May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The first collaboration between Prip & Birdy, brought together by Jim mentioning there had not been a Glasgow reggae album recorded (that he was aware, anyway) in amongst those Ivor Novello interviews I shared yesterday. My friend Yvonne came up with fab words based on Althea and Donna’s hit Uptown Top Ranking and I asked…
The dancing comment cracked me up! Lol. Does he REALLY think we think it’s THAT good? Lol. Has he seen this blog? God love him!
Only one show left now!!! Waaaaah!! I feel like I get to spend an hour just hanging out with him, playing music each week. It’s such an awesome feeling. And I would give ANYTHING for it to be a REAL LIFE experience…but, if it can only just be via radio waves…long may it continue. I…
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Well, the reading of the manuscript by a lady in French is the first indicator that something about this song is going to be a little “left field” and wonderfully avant garde. Not to mention the rather unsettling and creepy sounding reversed words at the very intro of the song. It was only VERY recently…
Yep…it’s an instrumental. Well, it DOES have words…of a sort 🙂 Lyric of the day (instrumental) Song: Veldt Album: Real To Real Cacophony Year of release: 1979 Written by: Simple Minds
Well, definitely not one *I’d* seen before! Oh, man alive, he is beautiful in a suit! Jim Kerr, you are a gorgeous, gorgeous man! I am SSOOO KERR-sed! *sigh* https://instagram.com/p/BF4TTTrk2lw/
A bit late…but nice to read more of the transcript of Damon Albarn’s acceptance speech at The Ivors and his credit and appreciation to Simple Minds. And, yes, Damon…the Minds were MUCH cooler than U2 then (maybe even now?)…if only I had known! Regrets… I’ve had a few… But then again… (This one hurts to…
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Jim’s choices this week: I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye : Just a classic! Not much else to be said, really. Take Me I’m Yours – Squeeze : Bloody love this song, and man alive I WISH! Dreams ARE made of this! Damn right! And…like the Minds, Squeeze really are a band…
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