T – Minus Two Days: King Is White And In The Crowd
Just about my favourite live version. I always love the venom with which Jim delivers those “WIRE THEM UP! FIRE THEM UP!” lines. Grrrrr! GO BOY!
Category: simple minds
What A Review!
“I, I, I said now that’a a review, boy!” – Foghorn Leghorn
T – Minus 3 Days
Three days until the New Gold Dream box set hits, so here’s another awesome live performance of a track from the album in anticipation. Jim is in full “Anthony Perkins” mode here. Love the lighting on this and how it makes him look like some pale, majestic, new wave prince. Just…beautiful! The whole shebang!
Minds Music Monday – Promised You A Miracle
As we get ever closer to the New Gold Dream box set release, I thought I’d take the chance to share a live version of Promised You A Miracle. And seeing as Sir only today was giving (overdue!) praise and gratitude to Mile Ogletree, it is only fitting that he feautures in this performance. Enjoy…
Agree To Disagree In The World Of Variety
A fan on one of the Simple Minds fan groups on Facebook decided to put their head above the parapet and share their opinion on the Street Fighting Years tour, due to many fans having fond memories of the Roundhay gig in 1989. I was not one of those fans. As you may already know…
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Simple Minds – The Face – October, 1981. Full Scan & Sons/Sister Review.
The Full “Face” article, plus a review of Sons & Sister in the back pages of the mag. Aawww! Please don’t turn your back on me, sir! :-(( Ooh, Sir be wearing a tie! Good bhoy! 🙂 What’s good for the geese…
New Gold Dream – Jim’s Reply To Me – As Art!
I love his reply to me so, so much…still. I don’t know WHY I have never made it an art piece before…but I did today! (At long last!) I was telling him that I had a favourite fragment of the song…right towards the end…this kind of screeching noise (I now know to be Charlie’s guitar,…
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The Face – October, 1981.
New acquisition… With his back turned to me. Ah, how life doth imitate art. Proper scan, etc, later. Let’s hope the dreaded BFB is not mentioned!
You Win, Sir. You Win.
Your “cock blocking” has won out. The campaign has fizzled out and ground to a halt. If you were testing me to see how long I would persevere. This is your answer. This long. I just wanted a word back. Just a consideration. An acknowledgement you had taken my request on board and would consider…