May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
All things related to Mr Jim Kerr
I love the pictures from this photoshoot. Not many of them out on the ‘net are very clear – and in some of them Jim looks very dour (not that I’m complaining – Jim is *hawt* when he’s moody!) – but this period around 1982, I think he is just the most beautiful man on…
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Jim Kerr, aged 13. Still not the best copy (will have a go at getting a cleaner copy by scanning some time), but I’ve never seen this photo in colour before. It shows that even the most gorgeous people struggle with puberty.
Bottom row, third from left – a 10 year old Jim Kerr. The U-11 St Brigid’s Primary School, Toryglen, Glasgow, football team. He said: “I scored the odd goal but was an average player at best. I was never destined to play for Celtic!”
Lol. Just when I was saying how dumb I felt not taking in this info a few days back…it now appears to be Twitter topic!
“You’re sending me rockets” – Rockets, Simple Minds
“I still want you” – Rockets, Simple Minds I still want you too, Jim 😉
“We have a very big sound. We use kind of chords which journalists call ‘musical landscapes’ and such”
And the world goes hot,And the cities take,And the beat goes crashing,All along the way. New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) – Simple Minds
Jim Kerr introducing Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) on The Tube in Dec, 1982
This blue/black/brown/gold/white dress thing has gone waaaay too far!