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March 17, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Wilson In His Room, Making Art

Brian Wilson is in his sandbox, making art. The grit between his toes calms the flitters in his heart, at least momentarily. Tearily, he’ll circle Gershwin, wash through Mozart, change lanes to get ahead of McCartney. Smartly, he goes wherever his mind takes him. Sadly, that’s far too many places. But we get round, round, […]
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December 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: December 2021

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. For my final session of 2021 I found two albums that featured covers, moving the original songs to solo piano; two […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, a Journey on Piano, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, At My Piano, Brian Wilson, December, Demian Dorelli, Demian Dorelli: Nick Drake’s Pink Moon - a Journey on Piano, Instrumental, Jesse Mulligan, Music Reviews, Piano, Pink Moon, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Review, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: December 2021, Road, Simon Sweetman, Solo, The Beach Boys, Til I Die ·

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November 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Nostalgic Pull: Forever Grateful

I’ve always been aware of the nostalgic pull; it drives my writing in so many ways. The reason I wanted to get into writing about music in the way that I did was to recap. I used to keep diaries of the albums I bought, the albums I listened to each day. For years I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alan White, Blog, Blogs, Brian Wilson, Demian Dorelli, Diary, Forever Grateful:, Marvin Gaye, Music, Neneh Cherry, Nick Drake, Pink Moon, Poem, Reviews, The Nostalgic Pull, The Nostalgic Pull: Forever Grateful, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Writing ·

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November 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: In His Room

Brian Wilson in his sandbox, making art. The grit between his toes calms the flitters in his heart, at least momentarily. Tearily, he’ll circle Gershwin, wash through Mozart, change lanes to get ahead of McCartney. Smartly, he goes wherever his mind takes him. Sadly, that’s far too many places. But we get round, round, get […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Brian Wilson, In His Room, Poem, Poem: In His Room, The Beach Boys ·

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November 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Wilson: At My Piano

Brian Wilson At My Piano Decca I can just imagine so many reviews missing the point, chuckling off at the redundancy of an instrumental set of Beach Boys songs, arguing that the sun-kissed classics need those vocal harmonies to really come alive.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, At My Piano, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson: At My Piano, Classical, Decca, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Piano, Solo, The Beach Boys, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Happy, Happy Gig Memories

We can’t see (m)any gigs. We can’t have (m)any gatherings. Live music venues are taking a hit. It might all feel doom and gloom – and possibly with the good reason that it actually is rather dooming and very, very gloomy….but we have memories of the past, right? We’ve seen some shows. Some incredible gigs. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Axl Rose, Beach Boys, Best, Best Gigs, Blog, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, Concert, George Benson, Gig, Gig Memories, Great Gig Moments, Guns n Roses, Happy, Happy Gig Memories, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Keb Mo', Melvins, Memories, Paul McCartney, Paul Ubana Jones, Prince, R.E.M., The Beatles, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wings ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Brian Wilson, Charlie Watts, Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger, Phil Spector, Poem, Poem: Trivial Pursuit, Poem: Trivial Pursuit/s, Trivial Pursuit, Trivial Pursuit/s ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Aren't You Glad, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Darlin', I Was Made To Love Her, LP, R'n'B, Record, Stevie Wonder, The Beach Boys, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 67, Vinyl, Wild Honey ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Brian Wilson, Brian Wilson Live, Live, Poem, Poem: Brian Wilson Live!, SMiLE ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 15 Big Ones, 1976, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry, Covers, EP, LP, Rock And Roll Music, Rock N Roll Music, Single, The Beach Boys, The TM Song, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 231, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged “The Beach Boys Love You”, 1977, A-side, B-side, Brian Wilson, EP, Honkin' Down The Highway, LP, Single, Solar System, The Beach Boys, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 234, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
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