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January 25, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 41 – Gary Moore, “Still Got The Blues”

Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues, 1990 There was a time when I loved Gary Moore – and it was mostly because of this album. I mean I was excited about his pedigree (Thin Lizzy) and his hard-rock background. I was a kid. And rock guitar was my jam. And 1990 was the year that […]
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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one…

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. It started late November in 2018. Jesse Mulligan asked me if […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, George Harrison, Jesse Mulligan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Ringo Starr, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Features, RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one..., The Beatles, The Beatles one by one... ·

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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Chairman of the Bored

Frank Sinatra called Something by The Beatles the greatest love song of all time. Then when he sung it he ruined it by adding the name “Jack” to the end of the line about sticking around. Some people don’t know jack. But Frank knew Jack very well. Most people called him Mr. Daniel – but […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chairman of the Bored, Frank Sinatra, George Harrison, Jack Daniel's, Poem, Poem: Chairman of the Bored, Poem: The Chairman of the Bored, The Beatles, The Chairman of the Bored, Whiskey ·

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December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: It’s Been 18 Years Since George Harrison Died

When George Harrison died, I helped move a friend from her flat in Elizabeth St to her new place then in Tasman St From Mt Vic to Mt Cook, sounds like the title to a down-scaling book but this was just how it was, back in 2001. We scrubbed the walls to get the smoke […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged George Harrison, It’s Been 18 Years Since George Harrison Died, Poem, Poem: It’s Been 18 Years Since George Harrison Died, The Beatles ·

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November 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Righting The White Album: Choose Your Own Tracklisting

When Steve Gunn was in town last week I recorded a conversation with him for a future episode of Sweetman Podcast. You’ll get to hear that soon and it was a lovely chat. By the end of it we were geeking out over The Beatles and many other things to do with music. And then […]
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October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: We Listen To The Beatles

We listen to The Beatles because they’re the best band in the world – they mean the most to the largest number of people – and yeah, that’s changing and that’s all good too – but when my son asks me if this is a Paul or a John or a George song, or tells […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dad, George Harrison, John Lennon, Me, Oscar, Paul McCartney, Poem, Poem: We Listen To The Beatles, Ringo Starr, Son, The Beatles, We Listen To The Beatles ·

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September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Beatles: Abbey Road – Anniversary Super Deluxe

The Beatles Abbey Road: Anniversary Super Deluxe Capitol It’s the 50th Anniversary of the last album The Beatles recorded together – and its available in a spangling new package with a book and outtakes and straight away you might wonder if you need to purchase it again and the answer is, ultimately that you will […]
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September 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Abbey Road at 50

It’s The 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road which means it’s pretty much the 30th Anniversary of me listening to Abbey Road. It might not be the best Beatles album but it’s my favourite. And that’s always been the way. And yes, there are new mixes and outtakes – but today to celebrate we took the […]
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February 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Beatles Theory

A lot of people seem to think that Paul McCartney and John Lennon hated each other – were competitive, and the band broke up, and that Yoko was a pesky nuisance as well.  The Yoko thing? That’s mostly racism. And sexism too. Paul and John are on the record as having had a bit of […]
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December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 346

George Harrison, Cloud Nine (1987) It’s been a big year for me and The Beatles – I’ve fallen in love with the band again and the solo careers of all its members, the big revelation has probably been just how much I really do love a lot of the John Lennon material (far more than […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1987, 2ser, Cloud Nine, Eighties, ELO, Elton John, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, LP, Record, Ringo Starr, RNZ, That's What It Takes, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 346, Vinyl ·

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November 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Music Feature: The Music of George Harrison

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Most recently I co-interviewed Steve Gadd! And then, Jesse Mulligan asked me a question – a silly question: Was I the right person to do a feature about George Harrison? […]
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November 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 358

George Harrison, Somewhere In England (1981) I’ve been a George Harrison fan since I could remember his name…which is to say one of my first memories is asking my dad and my uncle what “the other guy in The Beatles was called?” I knew the two main songwriters and the drummer – their names stuck. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, All Those Years Ago, Blood From A Clone, George, George Harrison, John Lennon, LP, Paul McCartney, Record, Ringo Starr, Somewhere In England, The Beatles, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 358, Vinyl ·
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