May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It has taken me a bit of time to get to this (apologies to Drew for not responding earlier) but this is quite a fine effort done by Drew of covering Johnny and the Self Abusers track Pablo Picasso. Give a listen – be mindful of young kids being within earshot as there is some…
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I think this documentary ended up posing more questions than it answered. Firstly, it doesn’t sugarcoat the notion of Lou Reed being….well…actually perhaps they DO sugarcoat it. Because what became obvious was that to label Reed “troubled” is somewhat of an understatement. I actually started to wonder how anyone managed to work with him. Certainly…
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I love listening to Abusers/early SM stuff. I still wish I’d been around then. I guess I always will.
A song you like from the 70s. I have such a growing appreciation for VERY early Simple Minds stuff. Some so early, well, it was actually still Johnny And The Self Abusers material. And – HUGE INTAKE OF BREATH – Jim didn’t even write the lyrics for this! It was written by John Milarkey. I…