May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
There’s always a bone of contention in the fandom about Good News From The Next World…well, I suppose that whole “wilderness” period for Simple Minds fans that seems to go anywhere from 1992 to 2005…depending upon your taste. The “low” period, for my personal taste, happens much earlier. My personal “wilderness” period is when they…
All that panting at the start, mister?! You’ll have a girl all aflutter. And there he was worried about “you turn me on”? Lol Still, the panting on this is NOTHING compared to Life In Oils (I ain’t saying ANY MORE on that!)
Charlie’s solo! Ay caramba! ?
I am a word lover – a lyrics lover. But I also love Simple Minds instrumentals…but I tend to love the dedicated instrumentals most…Kant Kino, Somebody Up There Likes You, Androgyny, Year Of The Dragon, Theme For Great Cities…Veldt! (although it does have some strange vocalisation on it…so I suppose Veldt is not STRICTLY an…
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I had that final instrumental bit stuck in my head as an earworm for days last week…funking hell! Lol I’ve always had a little soft spot for Let There Be Love…it was the last thing of theirs I knew of before 2014’s mega fandom took hold. That’s how ignorant I was! The last thing I…
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I have a confession to make. A long time ago, I made a Spotify playlist in which I added EVERY SINGLE SONG that is by Simple Minds or Jim Kerr in a “mega Minds” playlist. All songs went in…even ones I am not so enamoured with. This was one of them. Every time Saturday Girl…
I was a mess yesterday. Never really used to get this “PGD” thing…but I have rarely been exposed to it in terms of there being gigs still happening in the UK that I can’t attend. Last year, for example, I was at the final two Acoustic shows in England…and then I flew over the Irish…
Because…it was Saturday’s highlight…and felt as special as this version from 2012 seems. Beautiful! ??
She is the gift that keeps on giving! Love you, Diana 🙂
Wish I could go back three weeks (three months, three years…36 years – in a TARDIS)