this episode, the Gab Two salutes their favorite moments and other hawt topics like: 🏀 Who was a better ...
Jan 15, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 90
UBP Exclusive: 85th Beatle Bruce Springsteen sang “Cover Me”. And in this Uber Deluxe Remix Archive #Gnomedition of an early episode, Producer Casey lets loose and drops in all the great (and G-d awful) covers of Beatles classics. Get clam-baked and join us as we ponder: 🛥Does Tony groove, man, to the silky smooth sounds of Yacht Soul? 🧅 Who wins a Chicago Band-Beatle-off: The Ides Of March or The Buckinghams? 💸 What’s the deal with the (allegedly) too damn high prices at the Stax Records gif...
Jan 08, 2022•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 89
Is any solo Paul and/or Wings album as controversial as “Wild Life”? (OK, fine, we see you, “Standing Stone”.) In (gently belated) honor of its 50th anniversary, Tony and T.J. kick off 2022 with a “Wild Life”-off, and debate the highs and lows of one of Macca’s most polarizing and #ekaturkel albums. Along the way, the Whatever Happened Two discuss: 🤖 Is Huey Lewis’s jazz-adjacent LP “Small World” fantastic, or merely made of plastic? Maybe Vicki knows? 🏊🏻♂️ Are early 70’s, indulgent rock gui...
Jan 01, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 88
It’s been a real gear year for the Untitled Beatles Podcast and it’s all due to you! ‘Spect some of you are getting out a 50¢ piece to weigh down your rare out of print Beatles Christmas Flexi Discs. For those going without these cherished “only fans” records, T.J. and Tony will cover each holiday curiosity released from 1963-1969, with noses red from holiday cheer. In this very special holiday episode: 🍆 Ho Ho Ho! Will the boys succeed in referencing “Ding Dong” on XXXmas day? 🍗 Yeah Yeah Yea...
Dec 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 87
Sure, "A Day In The Life" is ok, and "Tomorrow Never Knows" is fine, but only one Beatles album closes with maybe their greatest song, "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand". It was certainly Something New for Capitol to close their third Beatles album in German, not to mention generously including 5 songs fans in ’64 had already purchased a few weeks beforehand. (#NowOnCapitol!) And yet, because it’s The Freaking Beatles, it’s such a fun and uniquely Capitol album. Tony and T.J. fawn over this million-sell...
Dec 18, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 86
Beatle Bottoms. To some, bottoms is a synonym for “tushie”, as they say in the industry. For Tony & T.J., it’s their least favourite Fab 4 songs. And boy do they just disagree. But there ain’t no good guy, there ain’t no bad guy, there’s only this deluxe reissue of one of our favorite early episodes, reproduced for disc by Grandmaster Casey. ----- [Originally released September 5, 2020] Clickbait: Are T.J. and Tony in a Beatles cult? The answer may dumbfound you!! In this Labor Day Spectacul...
Dec 11, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 15
After a whole flurry of November drops and live episodes and whatnot, this week the Untitled Beatles Podcast gets back (see what we did there?) to what we do best: Super Deluxe Reissues of our early classics. We're revisiting our review of the critically unclaimed 1978 Sgt. Pepper film, this time replete with music cues, needle drops, and other sonic shenanigans. ----- [Originally published 31 October 2020] It’s the silliest episode to date... For Halloween, T.J. and Tony dissect the 1978 box of...
Dec 04, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 23
As 90's Beatles tribute band Boyz II Men might have said, it's the end of the long and winding road for Peter Jackson's incredible "Get Back" documentary. And Part 3 was a fittingly amazing and emotional conclusion. [SPOILER ALERT: Yoko pullin' a #Purdie and playing drums on the roof was unexpected AF...] Tony, T.J., and producer Casey went LIVE on Twitch to delve into the "Get Back" conclusion and unpack the seismic importance of this series, along with our insightful audience as always. That's...
