May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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).
(via priptona-weird) Feeling a new appreciation for that live “Hear Here” performace today. Shame there isn’t better quality footage because the guys are AMAZING – all of them – but Jim is just ssooo amazing to watch! Raw, aloof, cool, sexy, but palpably nervous and apprehensive. He’s sublime :-))
Absolutely everything I love about early Simple Minds all here in one little dynamic live set. They were just ‘ON’ from the get go! Amazing young musicians in Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and Brian McGee – not forgetting two stalwarts of Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr – what a frontman he is! Yes, biased, I…
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Simple Minds – I Travel Killer version – still fresh some 35 years down the line. Love it! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Simple Minds feature article in Q Magazine Special on Depeche Mode and The Story of Electro-pop from 2005. I will be scanning the complete magazine in the next couple of days and sharing it in sections. I will put “Phase One” of the magazine up shortly. The magazine has really great features…but of course I…
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Jim and Charlie on Oz music programme Countdown. They went back on??! I see Jim made sure Charlie sat between him and Molly this time! (Sexual tension…from Molly’s side only, of course!) Jim even mentions the Love Song performance from back in the day. But didn’t mention the big yellow man-bag. Lol. Wish Molly had…
Smash Hits magazine pop star “Who’s Who”, featuring Jim Kerr and Annie Lennox, from 1984. Love the pic of Jim they used! Had not seen it before. Lol. Love the idea that his kinda “eternal search” may just be for a new pair of shoes! Lol. You philosopher!
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.
Sparkle In The Rain era reviews in Smash Hits magazine through 1984. Waterfront achieved the high praise of “single of the fortnight”. Ooh!!
Interview with Jim Kerr in Smash Hits magazine, Sept 16-29, 1982.