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January 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Trivial Pursuit/s
Phil Spector high on coke, shoves his gun at Leonard Cohen’s throat, says “You know, I love you Leonard” Cohen says, “I hope so!” There are other great stories – Charlie Watts putting on a suit and punching Mick Jagger in the face after the singer had told someone to fetch his drummer. “I am […]Archive
August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 67
The Beach Boys, Wild Honey (1967) I have a few more Beach Boys albums to go but this was a nice find, recently. My favourite period for the band is 1967-1973 – they were out of the surfing phase and couldn’t rely on Brian at least not for brand new material all the time; so […]Archive
May 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Brian Wilson Live!
When I saw Brian Wilson play he looked like he might have left the iron on at home, or was wondering if he’d put his car-keys in the salad bowl, or left the cat-food in the swimming pool (again). His hands traced tiny circles as they hovered over the prop-keyboard. Stabbing here, there and sometimes […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 231
The Beach Boys, Rock And Roll Music [Single] (1976) It’s when you don’t really care about the A-side or the B-side and you own the parent album which has both songs on it anyway (and that’s also not great) that you realise you’re in pretty deep. This is me, in real time, with my latest […]Archive
October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 234
The Beach Boys, Honkin’ Down The Highway [Single] (1977) I’m on a massive Beach Boys kick right now, if you’re a regular reader of any of my pages you’ll know that already – I come and go with the band in terms of listening, a bit like The Beatles and other artists I care a […]Archive
October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 11 – The Beach Boys, “The Beach Boys Love You”
The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys Love You, 1977 It’s funny what hearing the album far removed from its initial (release) context can do right? I love The Beach Boys and they have some dreadful albums – and I love those too. But I had never heard “Love You” until nearly 40 years after it […]Archive
December 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 351
The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys Today! (1965) It’s about here – on their eighth album (already!) – that The Beach Boys start to grow up and away from the “Surf” songs; not that there’s anything wrong with the best of the surf songs. But here we get the start of the real sophistication – […]Archive
June 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Beach Boys The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Capitol STOP IT RIGHT NOW! YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER, ARETHA CERTAINLY DIDN’T, PROVING DEATH ISN’T EVEN A PREREQUISITE – FUCK! NO ONE IS SAFE! NOT LEAST THE LISTENER. HERE THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF […]Archive
May 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 59: Dion – “Born To Be With You”
Sometimes you have every reason to hear an album but just never get to it. Case in point: I love Dion DiMucci – I love so many of the albums Phil Spector produced in the 1970s (the earlier stuff too, but the ramshackle charm he brought to legends faltering, as is the case here…) and […]Archive
November 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Brian Wilson: Playback – The Brian Wilson Anthology
Brian Wilson Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology Rhino/Warner Bros. Brian Wilson is a living legend – and largely for the work he did on an album when he was in his early 20s. And then for an album he wouldn’t ever be quite satisfied with – there was magic either side of those albums, sure, […]Archive
August 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman