UnBeatled

UnBeatled

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UnBeatled episodes

  • EP 6: Yellow Submarine
    UnBeatled examines Yellow Submarine - a song that was written as a children's rhyme. Listen in to stories about how Donovan helped with the lyrics and John tried to record his vocals underwater.

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    28 min
  • EP 5: She Loves You
    UnBeatled inspects the song that catapaulted The Beatles to heights never seen before in the UK. Learn how such an iconic song was written on twin hotel beds and recorded merely a few days later.

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    41 min
  • EP 4: Lady Madonna
    UnBeatled delves into the McCartney penned, blues inspired rocker - Lady Madonna. Tune in to hear how famous saxophonist, Ronnie Scott, played on the record and how Paul took inspiration for the lyrics from a picture in National Geographic.

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    29 min
  • EP 3: Help!
    This episode UnBeatled unpicks one of John Lennon's first autobiographical songs - Help! Listen in to hear how The Beatles got the most out of 4-track recording equipment and how the film of the same name influenced The Monkees.

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    45 min
  • EP 2: Here Comes The Sun

    UnBeatled delves deep into one of The Beatles' most enduring and popular hits - Here Comes The Sun.


    Tune in to learn about Ringo's quirky drumming technique on the track and why John Lennon was absent from the recording.

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    49 min
  • EP 1: Please Please Me

    The first episode of UnBeatled covers the song that really kick-started Beatlemania - Please Please Me.



    In this week's show, we examine how The Beatles turned "a black and white world into colour" and discuss how their first hit was almost never recorded.

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    46 min
  • UnBeatled TRAILER #1
    UnBeatled is a new podcast that will dive into EACH song by the Fab Four discussing what made them great. Songs will be picked at random from episode to episode, dancing around their hugely varied discography.

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    1 min

About UnBeatled

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UnBeatled is a new podcast that will dive into EVERY song by the Fab Four and discuss what made them great. 


An expert talks us through all the details and a musician unpicks the…