About this podcast
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 lyrics and the music behind iconic hits like Here Comes The Sun, Penny Lane and Come Together.
Songs will be picked at random from episode to episode, dancing around their hugely varied discography.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 27 episodes
- A Hard Day's Night · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 26The Beatles had been signed for a cash grab film deal. It was filmed and ready to be released as Beatlemania continued to rise but they still didn't have the title and the…
- I Am the Walrus · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 25In 1967, John Lennon and his childhood friend, Pete Shotton, were diving into and reading a bag of fan mail that was lying around John's house. John pulled out a letter from a…
- Paperback Writer · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 24Welcome to episode 24 of UnBeatled, a channel where we take a deep dive into every single song The Beatles ever recorded. In our discussion we unpick the music, the lyrics, the…
- EP 23: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 23John Lennon's son, Julian, brought home a painting he had done at school that day and showed it to his dad. To say John was impressed is an understatement. He was immediately…
- EP 22: Yesterday · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 22Paul McCartney leaped out of bed one morning with a tune in his head. He sat down at the piano and found the chords, drumming the melody into his memory with a canny rhyme. He…
- EP 21: Hey Bulldog · 24 min · Season 1 Episode 21This episode is sponsored by EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. In IMAX Feb 20 / In cinemas everywhere Feb 27 https://www.epicmovie.co.uk Welcome to episode 21 of UnBeatled, a…
- EP 20: Let It Be · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 20This episode is sponsored by EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. In IMAX Feb 20 / In cinemas everywhere Feb 27 https://www.epicmovie.co.uk Welcome to episode 20 of UnBeatled, a…
- EP 19: Nowhere Man · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 19Welcome to episode 19 of UnBeatled, a channel where we take a deep dive into every single song The Beatles ever recorded. In our discussion we unpick the music, the lyrics, the…
- EP 18: All My Loving · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 18Welcome to episode 18 of UnBeatled, a channel where we take a deep dive into every single song The Beatles ever recorded. In our discussion we unpick the music, the lyrics, the…
- EP 17: Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 17Welcome to episode 17 of UnBeatled, a channel where we take a deep dive into every single song The Beatles ever recorded. In our discussion we unpick the music, the lyrics, the…
- EP 16: Strawberry Fields Forever · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 16Welcome to episode 16 of UnBeatled, a channel where we take a deep dive into every single song The Beatles ever recorded. In our discussion we unpick the music, the lyrics, the…
- EP 15: And I Love Her · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 15This episode discusses And I Love Her, a song that was written for Paul McCartney's first true love - Jane Asher. Tune in to hear about the band's use of musical concepts such as…
- EP 14: Cry Baby Cry · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 14This episode delves into John's haunted nursery rhyme - Cry Baby Cry. The song was initially inspired by a TV advertisement before being finished while studying transcendental…
- EP 13: She's Leaving Home · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 13This episode discusses She's Leaving Home - a song that was inspired by a newspaper article about a runaway teenager. Tune in to hear about Mike Leander's arrangement and how it…
- EP 12: I've Got A Feeling · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 12UnBeatled breaks down the 1970 rocker 'I've Got A Feeling'. This song blended two unfinished tracks - one from McCartney and one from Lennon. This was the last time they…
- EP 11: Michelle · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 11UnBeatled takes a look at Michelle from Rubber Soul. It began life as a song Paul used to play at parties while singing in a French accent. Tune in to hear about Nina Simon's…
- EP 10: Dear Prudence · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 10UnBeatled inspects Dear Prudence from The Beatles' self-titled album. It's a beautiful song written by John that utilises a guitar finger picking style that John learned from…
- EP 9: She Said She Said · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 9UnBeatled delves deep into She Said She Said - a song that was written after a memorable experience with the actor Peter Fonda. Tune in to hear how the song was written in the…
- EP 8: Eight Days A Week · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 8This episode looks at Eight Days A Week - a song that was just an album track in the UK but went on to be a big hit in America. It's an optimistic, feel-good track that's driven…
- EP 7: Penny Lane · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 7UnBeatled breaks down Penny Lane - the song that Paul McCartney wrote as his response to Strawberry Fields Forever. Tune in to hear about the perfect piccolo trumpet solo and why…
