Help!

Compleatly-Beatles

Join Ian Boothby and David Dedrick from the Sneaky Dragon podcast for a -sometimes humorous – look at The Beatles’ album Help!. They had lots to say about the album this week – some criticism and some praise – and Dave gives a quick overview of The Beatles North American albums.

Thanks for listening.

10 thoughts on “Help!”

  1. David, I’m thoroughly enjoying your podcast – it’s fantastically entertaining.
    Is there ANY chance you can do the show solo? Your partner Ian adds nothing but noise. A LOT of noise! He’s not even a super-fan (like everyone who listens to the podcast). He’s a casual listener with zero to add, except horribly unfunny “jokes” that wouldn’t make a 12 year-old snicker. Seriously, he’s really that awful. Believe me.

  2. Man, I already felt bad about listening to the show despite not being a super-fan (Do I need a cape, or just a weird sense of entitlement?), but then the drummer from an ELO spin-off band had to go and make things extra-awkward.

  3. Thank you for the fun and interesting information on such an amazing and important band. Your two personalities work very well together. The differences between your angles and personalities cheer me right up and make the show what it is. I glad i found it and look forward to checking out you other stuff later. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Don.

  4. Hi there, another good podcast. I have read somewhere that “you’ve got to hide your love away” was about Brian Epstein in an era where homosexuality was illegal. Have you heard anything about that?

    1. It’s possible, Catherine, but, as John tended to write only about himself in his songs, it’s most likely about his own life – just as the song “Help!” was about his feelings of depression and loneliness.

  5. Wonderful Podcasts boys!! Delightful!
    Sorry I’m so late to the party ( I Don’t want to spoil it!), but …
    I’ve been listening to Norwegian Wood- and read a lot about the Beatles– for 45 years now, but I’ve never got from Norwegian Wood that he burns down the house at the end… I always understood that girl worked ( has sex) in the morning… and the guy was disappointed–or couldn’t perform sexually and went off to sleep in the bath.
    I always thought that she left him alone in the house , and he started a fire- in a fireplace, giving up on sex and just enjoying the fire from the good Norwegian wood.
    Also, I really LOVE Dizzy Miss Lizzie– John’s vocal is fantastic–and it reminds me of their old Cavern Rock and Roll Days. Great Job Guys!!
    Danny Joseph

  6. Surprised David doesn’t like “Bad Boy” after his kind words for “Mr. Moonlight.” “Bad Boy” is a solid song, a conventional R&B number with a killer unhinged Lennon vocal a la “Moonlight.” I’m no fan of “Dizzy Miss Lizzie” but Larry Williams did pen one winner for the Fabs. (“Slow Down” was a third Williams Beatles cover, and it’s not bad.)

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