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407. Take A Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude author James Campion
407. Take A Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude author James Campion
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today, author, music journalist and podcaster James Campion joins me to delve into one of the most iconic and enduring songs in the history of popular music as he gives a taste of his book Take A Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of Hey Jude. We talk about how McCartney took a song inspired by John Lennon's son Julian's feelings about his parents divorce and refined it into one of the most universal songs ever written, how John Lennon was the first of many people to think it was about himself, the difficulty of writing in second person, the songs unusual take on male friendship and how it acts as a sequel to She Loves You, how the recording saw the Beatles take another leap forward in the studio and the revolutionary elements of the track that now seem classic and inevitable.
Released:
May 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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