Posts Tagged Roy Orbison
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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
The Cactus Blossoms: You’re Dreaming
The Cactus Blossoms You’re Dreaming Red House I can’t usually get on board with anything that has a whiff of “21st Century Update” about it – but perhaps the reason I haven’t had any such issue with The Cactus Blossoms’ You’re Dreaming is because though Minnesotan brothers, Page Burkum and Jack Torrey, do indeed mine […]Archive
January 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Roy Orbison: One Of The Lonely Ones
Roy Orbison One Of The Lonely Ones Universal Music Catalogue My first favourite album of 2016 and the last great release of 2015 was actually recorded – and intended – for 1969. This is no touched-up, phoned-in set of remakes, digitally reconstructed from remnants, this is an extant Roy Orbison album from 1969 – and […]Archive
November 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman