Episode #31 - 'Sex, Love and Misogyny - The Beatles in Song'

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> The Music <ul> <li>Girl</li> <li>Getting Better</li> <li>Happiness is a Warm Gun</li> <li>Why Don’t We Do it in the Road</li> <li>Don’t Let Me Down</li> <li>I’ve Got a Feeling</li> <li>I Saw Her Standing There</li> <li>Please Please Me</li> <li>She Loves You</li> <li>I’ll Get You</li> <li>All I’ve Got to Do</li> <li>You Can’t Do That</li> <li>I’ll Cry Instead</li> <li>Run for Your Life</li> <li>She’s a Woman</li> <li>When I Get Home</li> <li>Another Girl</li> <li>You’re Going to Lose That Girl</li> <li>The Night Before</li> <li>Day Tripper</li> <li>Lovely Rita</li> <li>Yer Blues</li> <li>Oh! Darling</li> <li>She’s So Heavy</li> <li>Woman is the Nigger of the World</li> <li>Hi, Hi, Hi</li> <li>Woman</li> </ul>