Bootleg Beauty!
Listening to another live gig tonight. Sounding like a good one so far. Look at that date! What a Christmas present!!!
Category: audio
Happy Anniversary – Love You Till Tuesday
Today is the 48th anniversary of the release of Love You Till Tuesday. It’s still a novelty fave Bowie song of mine. Yes, it’s 60s cheese, and Bowie is doing his best Anthony Newley impersonation – but it’s FUN! And you’ve got to have a giggle :-))
Factory Folllies 1980
Simple Minds – Factory. From Belgian TV program Follies. As part of Brian McGee appreciation day. Appalling quailty, 1980, etc…but amazing, raw, live performance. (Jim is beautiful! Sorry – can’t help myself. Lol) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Calling Your Name Folllies 1980
The continuation of Brian McGee appreciation day on the blog. Another song from Belgian TV (same set as Capital City came from, it would appear) – Calling Your Name. Jim Kerr has some fantastically weird moves during this. Lol. But today is all about Brian :-)) Again – apologies for the video qhality – but…
Brian’s Best Bits
And of course, this at the top of my Brian McGee list! 🙂 #NowPlaying “Boys From Brazil” by Simple Minds
The Best of Brian McGee – Spotify Playlist
A playlist I created of my very favourite drumming bits of Brian. I’d have them all – but I remained strict with these 24.
DO NOT TAPE OVER!!!!
I can sssooo relate to this fear! ?
Simple Minds on Hear Here – Scotland 1980
Absolutely everything I love about early Simple Minds all here in one little dynamic live set. They were just ‘ON’ from the get go! Amazing young musicians in Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and Brian McGee – not forgetting two stalwarts of Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr – what a frontman he is! Yes, biased, I…
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Alternate Minds Playlist
New playlist: The more obscure side of Simple Minds…demos, extended mixes, instrumentals, ‘feel good’ dance tunes and dark atmospherics. Enjoy!
I Travel Live – Usher Hall Edinburgh 2015
Simple Minds – I Travel Killer version – still fresh some 35 years down the line. Love it! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)