May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Lol. Well, a slight exaggeration there. But it was on this day 35 years ago, that Simple Minds scored their (as til now) only U.S. Number 1 when Don’t You (Forget About Me) topped the charts there. To celebrate at the time, Jim got drunk in France, ordering champangne for everyone in the hotel bar….
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It’s 27 years since Mick Ronson left this mortal coil. He was taken far too soon. RIP Ronno. You are still so sadly missed.
Yesterday saw the second anniversary of the release of Walk Between Worlds. Of course it was the day that Jim and Charlie appeared at the HMV in Argyle Street for an album signing. I was so, sooo nervous! Lol. Silly, really, as I had met them both before already, but the more it goes on…
It’s now 4 years since this happened and I know Jim will be utterly bloody bored with it, so I’ll just keep the memory here on the blog. This anniversary I find myself back in Oz, so this year feels just a little more special, yet painfully sad. Kyoto might well still be in snow,…
Let’s “Celebrate” …with the sexiest video EVER made! (Jim Kerr…you are just sex on legs!)
Dystopian utopia (a deliberate oxymoron) as only early Simple Minds is. The black light. And Jim Kerr…my lyrical god! (And sex god too!) An awesome live performance from the fab Main Square set. Enjoy!
I originally wrote the following in January, 2016 as a “Why I Love…” piece for the blog. Little has changed in my feeling for this song. It’s bloody fab! I share the demo version of the song because it is the one stuck in my head today more than the album version. Enjoy! ***** It’s…
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It is my favourite Simple Minds instrumental. My favourite David Bowie track of them all is A New Career In A New Town – that “town” being Berlin. I heard an instant parallel between ANCIANT and Kant Kino. Both have an incredible emotional pull on me – both brought me to tears the first time…
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The album that did it for me. The one that, during my exploration of the Simple Minds back catalogue, “sealed the deal”. Empires And Dance put me into a state of…I dunno…suspended animation. I quite literally could not believe what I was hearing…that the band responsible for Don’t You (Forget About Me ) – subsequently…
I have to say…things is quiet on the SM front, and I do miss Mr Kerr. I hope things are okay. One can’t help but worry. I guess it isn’t our place to be concerned. It’s one year to the day since the opening Grandslam gig at Maidstone in Kent. Mixed feelings still of the…