May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
All the stuff I ordered arrived today…and all so beautiful! The postcards I love the most as you can send a Bowie fan friend a little note on a special card. (I actually rushed out and bought two more packs so I could do just that!) Oh, they’re just SO lovely! What a fantastic way…
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Wow! I’ve only listened to some of it, so far – but they are tight and Boy be ON FIRE! Hell! Thirty Frames A second is lyrically jumbled up…but I will overlook it for the sheer VENOM he delivers it with…complete with a “fuck you, Jack!” Be still my beating ovaries! Lol. I can visualise…
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From the current issue of Mojo magazine (special exclusive cover available at nationwide screenings of Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture on Tuesday, March 7th). Plus…a little plug in the gigs section for some…Scottish band?! ?
Of course the YouTube clip wouldn’t play, even linked to the blog…so let’s just reblog this instead…
At this rate…it might be easier if I just hitch a ride on the tour bus :-))) The list now reads: Glasgow Liverpool London Palladium Bristol (VIP) Brighton London Drury Lane Dublin x 2 (ie: both nights) Mystery gig! https://youtu.be/HWmvbxGpra4
It’s the beginning. A rare use of keyboards for the period for SM, and percussive cross-stick snare beat. I find it a mysterious song. Is it already a “Criminal World” and we’re seeking escape? Or is the world “criminal” because we desire answers, light, love? And the trouble you seek from wanting these creates that…
Possibly the two best B sides Simple Minds ever released…
Poetry!
This really is just HOW CRUEL life can be. This man gets to see a 5×5 gig with NO CONCEPT as to what it actually is…and why he didn’t hear Don’t You! If I could ever swap with anybody for a place at a 5×5 gig, it would be him…as he OBVIOUSLY did not deserve…