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0:00 Intro - (They Got The Monkees)

Quote: Dumb And Dumber

1:41 – Painting Something For No One (Help With Chords)

Wonderwall – Oasis
D'You Know What I Mean – Oasis
Something - The Templeton Twins With Teddy Turner And His Bunsen Burners
More on the chords from Something here and here
Junkie (1984) – Steve Vai
Wire And Wood (1985) – Alcatrazz
Answers (1990) – Steve Vai

11:32 – A Tribute To Hoopshank (In Three Movements)

February Album Writing Month www.fawm.org
Paul 'Hoopshank' Turrell

12:29 Yellow Submarine - Hoopshank
29:29 The Decisive Five - Hoopshank
56:15 Wild Honey Pie - Keith Skylark Band

11:53 – Real Modulations and False Teeth (Paul McCartney on Fresh Air)

Full Interview mp3
Full Interview Transcription
My Valentine (Paul McCartney)
Cheek To Cheek (Fred Astaire)
Teeth Like Stars Trailer (1980's BBC Radio 4)

24:34 – Another Lennon and McCartney Original (I Fancy Me Chances)

Fly On The Wall (Let Be Naked Bonus Disc)

Mark Lewisohn Website
Mark Lewisohn: A Beatlemaniac's Prayer

26:49 That No Good Dirty Robbing Songwriting Website - (Please Share This Link!)

My post on BSA Five Unusual Songwriting Tricks From The Beatles
Sharon Goldman

31:19 – The Chord (A Hard Day's Audio Spectrum Analysis)

Beatles Bible
More on the drummer on Dear Prudence
Another Hard Day's Night (From Help! OST) - Ken Thorpe or George Martin Orchestra?

50:29 – Fire In The Fireplace (What I Learned about Songwriting From A Crazy Guy In Liverpool)

Nicholas Tozier
Original Post (The Lyric Writer's Workroom)
The Beatles Story, Liverpool
With God On Our Side – Bob Dylan
Sableyalo Mi Agontze (The Bleating Lamb) - Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir from Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Vol. 1
Lamentations (NIV Translation)
In My Life – Pageshu youtube

Idents by Poddingham Paul courtesy of LeftLion Thanks Paul! 
Closing theme - 'Piggies' performed by The Black Heartthrobs available here Thanks BH! 
Thanks also to Curtis Pea, Nancy Rost, Sharon Goldman and Nicholas Tozier.

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BSA PODCAST EPISODE 6: Shownotes

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0:00 - Intro - 1969 Christmas Wishes From Paul

Christmas Links from Beatles 1969 Christmas Fan Club Record


2:02 - Who Wants To Be Carol? (1966 Lennon And McCartney Interview)

Interview background on Beatles Bible

A Hard Day's Night - Peggy Lee
All My Loving - Matt Monro
And I Love Him - Lena Horne
Wait - Frankie Laine


13:10 - Wishy Woo Merry Christmas (Yule Be Improvising)

From Beatles 1969 Christmas Fan Club Record


14:15 - Eleanor Rigby's Ghost (Aaron Krerowicz takes a Beatles Minute)

Beatles Minutes on Aaron Krerowicz
More on Madrigalism


17:14 - Five Ideas For More Interesting Intros (From Motown to school assemblies, Bon Jovi to the Beatles)

Put Your Song On A Diet! - Ticket 2
Building Up On The 5th - Ticket 65
Jazz Style Intro Verses - Ticket 53
AABA Structures - Ticket 26
Mutate Your Intros - Ticket 4
Combining Song Ideas: Two Become One - Ticket 55
Post by Shane Adams that includes the concept of a Swing Line
Wikipedia posts on Anacrusis, A Cappella, Recitative and Musical Development
More on the '7 seconds to skip' concept can be found in Jay Franks' book Futurehit.DNA download the first chapter here


53:17 – Tomorrow Never Jingles (Christmas Mash-Up)

Jingle Bells by California Beatles tribute band The Fab Four from their album Hark!


54:56 – Bob And The Band In The Basement With Hank And Lennon Too! (Troubadour Timing or The Lennon Edit)

Bob Dylan, The Band And The Basement Tapes documentary on IMDB and Youtube
The Lennon Edit - Ticket 37
The Lennon Extension - Ticket 52


58:40 – That Dirty No Good Robbin'... (Who Stole Stewball?)

More on Stewball and Merry Xmas (War Is Over)
More on the Beatles uncredited co-writers


1:01:27 – Trouble With These Glasses (George And Ringo On Songwriting)

Interviews with George (1965) and Ringo (1964) from On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2


1:04:53 – Getting Under My Fingernails (Deconstructing My Own Song For Beatles Clues)

Descending Line Starting From The b7th - Ticket 31
Recycle Your 'O's Ticket 4
The Lennon Edit - Ticket 37
More on 10 Ways The Beatles Have Radically Changed My Songwriting
Buy Fingernails on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Spotify, CD Baby, Soundcloud and Google Play.


1:18:12 - Outro (250 Good People)

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Closing theme - 'Piggies' performed by The Black Heartthrobs available here
Idents by Poddingham Paul courtesy of LeftLion

Many thanks to Poddingham Paul, The Black Heartthrobs and Aaron Krerowicz, Nancy Rost and Curtis Pea.

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0:00 Intro

Quote: Men In Black

1:22 – John's Unlocked Music Clues From Anthology

More on Happiness Is A Warm Gun
More on I Will

5:35 – Good Lyrics = Good Song (And Bad Lyrics = Bad Song)

More on Across The Universe
More on Yesterday

8:40 – The Overall Sound (Is What's Important)

More on This Boy

9:58 – Subconscious Sabotage (Slight Return)

More on Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite

11:09 – Paul's Focus (“I just fitted words to it”)

More on Martha My Dear
More on Yesterday

15:15 – Chords Are Exciting! (And So Are Key Changes!)

More on From Me To You

16:53 – Paul - Able To Leap Tall Genres In A Single Bound

More on Honey Pie
More on Tomorrow Never Knows

18:30 – John Got (No) Rhythm

More on Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Post on Ticket 37: The Lennon Edit
Post on Ticket 52: The Lennon Extension

19:50 – Imagine A Jump (Mighty Mike)

A mashup of John Lennon's Imagine and Van Halen's Jump available here
Mighty Mike on Facebook

21:10 - Conclusion (Part 1)

In Spite Of All The Danger (The Quarrymen)
Johnny One Note (Rodgers/Hart) sung by Ella Fitzgerald
More on Because

28:44 – Concluding Conclusion

Video: Lennon or McCartney?

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BSA PODCAST EPISODE 4: Shownotes

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0:00  - Intro

Quote: Chevy Chase in Fletch (1985)
The Black Heartthrobs: Back In The USSR
Download The Black Heartthrobs: The White Album - Side 1 + 2 here

2:55 - What Was The Difference Between Lennon And McCartney?

Video: Lennon or McCartney?
Book Review: John Lennon Interviews
Book Review: Paul McCartney Biographies

5:30 – Art (Avant Mc-Garde-ny)

More on While My Guitar Gently Weeps

8:30 - Politics (John Lenin or Paul MaoCartney?)

Quote: Jimmy Cliff in Lennon Or McCartney?
The Black Heartthrobs: Don't Pass Me By

13:26 - Melodies (Verti-Paul or Hori-Johntal)

Ticket 58: Write a descant

17:05 - Shouting vs Melodies

Golden Ticket: Keep The Tonics Apart Till The End (Ticket 74)
More on Yer Blues
More on I Will
More on Hey Jude
More on Dear Prudence
The Black Heartthrobs: Julia

24:30 – Autobiography vs Fiction (Me At The Third Party)
Quote: Jason Collett on Lennon Or McCartney?
More on Mean Mr Mustard
More on Come Together

27:20 - Preparation or Inspiration? (Subconscious Sabotage!)

More on Across The Universe
More on Happiness Is A Warm Gun

32:50 – Outro

Matt Blick: My Ride Single

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BSA PODCAST EPISODE 3: Shownotes

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0:00 Intro - ear muffs?

In My Life (Sean Connery) from In My Life (George Martin)
Quote from Goldfinger
Wun'erful, Wun'erful! (Stan Freberg)
The Beatles And Bond article on FilmNav
February Album Writing Month (FAWM.org)
My FAWM profile

2:08 Is James Bond A Cliche?

Line Cliche article on ChordAddict
Ticket 17: Chromatic Descent Starting From The Root
Ticket 31: Chromatic Descent Starting From The b7th
Ticket 32: Chromatic Ascent Starting From The 5th

9:09 James Bond Is Sad (Minor Variations)

James Bond Theme Authorship and Origin article on Wikipedia
KS Rhoads
Better For Me If I'd Never Been Born (Matt Blick)

19:32 In My Life (Slight Return)

In My Life (Sean Connery) from In My Life (George Martin)

20:46 James Bond Is Happy (Major Carnage)

Ticket 8: Use the minor 4 (iv)

29:23 The Name's Templeman. Ted Templeton. And So's My Brother...

Ted Templeman bio on Wikipedia

32:50 James Bond Is Beside Himself (Multiple Uses)

36:50 James Bond Is Indian?

I Was There Too film podcast

39:46 Omissions - Unchained Melody

KS Rhoads

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BSA PODCAST EPISODE 2: Shownotes

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0:00 Intro

Let's Build An Airport (Matt Blick)

1:43 The Root - b7 - 6 - b6 Progression - from Cream to Springsteen via High School Musical 3

Ticket 68
Posts on Dear Prudence
Posts on While My Guitar Gently Weeps

12:57 Prudence In The Sky With Santa - root notes? We don't need no stinking root notes!

16:39 White, Webb And Gaiman unLimited - more is less

Be-atletudes
Blessed Are The Limited
Other posts on limitations

27:10 Yes, A Second Time - the Beatles plagiarise themselves

Posts on All I've Got To Do
Posts on Not A Second Time

28:51 Dear Prudence Easter Eggs


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BSA PODCAST EPISODE 1: Shownotes

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2:00 Mother Nature's Son - Martin's mistake or Yesterday's idea?

• Posts on Mother Nature's Son
• My review of Revolution In The Head 

4:10 Hey Jude - Paul said a bad word. Says John.

• Posts on Hey Jude 

6:40 I Am The Walrus – George's finest hour

• Posts on George Martin 

12:10 Back In The USSR – good songs can come from bad ideas

• Posts on Back In The USSR 
• More on I'm Backing Britain 

14:13 Back In The USSR (Slight Return) – when is a 12 bar not a 12 bar?

• Ticket 35: Use 12 bar long sections in non 12 bar blues songs

15:58 Listener's Question - Jeff Charreaux: "Did the Beatles write diatonic bridges when the rest of the song was non-diatonic?" 

• Jeff Charreaux guest post 
• Ultraviolet Eye website 
• Ticket 28: Use at least one 'out of key' chord 
• Ticket 5: Make each section contrast with the others 
• Ticket 60: The seven drop 
• Ticket 26: The AABA structure 

27:17 Belly Movin' – The Beastles

• The Beastles website (free downloads) 
• DJ BC Interview 

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