Nov 28, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Peter Jackson's done it again. "Get Back" Part 2 features some of the most important and revelatory Beatles-related content ever on film, and sits *arguably* just a notch below the Bee Gees/Frampton "Sgt. Pepper" movie. The Untitled Beatles Podcast gathered LIVE to take a look at this mind-blowing episode, and trade insights as always with our fantastic live audience. We'll be back at it for Part 3 SATURDAY NIGHT AT 9PM CT, LIVE (from our rooftops) on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/chicago4real . We ho...
Nov 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Here we go! GET BACK IS HERE, and T.J., Tony, and Casey wolfed down their turkey so they could get back onto Twitch and talk all about it with their Untitled Beatles Podfriends. Spoilers abound! But let's be real, if you haven't watched Part 1 yet, that's on you. We hope your holiday has been harmonious, and we hope to see you 'round the clubs. (Or Friday and Saturday night, right back here on Twitch!) Friday and Saturday 10 PM ET / 9 CT / 7 PT twitch.tv/chicago4real Thanks again to our friends ...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 85
IT HAS ARRIVED. AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. THURSDAY / FRIDAY / SATURDAY @ 10 PM ET / 9 CT / 7 PT 📺 TWITCH.TV/CHICAGO4REAL
Nov 25, 2021•4 min
To gear up for this week's momentous release of the Get Back documentary series, Tony and T.J. went live on the ol' Twitch to: 🍳 Review this week’s Breakfast With the Beatles playlist by Chicago radio legend Terri Hemmert 📽 Set the stage for the weekend with a (thin crust) deep dish into the 1970 Michael Lindsey-Hogg documentary Let It Be 🗣 And field all sorts of fab fan comments along the way. It was a blast! Special thanks to everyone who came out and joined the conversation. The only thing...
Nov 24, 2021•58 min•Ep. 84
🍏 IT’S GET BACK WEEK! And to celebrate, the Untitled Beatles Podcast is GOING LIVE. T.J. and Tony present Twitch and Shout, a live, loose conversation about all things Beatles. Tune in on Twitch tonight to join in the conversation, as the guys: 🍳 Review this week’s Breakfast With the Beatles playlist by Chicago radio legend Terri Hemmert 📽 Get geared up for the weekend with a (thin crust) deep dish into the 1970 Michael Lindsey-Hogg documentary Let It Be 🗣 And field all your questions and co...
Nov 23, 2021•4 min
Move over thrice!!! As part three of our Let It Be 50th Anniversary gabfest, T.J. and Tony inspect the Glyn Johns mixes of 1969's Get Back LP, along with the 12" 4-song EP. Then they crack open the new Get Back book, providing Cliff Notes (and Norm Notes) for its 200 pages, give or take a two. Along the way: 📻 Tony reveals the identity of the villain who calls in all those pesky Beatles covers to 93 XRT 🎸 T.J. offers Garageband tutorials on editing out the new pre-song chatter to "Don't Let Me...
Nov 20, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 83
Move over twice! It's Part 2 of the runaway train that is The Untitled Beatles Podcast as it careens around the Let It Be 50th anniversary box set. This week T.J. and Tony wax ecstatic about Side Two's 2021 mixes then trade favorite studio outtakes. Also, they grumble about what was curiously left off, though they don't know why they're moaning. Along the way they ask: 📦 Who packaged it better: Universal Music Group or Dr. Ebbetts? 👄 How many ways can two people pronounce the word “warble”? 🎭...
Nov 13, 2021•49 min•Ep. 82
It may have arrived (without traveling/and to prove it, it’s here) a year late, but the Let It Be 50th anniversary box set is finally in our hands. To date, we have 4 LPs! Multiple CDs! BluRay audio! One random EP! And a book! And another book! There’s so much to digest in this universally excellent deluxe set and Get Back book, that this is officially a THREE PART EPISODE. Buckle up, Untitled Beatle People... And, sure, you can say Part 1 of this deep dish is attractively built, even if you’ve ...
