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June 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 65: The Stranglers – “Rattus Norvegicus”
The late 1970s/early 1980s, the punk and post-punk, that’s the era/s and genre/s were I’m going to come up short in this challenge – and it’s the stuff I love; but I guess, age-wise, it’s a case of loving it now more so than then. So this is where you get situations like this: I’d […]Archive
November 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 213 – The Stranglers, Wellington, 2016
No doubt some people wanted to whinge and moan and say “It’s not really The Stranglers” – half a band at best – but usually those people are the ones who don’t go to the show. No one could have gone to this and been upset. It was all the hits – and yet it […]Archive
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 […]Archive
April 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Stranglers (Wgtn, April 14)
The Stranglers w/ Ed Kuepper Opera House Thursday, April 14 In the end it was only two original members (drummer Jet Black suffering a bout of ill health) so it was up to JJ Burnel (bass, vocals) and Dave Greenfield (keys, backing vocals) to sell the sound of authenticity – the “new kid” Baz Warne […]Archive
February 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman