May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A visual one for this week. Their Friday night appearance on The Tube. It went out live. There’s an audience there. We can call that a gig, not merely a TV appearance. (It’s also where the pic for the “whirliGIG” artwork came from). Enjoy…
I wish I could still share them on the wall. To just hope he’d like one last one. I keep telling myself that *I* love doing them…and that’s all that matters… Ah, but it was a thrill when he liked one…or better still, SHARED one. I never thought my heart was going to beat at…
Monochromatically Dramatic…
I just HAD to buy this for myself. I tell you…the day I get to “pass the baton on” to someone else will be ACE! JIM? MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR ME?! Lol…. Oh, well…the cat really *is* out the bag now… Though to be fair, like Schrodinger’s cat…I’m not sure the cat was ever IN…
On the quest to create a lyric piece for every track on every SM studio album (minus Neon Lights as it’s a covers album and contains not a single Kerr lyric – doing something like Street Hassle is a different affair…one cover in an otherwise full Kerr lyric written SM album is a different kettle…
Of the two TOTP appearances for Glittering Prize, Jim seems much more “up for it” with this performance. More animated. I like all the moves in this one. He’s a bit stilted in the other…which, I sometimes prefer…but I just like the shapes he throws in this one…and…well, he’s stunning 🙂 ??
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He was 24! TWENTY FOUR! Fuck me sideways… “In the crutch-hungry dark”…I mean…just…WHAT A LINE! I’ve been having a Bowie night…and…well, as the post title says…this is a masterpiece.
As he shares a photo of the ilk of the blurred imagery of the Sons And Fascination cover art, I am reminded of a beautiful blend of imagery I made for Someone Somewhere In Summertime. I’d share it there…but he would no doubt get pissed off…but it is one I am still particularly proud of….