The Beatles Get Back Nearly three years on from the announcement of The Beatles Get Back, Peter Jackson’s movie is finally here. Except it’s not a movie, it is January 1969 distilled into 7 hours and 48 minutes, and it’s everything. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nothing-i...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 10
The Beatles Get Back - The Night Before The wait is nearly over. With only 24 hours to go before the world gets to see Peter Jackson’s The Beatles Get Back, Steven & Jason gather their thoughts ahead of its release and ahead of a full Nothing Is Real episode on this incredible docuseries. Live on tape from Dublin, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRs...
Nov 24, 2021•16 min
You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together Part Two As 1972 rolled into 1973, so did the litigation relating to the inspiration John Lennon had when writing Come Together. The knock-on effects would be heard on John’s solo albums and teach us the important life lesson to always read the small print about mail order distribution. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 9
You Can’t Catch Me: Come Together Part One Having been sidelined by a car accident, John Lennon reappeared at the Abbey Road sessions with a gem: Come Together. Although a great example of the Beatles as a creative entity, the track would cast a huge shadow over John’s solo work in the 70s. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://...
Nov 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Movie This 1978 movie, a BeeGees-Frampton vehicle is a rightly derided folly. The bigger question is: Why does this even exist at all? Follow all the threads and even Brian Epstein plays an indirect role. Steven & Jason explain. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsuppo...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 5Ep. 7
The Laurence Juber Interview: Part Two As a member of Wings, Laurence Juber is sent off on promotional duties for the mighty Back To The Egg album and the new line-up hits the road for the 1979 Wings U.K. winter tour. Then Wings arrive in two places: Japan, and the 1980s. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast & Los Angeles, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://t...
Oct 28, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 6
05E06: The Laurence Juber Interview: Part One Before he joined Wings in 1978, Laurence Juber was already a musician’s musician. In this first part, he recounts how he brought his formal musical training in college to the busy world of 1970s sessions, and then he crosses paths with Denny Laine and Mike McCartney… Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast & Los Angeles, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTub...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 5
The Concert for Bangladesh: Part Two It’s Monday, July 26th, 1971 and rehearsals start for the George Harrison & Friends gig due to happen the following Sunday. Will Eric get on a plane? Is Bob going to be there? Has Allen cleared everything with the taxman? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support th...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 4
05E03: The Concert for Bangladesh: Part One In March 1971, the people of what was known as East Pakistan declared their independence as Bangladesh, triggering a liberation war and a humanitarian crisis. Meanwhile, ex-Beatle George Harrison was king of the world with a number one single and album under his belt. How did these two things become forever entwined? Enter Ravi Shankar… Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @Beat...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 3
S05E02: Side Two of the White Album: Part Two Steven & Jason set off on part two of their ascent of the mountain that is the second side of The White Album, starting at the Rocky Racoon Base Camp. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nothing-is-real-a-beatles-p...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 2
S05E01: Side Two of the White Album: Part One The White Album is a behemoth, where do you start? How about with side two: The shortest side with the most songs. And when you think about it, shouldn’t it start with Happiness Is A Warm Gun? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support this show http://supporter...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 1
S04 Bonus9: The Great 2021 Let It Be Super Deluxe Edition Reveal Is Get Back/Let It Be jinxed? Shifting tracklists, various producers, repeatedly delayed, we now finally have eyes on what the 2021 Let It Be box set is going to be. Finally, you can sit back and listen to the rooftop gig in the comfort of your own home. Wait, what? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTub...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 20
S04E12: A Hard Day’s Night - The Album: Part Two At the start of April 1964, The Beatles are halfway through a movie and an album without a title. By the end of the month, with A Hard Day’s Night (the movie and the song) in the can, there’s still an album to finish. So no better time to take a massive holiday. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support this show http:...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 12
S04E11: A Hard Day’s Night - The Album: Part One In December 1963 The Beatles knew that they would be making a movie with a soundtrack in 1964. What they didn’t know was that it would be happening off the back of breaking through in America and touring the world. It was from all this that the only fully Lennon/McCartney Beatles album was born. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 11
S04E10: Paul & Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part Two On 31st December 1970, midway through recording RAM, Paul McCartney issues proceedings against John, George & Ringo to legally dissolve the Beatles. Then he flies to London to give his testimony. Will RAM ever get finished? Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRs...
May 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 10
S04 Bonus: Ram On Interview with Fernando Perdomo & Denny Seiwell May 2021 is the 50th anniversary of RAM and to celebrate, original RAM drummer Denny Seiwell and multi-instrumentalist & Producer Fernando Perdomo are putting out Ram On: The 50th Anniversary Tribute to Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram. They joined Steve & Jason from LA to talk about the project. Live on tape from Dublin, Belfast & Los Angeles, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter:...
