May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I’m sure it doesn’t seem the case to those who THINK they know me…I’m sure I seem the biggest blabber mouth on the face of the earth, but I CAN keep a bloody secret! One that I was (somewhat accidentally, admittedly) entrusted with was the info there was going to be a live release from…
The melody…Jim’s voice…the lyrics! There have been some 333 days since its release…so I reckon that means I must have played this at least 500 times already (I never play the song just once – and I don’t listen to Walk Between Worlds every day, so hence my conservative estimate of 500 plays). I love…
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The BEST song ever to exist about a school student chimp retaliating being bullied at school by burning said school down…
A beautiful treat for Christmas. Cherisse’s tour diary with Jim recorded in Sconny Botland. I get Christmas in Scotland after all 🙂 Thank you Simple Minds for being the most amazing band in the world. And to Jim for being…beautiful. And thank you to everyone who comes to visit this crazy fangirl’s blog. Here’s to…
The latest edition of Rhythm magazine is out, and within its pages, confirmation of Cherisse Osei winning the Best Live Session Drummer category for 2018.
Past time musical collaborators with Simple Minds, Planet Funk, have a new track out called All On Me. It’s very catchy – you’d expect nothing less from the Planet Funk team. Take a listen! (PS: Artwork looks a little Fiona Sutherland inspired…)
I really, really do lve Silent Kiss ???? The only pages I didn’t save were the ones giving me a link to my Top 100 Songs of 2018 playlist – which you’ll find a link to below – and the final “share” page to share your Spotify stats rundown via social media.
Congratulations to Cherisse! Voted by musicradar and Rhythm readers – and of course quite a number of us Minds fans! – as best live session drummer, 2018. Well done!
We arrived in Northampton around 6.45pm, conveniently finding a car park directly opposite the venue. We joined the small queue into the venue a few minutes before “open doors” – which were opened promptly at 7pm. A good mix of songs was playing over the sound system just to keep us well entertained before support…
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Was off at a Blancmange gig last night. Will post more after a good sleep.