Post Relief…
Oh, it’s so silly! I know! But…I was so relieved to see this post this morning. God help me ?
Tag: simple minds
Weekend WhiliGIG Work
Working on compiling a list of “Weekend WhiliGIGs”…and…having to check, source certain references…I find myself, at points, getting distracted. It happens when one is “Kerr-sed”. Had to check the date of a gig…find myself at the Minds “Bible” that is Dream Giver Redux (simpleminds.org), looking at the list of tours. 1982…tour lists Kerr…delicious… Going ga…
Kerrsday Thursday – Mini Special
Welcome to Kerrsday Thursday (mini special). I give you…the strategically pictured microphone 😉 *eyebrows officially waggled off* Jim’s happy!Â
Lyric Of The Day – Street Hassle (Lou Reed)
It’s a cover, but I love it…and, well, if I am to make a piece for every track on every Simple Minds album…this must be included, for it is a track on Sparkle In The Rain. Probably should have not used these particular lines, either…but in the context of the song, they hold the most…
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Catherine and Jim
I had seen another photo in this sequence in which Jim is kissing Catherine’s cheek, but this one is just as beautiful…if not more beautiful because of the eye contact between them. I love these two people so much. They have both given me some of the most amazing experiences of my life this year….
Hunter And The Hunted – Vocal Isolation
My favourite bits of this one are Jim’s dour, matter-of-fact delivery of “hunter and the hunted”, and that SUPER low keyboard note that is played after it. Dramatic! Those “life moves so fast” lines are so tender and beautiful though…melt.
Gig Review – Warm Digits + Comfort – The Lexington, Islington, August 25th, 2017
As usual, no matter how late I leave it to go to a gig, I always go far too early. Lol. I didn’t have TOO much time to kill last night, and the pub area of The Lexington is quite nice (complete with chandelier! A pub with a chandelier? That’s a bit posh!), so no…
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Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – Futurama 3, Bingley Hall, Stafford, 1981
September 6th, 1981 – A Sunday gig…and one that Jim was sick at…towards the end of the gig. The organiser in an interview some years later said it was due to Jim’s nerves…but if that had been the case, would that not have happened at the start (Jim being sick, that is)? Either way, I…
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Glittering Prize – Full Version – Vocal Isolation
This is a prime example of why (when I read the article) I thought an article I read about Jim not performing a breathy, romantic vocal until Don’t You (Forget About Me) was utter hogwash! Listen to those “catch me a dream / captured all in heart” lines. They are beautiful and tender. “Only on…
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The Bookish Wordsmith
Recommended reads from the mercurial one (quite a list too!)…now to perfect quick reading (not sure that’ll ever happen…there are more books to read than time I will ever have to read them. A shame.)