May 13, 2021•39 min•Season 4Ep. 13
S04E09: Paul & Linda McCartney’s RAM - Part One It’s October 1970: John & George are in the U.K. is making Plastic Ono Band & All Things Must Pass. Against the tide, Mr & Mrs McCartney head to NYC to knock some new music into shape where they audition musicians. And lawyers. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://...
May 11, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 9
S04E08: The Traveling Wilburys - Part Three* Handle With Care was the proof of concept, so the obvious next step was a whole album from the Traveling Wilburys. After its huge success, what could possibly go wrong? (*Two) Live on tape from Amsterdam & Montreal, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/not...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 8
S04E07: The Traveling Wilburys - Part One In 1988 an album appeared from the super-est of supergroups. The legend is that the group happened by accident. The truth is that its resident Beatle had spent a lot of time and energy willing it to happen. Live on tape from Tallahassee & Madrid, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support this show ht...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 7
S04E06: Harry Nilsson & The Beatles Harry Nilsson was unique. An American singer and songwriter whose talent and love of the Beatles brought him directly into their universe. As soon as he transitioned from fan to friend, it became impossible to separate his story from John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Sup...
Apr 20, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 6
S04E05: The Ballad of The Ballad of John & Yoko, Part Two John & Yoko caught the early plane back to London at the end of their honeymoon, but they were still explaining themselves. So why not do it through song? Enter newlywed number two: Paul McCartney. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny.cc/NIRsupport Support t...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 13 min
S04E04: The Ballad of The Ballad of John & Yoko, Part One In March 1969 John & Yoko were standing at the dock in Southampton about to set off on a life-changing odyssey. When it’s all over, what else is there to do but write a hit? The song that arrives is The Ballad of John & Yoko, their last stand-alone single, and last number one (sort of). Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: ht...
Apr 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 4
In February 1963 The Beatles were ascendant: their second single enters the top ten, they have an album ready to come out, and they are touring in a bus with Helen Shapiro & Kenny Lynch. What else is there to do but write a hit? The song that arrives is From Me To You, their first stand-alone single, and first number one (sort of). Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG ...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 3
S04E02: The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part Two The Beatles landed in New York on 7th February, with 3,000 fans at the airport and a single at number one in the US charts. They were about to perform to the largest tv audience in history. After that, it was all sunshine and palm trees. And BTS. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG YouTube: http://tiny.cc/NIRYT Support: http://tiny...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 2
S04E01: The Ed Sullivan Shows - Part One On February 9th 1964, The Beatles took to the stage of CBS Studio 50 as the headliners of that week’s Ed Sullivan Show. The legend of that broadcast has overtaken how it came to pass - a mixture of perseverance, timing, and good luck. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Website: http://www.nothingisrealpod.com Follow us on Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/noth...
Mar 17, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 1
S03E13: The Nothing Is Real Review of 2020 Steven and Jason closeout 2020 with a review of all Beatle activity from the year which began with everyone expecting one thing (the Get Back movie) but ended up with everyone getting something else entirely (the McCartney III album). Plus Producer Ado is back with listener Q&As. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Follow us on Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG Support this show http://supporter.aca...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 55 min•Season 1Ep. 10
S03 Bonus Episode: McCartney III Today is the day that Paul McCartney releases McCartney III the album that’s been “Made in Rockdown”. Steven & Jason have stayed up late to reveal their initial impressions of the album and walk through it, track by track. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Follow us on Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nothing-is-real-a-beatles-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acas...
Dec 18, 2020•48 min•Season 3Ep. 12
S03E11: The Beatles at Christmas: The 1970s - Part One The first Christmas of the seventies had the world dealing with its first post-Beatles festive season. Going through this solo decade, each Christmas provides a snapshot of how things evolved. This first part goes from 1970 when All Things Must Pass is number one, to 1973 when an album called Band on the Run appears. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Follow us on Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 11
S03E10: All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 3 : The Album On 27th November 1970, George Harrison released All Things Must Pass: Three records, 23 tracks and 106 minutes of music, it was a culmination of his life’s work to date. He was 27 years old. What stories lurk inside that 12 inch box? Steven and Jason break it down, track-by-track. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Follow us on Twitter: @BeatlesPod Facebook Group: http://tiny.cc/NIRFBG Support this show http://suppo...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 3Ep. 10
S03E09: All Things Must Pass at 50 Part 2 : My Sweet Lord At the end of 1970 the debut single from George Harrison announced a very different world from the colourful 1960s that the Beatles had soundtracked. Its popularity and influence was immense, and defined how the All Things Must Pass album was received. However, after the song left the charts, it spent the rest of the decade in the courts. Live on tape from Dublin & Belfast, it’s Nothing Is Real. Follow us on Twitter: @BeatlesPod Faceb...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 9
