May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
There’s a particular pair of boots he wears around 1981/1982 that are just… AWESOME! I love them! I haven’t spoken of them for a while (apart from briefly touching upon them sharing a video a couple of weeks back.), but today it’ll all be about Boy in boots! Starting with this. I have never seen…
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Lyric of the day Song: Superman vs Supersoul Album: Neapolis Year of release: 1998 Written by: Kerr/Burchill
Well, before this week’s show even started, I was theorising what he’d open it with. I thought, “Bowie week one, Velvet Underground week two. This week it HAS to be Roxy?” Lo and behold! But I was having Internet trouble right up til the final minutes before the show started, so couldn’t put my prediction…
Lyric of the day Song: In Every Heaven Album: x5 (originally recorded in 1982 during New Gold Dream sessions) Year of release: 2012 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Lyric of the day Song: Premonition Album: Real To Real Cacophony Year of release: 1979 Words: Jim Kerr
Lyric of the day Song: Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel Album: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) Year of release: 1982 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Lyric of the day Song: Imagination Album: Big Music Year of release: 2014 Written by: Kerr/Burchill No official lyrics are printed for this, only the small bit I used at the top right. I love that final 30 second fade out…I wish it was longer! I think these are the words Jim sings, but…
The way it quite softly and gradually fades in. I like the pace of it. It’s quite slow. And there’s such a simple but fabulous riff from Charlie and is complimented nicely with Mick’s synths. I find it ever so sexy. The way Jim sings those opening lines. The way he articulates the “baby…
This still gives me a giggle a few days later. I never dared respond to it…and I was SSOO hoping Jim would. Just something tongue-in-cheek like “her room at Villa Angela is booked. She’s paying, of course. I’m not MADE of money!”, or similar. Lol And, Greg…in my ETERNAL DAMN DREAMS we would “get a…
Lyric of the day Song: Blood Diamonds Album: Greatest Hits +/Big Music Year of release: 2013/2014 Written by: Cook/Kerr/Burchill Using a photo from my first ever Simple Minds gig at Cambridge last year. Blood Diamonds always makes me think of my brother David. The song was playing when I learned of his death. It…