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March 10, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Could Parasitic Fandom Ever Mean Anything: When Eminem Wrote Stan

When Eminem sang a song called Stan, he imagined a world where a crazy fan was outraged by the star not recognising how much he cared, too busy to reply uninterested in acknowledging that it was the fans that helped make stars who they were, how they are and what they became. It’s a lurid […]
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March 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

The Age of Aquarius Will Outlast Us All

The Age of Aquarius has played all through my life. I’ve been aware of it forever. It was here long before me, it’ll be here long after. It seemed kitsch when I first noticed that I’d heard it. Shortly after, it felt perfect. It’s always seemed like a song that wasn’t written, that just  evolved […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Hair, Song, The 5th Dimension, The Age of Aquarius, The Age of Aquarius Will Outlast Us All ·

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February 21, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: In Only The Right Way

I love a good sad song. There might not be anything better in music than a sad song that doesn’t bring you down, some sad music that elevates you. You wallow in someone else’s problems – for three or four minutes only. You gain a perspective from hearing your own pain placed in minor chords […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged In Only The Right Way, Poem, Poem: In Only The Right Way, Sad, Sad Music, Sad Songs, Song ·

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February 17, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Walking In Memphis: Man, It Sounds Good Tonight!

Marc Cohn singing Walking in Memphis is something I always believed in. And any time I hear it I can remember the first time I heard it – it didn’t really fit in with anything else I was listening to, or with much on the radio at the time; used to see it on the […]
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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Aquarius Music

The Age of Aquarius has played through my life – it was here long before me, it’ll be here long after. It seemed kitsch when I first heard it. Shortly after, it felt perfect. It’s always seemed like a song that wasn’t written, that just evolved into being. Hilarious, given it was made for a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Aquarius Music, Let The Sunshine In, Poem, Poem: Aquarius Music, Song, The 5th Dimension, The Age of Aquarius ·

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September 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: There’s No Name Suppression In New Zealand

There’s no name suppression in New Zealand There are no privileged without charms There’s no name suppression in New Zealand We all know who you are But everybody’s talking about Covid-19 Cause everybody’s talking about Covid-19 But we’re as safe as can be so move us to level three! We have no restrictions We have […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blam Blam Blam, Kiwi, Name Suppression, New Zealand, NZ, Poem, Poem: There’s no name suppression in New Zealand, Song, There Is No Depression in New Zealand, There’s no name suppression in New Zealand ·

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August 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Paula Green’s Poetry Shelf: Thirteen Poems About Song

New Zealand’s Patron Saint to Poetry – Paula Green – does many great things with, and on, her Poetry Shelf, but over winter this year she’s been posting a different set of ‘Theme’ poems by varioius poets. Each Friday a new theme. I’ve loved them, have shared them all. And this week I was one of the […]
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July 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of ‘Walking On The Chinese Wall’

I am in love with the song Walking On The Chinese Wall by Philip Bailey. It’s a multiple whammy of guilty pleasure moments and I do not care. It has been my call-to-home for weeks now, months even. Something happened when I heard it for the first time in a while several months back. Olfactory […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chinese Wall, Guilty Pleasure, In Praise, In Praise Of, In Praise of Walking On The Chinese Wall, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey, Song, The Chinese Wall, Walking On The Chinese Wall ·

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March 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Making American Recordings

Johnny Cash and his guitar in a room, with the ghosts of the men he used to be. That’s the way to make new history. Take the last quarter century and put it in the bin. Make the song the thing. Make it the only thing. Let the song ring out its truth. Let the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", American Recordings, Country, Johnny Cash, Making American Recordings, Music, Poem, Poem: Making American Recordings, Song, Songwriter ·

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December 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Dear Prudence,

My parents planned to name me Prudence if I was a girl. I wasn’t – so that is pretty much that. I hated the name – but loved the song; when I heard it was because my dad always loved that tune from The White Album it made more sense, or something like that. Now […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dear Prudence, Poem, Poem: Dear Prudence, Prudence, Prue, Song, The Beaetles, The Beatles, White Album ·

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June 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Makings Of You

Ask Curtis, it’s true it’s almost impossible to do when it comes to reciting the makings of you I listen to the song so often. It’s the one that softens me like nothing else could ever do. When I first heard it I stopped everything I ever thought I was doing. Just listened – played […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Curtis Mayfield, Lyrics, Poem, Poem: The Makings Of You, Song, The Makings of You ·

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December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Big Jobs

My life is measured in walks and work, not much of one makes for increases in the other column My life is many miles of footsteps, sometimes searching for a meaning, some meaning, any meaning – other times simply demeaning But that leads me on (leads me) and I lead the dog (or is he […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Big Job, Big Jobs, Big Log, Job, Poem, Poem: Big Jobs, Robert Plant, Song, Walk ·
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