May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I can’t help how I feel. For the most part now I am staying quiet because as soon as a speak my mind and express how I feel I get all the crap retorts of akin to “I don’t hear what you hear,” “Just be lucky to get what you’re getting – they’re not getting…
It was 36 years since the release of Once Upon A Time yesterday. I find it an anniversary that usually passes me by without any fanfare. Unlike April for Life In A Day. Or November for Real To Real Cacophony. Or even my birthday for Big Music (seemingly deemed to be early November these days…
Glasgow is now a city I am longing to live in. The first time I visited Glasgow was in November, 2016. I felt an instant affiliation with the place. It had been many years I had wanted to visit Scotland’s most populous city. My first (and subsequently ONLY one up until that point) visit to…
All that panting at the start, mister?! You’ll have a girl all aflutter. And there he was worried about “you turn me on”? Lol Still, the panting on this is NOTHING compared to Life In Oils (I ain’t saying ANY MORE on that!)
Back in 1985/6 when I bought my copy of Once Upon A Time, it was Ghostdancing that was my favourite track…followed by Sanctify Yourself, followed by Alive And Kicking. And I was a very, very bad girl at the time, and didn’t like Come A Long Way much and would skip it. Oops! That changed…
Lyric of the day Song: Oh Jungleland Album: Once Upon A Time Year of release: 1985 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Lyric of the day Song: Oh Jungleland Album: Once Upon A Time Year of release: 1985 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Song thirteen on the Dream Setlist (Jim has only just today been talking about the process involved in SM choosing their setlists on their FB page) is Oh Jungleland. I fantastic homage to home town Glasgow. “You’ve got the love drugs/ You’ve got the long nights /You have the heart beat that spirals to heaven”….
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Oh Jungleland. A homage to Glasgow. One of my favourite tracks from Once Upon A Time. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)