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October 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 490

John Lennon, Watching The Wheels [Single] (1981) The best solo song by John Lennon – well, up there anyway, my personal favourite. A song I’ve always loved, one I link to trying to process his death at a very young age, at knowing that it meant something, one I link to understanding him as something […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Double Fantasy, Double Single, EP, John, John Lennon, Lennon, LP, Mr. Holland's Opus, Ono, Single, Split Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 490, Vinyl, Watching The Wheels, Yes I'm Your Angel, Yoko, Yoko Ono ·

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March 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Take Your Pick: Paul OR John

Every time I write anything about The Beatles someone tries to pull out the “overrated” card. It’s null/void here sorry, calling the Beatles overrated is just stupid. You might not personally enjoy their music – or maybe you’ve just not heard very much of it (I don’t know you and already I feel sorry for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Double Fantasy, Gimme Some Truth, John Lennon, Just Like Starting Over, McCartney, McCartney II, Paul McCartney, Paul OR John, Plastic Ono Band, Ram, Rock'n'Roll, Solo, Take Your Pick, Take Your Pick: Paul OR John, The Beatles, Wings ·

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February 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me To The Land Of Hell

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Take Me To The Land Of Hell Chimera Music Her heart is dancing and her mind is bouncing. She’s 80 – but it’s been that way for her entire artistic life, she even says so – literally using those words – on Bad Dancer, one of the 13 excellent tracks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Double Fantasy, John Lennon, Kim Gordon, Milk and Honey, NY, Ono, Plastic Ono Band, Rising, Season of Glass, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, Thurston Moore, Tom Tom Club, Walking On Thin Ice, Yes I'm A Witch, Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band ·

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March 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1574

John Lennon/Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy (1980) I gave away my dad’s copy of this album – so had to buy another copy some years down the track. But this album was a staple growing up. The rule was that you skipped the tracks featuring Yoko Ono (far easier once the CD player came along). And […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy), Double Fantasy, Hard Times Are Over, I'm Losing You, John Lennon, LP, Mark David Chapman, Vinyl, Watching The Wheels, Woman, Yoko Ono ·

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