New Gold Dream – Live In The City Of Angels
A new single from the soon-to-be-released live album.
Month: September 2019
The Gatsby Gun Runners – Alive And Kicking
I actually thought this was quite good. Always like a bit of harmonica…
Happy Anniversary – Empires And Dance
Let’s “Celebrate” …with the sexiest video EVER made! (Jim Kerr…you are just sex on legs!)
Empires And dance Appreciation – This Fear Of Gods
Dystopian utopia (a deliberate oxymoron) as only early Simple Minds is. The black light. And Jim Kerr…my lyrical god! (And sex god too!) An awesome live performance from the fab Main Square set. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/m7UUjJTUCWM
Empires And Dance Appreciation – Constantinople Line
I originally wrote the following in January, 2016 as a “Why I Love…” piece for the blog. Little has changed in my feeling for this song. It’s bloody fab! I share the demo version of the song because it is the one stuck in my head today more than the album version. Enjoy! ***** It’s…
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In Other News! Simple Minds Convention in Glasgow – March, 2020!
Limited to 500 tickets only. GET IN QUICK! Link for tickets here – https://tickets-scotland.com/whi51
A Little Peace…
Recently I have been told by a few people that I write very well. One suggested I contact a music magazine and lodge an application to work for them. This person had written articles themselves for the magazine in question and they gave me the email address of the editor. I didn’t do anything about…
Empires And Dance Appreciation – KANT KINO
It is my favourite Simple Minds instrumental. My favourite David Bowie track of them all is A New Career In A New Town – that “town” being Berlin. I heard an instant parallel between ANCIANT and Kant Kino. Both have an incredible emotional pull on me – both brought me to tears the first time…
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Something New, Something Gold
It had to happen!
Say Who You Are!
The album that did it for me. The one that, during my exploration of the Simple Minds back catalogue, “sealed the deal”. Empires And Dance put me into a state of…I dunno…suspended animation. I quite literally could not believe what I was hearing…that the band responsible for Don’t You (Forget About Me ) – subsequently…