Minds Music Monday – Big Sleep
Not sure on the details of this clip…would seem to date, by Jim’s clothing, style, hair cut, etc, to be around 2005. It’s a truncated version…but I like it. Sir is being quite emotive…
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Why I Love…Space
A rare beast in the Simple Minds canon, in that there is almost no musical intro before Jim starts to sing. (As far as the version on Our Secrets Are The Same goes. More on that later…) “I’ll hurt you if you say I did”. (ie: if you wish it to be, it’ll come to…
Lyric Of The Day – Bjork – One Day
Today, my heart just wasn’t in doing a Simple Minds song. It is a rare day indeed when that happens. I even tried not doing a lyric piece, but one of my “Why I Love” write ups instead…and it lead nowhere. But…this is how it would feel, if I really *could* make a success of…
Piss Arf Jacko’s “Pubes”!
Michael Jackson’s pubes, more like! Hiding under an alias as you OBVIOUSLY have no taste! Two of the best songs of 1983…and I say this NOT as the Minds fan I am today…but as that 13 year old back in Oz who heard the song on the radio, conjured up such stark imagery with it,…
Simple Minds – 1984 Tour Dates – No 1 Magazine, Oct 29th, 1983
And can I please have a full size copy of that picture of Jim, please? Beautiful! Also details of the release of Waterfront.
Phoenix Park Dublin Gig Review – No 1 Magazine – August, 1983
Review of the U2/SimpleMinds/Big Country/Eurythmics mega gig at Phoenix Park, Dublin on August 14th, 1983. A shame the second page (and pic of Jim) is black and white. Never mind. Again, many thanks to shanemarais.net for the magazine scans.
Huggy Jim – See The Lights Gifs
Well, if you can’t find someone to hug…hug yourself. He likes a hug, does our Jim (he’s pretty good at them too).
Lyric Of The Day – Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel (Inexplicable Redo)
I don’t know why I decided to redo it. Jim liked the first one…I don’t think I’ve ever redone one that he liked…other than Hunter And The Hunted…but that was due to the guilt of using copyright images…and…well, the original one is beautiful. Experimentation I suppose was at the heart of it. I really do…
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Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – New Gold Dream Tour – Manchester, Nov 28th, 1982
As we have all been sharing the love of the album, with it having just celebrated its 35th anniversary, I thought it apt to highlight a gig from the tour. A Sunday gig…and just a couple of days after their appearance on The Tube (where the pic of Jim for my “WhirliGIG” logo comes from)….
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Happy Anniversary New Gold Dream
35 years old today. Gordon Machray of Simple Minds International Facebook fan page asked us fans – apart from the title track, what was our standout and why? Well, I was quick in response and then it was too succinct a response not to share here. So…here goes! “That really is an EVIL question. King…