Beatlemania

Something Rhymes with Purple

Sony Music

Comedy, Arts, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week at the Purple HQ, we explore words that come from the swinging 60s! Hear all about Gyles meeting The Beatles in an Apple shop back in the day, and Susie unpacking extraordinary etymologies... We love hearing from you, find us @SomethingRhymes on Twitter and Facebook, @SomethingRhymesWith on Instagram or you can email us on our NEW email address here: [email protected] Want even more purple, people? Join the Purple Plus Club by clicking the banner in Apple podcasts or head to purpleplusclub.com to listen on other platforms' Don’t forget that you can join us in person at our upcoming tour, tap the link to find tickets: www.somethingrhymeswithpurple.com Enjoy Susie’s Trio for the week: Batterfanged: Done in. Sammodithee: A way of replying to the toast. It means the same unto thee. Splute: Someone who exaggerates. Gyles' poem this week was 'Imagine' by John Lennon Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.5	and that's why I'm so excited that I get to talk to you about the return of one of my favorite shows.
0:39.7	Van der Park Rules is back for a brand new season on Hey You and well there's a lot to unpack.
0:46.9	I'm frothing with excitement because the Pump Rules gang is back on our screens with new episodes
0:52.0	dropping the same day as the US on Hey You, with new episodes dropping the same day as the US on Hey You.
0:54.9	So great, because with a show this hot, nobody wants spoilers.
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1:07.0	Hello, Giles here, and knowing that we have a family audience and the purple people often include some very young people
1:14.0	just to say that today's episode does include some language that some people may find
1:19.9	uncomfortable or offensive.
1:21.3	Welcome to another episode of Something Rimes with Purple.
1:26.0	This is a podcast about words, about language, about etymology.
1:30.0	It's presented by me, Charles Brandreth, and my good friend, Pod Panion, that's a work she's invented,
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