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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 […]Archive
September 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Kristin Hersh: Nerve Endings – Selected Lyrics
Nerve Endings: Selected Lyrics Kristin Hersh Unbound Though I’m a sucker for a book of lyrics I usually read and discard – realising as I’m reading it that most lyrics deserve to hang in the air, are made for the stage more so than the page; it’s nice to check in with them, really ever […]Archive
January 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 451
Bernie Taupin, He Who Rides The Tiger (1980) I’ve always been kinda fascinated by Bernie Taupin – he writes the lyrics for all of the good Elton John songs. We all know this I’m sure. They broke off their songwriting arrangement in the late 1970s and so Taupin released this. His lyrics, his vocals. He’d previously released […]Archive
December 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 456
The Staple Singers, I’ll Take You There [Single] (1972) Oh mmm I know a place Ain’t nobody cryin’ Ain’t nobody worried Ain’t no smilin’ faces Mmm, no no Lyin’ to the races Help me, come on, come on Somebody, help me now (I’ll take you there) Help me, ya’all (I’ll take you there) Help me […]Archive
October 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Litcrawl 2017: Bringing It All Back Home
Litcrawl takes place over the weekend of November 10-12 in various venues across Wellington. And one of the sessions I’m most looking forward to is Bringing It All Back Home, part of the first phase of the crawl, 6pm at MEOW on Saturday, November 11. This session is about the greatest songwriter of the modern […]Archive
September 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Short Story: Bad Pillow Talk
SHE: What are you reading? HE: A book about Roger Waters. Really enjoying it actually… SHE: That’s good… HE: Yeah, I’ve realised he had a profound effect on me, as a lyricist – I mean some of his stuff is nonsense, platitudes and far worse…but there are lines that stick out, in a good way. […]Archive
July 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 172 There Goes The View
The final track on the album The protagonist is cut loose in a cold world with the scars and in the uniform of his struggle Prison clothes or a de-mob suit It’s a kind of elongated funeral march into the unknown ahead There’s a loser on the loose And he’s wearing clothes like mine […]Archive
July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 171 The Supersane
You know that you’re taking a terrible risk Explaining yourself over money or love If you can stand on your feet and you can make a good fist Then you just might be sorry for who you have told I’ve always managed to do quite well at IQ tests and that hasn’t always made […]Archive
July 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 169 Sex Can Be Sad
Lately I’ve been known to wander Down the streets of Loretta Where the nights are forever I’ve had this song hanging around for some time None of my ex-girlfriends like it very much I wrote it one sultry night living on Wigan Street – pining I guessArchive
June 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 168 End In Tears
I was living in a little bedsit at the top of Devon Street overlooking the city Just me and my little Batgirl cat who was called Rhonda I had broken up again with my girlfriend who I still cared for We couldn’t be together anymore we had been poisoning each other Old mister standby got […]Archive
June 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman