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January 4, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Remembering My U2 Fandom
I was a huge U2 fan when I was a kid. I remember seeing the video for the song Unforgettable Fire – from the album of the same name. It would be a while before I’d hear the full album, but that song stuck. So that must have been end of 1984, start of 1985… […]Archive
February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club)
Welcome to episode 206 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]Archive
January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 187
Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine (2014) This is the first Daniel Lanois solo album that I’ve owned on vinyl – but of course his name is all through my record collection. Peter Gabriel, U2, Eno, Emmylou Harris and many others – Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson – the list could go […]Archive
September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Pre-Panel: The Story of the Day (Sept 11, 12, 13)
Last week I had my first go on the Pre-Panel on RNZ. Well, actually I had my first three goes… The Panel runs from 4-5pm but at 3.45pm they have the “Pre-Panel” where Wallace Chapman introduces the guests and the question of the day and they get a producer or a guest (or whatever) to […]Archive
August 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Rattled & Humdrum
even when i was a U2 fan – and i had the defense of being a kid – it always bugged me at the start of Rattle and Hum when Bono would say: “this is a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles…we’re stealing it back”. and then they’d play their rinky-dink cover of Helter […]Archive
January 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The First Five: What Were The First Albums You Ever Owned?
First off, I have to admit that I’m guilty of thinking that I had great musical taste early on. Very mainstream of course. But then, I was eight. The only person I know of that was kicking it underground and living the hedonistic lifestyle at nine years of age was Drew Barrymore. And look what […]Archive
December 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 44 – Blink (Ian Jorgensen)
Welcome to episode 44 of Sweetman Podcast – my conversation with Ian Jorgensen (aka Blink) – you can find out about his various pursuits under the A Low Hum banner at his website. He started out as a photographer, from there to making magazines, creating a record label, organising tours and promoting shows and then […]Archive
November 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The ‘There’s Wally!’ of Rock-Docs: Bono
He’s like Where’s Wally? Except you know exactly where he is; you see him straight away: those glasses, that black leather jacket, the dulcet tones, always telling you that this band changed his life or those words became the ones he studied… He’s the There’s Wally! of music documentaries. And I’m sure you know who […]Archive
April 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 723
U2, Rattle and Hum (1988) God, I remember reading SHAKE magazine (!) in anticipation of this. I can remember exactly where I was, sitting on the floor in a shop in Hastings, waiting for my mum…some dress-shop, obviously. And I was bored. As I always was. And I was thumbing through the mag I’d been […]Archive
July 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 862
U2, The Joshua Tree (1987) Someone gave me their old copy of this record just recently. Yes, yes, I know – I said I could never listen to it again and that’s (kinda) true. But if you’re ever going to own The Joshua Tree (and it’s still one of the only U2 albums worth having […]Archive
February 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman