May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
This man has talent beyond measure! What a 90 minutes I have just experienced. I need to see this man live!! I really hope he tours the UK again soon. I will be going by hook or by crook. So humble. So beautiful. John Grant – you are ASTOUNDING! If I’d have been in that…
I feel very, very lucky! I have three gigs booked for next year. Three SIMPLE MINDS gigs, that is! I’ll also be seeing The Stranglers in March, and Holy Holy in April. I don’t think I’ve been to so many gigs in my life! My Minds gigs are in lovely stages. First, I go back…
Countdown…
Lol. I couldn’t help but hear that parody song at the end of the Austin Powers film then. Man alive I want a TARDIS…if to go nowhere else but to see a 5×5 gig from 2012. That would be just as awesome as travelling all the way back to 1980 for this! Enjoy…
Now…if this had been 12 months ago? I would have been OVER THE MOON!!! But, it isn’t. It’s now…and I can’t afford to go back :-(((
Three days until the New Gold Dream box set hits, so here’s another awesome live performance of a track from the album in anticipation. Jim is in full “Anthony Perkins” mode here. Love the lighting on this and how it makes him look like some pale, majestic, new wave prince. Just…beautiful! The whole shebang!
Brilliantly recorded gig from the New Gold Dream tour…
Well, you know my feelings on the Celebrate video from this same appearance…but the Premonition video is just as wonderful to watch. As far as the serious musical critique goes…it is a *weaker* performance of the song than others I’ve seen. I put the word weaker in asterisks because it probably isn’t the right word…and…