May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Billy Sloan when presenting his weekly Saturday night show for BBC Radio Scotland has a theme every week, as part of listener participation. This week it was who do you think is the greatest songwriter/lyricist and an example of two lines that you believe perfectly encapsulates their prowess. Now, whenever I mention SM my things…
A song by an artist whose voice you love – Jim Kerr – you sing this beautifully. The ending melts my heart…
A song that makes you want to fall in love – Sexy AF! Jim. This song…
I worked on this earlier this evening. When I need to just….unwind…relax…get meditative, the art does it. The digital art does it. Jim does it. Focussing on him. Exemplifying his beauty. I know! I am solid gone. But today I don’t care. He is the best medicine I know. I can’t express how calming and…
A song that you think everybody should listen to – Of the Simple Minds canon, Careful In Career seems a particularly overlooked and undervalued piece. It’s amazingly atmospheric and moody and Jim’s vocal is just…the best thing. Ever.
People be jumping the gun re: Life In A Day 40th anniversary. Lots of celebrating today…but there is an official Zoom press release from the time on the Dream Giver Redux site showing the release date to be April 13th…so I will be holding my horses until then. BUT…in preparation for it, you can read…
This was the first notification I saw this morning…and for a split second I got a heart flutter but then I took in – a) the venue (the Roadmender is in NO WAY big enough for a SM gig), and b) what I saw a few days ago when down in Bristol (ie: Derek is…
A song that’s a classic favourite. The first Simple Minds song that I really loved. Video reminds me of lovely dreams too ?
We are nearing the release date of Simple Minds’ debut album, Life In A Day. From what I can deduce, Life In A Day – the track itself – was released as a single inline with their first appearance on television when appearing on the Old Grey Whistle Test on March 27th. As that day…
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A song you’d love to be played at your wedding. I wanted to move away from the obvious choices here. If you take in the lyrics, they can SO apply for a wedding day. “Messenger calls / calling us up / stand over by my side. Finding myself / believing in you / get over…