Jim Kerr – Simple Minds – The Tube 1982 Gif Bomb Set
A set of 12 gifs that I made from Simple Minds’ appearance on The Tube in November 1982. Eleven are of various bits of Jim and one is of Mel Gaynor. Click to view all…
The Urban Myth of SM Recording DYFAM
wordsworthinc: Spin has an oral history of the creation of Don’t You (Forget About Me) that you will likely find very interesting, as it also has the full demo that Keith Forsey, one of the writers, sang. What is interesting about the piece, if you don’t know the history of the song, is that Simple…
I Love His Eyes On This Magazine Cover!
I love his eyes on this cover.
And the Winner is? Me…in the end
A lovely piece of art I was sent.
The Composition – Jim’s Butt In The Mirror
Love the composition of this magazine cover – Jim’s butt in the mirror – rarrr raarrrr!!! The caption of the photo isn’t a good one (esp. given the reference of it – a show disgraced paedophile DJ/Presenter Jimmy Savile hosted called “Jim’ll Fix It”)…but there you go. That’s history for you. Another photo by Virginia…
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The World Goes Hot – And I go Hot For Jim!
“And the world goes hot!”
The Real Reason Why Jim Likes Berlin
“You can take the boy out of Glasgow” – Jim Kerr on one of the many reasons why Berlin is a city he likes.
My Dream Setlist – Song Seven
Time for song seven on the old “Simple Minds: my dream setlist”. One of the most beautiful, haunting songs they’ve ever done – Seeing Out The Angel (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
It’s Curtains For Kerr!
Oh, dear lord, Jim! Someone got his bedroom curtains made into a jacket :-/
The New Barclay James Harvest? Tommy Udo’s Scathing Gig Review of SM at Tiffany’s 1981
Ouch!! Wow! What a scathing gig review. Tommy Udo obviously knows *nothing* about what fantastic music is! How he ever got to be a music journalist escapes me! Still, he does admit to being in a minority of one because – as he puts it – “the audience went apeshit throughout the set”. Damn right…