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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!
When I was young I liked Cyndi Lauper. Well, I liked some of the songs when they appeared on the radio. I liked She-Bop; I can remember it going round and round on a C-90 cassette tape that I was given along with my first tape-player (after my parents’ first overseas trip). The C-90 was bunged in […]Archive
September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 500
Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night [Single] (1989) I have the parent album but this is the hot song – its b-side is Maybe He’ll Know which is good, but it’s from an earlier record…I do love Cyndi Lauper, the first two albums particularly, but this one too – and a few of the things […]Archive
March 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Willie Nelson: Summertime – Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Willie Nelson Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin Sony Legacy There’s dozens of Willie Nelson Sings and/or Willie Nelson Plays albums – a kids album, an instrumental album, reggae, jazz, standards, particular eras, composers…he is one of the most adept and brilliant song stylists of the post-war years. And yet some of his albums – particularly […]Archive
January 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
She-Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music: DJ Set
I’m a fan of the 1980s – I’m sure I’ve made that known plenty of times. So for a slight twist on an 80s DJ night I’ve decided to feature only the women. Solo artists, duets, lead singers in bands, cameos – it’s all about the female voice and those soaring anthems and power ballads […]Archive
January 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
In-Yr-End-O: Come Again? – The Frank And Filthy Song Lyrics Hiding in Plain Sight Deep Inside Your Favourite Pop Songs
You don’t often hear very good jokes on the radio. Well, I don’t. But then, I don’t often listen to the radio…I do remember hearing one I liked: A woman goes in to a bar and asks the barman for a “double entendre” So he gave her one. Off for a walk after, listening to […]Archive
May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Cyndi Lauper: Detour
Cyndi Lauper Detour Sire/Warners I’m a huge Cyndi Lauper fan – but I couldn’t tolerate Memphis Blues, she hiccupped her way through a range of blues classics that was, at best, comical but mostly just insulting. It undersold Cyndi’s true talent too – she’s a great singer, a strong character voice with an innate theatricality. […]Archive
March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Grimes: Art Angels
Grimes Art Angels 4AD It’s taken a while for me, a few more listens than usual, but Art Angels makes sense now – and the best bits really are great, such as Scream (featuring Taiwanese rapper, Aristophanes). Here you can hear Claire Boucher (aka Grimes) gunning for and knocking down M.I.A. As good as Flesh […]Archive
February 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1189
Cyndi Lauper, A Night To Remember (1989) Yes, yes, you would take the first two albums by Cyndi Lauper over this, sure. Or even go back to Blue Angel. No question. But don’t write this one off – it’s not shit. Not at all. There’s I Drove All Night for a start. There’s a bunch […]Archive
October 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1269
Kylie Minogue, Kylie (1988) Bought for $1 some 15 years ago – never listened to it. Never needed to. Never wanted to. Oh, the Kylie Minogue songs were everywhere and I watched Neighbours for a bit too. As a young’un. But I can’t tell you why I bought this album. Maybe because my cousin drove […]Archive
January 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1437
Culture Club, Colour By Numbers (1983) Going through old photos recently, spotted my folks’ first holiday snapshots, Japan and Hong Kong, 1983, they returned with my first stereo, a tape-deck, a “ghetto blaster”, also known as a “bop blaster”. Later, many years later, one of dad’s friends ran it over (by mistake) when leaving a […]Archive
December 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman