Dear Prudence
Song by John Lennon, Lennon-McCartney, and Paul McCartneyWikipedia
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Search complete. 82 mentions across 12 episodes found for "Dear Prudence".
Sep 16, 2026
LarsonHOST
What an idiot."
SteveHOST
He thinks Dear Prudence is a top 10 Beatles song.
LarsonHOST
Yeah, might be.
SteveHOST
Okay.
5 MINS LATER
SteveHOST
My Beatles credibility is certified.
LarsonHOST
I don't know.
LarsonHOST
You don't have "Dear Prudence" on your, your best of White Album, so.
SteveHOST
And your, your, your, your bizarre fixation on a mid-level Beatles song is-
Joel SpenceGUEST
They should have released it every year, to be honest.
Joel SpenceGUEST
I think I'm going to say Dear Prudence.
Michael SokilHOST
Oh, good choice.
Michael SokilHOST
Very good choice.
Joel SpenceGUEST
Um, it's very specific and I don't know.
Joel SpenceGUEST
I just think it, it would have, it would have been a hit, uh, or if it wouldn't have been a hit it, I would have still been glad that they took that risk.
Michael SokilHOST
That's on my list for like best songs that weren't singles, but commercial potential of dear prudence.
Michael SokilHOST
I'm not sure.
LarsonHOST
This could be a good way to end the show.
LarsonHOST
Says, "With Steve's clear objection to Dear Prudence, Steve's personal animus-
SteveHOST
Oh, no
LarsonHOST
... animus towards Dear Prudence."
SteveHOST
I've got animus towards Prudence?
LarsonHOST
Evidently.
LarsonHOST
Are there any other universally liked songs that you don't like that might turn the crowd against you? So apparently, seemingly based on this question, Luis has heat with you for your animus towards Dear Prudence.
SteveHOST
Okay, fair enough.
Brett MorrisPANELIST
um so
Will HinesHOST
that i kept that in mind so here here's where we go first side back in the ussr into dear prudence i'm so used to that beginning i couldn't budget like it's just such a beautiful one two punch that i kept it but then i skip right to i mean again you guys could order it radically different but this is how mine worked out back in the ussr to prudence then while my guitar gently weeps And I cut everything in between that.
Will HinesHOST
No Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, no Glass Onion.
Will HinesHOST
Wow.
Will HinesHOST
And then I go to I Will and Julia, which is how the first album of the White Album currently ends.
Will HinesHOST
So I keep those.
Will HinesHOST
So back in the USSR, dear Prudence, while my guitar gently weeps, happiness is a warm gun.
Will HinesHOST
Martha, my dear, I'm so tired.
Ross StevensonHOST
This is one for you too, Blasey.
Phil CeberanoGUEST
Yeah, look, I know the answer to this, of course, but who taught the finger styling to John Lennon while recording Julia and Dear Prudence? I know the answer.
Phil CeberanoGUEST
Hang on, hang
Ross StevensonHOST
on, hang on.
Ross StevensonHOST
Who taught John Lennon the finger styling for Julia and Dear Prudence? Sounds
Phil CeberanoGUEST
a bit intimate, that question.
Phil CeberanoGUEST
Clapton.
Nate BrownHOST
So you have McCartney doing a rocker like Back in the USSR or a more avant-garde thing like Why Don't We Do It in the Road or Helter Skelter.
Nate BrownHOST
You also have Lennon doing some of these more gentle songs like Dear Prudence or Julia.
Nate BrownHOST
And so that's kind of an interesting thing.
Nate BrownHOST
You also have, you know, Lennon getting into his most avant-garde with Revolution 9, obviously.
SteveHOST
[laughs] If I can find it.
LarsonHOST
I'm guessing Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence.
SteveHOST
Nope.
SteveHOST
[laughs]
LarsonHOST
No Dear Prudence?
SteveHOST
No and no. [laughs]
LarsonHOST
How do you not put Dear Prudence on there?
SteveHOST
Uh-
Tim TuckerHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Nick CoatesGUEST
After that Pr- Dear Prudence kind of like quietness.
Nick CoatesGUEST
Wake up.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I told you 'bout Strawberry Fields.
speaker_7NARRATOR
This is Vocal Booth Radio.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[singing] Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hey, the sun is up, the sky is blue.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's beautiful and so are you.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play? Dear Prudence.
speaker_26SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dear Prudence.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Open up your eyes.
John LennonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dear Prudence.
speaker_1HOST
That's a tough one.
speaker_1HOST
I'd say it's a toss-up between Hey Jude and Dear Prudence.
CassHOST
Ah, yes.
CassHOST
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speaker_1HOST
I love it.
CassHOST
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CassHOST
It's the ultimate societal Rorschach test.
speaker_1HOST
Oh, I like that.
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