May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
35 years old today. Gordon Machray of Simple Minds International Facebook fan page asked us fans – apart from the title track, what was our standout and why? Well, I was quick in response and then it was too succinct a response not to share here. So…here goes! “That really is an EVIL question. King…
And last, but by no means least…the beautiful and ephemeral Big Sleep.
And, just on the odd occasion…I really do…amaze myself… A redo for Seeing Out The Angel. It couldn’t be any different from the original! WOW!
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Thought this would be of interest of those who had it at the time, and can’t remember how the interview went, or those who’ve subsequently had a copy of the disc, but never had a turntable to play it on.
The way Jim delivers these words is just “melt my heart” beautiful. Enjoy…and melt away like a bar of chocolate left on a car dashboard.
Subliminal context…
Barely 3 months into my new-found mega fandom, Simple Minds released Big Music. What an opportune time I took to arrive into the fandom. First song I heard from the album was Blindfolded – and WOW! What a guitar hook, Mr Burchill! As we are ever waiting patiently for new material (let’s hope it is…
You can see why when I got a reply from him saying his jeans got ripped every night, my interest was PARTICULARLY piqued! Wonder if he STILL goes “commando”? ???? ???? And yes, Charlie…we know all too well what “Sweet Jane” is…you pair of DIRTY BOYS!
I think it must have been all the excitement of Sir resurfacing getting the better of me. This morning I had a dream he was “seen” – out in public. A bit of video footage, some pictures…and he was…wearing the Hokusai scarf I bought him! At first I wasn’t sure, because I never got to…