May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Starting with that cross-stick snare beat from Brian and killer Dan bass line – it has a groove! Possibly one of my most favourite Mick synth pieces. There’s a level of maturity to it. Then those sharp little wails from Charlie’s guitar while that fantastic little riff plays just under those wails. Then Jim…not afraid…
A lovely memento I got for myself on eBay last week. It’s a silly idea really, to buy things about a gig you never went to, but I loved the idea of having this pictures to look at and keep. They aren’t the best quality, for sure. Taken on a pokey 110 camera…but the intimacy…
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Today I spied a clip from Stewart Lee about his meeting with the band Faust and some twisted vegeance for an incident that was steeped in some urban legend that he heard somewhere or other (he supposedly “learned it from a booook”), about Johnny And The Self Abusers and some Faust records. You can watch…
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It’s competition time again! How would you like to get your hands on this fantastic Simple Minds coffee mug? Let’s hear a favourite line from a Simple Minds song from you! It doesn’t have to be your favourite song….just a lyric that means something to you, stops and makes you think…or just gives you chills…
Mick, as he looks in the Glittering Prize video (well, with my wonky, penciled hand anyway).
Two years into being a Minds fan and I don’t think I’ve ever waited SSOO long for a UK tour announcement! They were touring as I became a mega fan, but it was too late in the year for me to do anything about it! But it was ok, because just a few months in,…
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But what does he know?
Today there was a change. After a year of the same songs being in my Top 50, I had to bump one out and Lightning in in its place. I wanted to rejig my art piece. At first I just whited out the song being bumped and put Lightning in over the top of it…but…
Me explaining to Sir that, like with NGD, I have a favourite little section in the song Lightning. (Possibly a little bit of flirting was going on too! It’ll all remain either unnoticed or unseen…or both.) ??