Yellow Submarine (1968)

About this episode

The episode discusses the animated film 'Yellow Submarine' featuring The Beatles and their music.

Yellow Submarine was an animated film featuring The Beatles. It was released in 1968, to fulfill a 3-picture deal, that included A Hard Days Night (1964); Help! (1965). And like the first two films, this was, in essence, a music-delivery device. It was agreed that the band would supply 4 new songs - All Together Now, Hey Bulldog, It’s All Too Much, and Only A Northern Song - for the film. These new songs would be heard in the film along with 12 other recently released songs, including Nowhere Man, Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, When I’m 64, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help From My Friends, and All You Need Is Love . Beatles producer George Martin would provide the score. "And what was that story? In a nut shell, Pepperland, an open, peace-loving land, comes under attack by a fascist, militaristic group known as the Blue Meanies. Fred, is sent by the Lord Mayor, in the Yellow Submarine to enlist help. The Sub ends up in Liverpool England where Fred finds Ringo and the other Beatles. After travelling over various psychedelic lands and seas The Band returns to Pepperland (with Jeremy, a Boob they’ve picked up along the way)…

People in this episode

Hosts: Troy, David

Topics covered

• animated film
• The Beatles
• music
• psychedelic
• 1960s cinema

Keywords

• Yellow Submarine
• The Beatles
• animated film
• George Martin
• 1968

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Beatles

Books & works: Yellow Submarine, A Hard Days Night, Help!, Nowhere Man, Eleanor Rigby, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, When I’m 64, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help From My Friends, All You Need Is Love

Places: Pepperland, Liverpool

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