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October 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Roger Waters: Us + Them

Roger Waters Us + Them Sony Legacy I didn’t think I ever needed to hear another Roger Waters solo album – and then, in 2017, he released Is This The Life We Really Want? And I got all gushy, and sentimental – and Roger sorta did too; though of course he was also spiky and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Concert Film, Is This The Life We Really Want?, Live Album, Pink Floyfd, Roger Waters, Roger Waters: Us + Them, Sony Legacy, Tour, Us + Them ·

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June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 293

Tom Tom Club, Tom Tom Club (1981) Like a lot of people I’m sure, I first found out about Tom Tom Club when I saw the Talking Heads concert film – Stop Making Sense; the rhythm section from the Heads had formed Tom Tom Club as a side-project. They (and in particular this self-titled debut) remain a curious and wonderful blend of synth-pop, disco-styled early hip-hop and dance music. I’ve always […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Chris Frantz, Concert Film, Genius of Love, LP, Record, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, The Tom Tom Club, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 293, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club, Vinyl, Wordy Rappinghood ·

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August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Midnight Oil – 1984: Film

Midnight Oil: 1984 Director: Rob Argall Piccolo Films Pty Ltd./Madman In 1985 Tears For Fears sang that “Everybody” wanted “to rule the world” from their hit of the same name. In 1980s pop – certainly by the mid-80s – musicians were either aiming to be world-beaters or world-savers. The political climate was fraught, the threat […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980s, 1984, Aussie, Australia, Australian, Concert, Concert Film, Doco, Documentary, DVD, Film, Gig, Jim Moginie, Live, Midnight, Midnight Oil, Midnight Oil - 1984: Film, Midnight Oil: 1984, Movie, Movie Review, Oil, Oils, Peter Garrett, Politics, Rob Argall, Rob Hirst, The Oils, Tour, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – Live from The Chicago Theatre

John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken – Live from The Chicago Theatre Enliven Entertainment/Eagle Rock Netflix Bruce Springsteen is the boss. And John Mellencamp is, at best, 2IC. Which is plain to see. Even more obvious to hear. And here he takes his Plain Spoken album – the 20-something-th of his career and places it in the live context, a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Audio, Concert Film, Doc, Doco, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film Review, John Mellencamp, John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken, John Mellencamp: Plain Spoken - Live from The Chicago Theatre, Live from The Chicago Theatre, Memoir, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Music Review, Narrative, Netflix, Plain Spoken, Plain Spoken - Live from The Chicago Theatre, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Roger Waters The Wall: DVD

Roger Waters The Wall Directors: Roger Waters & Sean Evans Rue 21 Productions/Universal Pictures I was barely joking when I wrote that I’d never be able to listen to The Wall by Pink Floyd, my first – obvious/logical – choice in an ongoing list of “Classic Albums” I never want to hear again. But that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alan Parker, Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, Concert Film, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film, Floyd, Live Concert, Music Doco, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters The Wall, Roger Waters The Wall: DVD, The Wall ·

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June 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 84 – Year of the Horse, Wellington, 1998

I can’t believe I’ve held on to some movie tickets – but I did love this film, Neil Young’s Year of the Horse; saw it first at the Wellington Film Festival in 1998, on the giant screen at the Embassy – in fact I’ve already written about it here, as one of the Movies of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1998, Concert Film, Crazy Horse, Documentary, Embassy, Film, Film Festival, Movie, Movies, Movies of My Life, Neil Young, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 84, Stubs: # 84 – Year of the Horse, Wellington, Year of the Horse ·

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July 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Pulp – A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets: Film

Pulp: A Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets Director: Florian Habicht Pistachio Pictures Florian Habicht’s film about Pulp is not quite a band doco, never just a concert film and somehow it’s one of the very best band docos you could see, and a whole new approach to that stale turd that is the concert […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Auckland, Britpop, Concert Film, Doco, England, Film, Film Festival, Film Review, Florian Habicht, Jarvis Cocker, Movie Review, Music Doco, Music Documentary, New Zealand International Film Festival, NZIFF, Pulp, Pulp: A Film About Life Death & Supermarkets, Sheffield, Wellington ·

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July 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes

Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes Director: Dick Fontaine BBC It was one of the greatest thrills of my life to speak to Sonny Rollins – and then to see him perform. That was a couple of years back now, back around the time this film, Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes, was made. It’s based around […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged ARTS Channel, BBC, Concert Film, Dick Fontaine, Documentary, Jazz, Music Doco, Saxophone, Sky, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes ·

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June 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Duran Duran: Unstaged

Duran Duran: Unstaged Director: David Lynch Transmission Films David Lynch directing Duran Duran in a concert film! Oh Wow! Amazing! A weird, dream pairing (or is that weird-dream pairing?) Anyway, have whatever thoughts you want and hold on to them because to actually watch this is to plunge yourself down for a long haul short […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Beth Ditto, Concert Film, David Lynch, Duran Duran, Duran Duran: Unstaged, DVD Review, Gerard Way, Kelis, Live Concert, Mark ROnson, Unstaged ·

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May 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 9: Year of The Horse

I’ve watched a lot of music films – concert films, docos – those unauthorised bios. If it’s music-related I tend to get to it. But I love seeing a great music doco at the cinema and early one Saturday morning many years ago I trotted on down to that glorious big screen of The Embassy […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Concert Film, Crazy Horse, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, Film Review, Jim Jarmusch, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 9, Movies of My Life # 9: Year of the Horse, Music Doco, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Phantom Billstickers, Year of the Horse ·

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March 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Metallica: Through The Never

Metallica Through The Never Hopscotch I’ve already – recently – bemoaned the fact that Metallica continues to piss on whatever legacy it has with each and every release and yet, somehow, somehow, Through The Never – a concert film, released in 3D with a storyline about a roadie needing to save the day, which stands […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Concert Film, DVD, DVD Review, Film Review, Heavy Metal, Live, metal, Metallica, Through The Never ·

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November 26, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Rolling Stones: Let’s Spend The Night Together

The Rolling Stones Let’s Spend The Night Together Umbrella It’s at least the second time this concert film has been made available on DVD – and there’s nothing new about it, so I’m not quite sure why it’s out and about again; re-released. Beyond, of course, the obvious money-scrape perhaps. But hey, one thing I’ll […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1981 Tour, Concert Film, DVD Review, Hal Ashby, Let's Spend The Night Together, North American Tour, The Rolling Stones ·
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