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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
Simple Minds: Big Music
Simple Minds Big Music Caroline Anyone rushing to call this the best Simple Minds album in 20 or even 30 years is forgetting Black & White 050505 but Big Music is the best since then, the best in a decade; a continuation of fine form shown across the last decade and a half. It’s also […]Archive
October 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Nicholas Nigro: The Spirituality of Bono
The Spirituality of Bono Nicholas Nigro (ed) Backbeat Books Part of a series – taking pop-culture names (and forces) – and forcing some version of spirituality to them via the extracting of quotes – and this is Bono’s turn. You’re already sick of him from popping up in every single music documentary of the last […]Archive
September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
U2: Songs of Innocence
U2 Songs of Innocence Universal/Apple/Malware U2’s first new album in five years will see an official release next month – meanwhile anyone with an iTunes account had the album placed within their files unasked for, unwanted, a hack on their computer. Opening track, The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) – yes, really – will be the […]Archive
April 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: The Thing About Bono
is he’s too busy now – trying to save the world. Flying around the world (in his private jet) saying “save the planet” and playing concerts through million-watt sound systems but he doesn’t want to talk about the music. It, he says, speaks for itself. He wants to concentrate on the atmosphere, the ozone; the […]Archive
October 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman