May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Although it was Record Store Day today, there was also a record fair gong on in nearby Harpenden. I went and had a perusal. Didn’t really find too much. First thing I saw when I walked in was this… Lol. He’s following me now! Naughty Bry! My selection of goodies acquired. I had Making Movies…
Had never previously seen this
And…even in the depths of utter disillusionment…I will still make art and find therapy in it…and with a song I’m not even particularly enamoured with.
But, don’t they always say “never meet your heroes”? And, well…there is so much more to it than that for me. And I would never want to have that feeling of being “just another fan”. But how could I be anything else? There are hordes of us! I’m just another face in the crowd. To…
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I am starting to theorise as to what we may get in the next several months. We can safely assume that the release of album number…17? 18? I always like to think of Sons and Sister as separate entities, so that would make it 18, in my eyes (and if you count Neon Lights –…
A fan on one of the Simple Minds fan groups on Facebook decided to put their head above the parapet and share their opinion on the Street Fighting Years tour, due to many fans having fond memories of the Roundhay gig in 1989. I was not one of those fans. As you may already know…
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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 Song: Soul Crying Out Album: Street Fighting Years Year of release: 1989 Words: (accredited to) Simple Minds
simplemindsworld: Jim Kerr photo edit Credit goes to Priptona-Weird for wonderful Jim Kerr photos ?? Wonderful! 🙂 ?? ?
Close-up scan of Charlie Burchill from Issue 27 of Simple Minds News, 1990.