Minds Music Monday – Big Sleep, Roskilde, 1983
How I started my new year…
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Minds Music (Christmas) Monday
The most venomous version of King Is White I’d ever heard Jim sing…not as angry sounding in his delivery as some of the earlier versions and he drops the “take/taking no prisoners” line – which is a big shame…but in the second refrain of the chorus he adds a “hang ’em up / sling ’em…
Minds Music Monday – The American – Extended Mix
One of my favourite mixes…
Minds Music Monday – The Tube, December, 1983
Just over 12 months from their previous appearance on The Tube, Simple Minds return. It’s not the best quality footage…but it expresses the dynamism of the band. My favourite part is when Jim’s mic is obviously starting to give him problems. Instead of stopping proceedings like a lot of other performers would, he just throws…
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Minds Music Monday – Sweat In Bullet
An oldie but a goodie. A fabbie in fact!
Minds Music Monday – King Is White – Get Set For Summer, 1982
Jim has decided to slick his hair back in this, making for an interesting barnet. It’s a curious choice to play live, esp. on tellybox. One can only assume they did PYAM on the show too? Pretty sure this is the very same show in which Jim pretends to whack Peter “f**king” Powell on the…
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Minds Music Monday – Garden Of Hate
Mandatory play every Halloween…
Minds Music Monday – Wasteland, Mars Bar, Glasgow, 1978
Yep…because I don’t actually live and breathe Simple Minds…and Jim Kerr is just a construct in my imagination… This version of Wasteland was chosen for the original “Simple Minds” end line… (see latest Lyric Of The Day for subtle reference, and check simpleminds.org for the background to the song)
Minds Music Monday – Chelsea Girl – Jeniffer Jonsen
Assuming the YouTube account holder is the person responsible for this. Very nicely done cover! Could have done with a clean finish or fade out, but otherwise…really good! Thanks to Carlos Pascual on the SMO FB visitor wall for posting!
Minds Music Monday – Seeing Out The Angel (Instrumental)
I’m in an instrumental mood today…