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September 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Charlie Was Their Darling: The Greatest Drummer for The Greatest Rock and Roll Band
This was originally published by RNZ Charlie Watts was the drummer everyone tried to play like – and no one could ever quite do it. He was the reason The Rolling Stones remained a vital live act into their seventh decade together. He was their engine. And if you wish to even – for a […]Archive
July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach
The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach Mercury Studios Another month, another live Rolling Stones album. It got a bit boring a while ago. And then very boring some time shortly after that. I say this as a card-carrying Stones fan for some 35 years of my life. But I called time […]Archive
June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Charlie Watts
I think Charlie Watts is more than a wee bit great. Like fucking brilliant. Like, one of the best drummers ever. In fact I wrote about Charlie in my wee e-book called Drummers You Just Can’t Beat. But if you want a bigger book about how great Charlie Watts is (my e-book is about 19 […]Archive
January 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Books That Blew My Mind # 4: “Faithfull” by Marianne Faithfull
Faithfull by Marianne Faithfull (w/ David Dalton) Was reminiscing about this just recently; recommending it to my sister-in-law, saying that it was one of the great rock’n’roll reads actually. It found me at a formative time, I was at the peak of my Stones fandom and I was newly interested in all the characters – […]Archive
January 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Mike Edison: Sympathy For The Drummer – Why Charlie Watts Matters
Sympathy For The Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters Mike Edison Backbeat Most people know that Charlie Watts matters – most people that would read a book about how Charlie Watts matters would already know I reckon…hell, I already wrote my own piece arguing much the same ages ago – but that didn’t stop me lapping […]Archive
December 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels Live
The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Live Eagle Rock Entertainment When The Rolling Stones released Steel Wheels – they were oldies, apparently. Veterans. They had all but disintegrated, disbanded, Jagger and Richards made middling solo albums each, the rest of the gang sat back and watched their leaders feud – and then when they finally got […]Archive
September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 56
The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed (1969) We had this amazing journey around the South Island when I was about 8 or 9 and it was soundtracked by The Rolling Stones. Almost nothing else. My brother had gone in deep for the Stones and it was a massive nostalgia-kick for my folks. I had no […]Archive
April 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Feature: Album Openers
This was just my second feature on RNZ for 2020 – well, there’s been a bit of other stuff going on of late… Still, I got the call, was asked to put together a thing about best Album Openers. So I did. Jesse was away, so I chatted to Anna Thomas on the day. On the phone. […]Archive
December 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 18 – Mick Jagger, “Primitive Cool”
Mick Jagger, Primitive Cool, 1987 I’d argue this is the least crap of any of the Mick Jagger solo albums actually – but a lot of you didn’t think so. Including Jagger. I went with this – not only because I genuinely love it and it’s my favourite of his solo records (She’s The Boss […]Archive
November 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 33 – 5 O’Clock Worlds
I’m a big fan of the 5pm Friday music; the perfect album – or playlist – something you put on for the walk home for work, maybe to soundtrack the first pour or even let you drift off for a wee quick snore; some music to celebrate the end of the working week. As the […]Archive
November 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman