May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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.
“Shine on – shine the light on me / in all of my life so that much more I see” – Glittering Prize, Simple Minds.
“Catch me in a dream – captured all in heart / we were spending time – we were staring out” – Glittering Prize, Simple Minds.
Fold out magazine pin-up booklet with Jim on the cover. The inner blurb on the Minds is actually quite a good little blurb for such a throw-away piece of musical tat. And I do love that picture with Jim finger on chin, plotting world domination (or Derek’s demise from the band, at least).
Part three (final part) of the Simple Minds unofficial, bootleg Tour Program from 1986.
Part two of the Simple Minds unofficial Tour Program from 1986. An appearance from Laird Dash Fandango in this part. Of course, the photo is arranged so LDF is waaaay over on the left, by himself, and the rest of Simple Minds are all clumped together on the right. LDF is a SPECIAL bhoy. Lol…
Simple Minds unofficial Tour Program from 1986. I’d read somewhere that, for a bootleg bit of merch, this was quite good quality. Hmmm. It’s just full of clippings from music mags and stuff. I spent nearly £15 on this on eBay! If I’d known what it actually was like, I wouldn’t have bothered. But anyway…here’s…