May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
There are some great photos being shared of last night’s gig in Barcelona – none better than this! Just look at him! Commands the stage… Can’t imagine what it’s like performing in front of thousands of adoring fans…but he laps it up. Visible for all to see in that nano second.
Back nearly FOUR YEARS ago now, when I took those tentative steps into exploring the Simple Minds back catalogue and having quickly listened to Life In A Day and Real To Real Cacophony to move onto Empires And Dance and fall instantly in love…it was Twist/Run/Repulsion that was the first track I heard that absolutely…
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The first snippet is dated Dec 6th, 1980. More tour dates for SM…it’s starting to wear Brian McGee out already… Next – a review of their gig at Tiffany’s on March 1st, 1981 (printed in March 14th edition of NME). Brian’s final gig with them in Glasgow. Why they get labeled as being “pretentious” with…
And…he makes the bold claim of suggesting he’ll sing all the songs in French. Now, come on, boy! You struggle as it is to remember them in English…don’t run before you can walk (between worlds), mister.
Wow…Ian Cranna hit the nail on the head, or what?! Will you look at that! And, some near 40 years on…they are the mainstays. It is an amazing review, really. Very constructive. Not sycophantic. He did highlight shortcomings…but, wow! Oh, to have been there at that time. Just so absolutely fucking exciting. I wish, I…
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Just from a little piece on tour dates inside the NME. The pic was bigger than the bit about the dates, to be honest. I like the pic, so wanted to share. Nice bit of fetish action…
As part of the clippings I received from Belgium today, I got the full NME article this photo was part of. I had previously only had a copy someone had posted on an eBay listing. I’ll just share this pic from it for now, but will scan the full article with the A3 scanner tomorrow….
I, just a few days ago, bought a bunch of clippings on eBay. Some things within I already had copies of (the whole NME December 4th, 1982 edition with Jim on the cover, taken by Anton Corbijn, for example). There are actually a number of good things…gig reviews, album and single reviews…some Belgian magazine articles,…
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I have only ever had a response like this once before…and it was very cryptic. But if memory serves, the previous emoji response got deleted. This one remains. But it feels kinda cryptic too. I mean, what do I take from it? I know some will think “Stop over-analysing! He blew you a heart-shaped kiss,…
I WANT THIS TO BE A THING!