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Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About the Beatles

Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About the Beatles

John & Paul: A Love Story In Songs

Apr 25, 2026 · 1h 21m

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The panel reviews and discusses last year's hit Beatle book John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs , by Ian Leslie. We loved this book. For those who haven't read it, it's a "biography of a relationship" - telling the story of John and Paul's partnership through their songs. Each chapter is named after a song which means even the table of contents tells a story. For the casual fan, this book is a pretty thorough summary of all the major events of their lives. For the Beatles experts, Ian underlines facts you might not have noticed (John and Paul both use "I" even when they trade lead vocal on "A Hard Day's Night", the album Rubber Soul took just 14 days of studio time to record?) as well as…