“What You’re Doing” – Episode 82 with Raymond Schillinger (You Can’t Unhear This)

This week on our Beatles podcast, we bring in a fourth voice and it gets delightfully nerdy fast. Guest Raymond Schillinger from You Can’t Unhear This joins us to re-hear “What You’re Doing” like it is hiding in plain sight.

We cover:

- Why “What You’re Doing” feels like a throwaway song
- The song’s girl group fingerprints in the call and response vocals
- The bass fill at the end, maybe the first time the Beatles had one
- Recording breakdown: the September 1964 sessions
- Seltaeb, NEMS, Stramsact, the lawsuit, and the merch money fallout

Raymond's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@YouCantUnhearThis

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