What was it that made Paul McCartney's bass sound so unique? We dive into that before welcoming our amazing guest, Diallo Riddle, and talking best Beatles roommates, a lot of Pee Wee's Big Adventure, the strange creepiness of The Magical Mystery Tour Cover, and the sped up b-side Rain. Is it the best Beatles cover? Where does it land on our big old list? Listen 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: 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: Diallo Riddle (@diallo)
Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Senior Director of Sonic Strategies: RB
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
Artist-in-Residence: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)

We had to start in the way all of the Beatlesphere is this week, with a reflection on the release of Beatles Anthology 2025. Once we express our feelings on that, we transition into our episode proper and cover rock bands with two lives, our Beatles themed tombstones, some Paul love, some Jeff Tweedy love, mixed feeling on James McCartney, and the Beatles Beverly Hills phase. From there we are joined by our favorite neighbor from the North, Ethan Alexanian, to discuss a little more about James McCartney and the Brill Building cover, Chains.

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
Guest: Ethan Alexanian (@fansontherunpodcast)

Executive Producer: Scotty C.
Senior Director of Sonic Strategies: RB
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
Artist-in-Residence: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)

We are on the road to Episode 100, and number 95 can only start with a voicemail from a bonafide famous person that includes the story of two mice named Gary and Steve. From there we wonder if the story of the Beatles is a sad song, if the Beatles should have cameos in the Beatles movies, if Sam Whiles is still mad at our takes on seasonal Beatles records, if Paul's demo of this track was recorded on a voicemail to Jane, why the Beatles felt so rushed on Rubber Soul, if you should write breakup songs while staying in your girlfriend's parents home, if an Astin Martin leaves Liverpool at 3pm how long it takes to get to Jane's photo shoot, how many terms Becker has for hi-hats, and where the bounce is in Paul's "You Won't See Me."

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.
Senior Director of Sonic Strategies: RB
Associate Musical Supervision: Tim Clark (@nodisassemble)
Artist-in-Residence: Colin Driscoll (@theroyal.we)