May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
In the past three weeks, the feelings and emotions I derived from the band I love(d) have changed…dramatically. I’m not sure how I am going to continue this blog and be truly objective, for one! And, it probably stopped being objective on January 5th, 2016…the day of the Hunter And The Hunted post. I need…
On a personal note, pre-gig logistics meant we ran the risk of turning up late. We were waylaid getting out the door on time and then our pre-gig meal ran later than we thought. It all came good though and we arrived at the venue in plenty of time for the show. Phew! I was…
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Simple Minds featured on tonight’s Top Of The Pops on BBC Four. Twitter proved to be quite therapeutic during their airing of Sanctify Yourself… FIES MY SOUL? #totp pic.twitter.com/C0DoXl8Rq0 — Neil Miles (@neilsmiles) July 20, 2018
He has always written so beautifully. A genuine wordsmith. Someone whose way of writing I will always admire. But…are they just words? Has the humility returned? I don’t understand the “shedding” mentality whilst it coexists with genuine mournfulness and degrees of regret. I regret the things I said whilst still feeling just in expressing my…
As album number two for The Anchoress nears completion, Catherine departs from Simple Minds to concentrate on her solo career. This blog will continue to watch the progress and keep you up-to-date with all things Anchoress.
Today I will try and get some things done on the blog. I have audio to put up. The extract of Joe Donnelly’s interview with Debbie McGee, Jim Kerr’s interview with Janice Long, and all four parts of the history of Scottish pop – the compendium to the Rip It Up exhibition, currently on display…
Jim, I miss you. There are things about you that drive me absolutely nuts. I’m sure the reverse is also true. Of course it would be! I never deluded myself it could be anything else. But I miss…a new day. A day full of promise, and hope and joy. And you would always be at…
Possibly the first time in nearly 4 years that my Spotify listening stats have looked like this (devoid of any Simple Minds…though I did listen to tracks from Sons And Fascination as I made my way to Aix). Hopefully it won’t always be fully devoid of their music…but again…it’s all too soon and too raw…and…
There’s that humility again… You know, he still had it a couple of weeks ago…but it ebbs and flows. And like the tides, Cancerians are influenced by the moon… Sometimes it gets the better of him…he starts to believe his own hype… And it usually coincides with Simple Minds being in Italy. That is what…
Back at a time when a beautiful young man could show some humility and knew what humble pie tasted like. He’s obviously forgotten the flavour…or it now sours his tastebuds…. A shame. Jim Kerr talking with Billy Sloan on Radio Clyde in March, 1984.