May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Dystopian utopia (a deliberate oxymoron) as only early Simple Minds is. The black light. And Jim Kerr…my lyrical god! (And sex god too!) An awesome live performance from the fab Main Square set. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/m7UUjJTUCWM
I originally wrote the following in January, 2016 as a “Why I Love…” piece for the blog. Little has changed in my feeling for this song. It’s bloody fab! I share the demo version of the song because it is the one stuck in my head today more than the album version. Enjoy! ***** It’s…
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It is my favourite Simple Minds instrumental. My favourite David Bowie track of them all is A New Career In A New Town – that “town” being Berlin. I heard an instant parallel between ANCIANT and Kant Kino. Both have an incredible emotional pull on me – both brought me to tears the first time…
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