May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
And even though he trots out the same stuff in almost EVERY interview, he can still make me giggle – the bitch! Lol Anyway, I spotted Garry Bushell posting about this on Instragram so I thought I’d give it a quick read. The one about him getting his dance moves was a new one on…
Start the New Year with some motivation. Pull yourselves up by the bootstraps and ‘ger oan wit it!” Let’s smash it! Bring it on 2023! Show me what you’ve got! When the feelings come to me once again, And I still hear the words they’re saying. And while I’m wondering if I can step in,…
After last week’s stunning Kerrsday photos taken by Horst Waschinski in Cologne in March 1982 – here is another set of photos from 1982. These are from 3 September, 1982 in Helsinki. It’s officially the first gig of the LONG New Gold Dream tour that spans from autumn 1982 through to the summer of 1983….
The YouTube ‘rabbit hole’ had me stumble upon this one. I chose a list of ‘unplayed’ Simple Minds YT videos. Down the list, this appeared. It was the wording on the ident of the video that initially caught my eye, made me curious and had me listen to it. “Darkness has never been so bright”…
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The Neapolis talk. I’m glad he pulled himself up there because it is NOT true that it’s just himself and Charlie that like it. Bloody hell! One of those nostalgic things in which I can share an “exchange” – he pulled me up for not mentioning Song For The Tribes – which he mentioned to…
In the final MMM before Christmas I didn’t really know what song I was going to choose. So much so that I started to look through the list of commercially released songs on Dream Giver Redux for some inspiration, and what I thought about doing initially was finding a song from more recent years to…
The latest Guitarist magazine has an interview with Charlie inside it. Also, for a pro guitar magazine you’d think they’d be able to tell the difference between Charlie and Johnny Marr and yet….a photo of Marr with Jim at the Mandela concert is labelled as Jim with Charlie. Oops! I haven’t read the article yet,…
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As alluded to on Friday, I wanted to discuss the curious case of ‘Traffic’ for Minds Music Monday. I’m perplexed. For a band that prided itself in not pandering to the whims and wishes of others, it seems a complete exercise in pandering to “radio play” to change the title of the track to the…
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So, what do I say here? This is the inaugural post for Fanatical Friday and it can be about anything music related. It doesn’t have to be about Simple Minds…but…this first one will be. Last night I listened to “Traffic” and the Acoustic Mix of it. That aspect I will leave for discussion on Monday…
A bit late to it. Not sure whether it was down to the date of the magazine going up on Readly or whether they are just behind the eight ball but…better late than never as they say… It’s not a bad one, all things considered. It is certainly detailed. P.S. JUMP YOU SAY? Is this…
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