May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
DEATH BY CHOCOLATE Books have often been a source of inspiration for Jim Kerr’s lyrics and this song was no exception. The Japanese writer Yukio Mishima is one of Kerr’s favourite authors, along with Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is said to have inspired another Simple Minds track. Do you know which one it is?…
Flicking through the latest copy of Record Collector when I see this. Nice one, Ricky! See you on Saturday. ??? ??
About two thirds of the way through this one, I decided I wanted to make it look a little pop art. I do like to give quite a bit of my work that pop art edge. It was starting to go a bit Lichtenstein and I thought “why stop there? Let’s make it a bit…
Two inspirations behind Simple Minds. Thank you, David and Lou xx