Music journalist and broadcaster, Jude Rogers, joins Jack and Robin this week to unveil her Personal Beatles. Jude is a fabulous writer known for her work at The Word, Q Magazine and the BBC, and her recent memoir The Sound of Being Human, is a beautifully written look at the way music shapes our lives. In this week's Pick a Song, we discuss Fixing a Hole form SP'sLHCB. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or on Patreon to gain access to this and all the other extended version of the podcast. Links of Note:The Sound of Being Human: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ps3awhe37yqhk748dcre7/AMJIZRPJgch4Ho3kmwpbKTo?rlkey=niehfdravxe48s56m6r8rmscn&dl=0Jude's open letter to Paul McCartney: https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/paul-mccartney-at-80-you-were-with-me-when-i-last-saw-my-dad-39tdlfs0pDavid Bennett on God Only Knows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NaJsJfPD0k Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
--------
1:22:42
Mark Brown's Personal Beatles
Musician and member of The Horne Section, Mark Brown, joins Jack and Robin this week to share his Personal Beatles memories. We chat about Tug of War, meeting Paul at Ronnie Scotts, andCatch the Horne Section at Glastonbury and on tour and check out The Horne Section Television Show on Channel 4 now!Links of note:https://www.thehornesection.com/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-horne-section-tv-show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
--------
1:11:42
Ollie Judge's 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
--------
57:35
Amy Matthews' Personal Beatles
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
--------
1:06:36
David Bazan AKA Pedro The Lion's Personal Beatles
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We chat to amazing guests about their personal relationship with The Beatles, and discover how their lives and work have been influenced by the greatest band of them all.Guests include Adam Buxton, Jon Ronson, Mae Martin, Elis James, Josh Widdicombe, John Robins, Matthew E White, Kevin Eldon, Shaparak Khorsandi, Nish Kumar, Field Music and many more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
España