Jun 3, 2026 · 46 min · 14 segments
In this week’s episode of All You Need Is Pod, Jesse and Mike are once again joined by Rob Collier of Beatles Bass Lines for the second part of their conversation, this time turning their attention to…
Rob CollierGuestMikeHostAnd while we're talking about their influences and their bag of tricks and their musical vocabulary, that's a perfect segue into this moment in our chronological run of examining The Beatles' discography, where we come to track three on The Beatles' landmark debut LP, Please Please Me.
This is the first cover that is on their discography proper, if you don't count the Sheridan sessions, et cetera.
I mean-
You could say music history.
Music history, of course, but even in the context of The Beatles, most people that dip their toe into the world of learning the backstories, like, they can tell you, like, "Oh, yeah, Paul loved Little Richard-
... and John loved Elvis, and George loved Carl Perkins, et cetera." But you don't hear Arthur Alexander mentioned a whole lot, but his influence really cannot be understated on this group, especially with John.
And it may not be the most musically impressive song.
Of course, you know, uh, conversations about music theory and incredible basslines may not apply here.
But as far as a performance and a good song to choose for the track listing, Anna is one of the best ones out there.
Like, I was honestly surprised, Rob, when I said, "Yeah, listen, you know, we've gotten to this point in the Please Please Me album.
I'm not sure if you're gonna wanna go for it.
It's not even an original, and it's not even a cover that's very widely discussed-
...
but we're gonna talk about Anna," and you went for it.
You're like, "No, I really like that song." What are some of your first memories of, uh, connecting with this track? It wasn't a single.
It's not something you hear people shouting in the streets about.
They don't-
And while we're talking about their influences and their bag of tricks and their musical vocabulary, that's a perfect segue into this moment in our chronological run of examining The Beatles' discography, where we come to track three on The Beatles' landmark debut LP, Please Please Me.
This is the first cover that is on their discography proper, if you don't count the Sheridan sessions, et cetera.
I mean-
You could say music history.
Music history, of course, but even in the context of The Beatles, most people that dip their toe into the world of learning the backstories, like, they can tell you, like, "Oh, yeah, Paul loved Little Richard-
... and John loved Elvis, and George loved Carl Perkins, et cetera." But you don't hear Arthur Alexander mentioned a whole lot, but his influence really cannot be understated on this group, especially with John.
And it may not be the most musically impressive song.
Of course, you know, uh, conversations about music theory and incredible basslines may not apply here.
But as far as a performance and a good song to choose for the track listing, Anna is one of the best ones out there.
Like, I was honestly surprised, Rob, when I said, "Yeah, listen, you know, we've gotten to this point in the Please Please Me album.
I'm not sure if you're gonna wanna go for it.
It's not even an original, and it's not even a cover that's very widely discussed-
...
but we're gonna talk about Anna," and you went for it.
You're like, "No, I really like that song." What are some of your first memories of, uh, connecting with this track? It wasn't a single.
It's not something you hear people shouting in the streets about.
They don't-
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