May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
(via priptona-weird) Brian McGee – Simple Minds’ original drummer. Tonight, the blog will be showing appreciation for Brian McGee. Yes, Mel Gaynor is a wonderful, amazing drummer…but let us not forget that Simple Minds started out with just as much an amazing drummer in the form of Brian McGee. When looking into info on Brian…
Oh, I just have to put ONE other photo of Laird Dash Fandango up today 🙂
Oh, dear. Looks like Jim has reported me to the police! Lol :-/
Q Magazine Story of Electro-pop Special – Simple Minds feature (shared previously, but now placed within the context of the magazine’s pages – and scanned at a higher res. than previously).
(via priptona-weird) Feeling a new appreciation for that live “Hear Here” performace today. Shame there isn’t better quality footage because the guys are AMAZING – all of them – but Jim is just ssooo amazing to watch! Raw, aloof, cool, sexy, but palpably nervous and apprehensive. He’s sublime :-))
(via priptona-weird) And more… Birthday wishes…
(via priptona-weird) Yes…not sure of the exact date, but I’m adopting this one – I’m sure Jim wouldn’t mind! HAPPY SM FAN ANNIVERSARY TO ME!! If you told me one year ago I would be this in love with this band – well… I always liked them, but yeah…I’m definitely a “die-hard” now!
I can sssooo relate to this fear! ?
Absolutely everything I love about early Simple Minds all here in one little dynamic live set. They were just ‘ON’ from the get go! Amazing young musicians in Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and Brian McGee – not forgetting two stalwarts of Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr – what a frontman he is! Yes, biased, I…
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New playlist: The more obscure side of Simple Minds…demos, extended mixes, instrumentals, ‘feel good’ dance tunes and dark atmospherics. Enjoy!