
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs Episode 150: “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles
Dylan's Controversial Tour
- Bob Dylan's UK tour with The Hawks featured loud, raucous music, alienating some folk fans.
- An audience member's "Judas" shout and Dylan's subsequent motorcycle accident marked a turning point in his career.
Beatles' Hiatus and Lennon's Film
- Following their final tour, the Beatles took a break, pursuing individual interests.
- John Lennon filmed "How I Won the War" and began writing "Strawberry Fields Forever."
Lennon Meets Ono
- John Lennon met Yoko Ono at her art exhibition at the Indica Gallery.
- Lennon's interest was piqued by her conceptual piece, "Ladder Piece," leading to a connection.
This week’s episode looks at “All You Need is Love”, the Our World TV special, and the career of the Beatles from April 1966 through August 1967. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.
Patreon backers also have a thirteen-minute bonus episode available, on “Rain” by the Beatles.
Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at http://www.podnose.com/jaffa-cakes-for-proust and http://sitcomclub.com/
NB for the first few hours this was up, there was a slight editing glitch. If you downloaded the old version and don’t want to redownload the whole thing, just look in the transcript for “Other than fixing John’s two flubbed” for the text of the two missing paragraphs.