Nov 06, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 81
The Samples are among Vermont’s finest exports, along with “Newhart”. We don’t get into either in Part 2 of The Beatles & Sampling, but we do explore how DJ’s and better-than-tribute-bands took the work of The Beatles and other artists to weird and sometimes unexpectedly great places. Along the way, DJ’s “Mama” Cas and “This Yam Is Your” Yam yif yif yif about a lot more, like: 🍌 Is joining The Banana Convention worth the risk of smoking, even if the stakes are a dance at Stephen Decatur hig...
Oct 30, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 80
This week, the Untitled Beatles Podcast introduces new hosts, Casio and Yamaha, who kick off a two-parter all about The Beatles and sampling. From “Yellow Submarine” to, arguably, the greatest Beatles single, “Movie Medley”, Cas & Yam go over some of their favorite samples used by the Fabs and, later, disco-lovin’ producers who were not at all on loads of cocaine. Along the way, the Gab Two get down to the nitty gritty Beatles hot topics the old hosts were, frankly, too cowardly to address, ...
Oct 23, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 79
Extra! Texture! Is not featured in this episode. This one’s chock-full of #BreakingBeatlesNews, of which there’s been a lot these last few weeks. Tony & T.J. delve into Ringo’s new E.P., Macca’s eye-opening interview in The New Yorker, the first released tracks from the "Let It Be" remix, and much more. Along the way, they ponder/pander: Did Ringo have a Babyfaced "Premonition" while watching a John Travolta flick in ‘96 that would Change The World? Did Tony’s steadfast allegiance to Phar-Mo...
Oct 16, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 78
In honour of John Lennon's 81st birthday (8+1=9...⛎👽), we're celebrating our favourite solo songs from Dr. Winston O'Boogie, with an extra-enhanced reissue of our eleventh episode (11 minus 1 minus 1 = 9...👽♋️), augmented with all the bells, whistles, and buzzers you've come to expect from The Beatles Podcast with No Name. In this 2.0... 🔧 Could building supervisor Dwayne Schneider have saved John's "One Day at a Time" from becoming pop pap? 🧪 T.J. entertains a conspiracy about proto-punk ar...
Oct 09, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 77
Before the red and blue albums, there was “Hey Jude”—a massively popular compilation album that included many stone cold Fabs classics, none of which had previously appeared in glorious Full Dimensional Stereo™ on a Capitol LP. In the early CD era, this million-selling title—like most all of the Capitol albums—was banished to obscurity, finally resurfacing in 2014. Tony & T.J. break down this LP (and 8-track) that meant so much to fellow Beatlenerds like us for the two decades following the ...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Imagine the "Imagine" album has more songs than just "Imagine"... The landmark record just celebrated its 50th anniversary, and in this week's deep dish Part 2, Tony & T.J. examine eight more excellent Lennon songs, plus another that remains controversial for those of us who don't think the only thing Paul ever did was "Yesterday". Along the way, the Flux Diddlers™ manage to find the time to address topics they won't dare touch on Sirius/XM's (uniformly excellent) The Beatles Channel, includ...
Sep 25, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Most casual John Lennon fans pick “Sometime In NYC” as their favorite solo album (hashtag Attica State). But for us die-hards, "Imagine" ranks as either #1 or #2. This week, Tony & T.J. consider this seminal record on its 50th anniversary, looking at the album’s history and the immense staying power of its title track. (You “It’s So Hard” fans will have to wait until Part 2, next week!) Along the way, the Fab Two™, with Producer Casey’s expertise, also examine these hard-hitting Lennon topic...
Sep 18, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 74
It's the super deluxe reissue of our Star Club Tapes episode, remixed and remastered using the latest in "Mach Schau" technology. These excerpts of "The Little Beatles" in Germany will make you so hungry for live music, you could eat a Christmas horse! [Originally issued September 12, 2020] Pills, Punk, and Knuckle-Dusters! This week T.J. and Tony zip, zap and zop thru the long out-of-print collection of lo-fi recordings of the Fab Four in Hamburg. Also, T.J. tries out both his sexy voice and hi...
Sep 11, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 73
