Things We Said Today Beatles Radio Show

In Episode 365 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo take a look at Paul McCartney’s 1982 “Tug of War” album – its strengths and weaknesses, its place in the McCartney discography, and how it has stood up over time – on the 40th anniversary of its release. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we...

  In Episode 364 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo take a look at Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles band, Wings, discussing whether Wings was legitimately a band or just Paul’s backing group, and whether it deserves a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – as well as ranking Wings’ seven studio albums, and choosing 10 favorite Wings tracks. NOTE: This is an audio...

In Episode 363 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo have a brief tour of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s new exhibition, “The Beatles Get Back to Let It Be’ with Nwaka Onwusa, the museum’s VP/chief curator, and talk to Greg Harris, President/CEO, about how the exhibition came together. The exhibition, which looks at the Beatles’ January, 1969 recording and filming s...

With Paul McCartney about to undertake his “Got Back” Tour in the weeks before his 80th birthday, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo devote Episode 362 of Things We Said Today to assembling setlists that are a bit different from what he has traditionally done, or that include songs he has long neglected in concert. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video vers...

In Episode 361 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo speak with Pete Compton, who co-directed (with Ajoy Bose) the new film ‘The Beatles in India’ – an expansive look at the Beatles’ involvement with Indian music and spirituality, as well as the Beatles’ impact on India.   NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube pa...

In Episode 360 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss the often-overlooked “Yellow Submarine” album and the 1999  “Yellow Submarine Songtrack” expanded remix. We also, in light of the delay in the release of “The Beatles: Get Back” DVD/Blu-ray, pass along Peter Jackson’s advice that we let Disney and Apple know that we want bonus material on such a release. H...

In Episode 359 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo look back at a few enduring misconceptions about the Beatles and their history. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this o...

Things We Said Today #358 – 2021 Year-End Review In Episode 358 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo look back at the audio, video and books released in 2021, and single out their favorites, before offering their hopes for 2022 Beatles and solo projects. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we...

In Episode 357 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo commemorate the 20th anniversary of George Harrison’s passing with an overview of his musical contributions to the Beatles, and on his own, and a look at how he made some of his other interests part of the cultural conversation. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our Yo...

In Episode 356 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo offer some impressions of “The Beatles: Get Back,” Peter Jackson’s extraordinary eight-hour exploration of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions. NOTE: This is an audio version of the podcast. There is also a video version on our YouTube page. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any oth...

In Episode 355 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo interview Peter Jackson, the director of “The Beatles: Get Back” – the most anticipated Beatles project since “The Beatles Anthology,” in 1995. Mr. Jackson is also, of course, the director of the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies, and the extraordinary World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old.” A...

In Episode 354 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo review “Lyrics,” the two-volume book by Paul McCartney (with help from the poet Paul Muldoon) has just been published. Is it really, as he has suggested, an autobiography, told through his song lyrics? How illuminating is it – and how accurate are his memories? What does it tell us – and what does it leave out? Is...

In Episode 353 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo interview Simon Weitzman and Andy Lee, the director and editor, respectively, of “Here, There & Everywhere,” a new film-in-progress about the universe of Beatles fandom, across generations and around the world, and taking in everything from collectors, convention attendees (and administrators), members of the Quar...

In Episode 352 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo review Ringo Starr’s new EP, “Change the World,” and discuss “The Beatles: Get Back,” the new book of transcripts and photographs from the “Get Back/Let It Be” sessions that was just published to accompany the “Let It Be Special Edition” audio release and Peter Jackson’s six-hour Get Back documentary. Note: This i...

In Episode 351 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo review the new Let It Be Special Edition box – the audio component of a three-part reconsideration of Let It Be that also includes the Get Back book and Peter Jackson’s six-hour Get Back documentary. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As alway...

In Episode 350 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo each choose five tracks – Beatles and solo – that they hear differently now than when they were first released. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast. There is a video version available on our YouTube channel. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invi...

In Episode 349 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo focus on the tracks that close albums, and each identify the three best closing tracks from the Beatles canon, and their five favorite closers from all the solo albums – plus honorable mentions, so it’s really more like four or five Beatles tracks and 10 solo tracks. Note: This is the audio version of the podcast....

In Episode 348 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo are joined by Kenneth Womack and Jason Kruppa, the authors of the new “All Things Must Pass Away – Harrison, Clapton and Other Assorted Love Songs” – an exploration of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” Derek and the Dominoes’ “Layla,” and the complicated relationship between the two guitarists. As always,...

It’s been a busy week of George Harrison celebrations at Things We Said Today. Having started the week with a commemoration of The Concert for Bangla Desh, and then done a guest appearance to talk about “Gone Troppo” on the new P2 Podcast Blues: A George Harrison Solo Podcast, with Hudson Ranney and Martin Quibell (check it out!). And now, in Episode 347, the Things We Said Today crew – Ken Michae...

In Episode 346 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo commemorate the 50th anniversary of George Harrison’s Concert for Bangla Desh at Madison Square Garden in New York. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any of our other shows to our email address  thingswesaidtod...

In Episode 345 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss McCartney 321, the six-part Hulu series in which Paul and Rick Rubin discuss Beatles and solo McCartney recordings, soloing tracks from the masters along the way. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you to send your comments about this or any o...

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary reissue of George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass,” Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo discuss the way the Beatles’ archival releases, group and solo, have evolved since “The Beatles Anthology.” (A video version of this podcast can be found on our YouTube channel.) As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other epi...

In Episode 343 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo celebrate Paul McCartney’s 79th birthday by each selecting three favorites from among his post-Beatles albums and individual songs (not necessarily singles), and three examples of his best work with the Beatles. For perspective, they also look at their least favorite McCartney works in the same categories. As alwa...

In Episode 342 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo celebrate the 50th anniversary of Paul McCartney’s RAM with a discussion of the album, as well as the RAM ON tribute album by Denny Seiwell (who played on the original) Fernando Perdomo and friends. In the course of the discussion, Allan offers a glimpse of the material he and Adrian Sinclair are including in McCa...

In Episode 341 of Things We Said Today, Ken Michaels, Allan Kozinn and Darren DeVivo offer an overview of the Plastic Ono Band box set, a stunning project - six CDs, two Blu-rays and a hardbound book, as well as a larger book available separately - that shows how archival releases should be done. As always, we welcome your thoughts about this episode of the show or any other episode. We invite you...