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June 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Please
James Brown only said please in a song. Off stage he was often quite rude.Archive
May 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Pwned In The U.S.A.
Bruce Springsteen’s Born In The U.S.A was one of my first tapes – and I loved it so much and everyone else in the family hated it. I had no frame of reference beyond Bruce the big pop star. It never made much sense to have him doing stadiums, competing with Lionel, Madonna, MJ and […]Archive
October 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
James Brown: The Samples
James Brown The Samples UMG Recordings, Inc. There used to be one million James Brown compilations. Now there is one million and one. The Samples isn’t the definitive greatest hits, nor can it replace it, and you don’t need it at all but it’s still a brilliant compilation of brilliant music by one of the […]Archive
July 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 93
James Brown, Live at The Apollo (1963) I’m going back in on a massive James Brown kick. It happens. He’s always been in my life, remember listening to him from about age 7 or 8 and forever since. And I bought up a bunch of deluxe edition CDs many years back – including the deluxe […]Archive
July 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
James Brown: Live At Home With His Bad Self
James Brown Live At Home With His Bad Self Polydor In 1969 James Brown was one of the kings, hardest working man in showbiz, of the black acts working he was the gold standard; feared and admired bandleader and a singing, dancing machine. He was pumping out civil rights anthems, redesigning R’n’B as sinewy funk, […]Archive
June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Movies of My Life # 18: Dead Presidents
I think about the movie Dead Presidents a lot – and I’ve seen it a few times too. It might not be many people’s idea of a true classic movie but it felt like a truly profound experience to me when I first saw it, I tried mentioning it to many others, tried introducing it […]Archive
June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 30 – The King, “Gravelands”
The King, Gravelands, 1998 Actually his real name is James Brown – something pretty funny about a white Irishman named James Brown who makes a crust by impersonating someone else; not only just someone else – but Elvis (“the King”): A white singer who made his name and based his act on sounding as black […]Archive
March 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The J.Bs: More Mess On My Mind (ep)
The J.Bs More Mess On My Mind (ep) Now Again These ‘from the vaults’-styled reissues really are turning out some classic finds. Last year there was two ‘found’ John Coltrane albums (to lose just one would be careless…right?) And there were other jazz gems – near-mythic stories of albums recorded and then shelved. Finally we […]Archive
July 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Yeahyeahabsolutelynoway!: Ah..
Yeahyeahabsolutelynoway! Ah.. Wizard Tone Records Adelaide power-jazz trio Yeahyeahabsolutelnoway! features drums (Stephen Neville) and two guitars (Sam Cagney, James Brown) and on their most recent full-lengther, Ah.., they ran the gamut from slinky, cocktail-hour groove pieces (Doubt) to post-rock-meets-prog/fusion workouts (Do – The Liquefactionist Jig).Archive
January 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
From The Archives: The Fred Wesley Interview
Sometimes the interview goes better than you could have planned – you’re into it, you want it to go well but the person on the other end of the line is a total pro, more than they they seem real – even if it’s the Staged-Interview Version of Real. So it was for me with […]Archive
December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman