Lyric Of The Day – Factory Redux
“New and improved”? Yeah…I think so. I’ve “Come A long Way” since December 2015…. Ooh…now there’s an idea!
“New and improved”? Yeah…I think so. I’ve “Come A long Way” since December 2015…. Ooh…now there’s an idea!
I thought I had watched all these clips. And I know one for Real To Real exists (was looking for a clip to work on a piece with)…but I have NO recollection of watching this particular clip. And I was watching just…in awe, and doing my usual verbally expressive thing of talking about it to…
I am just so in love with Jim(!) as a performer during this period. There are no visuals to this, of course (well, not live visuals from the gig), but in my mind’s eye (Minds eye!) I can see him in all his gloriously stilted yet nonchalant beauty. Man…I WANT A TARDIS!! :-((
Lyric of the day Song: Factory Album: Real To Real Cacophony Year of release: 1979 Words: Jim Kerr
Simple Minds – Factory. From Belgian TV program Follies. As part of Brian McGee appreciation day. Appalling quailty, 1980, etc…but amazing, raw, live performance. (Jim is beautiful! Sorry – can’t help myself. Lol) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Absolutely everything I love about early Simple Minds all here in one little dynamic live set. They were just ‘ON’ from the get go! Amazing young musicians in Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and Brian McGee – not forgetting two stalwarts of Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr – what a frontman he is! Yes, biased, I…
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Time for song three on my Simple Minds dream setlist (for the gig I’m going to, April 21st). Factory. (Video link – click to play)
Factory – Simple Minds #simpleminds
