May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
For those, like me, who can’t get it yet…but would just like to experience the feel of the unboxing… (Actually didn’t take in that Big Music STILL doesn’t come as the deluxe format on vinyl…even though it is spread over 2 LPs. COME ON! I just assumed because the deluxe version is now back on…
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I wanted to share something that isn’t so obscure in the Simple Minds canon today because – one: it was pretty much the first song of theirs I fell in love with way, way back in 1984 – two: on a reflective note, as we come to the end of 2018, I still have to…
I mean…what *did* happen to the video for Sense Of Discovery? And where’s Jim’s tour diary? And what dates will there be for Simple Minds gigs next year? And why has Cherisse not got back to me about drumming lessons yet? Yes…my mind is full of pondering questions today. How long is a piece of…
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Italian collaborative JS3 have released a video of a track called “I Say” which incorporates a vocal sample of Jim’s from the Phunk Investigation “4 Letter Word” outing. I still can’t quite ascertain whether Jim’s vocal on these recently surfaced tracks are recent or not. Reading the translated blurb from the following article (click here for…
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We arrived in Northampton around 6.45pm, conveniently finding a car park directly opposite the venue. We joined the small queue into the venue a few minutes before “open doors” – which were opened promptly at 7pm. A good mix of songs was playing over the sound system just to keep us well entertained before support…
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It does comtain some swearing, this short clip (YASSSS! *fist pump*), but it’s fab. Man…to be ssssoooo cock sure! Just…I don’t think I have EVER been THAT sure of ANYTHING EVER in my life! It can’t all just be down to bravado?! You’ve got to have the belief and the cojones to know you can…
Lol. Yeah…I strive for that every day…don’t I, Jim? Lol. Perhaps I do myself a disservice there? Lol. No. I know I’m in dreamland… A great interview. And always good to have the visuals. A chance for some keen-eyed ogling ? Happy days! You really are a hard man to please when it comes to…
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Now…where was I? Yes! M3 (aka Minds Music Monday). I distinctly remember Waterfront being the first Simple Minds song I went “WOWZERS!” for when first hearing it on the radio in early 1984 (I know you Brits got it at the end of 1983…but we were a bit behind the time back then “Downunder”). That…
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Their best ever “cover”? I put it in quotation marks, for, speaking about it at the time Jim was reticent to call it a cover…more a reinterpreting. Whatever you decide to call it, it was wonderfully done. I used to watch the live clip from Roskilde a lot. I haven’t for a while…and instead playing…
A great “showcase” montage clip of SM at the 9:30 Club in Washington. Starting to think that, if I had been able to get to one North American gig…this would have been the one to go to. Sounds amazing…and the intimacy of the venue! Never seen them anywhere quite that small. I suppose the smallest…