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April 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Sting Is A Terrible Lyricist

Sting is a terrible lyricist. Which is a strange complaint – since he’s an excellent musician and a terrific singer. One of the best live vocalists I’ve ever seen. But he cannot write. He will not learn. And the worst of his work is embarrassing on a level that should seem almost profound. He rips […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bono, Lyricist, Lyrics, Poem, Poem: Sting Is A Terrible Lyricist, Sting, Sting Is A Terrible Lyricist, The Police ·

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February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Redemption of Rocket Queen

I loved Appetite for Destruction, right from first listen, such a visceral thrill. It was naughty as…well, naughty-as-fuck. We were probably too young to be listening to it but the unwritten, unspoken agreement seemed to be that if we didn’t copy the language – at least at home, anyway – it would be allowed. You […]
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November 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Magic and Loss: The Song

Songs For Drella is a masterpiece. It seems even more poignant now – no chance of another collaboration between Lou Reed and John Cale. And it’s an uncomfortable listen in places – tense and moody –and so stripped back. That’s why it works. Reed must have been on a roll, because he had just made New York and then […]
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June 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Makings Of You

Ask Curtis, it’s true it’s almost impossible to do when it comes to reciting the makings of you I listen to the song so often. It’s the one that softens me like nothing else could ever do. When I first heard it I stopped everything I ever thought I was doing. Just listened – played […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Curtis Mayfield, Lyrics, Poem, Poem: The Makings Of You, Song, The Makings of You ·

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January 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Iggy Pop: ‘Til Wrong Feels Right – Lyrics and More

‘Til Wrong Feels Right: Lyrics and More Iggy Pop Clarkson Potter This new volume of Iggy Pop’s lyrics updates the previous collection (which went up to 1999, documenting the first 30 years of his work). Here now we go up to his most recent album – two further decades.
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September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 247

Gerald Murnane, Words in Order (2018) I reviewed the album right here just recently – but now I’m celebrating its glory and existence on vinyl as is the way with this blog-series. Gerald Murnane, the great – and reclusive Australian writer – saw fit to play along with the folly of recording some of his […]
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September 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Don Walker: Songs

Songs Don Walker Black Inc. Don Walker is one of the great Australian songwriters. And that would be the case if he had done nothing but write the majority of the great Cold Chisel songs. His career extends beyond Chisel though, to solo albums, to material for the trio Tex, Don and Charlie – to […]
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August 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 32 – The Tao of Neil 

I guess Neil Young’s been on my mind a lot this week – I rediscovered the Weld album which took me to writing about how I first discovered. And before that I enjoyed the Live Rust tribute concert. Sitting there, hearing so many of those great songs got me to thinking about how so often there’s a line – just a […]
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July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 229 – Nick Cave, Wellington, 2019 

I’ve now seen Nick Cave four times – in four different spaces with different line-ups. That’s as it should be – different shows, reflecting different times. But also the first show made me realise I liked him a lot more than I had realised. The second show was ho-hum really, even though it was not at all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Lyrics, Nick Cave, Piano, Q&A, Review, RNZ, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 229, Stubs: # 229 – Nick Cave, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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June 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Pink Floyd Tapes  

12 and 13 and 14 years old and listening to  Pink Floyd tapes. Roger Waters’ first two solo albums too.  But it was the Floyd  stuff that meant the  most to me. Had me copying out the lyrics on an old typewriter. (Doing it the old-fashioned way). pause/rewind/play/ pause/rewind/play/ pause/rewind/play/ Syd Barrett’s solo material next. […]
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May 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 169: Jon Toogood

Welcome to episode 169 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This one is a conversation with Jon Toogood. […]
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October 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Music-related novels

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. This topic was Music-related novels – books written about music and musicians that are not biographies, not non-fiction. We played some songs and talked about […]
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