The Heart Of…The Matter, Can We Celebrate 40 Years Of Empires And Dance?
Friday night ponderings…. And for good measure….to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Empires And Dance tomorrow….
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An Interesting Critique On Empires And Dance
I’m not sure who is talking when, but I think it’s Steven Wilson first which means when Tim Bowness comes in to say that EAD is the first real defining mark SM makes, the interjection from Steven for Real To Real Cacophony – I am finding myself shouting “YES, YES!” And I hold my hand…
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Rockfield Documentary To Premier at SXSW in March
A documentary (featuring contributions from Jim and Charlie) on the Monmouthshire countryside’s world famous Rockfield studio (where Real To Real Cacophony, Empires And Dance and Graffiti Soul were recorded) has been made and will be debuting at SXSW Festival next month. You can watch the trailer below. Hopefully beyond the premier screening, it will get…
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Happy Anniversary – Empires And Dance
Let’s “Celebrate” …with the sexiest video EVER made! (Jim Kerr…you are just sex on legs!)
Empires And dance Appreciation – This Fear Of Gods
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!
Empires And Dance Appreciation – Constantinople Line
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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Empires And Dance Appreciation – KANT KINO
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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Say Who You Are!
The album that did it for me. The one that, during my exploration of the Simple Minds back catalogue, “sealed the deal”. Empires And Dance put me into a state of…I dunno…suspended animation. I quite literally could not believe what I was hearing…that the band responsible for Don’t You (Forget About Me ) – subsequently…
Why I Love…New Warm Skin
I cannot reiterate how great a lot of Simple Minds B sides are. Most of them became an “also ran” at the expense of a song that makes it onto an album. I would easily swap Special View for Sad Affair, for example. Others would swap Veldt for Kaleidoscope (as although the song wasn’t released…