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Review: Themes For Great Cities – A New History of Simple Minds by Graeme Thomson
“This is a fast story”, author Graeme Thomson says at the beginning of the book and keeps reminding us a few more times further in. It’s a story of the formative years of two pals from Toryglen, their school chum down the road, the keyboard player from the Chinese restaurant and the bass player that…
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The Sound – Winning
Spotify played this track to me about a week ago and I had never heard it (or them) before. I really liked the sound (!) of them so went and listened to the rest of the album this song was off. I mentioned them here in one of my video posts. They sounded really good….
30 Day Song Challenge – Day Fourteen
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…
Virgin Records Labelled With Love – w/ Contribution By Jim Kerr – Classic Pop Magazine – Sept/Oct, 2013
It’s amazing when trawling around searching the Internet the kind of titbits you unearth…
Oh, This Is Just ACE!
Brilliant stuff!
Lyric Of The Day – New Gold Dream
Lyric of the day Song: New Gold Dream Album: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) Year of release: 1982 Words: Jim Kerr
Lyric Of The Day – Kick It In
Lyric of the day Song: Kick It In Album: Street Fighting Years Year of release: 1989 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Lyric Of The Day – Up On The Catwalk
Lyric of the day Song: Up On The Catwalk Album: Sparkle In The Rain Year of release: 1984 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Why I Love…Careful In Career
Jim’s voice, and his lyrics. They are deep (both voice AND lyrics), as per usual in these early years. His lyrics have a depth beyond his tender years at this point in the Simple Minds story. He so very quickly becomes such a stark, bold lyricist. The imagery he conveys is startling. God, can you…