Minds Music Monday – Garden Of Hate (Halloween Countdown)
Another track that is the most Halloween appropriate SM track EVER. Not long to go now to the scariest Halloween of all – and my 50th birthday! ?????
Another track that is the most Halloween appropriate SM track EVER. Not long to go now to the scariest Halloween of all – and my 50th birthday! ?????
I use Spotify for the majority of my music listening. I still order and buy hard copy formats of artists! I buy vinyl, CDs, digital downloads too. I also buy merch and go to gigs. I support the artists I love! But yes, because I listen to music mostly through the night and I can’t…
Mandatory play every Halloween…
Time for my birthday Halloween song!!! :-))
Lyric of the day Song: Garden Of Hate Album: x5 (originally the B Side to Chelsea Girl) Year of release: 2012 (original single release – 1979) Words: Jim Kerr
The very first time I heard it, I fell in love with it. It’s Mick MacNeil’s organ playing (I’m assuming it’s an organ, it sounds like one) that first hooked me in. It is SO reminiscent of “Waltzinblack” by The Stranglers (another absolute FAVE instrumental – oddly enough, The Stranglers are the Minds’ support/co headliners…
In preparation for the upcoming Simple Minds gig I’ll be going to in April, I’ve decided to compile my dream set list. They roughly perform 26/28 songs a night…so I’ve maxed mine to 28. Every 2/3 days, I’ll share a song off my list. They’ll be in an almost strict chronological order (ish). First one…
Really early Simple Minds are sssoooo cool (f**k it! They’re still cool – so got their mojo back!). Please enjoy this dark obscurity 😉