392 - The Beatles - Let It Be - Joel McHale
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EPISODE SUMMARY:
In a way, starting at the end of a band's career is one of the best ways to experience their music, as it shows you the pinnacle of their creative evolution. Then you can work your way back and see how they made that journey, as in the Beatles case, from fresh-faced young crooners to global icons, both hardened and refined by their experiences. 1970's Let It Be may be the last studio album the band ever produced, and it may have had no shortages of acrimony or discord in its making. But it also acts as one final love letter to the rare thing the four boys from Liverpool created, and reminds superfans like actor and comedian Joel McHale, of Community and The Soup, why they fell in love with their music in the first place.
SHOW NOTES:
00:30 - Intro
14:00 - The music of your people
19:30 - A lifetime in 6 years
25:00 - A band falling apart
37:00 - The best of the best
44:45 - The quiet genius
52:15 - Beloved yet disrespected
1:03:45 - Anything for a buck
1:18:00 - Fighting for your songs
1:24:00 - Facts!
1:28:45 - The best job on Earth
1:41:00 - Bad hair
1:43:00 - Outro/New music