May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It’s 1980 – so the quality of this video is not the best – but WOW! Just wow! I loooooooooooove early Simple Minds so much! Capital City just slowly pulses (That ‘PULSE!’ vocal couldn’t be more apt! Well played, Jim!), with such a great bassline from Derek, almost pizzicato guitar bits by Charlie, and as…
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(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).
I’m not kidding you – look – we’re bloody hair “sisters”! Lol (apart from colour now, of course)
I’m liking the black more. It’s a bit lacklustre – but I haven’t given it a “proper” wash with pro product yet. Hope I can get it to shine up. I need a style! I’m ssoo over having Derek Forbes’ hair circa 1981. Lol
(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) More birthday wishes! I can’t help myself :-))