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April 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Paul Simon (April 8; Akld)
Paul Simon w/ Rufus Wainwright Vector Arena; Auckland Monday, April 4 It’s baffling that so many people will write Paul Simon off because they’ve heard a few of the radio hits. But then, it’s also baffling that there were people in the audience at this gig that complained about not enough Simon & Garfunkel material. [...]Archive
April 5, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Paul Simon: Gig Preview
I’m really excited about seeing Paul Simon on Monday night in Auckland. Rufus Wainwright opening, too. Bonus. Rufus has even been doing some singing with Paul – duetting on The Boxer. Check out this setlist from Sydney’s show earlier in the week. So many great tunes. Album tracks, Simon & Garfunkel, plenty of the toe-tappers [...]Archive
January 25, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Paul Simon to play two NZ shows
Pretty excited about this one. Paul Simon plays two NZ shows – Rufus Wainwright is the opening act. I saw Paul Simon a few years back doing the Simon & Garfunkel show with Artie. It was good. But, when Simon took a solo spot he really came alive, so did the music, so did the audience. His [...]Archive
April 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1524
Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme (1966) It might not be the very first time – but it was one of the very first times that I recognised the album-title as coming from a lyric rather than just repeating a song’s title. Yeah. Riveting. (Sorry). But it’s also just the truth of the [...]Archive
April 15, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1531
Paul Simon, Paul Simon (1972) I’ve always liked this album – one of the first Paul Simon albums I heard, and a logical follow-on/follow-up from his Simon & Garfunkel material with just enough of a twist; a little showing of (some of) the musical diversity that would continue – and an obvious reference to his [...]Archive
March 17, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1576
Paul Simon, The Rhythm Of The Saints (1990) People forget about this album, or decide it’s some misplaced palinode – but really how do you follow on from Graceland? You may loathe that album, or have never heard it, but it was (is) a landmark. And four years on, after touring that album and introducing [...]Archive
March 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1590
Radiohead, Radiohead…Before Computers (1999) Remember when Radiohead was almost a shoegazer band? This bootleg compilation does! It’s of more interest to me now than listening to the Itch EP or Pablo Honey (nothing wrong with them – just done to death for me). This takes tracks from the band’s very early “On A Friday” demo [...]Archive
February 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1613
Art Garfunkel, Watermark (1977) I found it rather odd rediscovering a bunch of Art Garfunkel solo albums. I mean, who listens to them? I reckon there’s some people out there with the Garfunkel-surname that haven’t even bothered checking them out. I’ve seen Art Garfunkel live twice – once as a solo act and once as [...]Archive
January 13, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1667
Rotorua Maori Choir, Maori Music (1963) Ah, some actual Kiwi Roots Music. This album was released in the early 1960s but recorded in the 1920s, one of the first in an effort to preserve some of the Maori song that was largely lost on New Zealand (and the world). What joy the human voice can [...]Archive
November 14, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1762
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians, Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars (1988) For a one-hit-wonder I still think that Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians released some great material – especially this debut album. I liked it at the time. Still like it. The hook was definitely that one hit – What I Am – [...]Archive
October 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman