The Beatles' songs often have such creativity, depth and nuance. Lyrics open to multiple interpretations, married to music that simultaneously captures and conveys the 'feel' of those lyrics.
Here, together with sociologist Candy Leonard, author of the book 'Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World', we discuss the songwriters' journey: from the days of sexual innuendo in their lyrics to those, just a few years later, of overt references - while transitioning from misogyny to feminism with love thrown into the mix.
The Music
Girl
Getting Better
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Why Don’t We Do it in the Road
Don’t Let Me Down
I’ve Got a Feeling
I Saw Her Standing There
Please Please Me
She Loves You
I’ll Get You
All I’ve Got to Do
You Can’t Do That
I’ll Cry Instead
Run for Your Life
She’s a Woman
When I Get Home
Another Girl
You’re Going to Lose That Girl
The Night Before
Day Tripper
Lovely Rita
Yer Blues
Oh! Darling
She’s So Heavy
Woman is the Nigger of the World
Hi, Hi, Hi
Woman