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February 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Voice Is Gone, Man: When Singers Can No Longer Sing

There’s a demo version of Bob Dylan singing Like A Rolling Stone, just Bob at the piano, it’s just over a minute long. I like it more than the original. It’s part of the original Bootleg series and that’s easily one of the most important collections of music I ever heard in my life. It opened doors, and worlds […]

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November 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Chrissie Hynde: Reckless – My Life As A Pretender

Reckless: My Life as a Pretender Chrissie Hynde Ebury Press I like The Pretenders – good bunch of singles, most of the really good ones still sound close to great too. But I’ve never been a massive fan. I don’t much like Chrissie Hynde. She seems needlessly angry, jumped up and fronting. And spare me […]

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June 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Chrissie Hynde: Stockholm

Chrissie Hynde Stockholm Caroline Odd. Just really – really – odd. Why a solo album now? I mean most (all) of The Pretenders albums have been about Hynde, her voice, her songs, her strut – and, when she had it, her effortless coolness. And, when she had them, her hooks. It’s one of the crueller […]

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July 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Charlie Horse: I Hope I Am Not A Monster

Charlie Horse I Hope I Am Not A Monster Laughing Outlaw Records Singers and writers Crystal Rose and Paul McDonald have done Charlie Horse proud with this set of songs. The Australian band manages to combine the pierce of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse-styled guitar leads with bar-room ditties that Chrissie Hynde wouldn’t sound of place […]

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October 5, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1822

V/A, The King Of Comedy [OST] (1983) This was a nice find, picked this up recently. Bought it because I love the movie The King Of Comedy – I think it’s one of the very best pieces that the DeNiro/Scorsese pairing gave us. It would be churlish to call it the best but I do […]