@@sageantone7291 +1 I made up my mind on this when listening to the vocal intro of Belfast Child. It is thrillingly beautiful. Great voice and great singing.
Thanks for adding me......when I first listened to SM I was 22 years old battling the worst suicidal depression from a life of abuse. I had become extremely religious and was attracted to the cover of New Gold Dream. The songs were mystical, transcendent and I projected my own life into the music.......Sparkle in the Rain raised my consciousness...it gave me chills....out-of-body-experiences........I survived.... I earned three degrees and have worked in hospitals, taught public school 20 years...I think I am a pretty happy person today...6 years ago I found Graffiti Soul.......wow......a few months ago I came across Walk Between Worlds.....again its a life changing experience....Last Monday saw them for the first time!
I remember when I was in hospital getting over a breakdown summer 1985 and the sun was shining on the rain on the window. I thought of Sparkle in the Rain and have loved it ever since.
Where and when did you see them? I live in Livonia and didn't hear a thing about... My first song was "Promised you a miracle" and "Up on the catwalk"... Love them since 81/82
I met Jim recently in Frankfurt both travelling g to Hlasgow. What a lovely guy. Genuine. Talked about his early life in Glasgow nd was keen to know about me (Kilmarnock boy). What a pleasure it was to meet him.
Don't you forget about me spring 1985,I just got my first job as a dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant, 9th grade so many good memories, from a truly magical time in my life, I would sell my soul to go back, best song however, Belfast child
One of the best bands ever... They ruled Tiffanys then....early 80's....I Travel....Lovesong....Celebrate...Chelsea Girl ...American I could do a pint of Red Stripe now
Absolute so hard for me to find Jim Kerr actually talking at this point. I loved the interview. I was having quite the laugh. Fabulous! Thanks for sharing it!
3DPeter Fully aware of that, they were big in Britain and Europe up to the mid '90s. Street Fighting Years ended their fortunes in the States, a lot of the audience over there only new their 'Don't You Forget About Me' side, a return to art and intellect put the dance rock crowd off.
azapro911 the entire once upon a time album was excellent,dont you forget about me was not on that album and they had hits with sanctify yourself and al the things she said,after that they only had one good song untl about 3 albums ago around 2011
SM was and still is big in Brazil. New Gold Dream is a masterpiece. I love Real to Real Cacophony (which I knew through the the compilation 1978-1982). Once Upon a time is quite different, very pop and "arena lookalike", but it still one of the most important popular records from the 80s (and includes one of the best songs ever from SM, Sanctify Yourself. After Once Upon a time, I must admit, they lost the creativity and Kerr have tried to be the Scottish version of Bono.
The weird thing is that “Alive and Kicking” isn’t their biggest hit in the UK. Over here it’s “Belfast Child”, which has lyrics about The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It’s an incredible track, and rightfully is regarded as not only one of their biggest hits, but also one of, if not the, best tracks they ever recorded.
depends... . i consider "seeing out the angel" explores a larger sensual spectrum plus pushing the electronic genre towards the arena without relying on an admittedly emotive subject. ie take out the theme, how good is the song really? i am going to play them back to back. i may be back with an edit to apologize?!? EDIT: golly firstly "belfast child" reminded me how much i loved "waterfront" era minds. as for the track, fantastic production > trrevor horn featuring jim kerr! < wow i will now listen to street fighting years just to take in that production. my statement still stands that if the subject was different i do not believe the song warrants the kudos. horses for courses, obviously im an old man. ps the song did remind me of this mortal coils "song to siren' and now i am listening to the roxymusic version of this tim buckly tune. thankyou chunkyboy james.
Simple Minds music has always been relevant, and never gets dated. Their new music in the past 10 years sounds just as great and stays true to their creative and melodic roots.
and billy idol passed on that song, it was written for him, his biggest regret but SM did it justice, they didnt need it though, Simple Minds are in the top 10 best bands ever....
I have seen them so many times...but I really hate the current line up.. They were so much better in the early years..bring back Mel Gaynor and Derek Forbes...PLEASE
I've liked sole minds since the late 80s. In early 90s, my husband in chswitzerland stopped me going to one of their concerts in CH. I always thought Jim Kerr was sensual.
Derek and Mick had in my opinion the biggest influence on SM unique sound specially in their classic era, untill Sparkle. Bass was hypnotic, Lovesong and Premonition are absolutely bass masterpieces.
yes i wish had caught them live round "sons and fascination" i was too young and lived on the other side of the world. did catch the new gold dream tour in newzealand at age fourteen. fantastic. i-travel? that was eno/devo level stuff. oh for time machine!
TF Billy didn't get it. All day a Simple minds track. And Bilky would not have got the world coverage support that simple minds had gotten with the song.
Please allow me to correct the tense of some of these compliments. Jim Kerr's voice IS great! and Simple Minds IS an awesome band. Despite my love for prog rock, I would choose Simple Minds to accompany me on a desert island as I could listen to them every day. As a bonus, they do great covers!
Hi Jim it's Davie we were friends at school you will know me remember we had a laugh about the rhino and the hippo we met let me know if you get this would love to catch up been a long time.
What I don’t understand is there was so much great music from Simple Minds as well as other 80’s bands that were never played on the radio. It’s all about the radio controlling the music being put out,nothin do with how well is does.Just like all the crap on the radio now. Most of it garbage,but it’s being pushed on the kids.
Loved their first 4 albums until "New Gold Dream" came out. I really wanted to like it and I listened to that album again and again but it did nothing for me. Then "Don't You Forget About Me" came out and I forgot about them. I wasn't interested in their music anymore. Still listen to their first 4 albums though.
DadCan InJapan Same. First four albums I loved. Saw them live when New Gold Dream first came out and lost interest from then on. They were a great band at first.
@@mipmipmipmipmip But I WANTED them to become more popular. I bought New Gold Dream, listened to it and thought that every band can have an off album. But then I was surprised when it started becoming more popular. It didn't have the bite anymore. Same with Psychedelic Furs. Great songs until "Pretty in Pink" which was just a bland version of their "No Easy Street". And yet that was the song that made them popular. Why?!? I wanted them to be popular with the songs they were already making. No bite anymore.
I love "Alive and Kicking" but at the time I recall thinking it was a tad perhaps, overproduced and quite slick for Simple Minds. But I was but a wee teen lad so what did I know? It's still a solid tune with great vocal performances at least.
LISTEN I HAVE LOVED SIMPLE MINDS FOR OVER 40 YEARS PROMISED YOU A MIRICLE LOVE SONG JOHNNY AND THE SELF ABUSERS VERRY EARLY SIMPLE MINDS STUFF TRUST ME I KNOW SIMPLE MINDS
