May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It’s been a while since I did a post for MMM and I’m thinking about the anniversary of Real To Real Cacophony this week. It’s the 44th anniversary is this incredibly uniquely original gem of an album from Simple Minds. The only regret I have now when it comes to getting my SM tattoos is…
The lyrics are incredible. Steeped in realism. How does a 20 year old man write with such depth? And write with more depth than the 63 year old version of the same man seems capable of? Genuinely. I mean…Jim has depth in his writing on Facebook. It still comes across there but it doesn’t seem…
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I’d love to know more about when and where this video of Love Song was done (ie: which music program, which country and when – 1981 is all I got)! Answers on a postcard. At least I know a tad more about the Hear Here appearance and thank fuck they were allowed to perform live!…
Yesterday saw the anniversary of the release of Real To Real Cacophony. In celebration, here is my favourite video of them performing Factory on Belgian music show, Folllies (yes! It has three L’s – just like me!). I love Jim in this performance sssooo much! I mean…yes…he’s obviously had a “helping hand” but hey, whatever….
ERMEAGEERRRRRRD! IMMA GONNA CRY! I am ssssoooo happy this is up there. But I am sssooooo scared it’ll get taken away. PLEASE stay up there until morning, so I can make sure I can copy it for my own personal collection. Jim is just off his tits glorious in this performance. I mean…he really is…
That Folllies performance of Factory back in 1980? It was such a great inspiration for a spate of art. I think I just got mesmerised by the way Jim performed in that clip. I’m always in awe of the young Jim. Just…that self-belief he possessed is…intoxicating. Silly, because I find myself both wanting to be…
I always get very, very excited when previously poor quality video clips of Simple Minds TV performances seemingly get aired by the TV channels concerned…archived and preserved wonderfully and those clips get shown again to then be uploaded to YouTube in improved quality. Most things back in the late 70s/early 80s were still shot on…
Fiddle, fiddle, fiddle…
IMMA GONNA DIE! OH…just look at them! Look at HIM! All babyish, and off his tits and brilliant, radge and beautiful! :-))) https://youtu.be/D0qamvKbiJE Please excuse me for…several hours… I may be some time…
A fabulous synth intro from Mick, then a fabulous classic rock riff from Charlie. And then….like the crashing elevator within the chorus, in comes Jim with such stilted and stark lyrics…getting straight to the point of it! It’s bleak. It’s dystopia! Industrial. Gritty. In a pea-soup fog. It’s a Lowry painting. It’s Fritz Lang’s Metropolis….