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Ep. 6: ‘Til There Was You

…and many more

Join us in this chapter in our podcast series to understand out how the song Till There Was You is somehow connected to to the song We Will Rock You by the rock band Queen! Discover how we, indeed, establish a bona-fide connection between these two songs AND how we connect Till There Was You to many other Beatles classics!

So settle in for a series of revelations that you will find entertaining and informative!

Songs

Till There Was You, Meredith Willson, performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

On Broadway, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller; performed by Mike Sugar

Right Place, Wrong Time, Mac Rebennack; performed by Mike Sugar and Joe Anastasi

Story Time Music; composed and performed by Mike Sugar

Docu-inspiration theme; composed and performed by Mike Sugar

P.S. I Love You, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

It Won’t Be Long, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

I Saw Her Standing There, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Hello Goodbye, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Oh! Darling, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Let It Be, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar

If I Fell, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

You Won’t See Me, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter

From Me to You, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Twist and Shout, Bert Berns and Phil Medley; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller / Richard Penniman; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Long, Tall Sally, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Thus Spake Zarathustra, Richard Wagner; performed by Mike Sugar

Ferry Cross the Mersey, Gerry Marsden; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

You’ll Never Walk Alone, Rogers and Hammerstein; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Abandon the Run Interstitial – based on Paul McCartney’s Band On The Run, created and performed by Mike Sugar

We Will Rock You, Brian May, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Nothing Rhymed, “Gilbert” O’Sullivan; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; guitar intro performed by Winter

And the great Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson!

Sources

The Music Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Music_Man

What Songs the Beatles Sang, William Mann; The Times; December 27, 1963.

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006.

Anfield’s 50 years of never walking alone, Simon Hart; The Independent; October 25, 2013.

Gilbert O’Sullivan – Interview; The Danny Baker Show; February, 2016

Mike Pachelli – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdYoK2klGqM

Photos by Francisco Moreno and Pawel Czerwinski on Unsplash.

Ep. 5: Yesterday

—and the song that got away

In this chapter in our podcast series, we explore the origin of Paul’s song, Yesterday. In a surprising twist, we also investigate the significance of another song that Paul has often referred to—the one song that he wished he had written. And with this discovery, we explore the hidden meaning of Yesterday, perhaps his most famous song.

Songs

Yesterday, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar.

What’s My Line Opening Theme Song – 1968; performed by Mike Sugar

Rabbit Hole Interstitial Music – Live and Let Die Melody, Paul McCartney; arranged and performed by Mike Sugar

Twilight Zone Opening Theme, Marius Constant, 1962; performed by Mike Sugar

Fandanguillo, Federico Moreno Torroba; performed by Mike Sugar

Chances Are, Robert Allen and Al Stillman; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Rabbit Hole Interstitial Music – Eleanor Rigby Melody, Lennon and McCartney; arranged and performed by Mike Sugar

The Girl from Ipanema, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes, English lyrics by Norman Gimbel.

Help! Lennon and McCartney; performed by performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

Fields of Gold, Gordon Sumner and Dusan Bogdanovic; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Sources

Playboy interview; Paul McCartney; 1984

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006.

Beatlesongs; William J. Dowling; Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989.

Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006

Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now; Barry Miles; Secker &Warburg; 1997

McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

The Beatles, Hunter Davis; McGraw-Hill; 1968

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn; Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group); 1988

All You Need Is Ears, George Martin, with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Griffin; 1979

This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007

“MOJO COLLECTIONS”; interview of Paul McCartney

evacassidy.org

The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books, 2000

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Rosetta Stone; The British Museum

McCartney: Yesterday and Today, Ray Coleman; Boxtree, 1996.

The Beatles as Musicians. The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul, Walter Everett; Oxford University Press; 2001.

A Hard Day’s Write – The Stories Behind Every Beatles’ Song, Steve Turner; Carbon, 1994.

In Search of the Sources of ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ and ‘Yesterday,’ Ian Hammond; Journal on Media Culture; Old Sweet Songs; http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/VOLUME05/Oldsweetsongs.shtml

Paul McCartney in Casual Conversation with Jarvis Cocker at LIPA; August 15, 2018

Thanks to Andreas Dress on Unsplash for this episode’s image.
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Ep. 4: Michelle – Where Voodoo Meets the Devil

In this chapter in our podcast series we explore the creation story for this song, Michelle. We also uncover how Paul McCartney’s bass playing was transformed by his experience in the recording of Michelle. Finally, in this episode we will explore an unusual subject – the voodoo and the devil in this song, Michelle.

So settle in for a story that will knock your socks off!

Songs

Michelle, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Twenty Flight Rock, Eddie Cochran, performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Getting Closer, Paul McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

La Mer, Charles Trenet, Albert Lasry; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

La Belle Vie, Sacha Distel, with French lyrics by Jean Broussolle; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

That’s Amore, Harry Warren and Jack Brooks; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Money Honey, Jesse Stone; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Jailhouse Rock, Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

La Vie En Rose, Édith Piaf (lyrics), Louiguy and Marguerite Monnot; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar)

Purple Haze, Jimmy Hendrix; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Till There Was You, Meredith Wilson; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

I Put a Spell on You, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Another Day, Paul McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Patience, Guns N’ Roses; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Moment of Truth, Bill Conti, Dennis Lambert & Peter Beckett; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Richard Wagner

Tristan und Isolde, Richard Wagner; Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwangler; Philharmonia Orchestra

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Sources

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006.

Beatlesongs; William J. Dowling; Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989.

Here, There and Everywhere; Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006

Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now; Barry Miles; Secker &Warburg; 1997

McCartney; Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Paul McCartney, the Life; Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles; Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

The Beatles; Hunter Davis; McGraw-Hill; 1968

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions; Mark Lewisohn; Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group); 1988

All You Need Is Ears; George Martin, with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Griffin; 1979

This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007

Paul McCartney After the Beatles; Understanding Michelle; Adrian Allan; 2020

Michelle History; Beatlesbooks.com

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley; Peter Guralnick, Little Brown, 1994

Careless Love, the unmaking of Elvis Presley; Peter Guralnick, Little Brown, 1999

Music Historian Peter Guralnick — Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O’Brien;

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins; Songfacts

I Put a Spell on You; Wikipedia.

Dominant seventh sharp ninth chord; Wikipedia.

What is the ‘Hendrix Chord’? Fender; articles, tech-talk; Purple Reign: the ‘Hendrix Chord’

McCartney: Yesterday … and Today; Ray Coleman; Boxtree Ltd; 1998.

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Ep. 3: Penny Lane

Penny Lane – and the ‘other song’ to which it is inextricably linked!

In this chapter in our podcast series, we explore the genesis of this song and the characters that inhabit Paul McCartney’s memories of his childhood days in Liverpool. We also examine the songwriting elements that make Penny Lane so compelling – including what is called a ‘truck driver’s modulation.’

The third thread in our podcast narrative covers the ‘other song’ that is inextricably linked to Paul’s song, Penny Lane. Get ready for a surprise here!

Songs

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain, and Chris Barnes)

Strawberry Fields Forever, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Twilight Zone Theme, Bernard Herrmann and Marius Constant; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Good Day Sunshine, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

The Dance of the Salty Sardines, Mike Sugar, performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

And I Love Her, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Another Day, Paul McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott)

Rabbit Hole Interstitial Music – Penny Lane melody, Lennon and McCartney, arranged and performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Brandenburg Concerto Number 2 in F Major, Johann Sebastian Bach; piccolo trumpet solo, performed by Chris Barnes, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Release Me, Robert Yount, Eddie Miller and Dub Williams; performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

The End, Lennon and McCartney; performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Sources

Rolling Stone Magazine; George Martin; interview; 2001

Recording the Beatles; Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew; Curvebender; 2006

500 Greatest Songs of All Time; Rolling Stone’s definitive list of the 500 greatest songs of all time; by Rolling Stone; interview with Paul McCartney

The Beatles Anthology; George Martin interview; John Lennon interview

Beatlesongs, William J. Dowling; Simon & Shuster, New York, 1989.

