May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Here is your chance to win yourself a signed copy of my new book, Simple Minds Song by Song. To be in the running for the prize leave a comment (either here on the blog or via Facebook or Instagram) with your guess of the total words used for the section inside the book on…
A parcel arrived in the post today! Six copies of my book were delivered to me and so I decided to record a wee unboxing video to mark the occasion. I still genuinely cannot believe it’s real. I look at it. I hold it in my hands and it just doesn’t feel like mine. I…
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DEATH BY CHOCOLATE Books have often been a source of inspiration for Jim Kerr’s lyrics and this song was no exception. The Japanese writer Yukio Mishima is one of Kerr’s favourite authors, along with Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov. Bulgakov is said to have inspired another Simple Minds track. Do you know which one it is?…
WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE Another example into the deep dive that Simple Minds Song by Song offers intrigued fans of the band. It’s a look at the band’s entire back catalogue that sits neatly in the palms of your hands. So what, dear reader, has this track got to do with David Lynch? Which elements…
CITIZEN (DANCE OF YOUTH) Another quick examination of an under-appreciated track from the Simple Minds canon. This time the spotlight focuses on ‘Citizen (Dance of Youth)’. When fans think about the point in which Simple Minds became political they usually turn to Street Fighting Years, or at the very earliest Once Upon a Time. Where…
I WISH YOU WERE HERE Which song would you say was the most under-appreciated or overlooked track from Once Upon a Time? For me, it would be ‘I Wish You Were Here’. It is so overshadowed by the chart-topping big-hitters on the album, namely, ‘Alive and Kicking’, ‘All The Things She Said’ and ‘Sanctify Yourself’….