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Send us Fan Mail Boff Whalley is an artist, writer and musician, and a founder member of Chumbawamba. Here he discusses Wild Honey Pie, from The Beatles (the White Album), and explains why he thinks it's punk and indie rolled into one. He also digs into its unsettling seventh chords and triton…

Send us Fan Mail Arsalan Mohammad, host of Albumtoalbum, the David Bowie albums podcast, describes how his Beatles story started when his cousin flipped over her copy of Ebony and Ivory. Here he talks about his love for that song, Rainclouds, by Paul McCartney. The discussion covers elemental lyric…

Send us Fan Mail Music journalist and author Eoghan Lyng is back to talk about Mull of Kintyre, the Wings single Paul McCartney wrote with Denny Laine. Drawing from his own 2018 interview with Laine, Eoghan talks about the Campbeltown Pipe Band recording outdoors in one take, the elegant simplicity…

Send us Fan Mail Nick Coates writes Alice and the Eggmen, a Substack that digs into the tangled links between The Beatles and Lewis Carroll. Here he takes on Glass Onion, from the White Album, and makes the case that its refrain – 'looking through a glass onion' – is really a nod to Throu…

Send us Fan Mail Apple veteran Neil West joins us to discuss Heading for the Light, from Traveling Wilburys Volume 1, highlighting George Harrison at his happiest and most spiritual, Roy Orbison's heavenly cameo, and the easy friendship that made the Wilburys such an unlikely joy. He also talk…

Send us Fan Mail Enjoy a bonus conversation with former Wings lead guitarist Laurence Juber to close out season two of My Favourite Beatles Song. Following Laurence’s earlier appearance discussing While My Guitar Gently Weeps, this extra audio explores his Beatles guitar arrangements, the thinking …

Send us Fan Mail Tim is joined by music journalist and author Tom Doyle to explore She Came in Through the Bathroom Window. They examine the song’s place in the Abbey Road medley, its strange and vivid lyric, Ringo’s irresistible groove, George’s guitar work, and the song’s deep connection to South…

Send us Fan Mail Tim is joined by award-winning 'I Am the EggPod' producer and host Chris Shaw to explore Her Majesty. They examine the song’s strange place in Abbey Road, its accidental journey to becoming the Beatles’ hidden closing track, and what its humour, brevity and missing final …

Send us Fan Mail Tim is joined by former Apple insider and author Chris O’Dell to explore Get Back. They examine her extraordinary first-hand experiences with The Beatles, from typing the song’s lyrics (while slightly high), to witnessing its creation, and even appearing on the famous rooftop perfo…