Blotto Beatles – Details, episodes & analysis

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 (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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 (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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)

We hit episode 75 by hitting that place in the Venn diagram where Beatles fans meet Nathan Fielder fans.  From there we discuss our own version of our Spotify Wrapped for the year, our Beatles-themed Air BnB, a critical review of the Apple TV John Lennon doc with all its Unsolved Mystery feels, the origin of "The Wo," The Beatles down under phase, a review and update of the Mystery Word bylaws, and the Revolver-era, pill-based song Dr. Robert.

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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: Chris Ballew (@chrisballew; chrisballew.org)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck

We take the big leap into Episode 74 with a listen to some communal chants before we record an intro in arrears, remind listeners of ClarisWorks, introduce the incomparable Chris Ballew of the Presidents of the United States of America and Casper Babypants, revel in Chris' amazing rock and roll journey, make mistakes about the life of Jimmy Nicols, play songs that make little kids do a creepy dance, question why sitar masters don't just get a Snark tuner, learn about the health benefits of local bone broths from local chickens, learn the truth about Chris’ favorite canned fruit, and discover the beauty of the George Harrison penned/hummed "Within You Without You."

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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: Chris Ballew (@chrisballew; chrisballew.org)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck

We ask you to bear with us as we begin this episode with our bylaw approved quarterly staff meeting.  From there we remind everyone that we were early on the Mal train, dig into our single album White Album tracks and titles, differentiate between Pee Wee Herman and the Marx Brothers, question the Outbreak Monkey of Beatles for Sale, question an instrumental verse several times, explicate bays of hale, marvel at RB's Bowie connection to this song, invent snants (TM), and discuss the rose colored glasses of "Words of Love."

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck

We break open episode 72 with news of our prestige TV sitcom, an early mystery word, our guest Huw Thomas, more on Smokey Robinson's GASMS, Huw's encyclopedic knowledge of pre-Beatles pop, The Wombles, the Zoobilee Zoo/Wombles venn diagram, Beatles Rock Band memories, British terms for being drunk, RB blowing minds once again, some early George Martin music, an Ergs! appearance, and the early gloom of John's aeolian "Not a Second Time."

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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: Huw Thomas
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck

How do we start our septuagennial episode?  With a BLOTTO BEATLES EXCLUSIVE!

We then jump into the episode proper with Tommy's new catch phrase, some listener homework, Scotty C never skipping hands day, Irish Budweisers, another amazing example of RB breaking down rock and roll patterns, Tommy saying the word "standard" about 400 times, Becker telling us the favorite songs of each William, Tommy singing every song with the lyric "I Will," and the rhumba-inspired White Album standard, I Will.

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram & Twitter, by emailing us, or on the web.  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. Even better, tell a friend. 

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)

Did you all know there's a NEW Beatles song?
Did you know it's the LAST Beatles song?
Did you know it was originally recorded to a CASSETTE tape?

You did?

Well, we wanted to talk about it, and we wanted to do it with some of our best pod pals. Listen in as we are joined by Allison from BC the Beatles and Jonathan from Ranking the Beatles as we dig into "Now & Then," it's humble beginnings and futuristic endings, the music video, the remixed "Love Me Do," that artwork, and which member of the 1992 Dream Team Tommy most resembles.  It's a fun one!

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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
Guests: Allison of BC the Beatles; Jonathan of Ranking the Beatles
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck

Team Blotto dives into episode 70 by discussing one of the biggest Beatles conspiracy theories, a ranking of all the Toms, a hang with Ranking the Beatles, our new bud and guest Chris Webre, being the fat member of Voltron, alligators, a specific television show that was popular in the 90s, and the rebel-focused Bad Boy.

As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck

It says it right on the tin, people.  Pushkin Media reached out to us and asked if we would be interested in hearing a preview episode of the brand new "McCartney: A Life in Lyrics" podcast, which was just released today, October 4, 2023.  What you will hear within this episode are the Blotto reactions to the first episode, which focuses on "Eleanor Rigby," followed by the McCartney episode, in full.

Listen here, and then make sure to subscribe to this newcomer to Beatles Podcasting - we really think he's got something.

Without further ado, Blotto Beatles Present: "McCartney: A Life in Lyrics."  We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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As always, you can find Team Blotto Beatles on Instagram (@blottobeatles) and Twitter (@blottobeatles), by emailing us (blottobeatles@gmail.com), 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.
Guests: Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon
Musical Supervisor: RB (@ryanobrooks)
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
#PeteBestGetThatCheck