May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Two bits about the interviews today that I want to bring up. In the Scots magazine interview is this passage: “Despite such global acclaim, incredible wealth, and high-profile marriages to Patsy Kensit and Chrissie Hynde, Kerr has always maintained an air of humility. ‘It’s not in my nature to be any other way’, he says….
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The best of today’s shared interviews – Jim’s words on Kirsty MacColl in particular are wonderful. He elaborated a little more on the SMO post. You can view the whole interview on the SongFacts blog by CLICKING HERE And, in case for some reason, it disappears from the comments, my response to a particular part…
Another interview with the Sir of the Kerr 🙂
Oh, well, got to have a play with words…and, well, her name’s Cat….and the station is based in Ballarat…therefore! I haven’t done a f*** count – but there’s a few flying about. Strangely enough, NOT from Cat…she’s letting the side down! Lol Anyway…the interview is fab. Enjoy!
Jim Kerr is a man who has stood the test of time in the music industry. As the frontman of Simple Minds they’ve just released a new single and album. He was happy to join Nick to talk about his career and what inspires him now. — Read on omny.fm/shows/the-daily-drive/jim-kerr-and-simple-minds/
A great interview with Ken Scott, talking quite broadly about his time producing Bowie albums Hunky Dory, Ziggy, Aladdin Sane and Pin-Ups. Also a reissue review of the Low/Heroes/Lodger/Stage/Scary Monsters 180gm vinyl albums (for those of us who still haven’t bothered/won £500 on a scratch card to “invest” in ANCIANT box set). Can’t say I…
The original feature can be viewed here, but with the magic of Google Translate, here’s the English transcript…complete with the questions asked and answered by Jim. Enjoy! Simple Minds is not only current with its eighteenth full-length Walk Between Worlds. They also celebrate the impressive forty years in the industry. Zero had a long and…
This is now TWO journos who got to hang out with them around Glasgow, that I know of. Oh, dream, dream, dream. My three minutes at the WBW album signing was…a “blink and miss it” haze…even WITH the sherbet straws footage. Lol. (Cringe-tastic!) Anyway…the new A3 scanner means I can scan double pages! Hell yes!…
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Not just me then? Still, it was 36 years ago. It seems a very highly personal thing he shared for the time…well, at ANY time.