Posts Tagged Roy Orbison
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October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Roy Orbison’s Blues
Roy Orbison’s dark glasses helped him block out the tragedy. His wife died in a motorcycle crash. A couple of years on from that he lost h is house to a deadly fire; his children inside. They died along with another piece of his soul. So Blue. So cruel. Blocking out the bad by singing […]Archive
February 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Marlon Williams Showcase: Make Way For Love Gets Previewed in Sydney, Monday, January 29, 2018
I was in Sydney for a few things – a chat on the radio, a Foo Fighters/Weezer gig, but mostly to catch up with friends and family. It turned out to be a more “work-related” long weekend than anticipated. Some meetings with various industry people – chatting about books and things and meeting two key […]Archive
January 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 447
Roy Orbison, You Got It [Single] (1989) The Big O – Roy Orbison – a one in a million voice and a backstory of personal heartbreak. This big single comes from his final victory lap – what a send-off he got, and deserved. What a legend. I first heard all of this stuff – the […]Archive
December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Aretha Franklin: A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Aretha Franklin A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Atlantic Catalog Group SHE’S NOT DEAD – YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE DEAD, THERE’S ALMOST SOME UNDERSTANDING BEHIND THE THINKING, ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN SELL […]Archive
November 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Remembering The Wilburys – Especially Vol. 1
The Traveling Wilburys were a big deal to me. I remember the news item announcing them. I remember my mum and dad took us out, family outing, Friday night (late-night) shopping, to buy the cassette tape. Not only that we took it home and sat and listened to it. The whole family. It was an […]Archive
November 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: End Of The Larkin Line
When the first Traveling Wilburys album was released we took a drive into Hastings – Friday night, late night shopping…it was me and my brother in the back of the car (our usual spots) and mum and dad up front. They bought the album – on cassette tape. No CDs then – not in our […]Archive
September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Big O/little o
Only in dreams will I hear a voice like The Big O. I wake up to my own little o telling me it’s time to make his lunch. It’s a far cry – so blue.Archive
September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 500
Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night [Single] (1989) I have the parent album but this is the hot song – its b-side is Maybe He’ll Know which is good, but it’s from an earlier record…I do love Cyndi Lauper, the first two albums particularly, but this one too – and a few of the things […]Archive
March 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 743
Roy Orbison, One Of The Lonely Ones (2015) Recorded in 1969, shelved until December of 2015 this is my last favourite album of last year/my first favourite album of this year – I heard it in late 2015 and wrote some thoughts down about it early in the new year, my first album review of […]Archive
February 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST]
Various Artists: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST] Verve Even when I have been less enamoured with the finished film product I’ve still been impressed with the soundtracks from Quentin Tarantino films – as it happens I rather loved The Hateful Eight – but waited to hear its soundtrack for the first time up on […]Archive
January 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman