May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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…
A song you like from the 70s. I have such a growing appreciation for VERY early Simple Minds stuff. Some so early, well, it was actually still Johnny And The Self Abusers material. And – HUGE INTAKE OF BREATH – Jim didn’t even write the lyrics for this! It was written by John Milarkey. I…
Having listened to the Kyle Meredith interview with Jim…I need to repost this. Goddamn you WordPress! Why do you only allow a single reblog of a post?! Because I already reblogged this lalte last year, I can’t reblogged it again to show up in that way… So here is a link to my thoughts on…
A song from your pre-teen years. Because Simple Minds make incredible B sides.
This is near as I am ever likely to get of interviewing Jim myself, so….in keeping with the current loose theme of the blog and the imminent anniversary date of the release of Life In A Day, here are some words from Jim on the subject. The interview is nearly 10 years old now. Would…