But … is he right?
This guy gets some factual information wrong, and I disagree on certain aspects, but 100% agree with others. Overall, he makes some really good points. See what you think.
I had been thinking about sharing this video after the past 24 hours. Jim’s post today just compounded my decision to share it.
Do I agree that their best years are behind them? No. But I’m not going to flesh out an argument as to why because I’m not even sure I’d believe myself. They certainly did make other great albums after Once Upon A Time.
We all have our differing taste. Look at me with my “pick n mix” Iggy Pop fandom. The first four albums, skip, Blah Blah Blah, skip, Brick By Brick, skip, Every Loser.
What I agree most on with this guy is that the music from Real To Real Cacophony to New Gold Dream was PHENOMENAL and still feels so incredibly underrated by the non Minds diehard.
I could see from my previous uni assignment and a short piece I wrote about New Gold Dream for it and the feedback I received for that from the students in my module that the average non Simple Minds fan really needs some persuading on even something as near perfect of a piece of conceptual aural art as New Gold Dream is. I mean, jeez!
Anyway, take it away, Julian… the floor is yours.
