May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Jim Kerr is a man who has stood the test of time in the music industry. As the frontman of Simple Minds they’ve just released a new single and album. He was happy to join Nick to talk about his career and what inspires him now. — Read on omny.fm/shows/the-daily-drive/jim-kerr-and-simple-minds/
Four star review of the SM gig at Barras. This Earth That You Walk Upon was DEFINITELY a big lighlight for me. I’d give Manchester an extra star for the full five! It was sublime!
Wasn’t expecting anything special today…but it works.
Because, it really IS my “happy song”. It always makes me smile and feel good. Even during the worst times…whack this on and for 4 minutes, my cares melt away 🙂
Yep…we only ever turn up to Simple Minds gigs to see the 30 second highlight of Jim’s Dad Dance at the end. “Hold me closer, Daddy Dancer”… “Heaven it bumps, heaven it grinds”
Went to Ikea on Wednesday…got a few frames… This is the only one hanging, for now…and yes, there is a portrait in a landscape frame but I only have three landscape photos. Never mind.
The original feature can be viewed here, but with the magic of Google Translate, here’s the English transcript…complete with the questions asked and answered by Jim. Enjoy! Simple Minds is not only current with its eighteenth full-length Walk Between Worlds. They also celebrate the impressive forty years in the industry. Zero had a long and…
This time, as about as cleaner/clearer copy of the 1983 Bologna gig as you’re ever gonna get. No Celebrate, sadly…but pretty much all of New Gold Dream bar Somebody Up There Likes You and King Is White And In The crowd (geez, Jim loved a long song title back then! Lol). I was hoping to…