May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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?
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…
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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Jim Kerr on the notion of being a Scottish stereotype.
Article on Jim Kerr in the Midlands Express and Star “Weekend” newspaper supplement.
So, this arrived today. Sssooo many lovely photos! Some I’ve not seen before… Here are some examples…
wordsworthinc: Spin has an oral history of the creation of Don’t You (Forget About Me) that you will likely find very interesting, as it also has the full demo that Keith Forsey, one of the writers, sang. What is interesting about the piece, if you don’t know the history of the song, is that Simple…
Interview with Jim Kerr, printed in Sounds, 3 December 1983.
Whoops! Rather unfortunate screenshot I got the other night…