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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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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 […]

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September 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 128 Lennon

Imagine I bought Imagine when it first came out as a single. It seemed to be perfect in its simplicity and honesty and I played it a lot – the world he described made sense to me as a schoolboy. Just piano and his vocal stripped of The Beatles and all the trappings. He always […]

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September 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

One Man Bannister: Evolver

One Man Bannister Evolver Powertool Records One Man Bannister is Matthew Bannister (he of Sneaky Feelings, The Dribbling Darts of Love and The Changing Same) in one-man-band mode. Evolver is his one-man-band set of cover versions of The Beatles’ Revolver. Recorded at home, a lark, a folly, and – hey, yeah, of course – a […]