May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The albums are “middling”. Not my immediate “go to” albums but there are tracks on them that I absolutely adore. All For You was one of the earliest songs -chronologically speaking – to sway me into full diehard SM fandom. Pleasantly Disturbed blew my mind when I first heard it. It’s such an epic! Akin…
I’m reckoning that I work in chronological order. Choose absolute favourite tracks from each album then once they are all collated, streamline and narrow down using certain other criteria until only 50 remain. These start the long list. My “must haves” from Life In A Day.
With Halloween fast approaching, I thought I’d share some darker themed Simple Minds tracks for MMM in the lead up to – what will be – the crappiest 50th birthday I could have ever have envisaged. First up, the fabulous Murder Story…
Someone: It’s quite manic the way it starts then sounds traditional rock. Almost pub rock. Post punk. But “poppy”. I love that little “doo wop” bit too. The magic of a song that sounds catchy and upbeat, but if you take note of the lyrics…there’s a slightly different story going on. But we’re looking for…
About 8 hours of work, spread over the past two days. I’m sure it’s shit. I’ll probably end up hating it because I overcooked it. Anyways. I love Murder Story. Stay tuned tomorrow for my silly little LIAD anniversary post. Wish I could tell you I’m posting an interview with Jim on here…but alas, no….
Ooh…one that made it on the album! And a personal fave…in my Top 50 – Murder Story
Lyric of the day Song: Murder Story Album: Life In A Day Year of release: 1979 Composers: Kerr/Burchill
Why I love…Murder Story. I think it’s from the beginning. The musicality of it sounds like a galloping horse. The way Charlie’s guitar cuts through that galloping top hat cymbal sound – love it. And the blend of Mick MacNeil’s fabulous key work with Charlie’s cords is grand. Then Jim comes in with wonderfully dark…
Time for song number two from my Simple Dreams dream set list. April 21st this year I go to see them live for the first time. They perform 26/28 songs a night and I’m going to gradually share my dream set list with you. Song two is Murder Story off the album Life In A…