May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
simplemindsworld: Simple Minds Once Upon A Time Super deluxe out 4 Dec 2015: Oh, I wonder how much this would cost? look`s like little xmas present for myself 🙂 Looks fairly similar to the Sparkle boxset, so hopefully a similar price (£40 mark) 🙂 Looking good! Still only have the Sparkle Blu-ray, not the boxset.
Appalling quality audio and video but I love the live early stuff. The energy is not lost and Jim is wonderfully mesmerising, as ever :-))
Mick MacNeil’s synth for starters. Just right off the bat there. The pace of it. The time sequence of it. More great lyrics from Jim. “The suit he wears belongs to me” and “She rag doll, she keeps him warm” are personal faves. And such a fantastically simple chorus “We can live / I can…
It’s short, succinct and beautiful. It starts off as a segue from the end of Thirty Frames A Second (another song in my Top 50 that will get its own post at a later date), with the sound of a reel to reel tape spinning, tape clacking over the spindles. A soft, haunting guitar from…
Answer three cracks me up. “You can take the bhoy outta Glasgae, but you cannae take Glasgae outta the bhoy”! Lol View this post on Instagram A post shared by Boomerang (@boomeranghicks)
Once upon a time, way back when, Simple Minds had two Jim Kerr’s – a girl can dream, right? ?
Why I love…Murder Story. I think it’s from the beginning. The musicality of it sounds like a galloping horse. The way Charlie’s guitar cuts through that galloping top hat cymbal sound – love it. And the blend of Mick MacNeil’s fabulous key work with Charlie’s cords is grand. Then Jim comes in with wonderfully dark…
Are my Top 50 Simple Minds songs… I thought of this today and want to do it. Over the next 50 days (or there abouts – giving a few days in between to get myself to Oz, and settled) I want to share why all 50 songs in my SM Top 50 are there. Why…
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“Like a glittering prize / I saw you up on a clear day” – Glittering Prize, Simple Minds. Jim’s putting that invisible swag over his shoulder. He’s off! Lol. I’m ssooo captivated by his odd hand gestures and mimes. Like I need ANY more excuses – but I could watch him all day. Literally!
“Like a glittering prize / I saw you up on a clear day / first taking hearts / then our last breath away” – Glittering Prize, Simple Minds.