Lyric Of The Day – Celebrate
Lyric of the day Song: Celebrate Album: Empires And Dance Year of release: 1980 Words: Jim Kerr
Lyric of the day Song: Celebrate Album: Empires And Dance Year of release: 1980 Words: Jim Kerr
Ged Grimes doing his thing at the end of Celebrate.
Mick MacNeil’s synth for starters. Just right off the bat there. The pace of it. The time sequence of it. More great lyrics from Jim. “The suit he wears belongs to me” and “She rag doll, she keeps him warm” are personal faves. And such a fantastically simple chorus “We can live / I can…
Shuffle Mode went from Today I Died Again to Celebrate 😉 I know I’m on shuffle mode but as soon as Today I Died Again finished, I could hear Celebrate in my head – so when it started playing I was like GOOD JOB SHUFFLE MODE!! *clapped hands* Lol :-))
OK, it’s Friday night – we need something sexy and weirdly suggestive. How about Jim putting his mic through a tambourine (in quite possibly the sexiest SM clip EVER to exist)? Yep…I thought so. You’re welcome 😉
New vinyl acquisition!! Finally got a copy of the Celebrate album on vinyl. Have been keeping my eye out for a bargain one. This one was being sold on eBay for £20. It had one minor flaw (seen in the photos), that being small splits at the bottom of the both inner sleeves. The seller…
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The ultimate “Jim in leather” clip… Touch The Leather (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
“But this negative don’t show no form” – Celebrate, Rockpalast, Cologne, Germany, 1982
Jim Kerr’s magic tamborine, part 2. Look! He can put his mic straight through it! Simple Minds/Jim Kerr gifs
Jim Kerr’s magic tamborine… He can seeeeeeee youuuuuuuu… Simple Minds/Jim Kerr gifs