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, and

Catch 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

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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_1JnAPDMbo

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Follow us on Instagram and BlueSky @PersonalBeatles.

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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-0GhFm3q

Gary Barlow's big son: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/gary-barlow-massive-giant-tall-son-b2642537.html

David Bowie's version of Try Some, Buy Some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svpv6UHA-dw

Amy's stuff!

WEBSITE: www.amymatthewscomedy.com

SOCIALS: @amyfmatthews

SUBSTACK: amyfmatthews.substack.com

VINYL PRE-ORDER: www.monkeybarrelrecords.com/product-page/amy-matthews-commute-with-the-foxes

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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-cruz

Kieran'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=IXBDNKStDo6lakPl

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https://bsky.app/profile/personalbeatles.bsky.social

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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 [email protected].

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-south

Ray Newman story:

https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2021/08/25/fiction-u115-the-beyond-lennon/

Beatles Explained insta:

https://www.instagram.com/beatles_explained/

KBO!

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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.

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We're taking a little mid-series break, but before we go, here's a bonus episode from last year, in which Al Roberts and Jonno for the superb comedy sketch group, Sheeps drop in to chat about Paul McCartney's 1984 film, Give My Regards to Broad Street.

The film (and its accompanying video game) are amongst the most critically derided Paul McCartney works, but is it as bad as everyone says it is? Have a listen to find out.

You can watch the film on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc1UnNmYP4M&t=6s

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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&t

KBO!

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Comedian and writer Alexandra Haddow joins the pod this week to share her Personal Beatles. Alex is one of the most exciting young comedians on the comedy circuit and has written for NME and Time Out, and Jack and Robin chat to her about dancing to The Beatles at her Indie Disco, getting caught up in a Beatles-based Twitter storm, and the nostalgia of record digging and rarities.

There is also chat about My Love in Weekly Wings, hidden song meanings, and recurring Beatley motifs hidden in plain sight.

The Ian Leslie's article on 'Paul McCartney's Freakish Memory' can be found here: https://ianleslie.substack.com/p/paul-mccartneys-freakish-memory

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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/reissues

Bandcamp:

https://maxtundra.bandcamp.com

Daphne & Celeste Save The World:

https://daphneandceleste.tv

Trombone Champ:

https://trombonechamp.com

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