May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It’s a daily ritual to check whether “new” content under the banner of “Simple Minds” has been uploaded to YouTube. And I try to remember to check every morning. Sometimes (not very often, granted!) it slips my mind but I usually check at least once every day. This morning I was on top of it…
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Yesterday saw the anniversary of the release of Real To Real Cacophony. In celebration, here is my favourite video of them performing Factory on Belgian music show, Folllies (yes! It has three L’s – just like me!). I love Jim in this performance sssooo much! I mean…yes…he’s obviously had a “helping hand” but hey, whatever….
I was FAAAR too excited and wanting to just…purge all this out to write it down. Had it been earlier in the day, I’d have written it out. I kind of miss “being in love”. Irony. Irony is so funny.
With Halloween on Saturday, there was only one song left in the Halloween countdown to choose. The epic, the immense and majestic – Pleasantly Disturbed! Enjoy!
I’m reckoning that I work in chronological order. Choose absolute favourite tracks from each album then once they are all collated, streamline and narrow down using certain other criteria until only 50 remain. These start the long list. My “must haves” from Life In A Day.
Another track that is the most Halloween appropriate SM track EVER. Not long to go now to the scariest Halloween of all – and my 50th birthday! ?????
Haven’t watched one of Ellis’s videos for ages. He always just sounds so good to me. Dunno why. He just has a nice voice and can strum along pretty well. Always seems quite effortless. I love the pace of this version and the quirks he brings to it.No hi hat to endure! ?????
With Halloween fast approaching, I thought I’d share some darker themed Simple Minds tracks for MMM in the lead up to – what will be – the crappiest 50th birthday I could have ever have envisaged. First up, the fabulous Murder Story…
Michelle took these ones of me with “The Boys/Mr Beautiful Sir KerrLaird Dash Fandango aka Jim” ??? The first one in B&W makes me look like I’m just…standing at the shrine. Lol
A fun afternoon in sunny Glesga.