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May 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Alan White

Alan White has died. The drummer, best known for his long tenure in the prog-rock group Yes was 72. White’s playing with Yes is wonderful, and even if you’re not a prog-rock fan it’s still easy to admire the depth and soul he gave to so many drum tracks. He also bought something of a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alan White, Drummer, Drums, Eulogy, Imagine, John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band, prog-rock, R.I.P., R.I.P. Alan White, Yes ·

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March 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Take Your Pick: Paul OR John

Every time I write anything about The Beatles someone tries to pull out the “overrated” card. It’s null/void here sorry, calling the Beatles overrated is just stupid. You might not personally enjoy their music – or maybe you’ve just not heard very much of it (I don’t know you and already I feel sorry for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Double Fantasy, Gimme Some Truth, John Lennon, Just Like Starting Over, McCartney, McCartney II, Paul McCartney, Paul OR John, Plastic Ono Band, Ram, Rock'n'Roll, Solo, Take Your Pick, Take Your Pick: Paul OR John, The Beatles, Wings ·

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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?

Last night was the night. I played Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night album. A brand new, sealed vinyl. Ripped it open. Sat next to the turntable as it played; watching the slight wiggle as the platter rotated. That wobble beneath the surety of the needle. Neil told his stories, eulogising Bruce Berry, the working man, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Deerhunter, Faith, Grandaddy, Halcyon Digest, In Rainbows, In The Wee Small Hours, In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, John Lennon, King of Limbs, Lou Reed, Magic And Loss, Neil Young, Pink Moon, Plastic Ono Band, Radiohead, Shoot Out The Lights, Songs of Love and Hate, The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?, The Cure, The Sophtware Slump, Tonight's the Night, What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums? ·

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August 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Yes, Alan White’s Alright With Yes (Still)

When Yes plays an Auckland show on its current tour in November of this year it will be just the second time the band has played to a New Zealand audience. But Alan White, the band’s drummer since 1972, says they’re “well aware” of a New Zealand audience, of “huge support” for the band from […]
Posted in Blog, Interviews · Tagged Alan Price Set, Alan White, All Things Must Past, Auckland, Band, Close To The Edge, Composer, Drums, Fragile, George Harrison, Heaven and Earth, Imagine, Interview, Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Jon Davison, Live Peace in Toronto, Musician, New Zealand, November 2014, NZ Tour, Plastic Ono Band, Prog, prog-rock, Progressive Rock, Rick Wakeman, The Yes Album, Yes ·

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February 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band: Take Me To The Land Of Hell

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band Take Me To The Land Of Hell Chimera Music Her heart is dancing and her mind is bouncing. She’s 80 – but it’s been that way for her entire artistic life, she even says so – literally using those words – on Bad Dancer, one of the 13 excellent tracks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Double Fantasy, John Lennon, Kim Gordon, Milk and Honey, NY, Ono, Plastic Ono Band, Rising, Season of Glass, Sonic Youth, The Beatles, Thurston Moore, Tom Tom Club, Walking On Thin Ice, Yes I'm A Witch, Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band ·

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August 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1882

John Lennon, The John Lennon Collection (1982) The first posthumous John Lennon collection, this is the compilation that I turn to rather than his albums. John – out of The Beatles – doesn’t really do it for me. People mock Macca but he delivers. John didn’t. Okay, so Plastic Ono Band is a masterpiece. And […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged John Lennon, Macca, Paul McCartney, Plastic Ono Band, Poem, The Beatles, The John Lennon Collection, Vinyl, Watching The Wheels ·

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