The Beatles: Note By Note

Kenyon examines “It’s For You,” McCartney’s song tailored for Cilla Black’s cabaret lane. The talk explores how Paul steps into lounge tradition while keeping a youthful, pop viewpoint. The lyric voic...

18 Okt 202537min

What happens when a Beatles song isn’t recorded by the Beatles? In this episode, Peter and Kenyon dive into From a Window, written by Paul McCartney and handed off to Billy J. Kramer. The duo plays mu...

11 Okt 202547min

Here, the lecture unpacks Paul McCartney’s “From a Window,” written for Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, by tracing how its lyrics build a small nighttime drama. The framing image is a window: first ...

11 Okt 202534min

On this episode of The Beatles: Note by Note, we dive deep into “I’ll Be Back,” John Lennon’s haunting closer to A Hard Day’s Night. We’re joined by Robert Rodriguez (Something About the Beatles), who...

4 Okt 20252h 8min

John Lennon closes A Hard Day’s Night with one of his most vulnerable works. In this lecture, we trace how I’ll Be Back uses a cycle of leaving and returning to reveal insecurity at the heart of its n...

4 Okt 202545min

John Lennon’s "When I Get Home" pushes forward with urgency, both musically and lyrically. Special guest Jon Sunde joins us to talk about this Motown-inspired track. With harmonies doubled by Paul and...

27 Sep 20251h 38min

This lecture examines John Lennon’s “When I Get Home” as a study in lyrical focus and harmonic misdirection. We begin with the title premise: the narrator is away and eager to return, “with a whole lo...

27 Sep 202530min

In this episode, we dive deep into “Things We Said Today,” Paul McCartney’s sophisticated, future-nostalgic gem from A Hard Day’s Night. Written during a Virgin Islands getaway with Jane Asher, the so...

20 Sep 20251h 28min