May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Ouch!! Wow! What a scathing gig review. Tommy Udo obviously knows *nothing* about what fantastic music is! How he ever got to be a music journalist escapes me! Still, he does admit to being in a minority of one because – as he puts it – “the audience went apeshit throughout the set”. Damn right…
I love the pictures from this photoshoot. Not many of them out on the ‘net are very clear – and in some of them Jim looks very dour (not that I’m complaining – Jim is *hawt* when he’s moody!) – but this period around 1982, I think he is just the most beautiful man on…
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The young boys – Jim Kerr, Derek Forbes, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil, Mike Ogletree.
Gig review of the Tour Du Monde (Sparkle In The Rain) from Dec 1983.
Review of the Sparkle In The Rain boxset in this month’s (labelled April 2015) Q Magazine. The picture caption says (Simple Minds in 1984) – nope, 1982 that picture was taken. I have it from a magazine clipping dated Dec 1982. Not strictly true that SITR was the first album Mel Gaynor recorded with them….
The baby bhoys 🙂 circa 1979 L to R: Michael MacNeil, Derek Forbes, Charlie Burchill, Brian McGee, Jim Kerr.
The bhoys backstage, circa mid 1982. Look at all that eye-liner! Jim and Mick M look sssooo goth/emo. Lol. From L to R: Mike Ogletree, Jim Kerr, Derek Forbes, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil.
And…one last shot of the bare chests…just because! I love this photo.
Nice cake, bhoys 😉
The bhoys on the set of Australian music programme Countdown. The expression on Jim’s face sums up how he felt about the whole day, I think. I don’t think he was in the mood AT ALL. from L to R: Mike Ogletree, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Michael MacNeil, Jim Kerr