Category: rock
Fannying Around
Moo!
Empires And Dance At 37
Seeing as it’s anniversary day… If I was at home I’d be playing my prized first pressing vinyl copy, but these is modern times!
Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – Back To Amsterdam, 1980
Back to Amsterdam, for the first night of the two weekend gigs they did on March 22/23, 1980. The second gig was recorded for Dutch radio, this first one is a bootleg…but considering the passage of time and recording techniques for “home jobs” back then (plus endless shares, and shares, retaping, copies of copies), it…
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Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – One Song Whirlwind!
An early version of Kaleidoscope recorded at Leeds, 29/7/1979 (Aawww! My baby’s just made it to 20! I could pinch his cheeks! The ones on his face…well, those ones too! *wink wink*) Different lyrics to what end up being recorded for the I Travel bonus flexi-disc. The Kerr-Boy likes to do that. Different lyrics entirely…
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Weekend WhiliGIG Work
Working on compiling a list of “Weekend WhiliGIGs”…and…having to check, source certain references…I find myself, at points, getting distracted. It happens when one is “Kerr-sed”. Had to check the date of a gig…find myself at the Minds “Bible” that is Dream Giver Redux (simpleminds.org), looking at the list of tours. 1982…tour lists Kerr…delicious… Going ga…
Kerrsday Thursday – Mini Special
Ninties “curly locks” boy…lol Almost as many curls as me!
Kerrsday Thursday – Mini Special
Welcome to Kerrsday Thursday (mini special). I give you…the strategically pictured microphone 😉 *eyebrows officially waggled off* Jim’s happy!Â
Lyric Of The Day – Street Hassle (Lou Reed)
It’s a cover, but I love it…and, well, if I am to make a piece for every track on every Simple Minds album…this must be included, for it is a track on Sparkle In The Rain. Probably should have not used these particular lines, either…but in the context of the song, they hold the most…
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