May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
BBC Radio Scotland “Classic Albums” host Davie Scott talks us through New Gold Dream, with input from Jim Kerr, Bruce Findlay, and “rent-a-gob”, Paul Morley (among others). And…there’s not even a single mention of the bath…even though Jim’s lyrics are discussed quite heavily. (Yep…the old Prip is slowly returning…ever happy to ogle) And you KNOW…
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OMFG! All hail to “icontethefly” for a new, cleaner upload of the Disco Ring performance of New Gold Dream. I STILL don’t know what that action he does is at 2 min 23 seconds…but I love it! Lol ENJOY PEOPLES!
On Saturday I had the absolute privilege to view the entire photographic archive of Virginia Turbett’s work with Simple Minds. It really was wonderful. I spent approximately three hours, on and off, perusing endless contact sheets of wonderful images of the band, and individual members. Many photos of Jim Kerr. A whole sheet of images…
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That start. The bass and clang…something gritty and industrial about it. Almost like it’s going to turn into a Einstürzende Neubauten track! Then a wonderfully buzzing style of synth that comes in. The pace of it is awesome. I absolutely adore these lyrics! On the Dream Giver web site (simpleminds.org), Jim talks about the song…
Part two of the scans of the Once Upon A Time box set booklet.
In an exercise in injecting some life into this blog, I thought I would share a scan of the booklet that s inside the Once Upon A Time box set. It’ll be broken up into two parts. Here’s part one.
This beautiful set of photos came my way very recently, from the collection of fellow mega Minds fan, Stuart Holland. I am absolutely bowled over by them! They are an absolute new treasure. Quite possibly the most prized thing in my ever expanding Simple Minds memorabilia collection. Anyone enjoying these pictures – I do ask…
This man is…absolutely the most beautiful man…just, ever! Sorry. I’m just too far gone…and far beyond help. I really SHOULD just call this a Jim Kerr blog and have done with it. But…these ARE Simple Minds photos (the link below). Jim dominates though…it has to be said. Just sharing one photo…but you can view the…
It’s Kerrsday Thursday, yes…but why not have all the boys in one shot at least? They are not singled out in the book, so… Photography credits: Martin Corbijn, Joelle Depont, Malcolm Garrett, Peter McAthur. Jamie Morgan, P.L. Noble, Sheila Rock, Kerstin Stetler, The Scottish Daily Record and Jaine Henderson. In this case though, this one…
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56 years old today and not looking ANYWHERE NEAR as wasted today as you did back then! 🙂 Many happy returns!