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Ep. 170 | Now and Then (2023) Revisited

Now and then, do you ever want to hear, "Now And Then"? Or is your "Real Love" reserved for "Free As A Bird"?

Believe it or not: a) I'm walking on air, never thought I could feel so freeeee!, and II) "Now And Then" is already 5 months old. Wtf? Where has the time gone? And more importantly, where have all the cowboys gone? #ShawnColvin (sfx: buzzer) #PaulaCole (sfx: ding)

Now felt like the right time to revisit the "Last Beatles Song" (TM, until we get "Carnival Of Light"). Is it great? Rubbish? Somewhere in the middle, Patricia Heaton? And while we're on the subject-ish:

🦅 Generally, from a laundry perspective, does Tony prefer to kick 'em when they're up, or kick 'em when they're down?

🐂 (Angry Chicago guy:) How come they don't play the Dave Clark Five no more during timeouts at Bulls games? SAME GOES FOR THE BUCKINGHAMS, SON!

🍆 (Happy Chicago guy:)  I ain't religious but thank you, Lorde for Arne Harris in the summertime! 

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Ep. 83.2 | SPECIAL REPLAY / NME vs. UBP: Ranking The Beatles’ Song Catalog (2022)

These Three Cool Cats (3.5 if you count P3Z-Nutz, and we do not) are hard at work prepping our March Madness SEVENTH BEATLE BRACKET — coming soon to a podcast feed near you.

But today, we crack open the vaults at EMI to bring you one of our Fab Faves from back in 2022.

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[Originally released January 22, 2022]

Rage Against The Machine sang, “Know Your Enemy”.  Perhaps they were really singing “Know Your NME”, in reference to the U.K. magazine’s recent ranking of *almost* every Beatles song?Turns out, TJiskel and TonEBert’s rankings differ wildly from NME’s, and each other’s! Good thing (#FineYoungCannibals) Producer Casey is there to set the record straight, as we reveal our own exhaustively exhausting rankings of the Beatles catalog, and also delve into other major Beatles news, like:

🚦Which 1982 hit-maker doubled as a traffic eye in the sky for WBBM/CBS-2?

🏀🏈 Is T.J’s Derrick Rose Beatles song Tony’s Walter Payton Beatles song?

🐣 How’s the Sgt. Pepper Chicken at official show sponsor, Kenny Rogers Roasters?

Now open (only) in the Malaysia area! Less fat, less salt, less calories: it’s the #Untitled #Beatles #Podcast!

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Ep. 149 | Now and Then (2023) INSTANT REACTION

For the first time since the halcyon days of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Tha Crossroads", there's a NEW Beatles single! Thursday at 9a CT, Chicago Time, my guy, the Fabs dared to want to change the world one last time. Did they achieve that (Kenny) lofty goal, or merely create yet another gorgeous, emotional song to sit alongside their unparalleled catalogue? And most importantly, from a marketing perspective, should one File The Last Beatles Song Under Rock?

Well this instant reaction (TM) is gonna get you! Gonna look you right in the face, but in audio form, as Tony, T.J., and Producer Casey, a.k.a. The P3Zeatles, share their opinions on "Now And Then"; the newest, and last, Beatles song, Join us as we celebrate this awesome, celebratory moment in Beatles history! 

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Ep. 103 | 2022 All-Star Beatle Batting Orders

It’s obvious that The Beatles first love was music. But their fabbest love was for the American sport of baseball, with its electrifying foul balls, nail-biting bunts, and contemplative rain delays. And that’s why this week, T.J. and Tony have each compiled a major league set of fab tunes to compete against one another in this All-Star Beatle Batting Order Midsommer Classic.

This Week in Untitled Beatles Baseball:

 👎🏻 After a severe brow-beating from Cubs manager Lee Elia, is pinch drummer Jimmie Nicol getting sent down to the minors?

 🍀 Did superstitious T.J.’s “8-Track Only” fast cause him to make a crucial Sgt. Pepper fielding error?

 🐯 Should Tony "Bullethead" Mendoza have gotten ejected for trying to doctor the “Bungalow Bill”?

Plus another edition of Star’s Search!

 

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Ep. 10.3 | Mono/Stereo Nerdout! (Deluxe Reissue Part 2)

Adjust your balance knobs: It’s Part 2 of the Limited Edition Colored Vinyl Numbered Gnome-Filled reissue of our 10th episode, Mono/Stereo Nerdout! This episode is so duophonic, you only hear the right channel in your left channel. #SemiDimensionalStereo

Today, we continue the gab geek out over Fab stereo and mono nuances, and also consider:

 🍦 If stereo “Revolution” were a piece of ice cream, what flavour would it be?

 🙀 Is Tony more of a Mr. Mistoffelees or a Rum Tum Tugger?

 🤕 What’s up with so much loud harmonica in The Jon Spencer Blues Traveler?

It’s a magical, momentous, multinary matter-of-course conclusion, in one-channel stereo and, for a limited time, mono in your mind.

 

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Ep. 10.2 | Mono/Stereo Nerdout! (Deluxe Reissue Part 1)

Our world is not binary. Nor is it monary. It's multinary!

However, in this SUPER DELUXE REISSUE of our 10th episode, T.J. and Tony discuss so many splendid nuances between The Beatles stereo and mono catalog, that this ELECTRONICALLY ENHANCED CLASSIC must be a 2-parter. Therefore, this HISTORIC LEGACY REBROADCAST is binary.

Along the way, the stereo derriere-eos ponder:

 🏖 Is this the Untitled Beach Boys Podcast?

 🇺🇸 Could Paul have picked a more thoughtless song to play at the 2001 Concert For New York City?

 👵🏻 Is this the Untitled Jan & Dean Podcast?

Perhaps this ULTRA-RARE EXPANDED SPECIAL EDITION RERUN really is multinary!

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Originally published August 1, 2020

T.J. and Tony meander thru the magical minutiae of the Beatles monaural and stereophonic records, with detours into US LP quirks, the creepy Beach Boys, and the Honus Wagner T206 tobacco card of Beatle releases.

Brought to you by Heinz Beans.

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Ep. 98 | "The White Album” as a Single LP

Tony’s favourite Beatles record is their beloved double album, “The Beatles Story”. Jokes! It’s the legendary, self-titled 2LP set better known as “The White Album”. T.J. loves it slightly less. Sir George Martin? He said on several occasions that he’d have preferred a more focused single album. Horses for courses, as they say. #MeatFreeMonday

Inspired by the official UBP Fifth Beatle’s controversial opinion (and a great suggestion from listener Mr. Sticker) Tony & T.J. each create their own 1LP “White Album”, changing the track listing, making odd edits, and utilizing the wealth of material surrounding this landmark record’s sessions. Plus, they each pick a 45 featuring an A & B side culled from their cut lists. Do your favorite songs stay? Do any classics get a #HeGone? Summertime Tony and Dr. T.J. Fever discuss this and more, like:

 🛳 Which is a better Patti LuPone performance: the 1987 “Anything Goes” revival, or her cover of “Revolution 9”?

 🚚 Was Ringo behind the wheel for the Baltimore Colts’ dead-of-night, winter escape to Indianapolis? Irsay it ain’t so!

 🐓 Did Tony and his friend Dan get their glasses for WFLD Metromedia 32’s 3D airing of “Hondo” at 7-11 or White Hen Pantry?

Whether you’re #TeamJewel, #TeamDominicks, or #TeamGooGooDolls - all beloved Chicago-area grocery stores - come on down to 8-Track Avalanche and pick up this episode - or download it wherever podcasts and Jackson Browne 78tracks are sold.

 

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Ep. 87 | Beatles Valentimes: Songs for Significant Others Part 2

Would you look at that? It was JUST Valentimes Day! And, beloved listener, please accept our belated gift: the thrilling conclusion to our conversation about the tunes inspired by Beatle significant others.

T.J. and Tony talk tender tunes, play some Pattie (Boyd) Cake, and ponder:

 💋 Which is sexiest: “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” or Lenny and the Squigtones?

 🎼 Which Barry Manilow banger (#barrybanger) inspired the key change in John Lennon’s “Woman”?

 🦘 Was that strange lady who made Men At Work’s Colin Hay nervous, in fact, Pattie Boyd?

It’s not too late! Get back out to your local CVS, load up on all the half-price Whitman’s Samplers, and close out your Valentimes season in the warm embrace of the Untitled Beatles Podcast.

 

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Ep. 86 | Beatles Valentimes: Songs for Significant Others Part 1

Would you look at that? It’s almost Valentimes Day! Better run to CVS or lastminutegiftcarddepot.oops and show that special someone how much you care. Or, better yet, you could write your lover song after song after song that will forever stand the test of time and be meaningful to millions all over the world? I mean John, Paul, & George did it, why can’t you? #FailureAlert

With so much love in the air, Tony & T.J. look at some of their favorite songs inspired by The Beatles significant others. Along the way, their hearts explode with these hot topics/wet seals:

 🏄‍♂️ Who was more in love with baby Linda Eastman: Jan or Dean?

 ⚾️ If “Shipoopi” played baseball, would it bat in two or three hole?

 🛋 Is Paul’s longtime keyboard player actually a defunct furniture superstore? 

 

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Ep. 85 | Beatles B-Sides

For centuries, humankind has wondered:

What does the “B” in “B-side” stand for?

Blench? Brackle? Bywoner?

Perhaps we’ll never know. 

By the by, this week T.J. and Tony bloviate brusquely about B-sides by The Beatles, like a barrel of barmy bywoners. Baby they are not rich men, but their benevolence for this band will never blench!

Be that as it may, they often brood:

 🌊 Could Tony’s inimitable soprano have secured him a spot with The Beach Boys, or was he always destined to push Al Jardine’s sad inert duck into a dusty Chicago barn?

 🥯 Had T.J. attended the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, would he and Suzy Creamcheese have become the Roseanne & Tom of the 1960s?

 💥 Will Peter Jackson add the Lennon-penned onomatopoeic graphic “Chatoong!” to restored episodes of TV’s Batman? And then will Disney postpone its DVD & Blu-Ray release?

Besides, B-sides are boss!

Won’t you brackle with us?

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