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October 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 29

Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual (1983) I have things under control now – I’m down to just one copy of this album. I had four vinyl copies, the CD reissue (anniversary) and my original cassette tape. I grew up with this album. It was almost a guilty pleasure for a time, I remember being teased […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1983, 80s, All Through The Night, Cyndi Lauper, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, LP, Record, She Bop, She's So Unusual, Tape, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 29, Vinyl ·

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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!

When I was young I liked Cyndi Lauper. Well, I liked some of the songs when they appeared on the radio.  I liked She-Bop; I can remember it going round and round on a C-90 cassette tape that I was given along with my first tape-player (after my parents’ first overseas trip). The C-90 was bunged in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cyndi, Cyndi Lauper, Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusually Great!, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Lauper, Madonna, Nostalgia, She Bop, She's So Unusual, She’s So Unusually Great!, True Colors, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: She-Bop 2 – The Best Tunes From The Best Women In Music (DJ Set)

Last week I played a bunch of records in a bar, only songs by or featuring women. I’d done it earlier in the year and it was time for another run. A pretty cool set of songs I reckon. So I decided to share them with you just as I did with the earlier DJ […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged DJ, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, LP, Playlist, Playlist: She-Bop 2, Playlist: She-Bop 2 – The Best Tunes From The Best Women IN Music (DJ Set), Records, San Fran, She Bop, She-Bop 2, Spotify, The Best Tunes From The Best Women in Music, Vinyl ·

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July 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: She-Bop 2 – The Best Tunes From The Best Women in Music, San Fran, Friday, July 28, 2017

The first She-Bop was earlier in the year and it was time to do it all again, same-same, but different – some of the same songs obviously, plenty of the same artists but lots of other things too, different things. It was a cold, cold night, but it was warm within. A nice gang came […]
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July 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: She-Bop (DJ Set)

Earlier in the year I played a DJ set called She-Bop – it was simple really, just play a bunch of tunes by or featuring women. It was a great night – from slow, low-key beginnings to a big, long, loud party… Well, I’m doing it all again with She-Bop 2 so thought I’d share the […]
Posted in Blog, Playlists · Tagged DJ, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, Female, Playlist, Playlist: She-Bop (DJ Set), Pop Music, Records, San Fran, She Bop, She-Bop 2, Spotify, Vinyl, Women ·

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July 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

She-Bop 2 –The Best Tunes From The Best Women in Music: DJ Set

Earlier in the year I threw together a bit of a last-minute idea and it was a ripper – we had a good old time, lots of cool music so we’re doing it again. Only songs from women lead singers – solo artists, bands – we’re talking Fleetwood Mac and Blondie and B-52s, but also […]
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January 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: She Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music, San Fran, Friday, January 27, 2017

It was an idea – thrown together at the last minute in the end (well, I’ve wanted to do a DJ set of all women artists, and mostly 1980s) but a gap in the schedule needed filling, so I was called up to throw something together. It was a long-haul set too 7pm-2am, so it […]
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January 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 6 – Five Female Artists With Songs That Made Me Go ‘Wow’

Tonight I’m playing a bunch of records down at the San Fran – all female artists, mostly a 1980s set I reckon, but I have a few things that spill out either side, so we’ll see where the night goes… So in honour of that – and the amazing PJ Harvey show earlier this week […]
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January 24, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

She-Bop – All The Best Tunes From The Best Women Making Pop Music: DJ Set

I’m a fan of the 1980s – I’m sure I’ve made that known plenty of times. So for a slight twist on an 80s DJ night I’ve decided to feature only the women. Solo artists, duets, lead singers in bands, cameos – it’s all about the female voice and those soaring anthems and power ballads […]
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January 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

In-Yr-End-O: Come Again? – The Frank And Filthy Song Lyrics Hiding in Plain Sight Deep Inside Your Favourite Pop Songs

You don’t often hear very good jokes on the radio. Well, I don’t. But then, I don’t often listen to the radio…I do remember hearing one I liked: A woman goes in to a bar and asks the barman for a “double entendre” So he gave her one. Off for a walk after, listening to […]
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