May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A gig review from June, 1979. 4th paragraph in – OUCH!! But *kinda* constructive. If a review can be both bitchingly scathing yet constructive?! I’m not sure you could quite accuse them of “no stage presence” – I found Jim mesmerising from the outset. And obviously he (the reviewer) was not sold by epics like…
Another song from the Simple Minds “my dream setlist”. Song eight on the list. The beautiful, nostalgic “Wonderful In Young Life”. Life, depected in your late teens and early 20s, written so beautifully by Mr Kerr. Stirring, emotional lyrics. This song gets me EVERY TIME! Those beautiful falsetto “singing memories” towards the end and those…
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Mel: It’s bloody “brass monkeys” up here, Jim, mate. How do you deal with this?! Jim: Ah, grow some baws, Mel, man! Ya Southern softy!
Jim Kerr on the notion of being a Scottish stereotype.
Loving the photos in the book I got yesterday. I seriously love this man too much. #JimKerr #SimpleMinds #SolidGone
Jim – the bin man! What a waste that would have been?! Though…there would have been one sexy old “garbo” collecting bins around the streets of Glasgow! 😉 – From “Simple Minds – A Visual Documentary”
Article on Jim Kerr in the Midlands Express and Star “Weekend” newspaper supplement.
So, this arrived today. Sssooo many lovely photos! Some I’ve not seen before… Here are some examples…
A set of 12 gifs that I made from Simple Minds’ appearance on The Tube in November 1982. Eleven are of various bits of Jim and one is of Mel Gaynor. Click to view all…
I love his eyes on this cover.