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October 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 234: A Tribute To Eddie Van Halen (with Ben Fulton)
Welcome to episode 234 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys 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 in your Spotify […]Archive
October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen has died. He was 65. Cancer finally took him after 15-20 years of on/off battling. He had recovered. He was back. And then he wasn’t. In recent times it’s clear he was ‘hidden’ from public, the band’s run over. Their final album arriving some years ago now. It was Wednesday morning, NZ […]Archive
October 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Diary Of A Van Halen Fan
10 years old, listening to Jump, wondering where the fuck that guitar solo burst from – and how was it made and what sort of ideas do you have running through you and how do you just return to normal straight after playing that (I don’t think I ever returned to normal after hearing it […]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
March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 155
Mike Post, Television Theme Songs (1982) I feel like I learned about Mike Post from school – not that there were any of his songs to ‘sing’ (or his TV themes, rather) but his classic Hill Street Blues Theme was a staple of piano lessons. Ah! I’ve got it. We did sing one of his […]Archive
February 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 164
Van Halen, Panama [Single] (1983) The first Van Halen stuff I would have heard would have been this era – the 1984 album, a masterpiece; one of several from the band. And this song – Panama – what an anthem, a driving classic (by which I mean not only is it a great song to […]Archive
December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Bird And The Bee: Interpreting The Masters, Volume 2 – A Tribute To Van Halen
The Bird And The Bee Interpreting The Masters, Volume 2: A Tribute To Van Halen No Expectations / Release Me Records It’s been a long wait of nine years since The Bird And The Bee gave us its first covers/tribute project (the magnificent Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall & John […]Archive
July 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 274
Van Halen, Van Halen II (1979) In my first wave of being a Van Halen fan I found this album a little underwhelming. I mean that debut was just electric, unreal and in the way Van Halen was introduced to me it was all about the ‘big’ album – 1984 – so it was when the VH catalogue was reissued on CD and […]Archive
May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 298
Van Halen, 5150 (1986) Still on the Van Halen train – big time – and now the re-acquisition of 5150 – a favourite of mine because I think this was the first full album by the band I heard. The first “Van Hagar” album. Which means some people hate its very existence – but some new fans were earned because this had […]Archive
May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 170: Gregg Bissonette
Welcome to episode 170 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 in your Spotify library. Here’s a 35-minute conversation I nabbed with […]Archive
May 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman