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December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Playlist: Paul McCartney’s 1993 Set From Auckland
Well, the Paul McCartney concert is, er, Coming Up… I’m not going this time – I still have fond memories of seeing him in Auckland back on Saturday, March 27th in 1993. It was a great gig – one of my first big stadium shows, and one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. A […]Archive
June 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Paul McCartney: One NZ Show (Dec, 2017)
Sir Paul McCartney has just announced that New Zealand will be part of his current One On One tour. He will play Auckland December 16th. Mt Smart Stadium. The Australian/NZ component of the tour was announced in a Facebook Live Q&A hosted by Tim Minchin. A rather painful, weird and unnecessary way of creating some sense […]Archive
March 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Take Your Pick: Paul OR John
Every time I write anything about The Beatles someone tries to pull out the “overrated” card. It’s null/void here sorry, calling the Beatles overrated is just stupid. You might not personally enjoy their music – or maybe you’ve just not heard very much of it (I don’t know you and already I feel sorry for […]Archive
February 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
On Ram: Ram On
I’ve been enjoying the reissue of Ram, part of the current crop of Paul McCartney reissues that has recently served up lovely new extended versions of McCartney, McCartney II and Band On The Run as well as other Wings records like – Venus and Mars, At The Speed of Sound and Wings Over America. But […]Archive
January 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Field Music (Measure): A Work of Genius
Field Music (Measure) is the third album by British band Field Music. The band is basically brothers David and Peter Brewis (with some occasional outside help). Have you heard it? Do you know about them? I’d heard the name before but I hadn’t heard the band’s 2005 debut Field Music, nor the follow-up from 2007, […]Archive
October 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
McCartney II: Paul McCartney’s Solo Masterpiece
I was obsessed with the Paul McCartney album McCartney II when I was a youngster. My dad had the LP and told me how much he liked the song Waterfalls – telling me it “was as good as a Beatles song”. (His measure of its worth.) It is a remarkable song, so sparse, stripped back […]Archive
March 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 731
Wings, Venus and Mars (1975) I grew up with a few key Wings albums – but never this. I bought a cheap copy of it when I left home, to get to know it. And then never did. I’ve held onto this for years and it took the recently reissued double-disc to get me fully […]Archive
October 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Paul Du Noyer: Conversations with McCartney
Conversations with McCartney Paul Du Noyer Hodder & Stoughton Ltd./Hachette I was tempted to just link to Steve Braunias’ spot-on assessment of this book – just leave you with that review; it does essentially sum it up. Here, collected in one place, are many of Paul McCartney’s dullest interviews, most of them commissioned, scripted damn-near, […]Archive
January 18, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Paul McCartney & Wings: Venus and Mars (Reissue)
Paul McCartney & Wings Venus and Mars (Reissue) Hear Music/Universal I wasn’t ever that much of a fan of Venus and Mars – not even sure why, can only put it down to not listening to it as much as the other McCartney/Wings releases. I knew the singles. Knew about it – in fact I’ve […]Archive
November 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: The Art of McCartney
Various Artists: The Art of McCartney Shoreditch Music PLC/Columbia/Bulletproof Recording/The Label From the pompous title to the absurd and slightly desperate claim that this is The songs of Paul McCartney sung by the world’s greatest artists – (where’s the rejoinder, and Cheap Trick for starters…too easy…) down to the ugly, borderline-blasphemous and mostly just really […]Archive
November 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman