May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Welcome to what will be known as “1981-Day Monday.” A theme that may run all summer long. We’ll see where it goes after that. The premise? Well, it’ll be for me to write about an album from 1981 that I have either never listened to at all, or have not heard for a very long…
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Even to this day, I wish I was older. Although I am already what I would have considered in my youth as “well old.” On the verge of being exactly in my mid-50s, I sometimes lament at being in Gen X. I have always felt I kind of straddle two worlds, being born in 1970…
The celebrations have been happening later than its actual official release date (from my own research into its release that I conducted – which to me implied the release date of 15 May – but what the fork do I know about Simple Minds, right? Stupid upstart johnny-come-lately that doesn’t even seem to like them…
Sad news in the Simple Minds community today, with the news that Kenny Hyslop has sadly passed away. In recent months Kenny had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he described as ‘the dreaded lurgy.’ An absolute drumming legend, playing for many, including Slik. His stint with Simple Minds may have been brief but was…
One part of the year is over, now the summer is dedicated to me working on getting Simple Minds: Song by Song completed. I did allow myself a couple of days downtime over the past several days. One day off involved heading to Milngavie for a classic car show that was happening in the town….
I made sure that I was tuned in and ready for Billy’s show last night, anticipating the middle hour of the show which would be the airing of the documentary of Simple Minds tour of Australia last month. Just prior to that, I managed to rub Billy up the wrong way. He played a track…
This was the kind of anecdote I had wished for in 2022 in Paris when I asked the question of Jim and Charlie for their early days tour memories of Australia. Of course, what I ended up getting from Jim was some address about why they hadn’t announced any tour dates for Oz yet. By…
Forty two years ago yesterday, Simple Minds played a gig at the Musicians Club in Sydney to a lively and enthusiastic crowd. As one would imagine for a gig in the Australian summer, the venue was steamin’ like a sauna. The small auditorium filled with sweaty young things. Thanks to recent photographic sharing and memories…
Seems as if the wee Icehouse SM colab cover of Get It On is getting much more promo “back home” than it is here. Anyway, good that the little clip was put up on YouTube to see. The tour will be “wilder” than 1981? Lol. I highly doubt it! Given the kind of stuff they’d…
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These photos are AMAZING! Taken of the band during their inaugural tour of Australia in 1981. I just wanted to share these seeing as it’s Kerrsday and the colour photos feature mainly Jim on his own. The final two are my favourites. The colour one has such an atmosphere to it. They’re just stunning photos….
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