May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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!!
Earliest gig review for Simple Minds I’ve ever seen. From the Record Mirror (I think) October 28th, 1978. Johnny Waller – you knew a good thing when you saw it, my friend!
Whaaa?! Sounds like a flipping AMAZING gig to me! A review of their gig at the Lyceum on October 26th, 1980. Too many new songs? Whaaat!! They released the album the month previous! Empires And Dance is bloody wonderful! I’d have died to have heard it all like that back then! Get off your high…
Smash Hits reviews for Chelsea Girl and Life In A Day (Album). Fab reviews that initially go nowhere for the guys. But they don’t give up – nor should they!
Again – another fantastic review in Smash Hits for Empires And Dance this time. It gets 9/10 – and yet… Still…it’s 35 years on, why does it matter now.
Simple Minds gig review in Mojo magazine, April 2015
New Gold Dream era Smash Hits reviews. Singles: Promised You A Miracle (reviewed by Neil Tennant, no less!) and Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) reviewed, plus Album: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) reviewed by David Hepworth, receiving 8/10.