Category: simple minds
Simple Minds Live – Vredenburg, Utrecht 16/6/82
Wow! I’ve only listened to some of it, so far – but they are tight and Boy be ON FIRE! Hell! Thirty Frames A second is lyrically jumbled up…but I will overlook it for the sheer VENOM he delivers it with…complete with a “fuck you, Jack!” Be still my beating ovaries! Lol. I can visualise…
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NINE!
At this rate…it might be easier if I just hitch a ride on the tour bus :-))) The list now reads: Glasgow Liverpool London Palladium Bristol (VIP) Brighton London Drury Lane Dublin x 2 (ie: both nights) Mystery gig!
Why I Love…Criminal World
It’s the beginning. A rare use of keyboards for the period for SM, and percussive cross-stick snare beat. I find it a mysterious song. Is it already a “Criminal World” and we’re seeking escape? Or is the world “criminal” because we desire answers, light, love? And the trouble you seek from wanting these creates that…
New Warm Skin and Special View
Possibly the two best B sides Simple Minds ever released…
Ten Weeks To Go…Til Glasgow
Poetry!
The Barricade?
This really is just HOW CRUEL life can be. This man gets to see a 5×5 gig with NO CONCEPT as to what it actually is…and why he didn’t hear Don’t You! If I could ever swap with anybody for a place at a 5×5 gig, it would be him…as he OBVIOUSLY did not deserve…
Up It Goes!
It’s up on Etsy. I know…but…I have to try, right? (Glutton for punishment) Click the image to be taken to the Etsy page…
One Month To Go!
Only one month to go before the Acoustic Tour kicks off in Europe, with the first cab off the rank being Essen in Germany. Lucky sods! Tickets are still available for selected gigs. Check out simpleminds.com for all tour details.
Lyric Of The Day – Long Black Train (Richard Hawley)
Such a beautiful song…have been wanting to do something with it all these months…