Here, There and Everywhere, Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey; Gotham Books; New York; 2006

Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now, Barry Miles; Secker &Warburg; 1997

McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

The Beatles, Hunter Davis; McGraw-Hill; 1968

The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, Mark Lewisohn; Hamlyn (a division of the Octopus Publishing Group); 1988

All You Need Is Ears, George Martin, with Jeremy Hornsby; St. Martin’s Griffin; 1979

This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession, Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007

Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), Wikipedia

Release Me (Eddie Miller song), Wikipedia

Voice Actors 

Joe Anastasi
Mike Sugar

Thanks to the Library of Congress for this episode’s image.
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Ep. 2: Eleanor Rigby – The Counter-Narrative!

In our second chapter in this podcast series, we explore the creation myth surrounding this famous song, Eleanor Rigby. Travel with us, back in time, to the very moment of formation, of… the Beatles.

Why this moment in time?

Well, because it provides one of several clues we unearth regarding the creation of this song. Join us in our forensic investigation, as we discover what, in the world, a psychological ‘phenomenon,’ known as cryptomnesia, has to do with the creation of Eleanor Rigby.

Buckle up, for we are going to visit a very specific graveyard in Woolton, just outside Liverpool. And there — everything will be revealed. Well, almost everything. Try to figure out now, in advance, if you can … what the film, Psycho!, has to do with this song, Eleanor Rigby!

Songs

Eleanor Rigby, Lennon and McCartney;
performed by Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, and Winter, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Yesterday, Lennon and McCartney;
performed by Joe Anastasi, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Ola-na Tung-eee, Paul McCartney;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

A Day in the Life, Lennon and McCartney, ‘outro;’
performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Mellow Yellow, Donovan;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Da-Zi-Di-Da-Zu, Paul McCartney;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

A Hard Day’s Night, Lennon and McCartney; ‘intro’;
performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, Richard Strauss

“Think!,” Merv Griffin, original recording cue;
mangled by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Twilight Zone Theme, Bernard Herrmann and Marius Constant;
original recording cue, mangled by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Lennon and McCartney;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

1985, Paul McCartney: ‘outro’,
performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, and Matt Twain)

The Girl Can’t Help It, Bobby Troup;
performed by Little Richard

Twenty Flight Rock, Ned Fairchild and Eddie Cochran;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Penny Lane, Lennon and McCartney;
performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, and Matt Twain)

Cry Me a River, Arthur Hamilton;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift, Max Martin, and Shellbac;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Moonlight Sonata, Piano Sonata No. 14, Ludwig van Beethoven;
performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Easier Said Than Done, William Linton and Larry Huff;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Barracuda, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher and Michael DeRosier; performed by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Maniac, Michael Sembello;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

String Concerto, Vivaldi;
performed by Baroque Band

Bad Idea, Ariana Grande, Peter Svensson, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh;
performed by Joe Anastasi and Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

Psycho!, Bernard Herrmann, original recording cue;
mangled by Mike Sugar, of Stroll Down Penny Lane

The End, Lennon and McCartney;
performed by Stroll Down Penny Lane (Joe Anastasi, Mike Sugar, Winter, Mark Abbott, Matt Twain)

Sources

McCartney, Christopher Sandford; Carroll and Graf Publishers; 2006

Paul McCartney, the Life, Philip Norman; Little Brown and Company; 2016

Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles, Dominic Pedler; Omnibus Press; 2003

This is Your Brain on Music, The Science of a Human Obsession; Daniel J. Levitin; Plume; 2007

Recording the Beatles, Kevin Ryan & Brian Kehew, Curvebender Publishing; 2006

The Beatles Anthology; Chronicle Books; 2000

www.merriam-webster.com/medical/cryptomnesia

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ice calving

Sunbeams Music Trust; private communication with Annie Mawson, Director; by Mike Sugar of Stroll Down Penny Lane

The Girl Can’t Help It; produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, with a screenplay adapted by Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker; 1956

Psycho! directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock; written by Joseph Stefano; 1960

Voice Actors 

Joe Anastasi
Mike Sugar
Annie Mawson — as herself.

This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.