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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Pink Floyd The Wall

I can’t listen to Pink Floyd The Wall. It is forever trapped inside a red Sony Walkman, hanging on a belt around some stonewash jeans. Unlaced basketball boots beneath it, peddling along as a flat-deck truck drives by with farm-hands hanging off the back yelling ‘homo’ at whoever they can, high-fiving in self-congratulation as the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Hawke's Bay, Pink Floyd, Poem, Poem: Pink Floyd The Wall, Roger Waters, The Wall ·

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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 50

Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979) I’ve been a Pink Floyd fan forever. And sometimes I’ve been a tiny bit guarded about that. But usually what happens is I move to one end of the catalogue and just hang there – these days it’s the early stuff that pleases me most but it was definitely the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Another Brick In The Wall, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1), Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, David Gilmour, double-album, Film, Gatefold, LP, Movie, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Poster, Record, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 50, The Wall, Vinyl ·

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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live At The Roundhouse

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse BMG A couple of years back I read about Nick Mason’s new group – Saucerful of Secrets. He was tackling the pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, the Syd Barrett years and some of the early years of when Roger Waters started to steer the ship. Essentially the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Atom Heart Mother, Dark Side Of The Moon, Dom Beken, Drummer, Drums, Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris, Live, Live At The Roundhouse, Meddle, More, Nick Mason, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live At The Roundhouse, Obscured By Clouds, Pink Floyd, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, pre-Dark Side, Roger Waters, Saucerful of Secrets, Syd Barrett, Ummagumma, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 218: Paul McLaney on the return of Gramsci

Welcome to episode 218 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 […]
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November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019

Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987 – 2019 Legacy The post-Roger years examined, remixed – a few rarities…well, in fact this “Sampler” is just a taste of it. The actual “box-set” is still a couple of weeks away; the sequel – if you like – to The Early Years – 1965-1972 (an embarrassment of riches […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980s, 1987 – 2019, 1990s, 2CD, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, Album Review, box-set, David Gilmour, Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Endless River, Knebworth, Live, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019, post-Roger, Pulse, Remix, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Sampler, The DIvision Bell, The Early Years 1965 - 1972, The Later Years, The Later Years 1987 – 2019, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The “Worst” Songs by The “Best” Bands

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. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Best, Duran Duran, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Queen, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature: The "Worst" Songs by The "Best" Bands, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Police, The worst songs by the best bands, Worst, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 31 – Sustained Creepy Moods…

I like movie soundtracks – score. I like ambient music. I like heavy metal. I particularly love when two or three of those things can come together to create a sinister, creeping – creepy – mood. A sustained sinister creeping – creepy – mood, even. So I wanted to explore that today via five favourites. Five Songs For Friday has […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #31, A Warm Place, Assault on Precinct 13, Burzum, Careful With That Axe Eugene, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: 31, Five Songs For Friday: 31 – Sustained Creepy Moods..., Friday, Gummo, Heavy Metal, Horror, John Carpenter, Mike Oldfield, Movies, Natural Born Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Rundgang Um Die Transzendentale Saule Der Singularitat, Score, Soundtrack, Sustained Creepy Moods..., Theme, Trent Reznor, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Floyd, Lyrics, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd Tapes, Poem, Poem: Pink Floyd Tapes, Poems, Roger Waters, Songs, Tape, Tapes ·

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January 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Dark Side

I was the DJ at my brother’s 21st – reluctant too. I had wanted to be at a Red Hot Chili Peppers gig instead. And I say “DJ” – I was charged with making sure the CDs went on the stereo. It was the early 1990s. Guns N Roses was the theme for the night – pretty much. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dark Side, Dark Side Of The Moon, Millennium, Pink Floyd, Poem, Poem: Dark Side, Uncle ·

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March 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)

The grounds of Knebworth House have played host to some huge rock concerts over the years. This British venue was where the re-formed Deep Purple first played in 1985. A year later it was where Queen played its final live show (with Freddie Mercury). In 1979 it was the scene for two Led Zeppelin shows, the band’s return to the UK stage after […]
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February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The Shadow Of Yesterday’s Triumph

He was in town for the rugby, mostly. But it was a rare visit where it was just him. Not mum. Down for the weekend – and my partner was away, so it was just me and him. I was in a small apartment at the time, one bedroom and so we had a late-night-laugh […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Pink Floyd, Short Story, Short Story: The Shadow Of Yesterday's Triumph, The Shadow Of Yesterday's Triumph, Wish You Were Here ·

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October 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 477

V/A, The Wizard of Oz [OST] (1939) It’s good! But you have to sync it up with some footage of Pink Floyd playing the songs off Dark Side of The Moon – preferably some 1972 concert footage – then mute that and let this wash over you. That’s the true magic maaan! Sample Track: Over […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1939, Dark Side Of The Moon, LP, Over The Rainbow, Pink Floyd, Record, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 477, The Wizard of Oz, Vinyl ·
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