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May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Knowing The Score

Some time ago when I was 10 or 11 or maybe I was 5 or 6, music hit me and I’m glad it did.  I felt no pain, only joy, sorrow of course, when the music told me to feel that way – and thanks must go to Mark Knopfler for his soundtracks of Last […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Bill Conti, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, James Horner, John Barry, Knowing The Score, Mark Knopfler, Music, Poem, Poem: Knowing The Score, Randy Newman, Score, Soundtrack, Thomas Newman, Wendy Carlos ·

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September 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Taking Novelty Songs Seriously

Wikipedia tells me that a novelty song is “a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect”. I guess that’s pretty much what I would have said if someone asked me to define a novelty song – but let’s at least take Wiki’s word for it. A few years ago I bought a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Weird Al" Yankovic, Alf, Blog, Classie Freddie Blassie, Dame Edna Everidge, Elliott Goblet, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Novelty, Novelty Songs, Randy Newman, Steve Martin, Taking Novelty Songs Seriously, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: I Still Play

Various Artists: I Still Play Nonesuch Records I Still Play is a compilation of brand new solo piano compositions by composers across jazz, classical, pop and experimental (modern) music that have recorded for the Nonesuch Records label. The majority of the works are performed by classical pianist and composer Timo Andres (who also contributes a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Brad Mehldau, Classical, Compilation, I Still Play, Jeremy Denk, Laurie Anderson, Louis Andriessen, Neo-Classical, Nico Mulhy, Nonesuch Records, Pat Metheny, Philip Glass, Piano, Randy Newman, Steve Reich, Timo Andres, V/A, V/A: I Still Play, Various, Various Artists, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 244 – NOT Randy Newman, Wellington, 2020

In a perfect world I was to be up now writing a review – no doubt a frothing, rave review – of Randy Newman. I’d bought a ticket – I’d bought two (one for my dad as a birthday present) and we were going to go and see Randy Newman; his first time ever visiting […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20/20, Cancelled Gig, February, Newman, NOT Randy Newman, Randy, Randy Newman, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 244, Stubs: # 244 – NOT Randy Newman, The Oscars, Wellington ·

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January 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 205: Steve Gunn

Welcome to episode 205 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Anchor, Chat, Conversation, ep.205, Flying Nun, Harry Nilsson, Interview, La Petite Chocolat, Minor Threat, MOON, Music, Newtown, NZ Tour, Philadelphia, Podcast, Randy Newman, Richard Thompson, Songwriter, Soundcloud, Spotify, Steve Gunn, Sweetman Podcast # 205, Sweetman Podcast # 205: Steve Gunn, T Leaf T, The Beatles, Tour, Touring, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, Yo La Tengo, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 34 – 2020 – 1st Edition

It’s a new year – welcome, belatedly to 2020. You’ve arrived already of course, but here now is the first edition of the staggeringly inconsistent Five Songs For Friday for the new year. No theme. Just songs that are on my mind at the start of this year. Or on my turntable. Or in my […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 1st Edition, 20/20, 5, Anthology, Billie Holiday, demos, Do It Again, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Dolly Parton, Five, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: 34, Five Songs For Friday: 34 – 2020 – 1st Edition, Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You, Main Theme, Marriage Story, Netflix, Ragtime, Randy Newman, Score, Soundtrack, Strawberry Fields, Take 1, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Grass Is Blue, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 191

Randy Newman, Born Again (1979) It’s a little over a month to go before Randy Newman’s first ever NZ shows – so all my Randy Newman albums (soundtracks, collabs, even records by other that feature Newman compositions – a heap!) are there by the stereo. I’ve worked through them all recently because I did a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Born Again, Bruce Springsteen, ELO, It's Money That I love, LP, NZ, Pretty Boy, Randy Newman, Record, RNZ, The Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Band, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 191, Vinyl ·

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January 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Marriage Story: Film

Marriage Story Director: Noah Baumbach Heyday Films / Netflix Marriage Story is, to date, Noah Baumbach’s masterpiece. It’s a fairly immaculate filmography so far, but where sometimes the privilege of the characters has maybe alienated members of the audience, (whether The Squid and The Whale’s intellectual superiority or the world of wealth in The Meyerowitz […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adam Driver, Alan Alda, Divorce, Film, Film Review, Heyday Films, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Julie Hegarty, Laura Dern, Marriage, Marriage Story, Marriage Story: Film, Movie, Netflix, Noah Baumbach, Randy Newman, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Sondheim, Woody Allen, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Music of Randy Newman

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 […]
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November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Randy Newman: Marriage Story [OST]

Randy Newman Marriage Story [Original Music From The Netflix Film] Lakeshore Records We think of Randy Newman: Film Composer as The Pixar Guy these days, but in the 1980s and, particularly, the early 1990s, he made his wage by creating the music to a diverse array of films – from big-name blockbusters starring Steve Martin […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Adam Driver, Lakeshore Records, Marriage Story, Marriage Story [Original Music From The Netflix Film], Movie, Netflix, Noah Baumbach, Randy Newman, Randy Newman: Marriage Story [OST], Scarlett Johansson, Score, Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Randall Stuart

How did he write all those songs? I mean, on some level I guess I know… and he even says in one of them, that he went to the park with some paper and that’s when it happened but you listen to them. And marvel. So many recurring musical motifs, so many stories in the […]
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September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 242

Randy Newman, Harps & Angels (2008) I remember being so excited about this – Randy Newman’s first non-soundtrack set of songs in nearly a decade (and I like the soundtracks by the way). But the chance to hear him being funny and satirical once again was tantalising. It was released when I was in Australia […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2008, A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country, Harps & Angels, LP, Randy Newman, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 242, Vinyl ·
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