May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Ah, well…look who’s playing with my heart strings AGAIN! The cheek of him! It took just ONE like. One like. He disnae “like” me today though. Lol. Dare he like me loosely mentioning “cum” – dare we misconstrue things or have ANY kind of fun with the mildest of innuendo? Stop making me pine for…
As alluded to on Friday, I wanted to discuss the curious case of ‘Traffic’ for Minds Music Monday. I’m perplexed. For a band that prided itself in not pandering to the whims and wishes of others, it seems a complete exercise in pandering to “radio play” to change the title of the track to the…
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So, what do I say here? This is the inaugural post for Fanatical Friday and it can be about anything music related. It doesn’t have to be about Simple Minds…but…this first one will be. Last night I listened to “Traffic” and the Acoustic Mix of it. That aspect I will leave for discussion on Monday…
I thought the song title was HUMAN Traffic? That’s how it appears on all the album’s artwork. So now it is being released as a single and being referred to as only (only only only) “Traffic”? This is such a strange decision, and I can only assume that they thought that Human Traffic was too…
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A new Art & Talk special. Yes, it has taken me a few days to get to it but I did finally listen to it last night. And what a wonderful mixed bag it is. I had prepared myself for Jim’s ‘lazy crooning’ stuff that he did in the mid nineties – a style of…
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Sarah Brown has a new single out from her superb ‘….Sings Mahalia Jackson’ album. The track is called Didn’t It Rain and it is my favourite track off the album. Next Monday I fly down to London to see Sarah play the iconic jazz venue in Soho, Ronnie Scott’s. The gig is a sellout and…
I think it probably has happened. I had a MASSIVE wobble and, well….it’s probably all too late and…. Life moves on, as a (mostly) wise man once said. A person who, I believe, has made plenty of mistakes also. But I get that I have become massively wearing and have always invested too much in…
Firstly, can I just say that title implies that the working class have to strive to be world class. Like…it just compounds the percieved “working class” stigma to me. But, hey, that’s probably just me. I digress. I guess it could have had a worse title like, say, “Working Class Made Good” or something. I…
Read full post “The Lynn Lester Interview (Working Class To World Class)” »
I’ll be honest here and say that these days I don’t really listen to too much music at all. I’m lucky if I play maybe two whole songs in a day. That’s just how it’s been for the past….18 months or so? I think the pandemic and lockdown had the completely reverse affect on me…
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I’m avoiding uni study today. In the current yo-yo of my state of being, having somehow been “up and confident” earlier in the day yesterday, I took a dive last night. And all the feelings of ineptitude and uselessness come flooding in. I’m still really angry with myself that I squandered yet ANOTHER opportunity to…