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The Beatles: They Came to a Land Downunder
Frank and Gaz
12 episodes
3 days ago
Frank and Gaz take a cross-disciplinary deep dive into The Beatles 1964 tour of Australasia. They explore where The Beatles went, who they met, and their broader social impact. But they also look more deeply into the nature of the land downunder - culturally and socially - using the Beatles as their point of departure. Expect some unexpected turns like discussion of Taylor Swift’s 2024 tour vis-a-vis the 1964 Beatles tour, connections to Ancient Rome and the classical era, feminist perspectives on the band and its history, and a rarely heard ABC (Australia) interview with John Lennon.
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Frank and Gaz take a cross-disciplinary deep dive into The Beatles 1964 tour of Australasia. They explore where The Beatles went, who they met, and their broader social impact. But they also look more deeply into the nature of the land downunder - culturally and socially - using the Beatles as their point of departure. Expect some unexpected turns like discussion of Taylor Swift’s 2024 tour vis-a-vis the 1964 Beatles tour, connections to Ancient Rome and the classical era, feminist perspectives on the band and its history, and a rarely heard ABC (Australia) interview with John Lennon.
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Episode 4: Beatles promoter pulls a swifty
The Beatles: They Came to a Land Downunder
55 minutes 36 seconds
1 year ago
Episode 4: Beatles promoter pulls a swifty

In episode 4, Frank and Gaz explore what the Beatles might have understood about Australia and where they went during the tour. They also shamelessly seek to boost their followers by drawing long bows between the Taylor Swift 2024 tour of Australia and that of the Beatles sixty years earlier. Our hosts uncover a long-lost interview by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) with John Lennon but can't afford to put much of it on air. They identify the Gold Coast promoter who couldn't secure local interest in the Beatles earlier in 1963. And they reveal efforts by members of the public, pub owners, band managers and even young Holden drivers to attract the Beatles to their local town. Finally, our hosts get serious in exploring fears that the nations' youth had succumbed to the sort of hysteria associated with war-time Germany. 

The Beatles: They Came to a Land Downunder
Frank and Gaz take a cross-disciplinary deep dive into The Beatles 1964 tour of Australasia. They explore where The Beatles went, who they met, and their broader social impact. But they also look more deeply into the nature of the land downunder - culturally and socially - using the Beatles as their point of departure. Expect some unexpected turns like discussion of Taylor Swift’s 2024 tour vis-a-vis the 1964 Beatles tour, connections to Ancient Rome and the classical era, feminist perspectives on the band and its history, and a rarely heard ABC (Australia) interview with John Lennon.