May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
And so I wrote about it some more…. You can read about the significance of this photo in relation to “Special View” on my University & Unicorns blog HERE – there is a tenuous link to Simple Minds with it all…but this blog didn’t feel the right place to actually share it. I’m hoping it…
Brought out as the B-side for Life In A Day in March 1979, I missed giving it a mention when I posted about the anniversary of the album in a previous post. In the early days in particular, I think the Minds recorded really strong B-sides to their singles. I have a real soft spot…
Let me start by saying this post has already caused a dilemma for me with the two blogs and as to where I should place this. Posts will have to come down to meeting certain criteria as to where they get posted. This one ticked the first box, a simple “Is this post related to…
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I’m reckoning that I work in chronological order. Choose absolute favourite tracks from each album then once they are all collated, streamline and narrow down using certain other criteria until only 50 remain. These start the long list. My “must haves” from Life In A Day.
I use Spotify for the majority of my music listening. I still order and buy hard copy formats of artists! I buy vinyl, CDs, digital downloads too. I also buy merch and go to gigs. I support the artists I love! But yes, because I listen to music mostly through the night and I can’t…
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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Possibly the two best B sides Simple Minds ever released…
Lyric of the day Song: Special View Album: x5 (originally a B Side to the Life In A Day single) Year of release: 2012 (x5 album release – original release, 1979) Words: Jim Kerr
The way it quite softly and gradually fades in. I like the pace of it. It’s quite slow. And there’s such a simple but fabulous riff from Charlie and is complimented nicely with Mick’s synths. I find it ever so sexy. The way Jim sings those opening lines. The way he articulates the “baby…