May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I posted this on the SMO Facebook visitor wall, so I may as well add it here too. ________________________________________________________ Jim…I just need to write again about Speed Your Love To Me on the Acoustic vinyl.It is the most beautiful, tender, sweet, gorgeous thing I’ve heard since…well, Spirited Away, probably. And like Spirited Away, I just…
Having involved myself with a great simultaneous live “listen to” on the Simple Minds International Facebook group…I thought I’d share my thoughts on the album, track by track. Now, if you are a reader of my blog and/or know me from the Simple Mimds fanbase, you probably know that if I don’t like something, I…
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Oh, I’m sure I can be objective enough for this! Lol On a personal level, this had been my first Minds gig in over a year, and only my third in total…so to say it was highly anticipated is an understatement! On my mind constantly was the health of my pet cat, Chrissy, who had…
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Originally shared on Twitter… Rather harsh on Sparkle towards the end – and to SM themselves – a bit prematurely…but it is IMPOSSIBLE to deny this magic and aura New Gold Dream pocesses. More and more I believe the title of the album sees Jim as an oricle, because it is FAR TOO APT a…
So, how do you pay tribute and give due respect to someone who (and with not an OUNCE of hyperbole) changed an entire generation…MORE than one generation…of people? You don’t. It really is impossible…as I think tonight’s Bowie Prom showed. Before it started, I felt quite depressed about the idea of sitting at home watching…
Read full post “The Bowie Prom – The Good(!) And The Bad.” »
“I, I, I said now that’a a review, boy!” – Foghorn Leghorn
It fizzles out at the end, as a good review (being really harsh about the remixes IMHO!)…but redeem it in the final sentence. Yes, Classic Rock! It was WELL overdue the box set treatment…and we have less than two weeks to wait now! Squeeee!!
I think this guy may be missing the point of what constitutes “journalism” and his journalistic “duty”. Lol. Just…wow. If “journalistic duty” equates to, “Meh, Don’t like them…anyway here’s some info/blurb I’ve recycled about their product”, you bloody nailed it, my friend! You, my dear, are a supreme “churno” and worthy of your income… Wow!…
Q Magazine Story of Electro-pop Special – Simple Minds feature (shared previously, but now placed within the context of the magazine’s pages – and scanned at a higher res. than previously).
Gig review of Simple Minds when they performed at The Marquee Club, London, Dec 18th, 1980 (what a Christmas present that would have been!). These gigs just sound SSOOO amazing!! I WANT A TIME MACHINE!!! Gah!!