May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Two new tracks from the forthcoming album, Love Is Magic are available to listen to on YouTube today. Touch & Go has great harmonies and that Carpenters sensitivity. He’s Got His Mother’s Hips is that fantastic not-taking-it-too-seriously/electrofunk stuff he does. Playfully sexy AF. I LOVE IT! Touch & Go will grow on me –…
Hunter And The Hunted and The American have been posted on the main review thread. Following is Promised You A Miracle and a Alive And Kicking/Sanctify Yourself/End of gig “Dad Dance” mega clip. There’ll be snippets of Let There Be Love and All The Things She Said added shortly… Enjoy!
I have to prefix this by saying…rather sadly now, this is my last Simple Minds gig for the foreseeable future. There are some Grandslams left, of course…Swindon, Ardingly and Taunton next weekend, and Inverness and Dundee the following weekend…then off they go to Mexico, the USA and Canada. Exciting times ahead for the band. But…
Jim was on Radio 4 this morning as part of the guests on Saturday Live. I’ve edited a copy for the blog for permanency and for overseas listeners to enjoy. Listen below…
Well, this is the first little thing I’ve done in over two months. Might as well try and get the eye in again, and try and get back to something. Hope the muse returns. Try to push it into coming back. It may lead nowhere…I may come back with full flourish…OR BETTER! (Geez, I hope.)…
I really don’t know what to do with this blog at the moment. In the past, today would be a “Kerrsday Thursday” – the day coined as a lame excuse for some ogling. Be it by pictures or video. I’ve pretty much shared every pic I have been able to without infringing copyright…and others I…
I loved this little Q&A with Ian and particularly the fun element in which the last question was answered. He seems a very genuine and lovely man.
One last clip of him from Green Man on Saturday night. Can’t wait until the October gigs! Now, back to it being a Simple Minds blog…
I loved watching every second of these guys! And I am DETERMINED to see them again! Enjoy!