May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The lyrics are incredible. Steeped in realism. How does a 20 year old man write with such depth? And write with more depth than the 63 year old version of the same man seems capable of? Genuinely. I mean…Jim has depth in his writing on Facebook. It still comes across there but it doesn’t seem…
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And to save time, I screengrabbed what I wrote on the SMO wall, putting it up there…
I am just so in love with Jim(!) as a performer during this period. There are no visuals to this, of course (well, not live visuals from the gig), but in my mind’s eye (Minds eye!) I can see him in all his gloriously stilted yet nonchalant beauty. Man…I WANT A TARDIS!! :-((
Lyric of the day Song: Citizen (Dance Of Youth) Album: Real To Real Cacophony Year of release: 1979 Words: Jim Kerr
A wonderfully political snapshot of Eastern Europe of the late 1970s. If you think Simple Minds only became political in the mid to late 80s…listen to this and you know you’re mistaken. I know I go on about Jim’s songwriting, but I do for a reason, it’s bloody good!! His words are just always so…
I love this version as much as the version that’s on Real To Real Cacophony. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)