Your Own Personal Beatles

Jack and Robin are joined by Ollie Judge of the brilliant post-pink band Squid to chat about Ollie's Personal Beatles and the influence of Paul's experimental homemade 1980 masterpiece, McCartney II.For subscribers, this week's Pick A Song TM features an in-depth look at Junk from McCartney I.Links of note: Check His Machine: Paul McCartney Interviewed On McCartney II: https://thequietus.com/interviews/paul-mccartney-interview/Junk - Working Classical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1JnAPDMboJoin the Patreon at https://patreon.com/personalbeatlesFollow us on Instagram and BlueSky @PersonalBeatles.

Comedian Amy Matthews joins us this week to chat about her early musical memories, her love of Rubber Soul, and we take a deep dive into the 1978 Bee Gee-fronted mind-melting musical film, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Spoiler: it's less than brilliant.For subscribers, Jack and Robin break down George Harrison's Try Some, Buy Some, from 1973's Living in the Material World. Subscribe via Apple Podcasts or at Patreon.com/personalbeatles.Links of note:You can watch the film here: https://youtu.be/ZwfSfdYMfXs?si=QYh9WFEF-0GhFm3qGary Barlow's big son: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gary-barlow-massive-giant-tall-son-b2642537.htmlDavid Bowie's version of Try Some, Buy Some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svpv6UHA-dwAmy's stuff!WEBSITE: www.amymatthewscomedy.comSOCIALS: @amyfmatthewsSUBSTACK: amyfmatthews.substack.comVINYL PRE-ORDER: www.monkeybarrelrecords.com/product-page/amy-matthews-commute-with-the-foxes

Indie rock legend of the game, David Bazan, AKA Pedro The Lion joins Jack and Robin from Seattle Washington to talk about his formative experiences of The Beatles and his latest record in his suite of autobiographical LPs, Santa Cruz.Plus we debut our groundbreaking new feature 'Pick a Song' in which we take a deep dive into Ram's denouement, Back Seat of My Car.Links of note:Pedro The Lion - Santa Cruz:https://pedrothelion.bandcamp.com/album/santa-cruzKieran's Beatley Writings:https://kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2025/05/07/on-listening-to-thrillington-in-buxton/https://kieranstorieswriter.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/on-controversial-beatles-opinions/Back Seat of my Car Isolated Tracks:https://youtu.be/4IoVr3WykK4?si=IXBDNKStDo6lakPlFollow us on BlueSKY:https://bsky.app/profile/personalbeatles.bsky.social

After a few years away, Jack and Robin are back Beatling on and writing about themselves in the third person.In this episode, we run through a few of our highlights from the Beatles universe that have taken place while we've been away. And there are a lot! Paul's live tour. Now and Then, our favourite new Beatles books, and more.We also discuss a little of what is in store over the next few months on the podcast. Get in touch with your Personal Beatles stories from the last 3 years by emailing Jack@homesounsounds.com.Follow us on blue SKY/ BLUE sky: https://bsky.app/profile/personalbeatles.bsky.social.Links of note:First Time South:https://shows.acast.com/the-beatles-first-time-southRay Newman story:https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2021/08/25/fiction-u115-the-beyond-lennon/Beatles Explained insta:https://www.instagram.com/beatles_explained/KBO!

It's our belated Christmas special! Friend of the show, comedian and musician Johnny White Really-Really returns to take part in our second Beatles Cover Challenge.We pick a Beatles track for each other, have one month to record it, and reunite to discuss the results and what we've learned about the songs by recreating them.You can find the full versions of the songs at https://www.personalbeatles.com/episodes/cover-challenge-vol-2. Thanks for listening, and we'll be back later in the year.

Musician and songwriter Ed Dowie joins Jack and Robin to discuss his Personal Beatles. Ed chats about emotive music (notably She's Leaving Home), songwriting techniques and processes, and what makes music good - there's an easy one. There's also some Weekly Wings and Robin gets a preview of the re-release Concert for George.Find out more about the Concert for George here: https://www.concertforgeorge.com/Interview with the She's Leaving Home harpist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhC4imHiJUM&tKBO!

Musician, Ben Jacobs AKA Max Tundra joins Jack and Robin this week to share his personal Beatles. Under the name Max Tundra, Ben's critically acclaimed and influential solo records have recently been reissued on Domino, and he has worked with an array of artists from Arca to Daphne and Celeste.Ben chats about the Beatles influence on this solo work, early Beatles memories, his unique approach to writing and recording, and providing a song for video game sensation, Trombone Champ, amongst many other things. Please find some Tundra-esque links below.Reissues: https://maxtundra.ffm.to/reissuesBandcamp:https://maxtundra.bandcamp.comDaphne & Celeste Save The World:https://daphneandceleste.tvTrombone Champ:https://trombonechamp.com

Occult, cult comedian, Andrew O'Neill joins Jack & Robin this week to reveal their Personal Beatles. We also chat about Andrew's Heavy Metal-influenced stand-up, The Beatles' influence on heavy music and 70's counter culture, and Paul's monumental set at Glastonbury 2022. There's also new Weekly Wings and a new feature: Robin's Fascinating Breakdown, in which Robin spews forth on the different reversed guitar solos on the different versions of Revolver.Recorded at Soho Radio: https://sohoradiolondon.com/

Rapper, comedian and actor Ben Bailey Smith AKA Doc Brown joins Jack and Robin this week to share his personal Beatles. Ben chats about growing up with Abbey Road, this eclectic formative music tastes, and how his career has seen him navigate the different worlds of comedy, music and acting. You can currently see Ben is the new Star Wars series, Andor, on Disney+.You can hear the track by Saigon which samples The Beatles' Girl, here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkvWj9E4CnQ