May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The YouTube ‘rabbit hole’ had me stumble upon this one. I chose a list of ‘unplayed’ Simple Minds YT videos. Down the list, this appeared. It was the wording on the ident of the video that initially caught my eye, made me curious and had me listen to it. “Darkness has never been so bright”…
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It is by far the most revered Simple Minds instrumental in their canon. The band have never been one to shy away from putting an instrumental track (or three) on an album. From 1979’s Real To Real Cacophony having instrumentals ‘Cacophony’, ‘Film Theme’ and (the wonderfully off-the-wall and magic mushroom influenced) ‘Veldt’ on it, right…
It’s taken me a few days to get around to listen to this. I like it. It’s very expertly done. But…I kept waiting for my fix of the chorus to arrive. At least just one time! And…the best part of Mick’s synths are taken away as a consequence, because they lay behind Jim’s vocal in…
I’ve only heard the first 90 seconds, but I HAD to stop and post it! Gary Numan and Ade Fenton…LISTEN UP! THIS is how you do a remix of a song about SUMMER! Add to the vibe…extend the feel…give extra life to the shimmer and space and encapulate the feeling of the heat and the…
…for your delectation, courtesy of Miss Cherisse Osei 🙂 Sir posted this morning of a new remix of Summer produced by Gary Numan and his long-term collaborator Ade Fenton. It got its first play during the Roundtable segment on Steve Lamacq’s show on BBC Radio 6 Music. CLICK HERE to listen to the show (Summer…
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Freshly dropped on YouTube. Not even heard it myself yet. Am about to!