Your Own Personal Beatles Help Us 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.

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Merry Christmas all. As we've had to delay our Xmas special due to COVID and general winter illnesses, we thought we'd pick a random Beatles solo album that we didn't really know, spend a week with it and discuss the results. That lucky LP was George Harrison's Somewhere in England, and it was a very enjoyable listen and subsequent chat.

WARNING: Unrehearsed, unedited waffle awaits! Likely to contain factual errors and general thickness.

We'll be back shortly after the festive season with our bonus cover challenge, and then normal service will be resumed! KBBO.

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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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/

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