May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It seems as though things went well for the first gig in Santiago last night. Here are a few videos from YouTube that attendees recorded and uploaded. It’s good to see from the videos I saw that Kerr is at least trying to concentrate more on delivering a vocal performance rather than trying to dart…
Simple Minds play live at the Verona Arena performing two songs. Click the post for more…
Here’s the link for the BBC Sounds playback. LISTEN HERE And, don’t forget that later today the session can be viewed on BBC iPlayer. I’ll add the link for that here too. Enjoy! UPDATE: iPlayer link HERE And for those outside of the UK, you can see their performance of Alive And Kicking below…
It was 36 years since the release of Once Upon A Time yesterday. I find it an anniversary that usually passes me by without any fanfare. Unlike April for Life In A Day. Or November for Real To Real Cacophony. Or even my birthday for Big Music (seemingly deemed to be early November these days…
I need to explain this post header. Lol “The Man in the Sky”, Mick MacNeil, was being interviewed….well, more joined in in a live stream chat (with a loose interview in there) for this YouTube channel called the Pro Synth Network. Basically a weekly synth geek’s get together to discuss all things Synth and keyboard…
A surprising Simple Minds Top 5, I’d say but probably not from an American fan stand point. And nothing really discussed post 1986 which, well…given the broader subject of this YouTuber’s channel is 1980s music, it makes sense. But…SM did have the high selling Live In The City Of Lights and Street Fighting Years released…
I actually thought this was quite good. Always like a bit of harmonica…
Hunter And The Hunted and The American have been posted on the main review thread. Following is Promised You A Miracle and a Alive And Kicking/Sanctify Yourself/End of gig “Dad Dance” mega clip. There’ll be snippets of Let There Be Love and All The Things She Said added shortly… Enjoy!
Now, see…no one (no fans I know, anyways) seem to like these trousers…but…they are rather…tight (Oh, god…I’m going to hell in a hand cart!). I enjoyed watching this quite a bit to be honest. So much so in fact, when he says “Everything okay?”, I replied “Yep! I’m copping an eyeful. It’s grand!” Lol (I’m…
Well, here we are at the final of the six shows Jim has done for KX 93.5. Excuse me while I shed a genuine tear :,( And, so…here goes… Patti Smith – Redondo Beach…Patti Smith does reggae? Well, it sounds very reggae to me! I’ve always loved what I’ve heard of hers, but never given…
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