May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Tonight Jim and Charlie join Tim Burgess on Absolute Radio to play the original 1982 studio album version of New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) as part of Tim’s Listening Party. You can catch it at 10pm GMT (Sunday 5 November 2023). Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel being the most apt song one can listen to on…
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What’s happening to me? I’ve just come to a complete ceasing of wanting to write/type at the moment. I *want* to write – but I feel like I have such an excess to get off my chest that it just feels easier, and more fun in some ways, to just do a vlog. I like…
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I “fall in love” with this boy EVERY DAY…
Well, this is pretty cool. Any way in which my art is appreciated and used these days makes me happy. So, to be alerted to the Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel piece being used as a FB video ident was a nice surprise – even if the FB page itself blocked me some time ago….
A song you like with a person’s name in it. Not much choice in the SM canon, but I love this anyway.
I don’t know why I decided to redo it. Jim liked the first one…I don’t think I’ve ever redone one that he liked…other than Hunter And The Hunted…but that was due to the guilt of using copyright images…and…well, the original one is beautiful. Experimentation I suppose was at the heart of it. I really do…
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And what he said of my art piece back when I did it. He probably RUES ever acknowledging any of my stuff now. Sorry, sir. All of it was only ever born out of love. The love of the music. The words. The band.
Lyric of the day Song: Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel Album: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) Year of release: 1982 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Remember, remember, the 5th of November 😉 (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)