Jim’s Comeback on Disparaging Comment Left on Choir! Choir! Choir! Cover
God I love him when bitch-slaps people down! GET ‘EM JIM!! ? Also…JIM POSTED IT ON THE SIMPLE MINDS PAGE!! How much of a dickhead is that person?! What a….!!
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Gig Review 17 March 1984 – Record Mirror: Simple Minds – Barrowland Ballroom – 2nd March
As the new CD boxset (and other various formats of release) of Sparkle In The Rain is now imminent, I thought it apt to share a wonderful, positive gig review of the period (no date on the piece, but with the help of the Dream Giver Redux site, I’m guessing it was 2nd March, 1984).After…
Check out: SIMPLE MINDS – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN
360magazine: Following the recent release of Big Music Universal Music Enterprises will release a four-disc digital box set of Simple Minds’ SPARKLE IN THE RAIN on March 31st. It will be the first time the entire back catalog of this era has been collected together. Originally released in February 1984, SPARKLE IN THE RAIN (title…
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This Is My Jam – Kant Kino 1980
‘Kant Kino – (2002 Remaster)’ by Simple Minds My favourite #SimpleMinds instrumental. I find it very emotional. I know! I can’t explain why certain, unexpected things have this impact on me, but there you go.
Chelsea Girl – 7 Inch Single
monsteriousbeat: Simple Minds – Chelsea Girl 7” single 45rpm 1979 Zoom Records Discogs Your best friend never calls you up, but you don’t mind ‘Cause lately things are all the same Ain’t it strange how people always seem to know your face But just don’t know your name?
Gig Review by Mick Middles: June 1979
A gig review from June, 1979. 4th paragraph in – OUCH!! But *kinda* constructive. If a review can be both bitchingly scathing yet constructive?! I’m not sure you could quite accuse them of “no stage presence” – I found Jim mesmerising from the outset. And obviously he (the reviewer) was not sold by epics like…
My Dream Setlist – Song 8 – Wonderful In Young Life
Another song from the Simple Minds “my dream setlist”. Song eight on the list. The beautiful, nostalgic “Wonderful In Young Life”. Life, depected in your late teens and early 20s, written so beautifully by Mr Kerr. Stirring, emotional lyrics. This song gets me EVERY TIME! Those beautiful falsetto “singing memories” towards the end and those…
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You’re Not Scottish Enough! Richard Jobson on Simple Minds
Jim Kerr on the notion of being a Scottish stereotype.
Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) – Midlands Express Interview and Article
Article on Jim Kerr in the Midlands Express and Star “Weekend” newspaper supplement.
Simple Minds – A Visual Documentary by Mike Wrenn
So, this arrived today. Sssooo many lovely photos! Some I’ve not seen before… Here are some examples…