Tag: don’t you (forget about me)

Mr Flirty 

Listen to him! Damn flirt! Lol. “Of course, it’s Valentine’s. And you know what that means?”  I replied out loud saying “No?” Lol. And then my mind wanders to many and varying things it shouldn’t. Goddammn, boy! I’ll be playing that bit of the clip over and over in my head now…dreaming of being remotely…

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Say Again?

So, in this new Guardian piece about “Don’t You” Jim says Chrissie suggests they record the song…but when I asked him on SMO in February last year about whether Chrissie persuaded him to do it, this was the reply I got… I’m confused now. I mean, it matters little in the grand scheme of things…but…

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Two More To Listen To

Tracks from Simple Minds Acoustic appear to be on “trickle” release. Two more dropped today. Chelsea Girl (that final “Chelsea Girl”, sir! My ovaries rumbled! Lol. One can only imagine your baws were lowered into a bucket of ice for your voice to get that low? Lol) and Don’t You (Forget About Me). Now, there…

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Bender To Johnson, Maybe…

In response to an article from March, 2016. Link to article below. I must admit…it’s an intriguing analogy…but, it has flaws and sells them rather short. Firstly, it could be agreed THEY (Simple Minds) let it happen…but record company pressures couldn’t have been easy to avoid, and by all accounts Virgin were very keen for…

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Simple Minds On Arsenio Hall Show 1991

Simple Minds performing See The Lights and Don’t You (Forget About Me) on the Arsenio Hall Show in 1991. Jim, with an open shirt and nice scissor kick during the “Don’t You” performance – which is actually quite short and punchy (I like it! Have heard worse versions of it!). All good!  (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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