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August 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Charles Moriarty: Back To Amy
Back To Amy Charles Moriarty Cassell The death of Amy Winehouse made me feel very odd – I couldn’t process my feelings about it; I’ve realised now – in many ways that’s because I said a goodbye to her around the time of her “Rehab”-fame. The second album, Back To Black, is largely superb. And I can acknowledge that now. But even with that acknowledgment […]Archive
June 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 546
Frank Sinatra, She Shot Me Down (1981) The world-weariness of that voice. The stoicism-within-the-teariness of that voice. My mum put me onto Frank Sinatra I guess. I dunno, he’s just always been there. But it must have been my mum that first introduced us, in whatever sense. I know she’s a fan. Probably some budget […]Archive
March 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 744
Amy Winehouse, Back To Black (2006) I was never as sold on this album as Frank – because I’d discovered Frank first, on my own, felt like I’d found it, this album was the one that was given to everyone – and no, that doesn’t matter, not really. But it did to me at the […]Archive
January 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 757
Amy Winehouse, Frank (2003) I was such a huge Amy Winehouse fan when I first heard this album – I got it early, review copy, I felt like one of the first to hear it and it felt like brand new music – built from the parts of some old songs and singing styles and […]Archive
December 5, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Five Films That Stay With Me: Kina Sai
Kina Sai is an Auckland musician who goes under the moniker Sinatra Frank. Here are, ahem, “five films” that say with her… I’ve realised through this exercise I don’t watch movies. The last time I was seriously watching movies was when I was a teenager and when I was a teenager it was the nineties. […]Archive
May 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 890
Frank Sinatra, Songs For Young Lovers (1954) I love Frank Sinatra but I can only take so much of the big-band, brassy Rat Pack Frank. What I love is the earlier/mid-period Frank; the down-in-the-dumps Frank. Forlorn Frank. Lovelorn Frank. Love-torn songs – those homilies wrapped in such lovely arrangements. I picked up the newly minted […]Archive
October 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Frank [OST]
Various Artists: Frank (Music and Songs by Stephen Rennicks) Silva Screen Records It’s credited to Various Artists – for it features the film’s stars in their singing/playing roles, but the star of the movie’s soundtrack is composer Stephen Rennicks who had to not only create the usual (and sometimes wonderfully unusual) musical cues – he […]Archive
July 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Frank: Film
Frank Director: Lenny Abrahamson Runaway Fridge Productions/Element Pictures/Film4 If you’ve ever cared about music at all – and you’re reading this site so chances are you have/do – then you must see Frank. Frank is a wonderful film – and there are reasons to see it for what it offers as a film, not least […]Archive
July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Jon Ronson: Frank – The True Story That Inspired The Movie
Frank: The True Story That Inspired The Movie Jon Ronson Picador There’s two audiences for this – likely there was crossover anyway, but this will please Ronson fans anyway and it’s also an explanation/preview/behind-the-scenes of the movie, Frank, co-written by Ronson, based on the true story of the character Frank Sidebottom, created by comedian Chris […]Archive
January 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman