Simple Minds' Mick MacNeil - New Gold Dream (on accordion!). 

This illustrates how important Mick was to the Minds. They’ve never been the same without him.

Get MacNeil and Forbes back so we can have a proper Simple Minds!

Mick was the greatest keyboard player of the '80s new-wave era. Not an attention seeker. Just pure talent and taste.

Mick is a superb musician.

Brilliant, Micks keyboards and Dereks bass…. ❤

Has to be my favourite album of all time. Bought it when I was in the 6th form and I still play it almost every week now in my car. Reminds me of a carefree time. Mick's keyboards on that album were like nothing I'd ever heard. Special.

In my top five favourite albums. The production still blows my mind even in 2023.

All great songs have that undelaying (basic) chemistry of band members that contribute to what will become classics. Change one component of that band and it's gone. Happens all the time through history. New Gold Dream was the pinnacle of The Simple Minds.

omg... this is totally awesome... 2 of the best musicians... Mick and Derek made SM just the best band in the 80's

Blimey, never thought I’d hear one of the most captivating synth melodies of the 80s recreated on an accordion. Bravo Mick! A key part of the SM platinum era.

Mick McNeil -a 20th century icon breathing life into the 21st century

One of the most iconic keyboard riffs of the 20th century. Sampled by many Italian dance bands of the late 90’s

The true sound of SM was all about the keys and bass. Love this!

This is gold. As I grow older I keep getting back to this album. Now seeing explained in videos how well it was made, it explains my continued interest!

Mick Macneil could be all alone on stage, sitting on a stool with his accordion that I would still pay 1000 times the ticket price way before attending a free concert given by any artist of today's "popular" wave.

Just love this and it just shows how the Scottish influence in SM music was at the core of their best stuff. Thanks for this, it was a delight

Miss you so much, Mick( also Derek and Mel)!! An endless thanks and a big hug from an italian fan since 1982 !! Ciao

Never been same without Mick. 😢

I couldn't stop smiling all the way through this

fantastic.. in many regards, Mick is the Alan Wilder of Simple Minds. I guess Jim and Charlie never really let him have the same position in the band in fear of losing control

My grandfather was a poor man, and died when I was about 8. The thing that I cherish the most about him, is that he owned an old accordion and could play it. I'd sit in front of him and listened in awe. He'd explain that you needed to fill it with air, and that "it was an orchestra in its own"... Jeez, I wish I hadn't lost him when I was so young.

Wish Mick could return to the band!!!!!!!!!!

Genius

Mick is legend of the keyboards and squeeze box as Mick called it, was a honour to speak to Mick at Simple minds convention last Oct Glasgow and and get pic which I will frame top man Bill Iredale

Amazing ... looking at old videos when SM did this live i was so impressed of the speed of Micks hands and fingers... guess some synths almost did not manage it😉

Absolutely brilliant! 😍🤩

When I was a kid my mum bought an accordéon like this thinking me or my brother would play on it, that never happened. Years later discovering new gold dream and it's synths riffs was like discovering a gold mine, I wanted to play that song, I bought my first synth, a D50, with my first wage once graduated. 30 years later I'm still playing this song every week... If I could travel back in time now that I know this song story I would grab this accordéon and never let it go. Many thanks Mick for this revelation, your sound have enlighten our lifes

In the 80s Simple Minds enjoyed worldwide success, while always sounding very Scottish Now I know why!

Brilliant Mick

You can't think of the original Simple Minds without the beautiful and exciting keys Mick MacNeil provided. He was a defining factor in SM. And Mick, wherever you are, we want you to know we heard and we appreciated, over and over.

The Mars Bar line up in the early years was the best

I knew he was good, but FFS I have just counted about 8 fingers on his right hand at one point !!!! take me back to the early albums and videos and you could see /hear/feel the talent from Mick. When will the real Simple minds group do a reunion tour --make sure him and Derek are on board for it as well though ???

Mick, your Keyboards saved my youth, man. All the best.

the genius behind the minds.

One of the most sonically beautiful albums of all time

I bought a copy of that album on vinyl at a cancer research charity shop in Morningside in Edinburgh 10 years ago. I've been listening to it ever since. I had no idea what I was about to hear

Lovely Mick. His choices of sounds, the textures he added and the beauty of the compositions....man, they were a great band!

Guy is a hero off mine , genius

mick mac neil est pour moi un immense créateur et c'est lui qui a crée le son, la magie et le succès des Simple Minds je n'ai pas compris sa mise à l'écart. J'ai 63 ans et c'est toujours ma musique favorite qui a forgé une partie de ma vie. c'est une musique éternelle

Thank you, Mick. That was bliss to listen to!

Mick is a genius. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That was the most amazing thing I’ve seen in music for a long time. Simple Minds always were more art than just music. Mick has just explained some of the working parts.

This is brilliant! Hearing this threw me back to 1982. I've loved this song since then! Mick was so fun to watch play live. ❤

One of the most unique and original keyboardist of all time. Phenomenal musician

That is just class, I love hearing how songs were created and Mick has just shed light on a classic... wish he was still in the band and he could do a acoustic version of this with the lads it would be brilliant..

Love to see the original SM lineup together again

what Simple Minds couldve been had Mick still been with them,awesome song writer and player

Jamais remplacé, les Minds ont beaucoup perdu musicalement avec son départ. Ses arrangements pour les concerts des années 1983 à 1986 resteront à jamais inégalés.

Amazing

Es alucinante, nunca me cansaré de flipar con esta canción

Superb, Mick is an absolute legend.

OMG This is phenomenal !!

Has to be my most played song at the moment , at least 5 times a day while on the desk top at work 🍺

Would' have been Marvelous if mick,mel,jim,Charlie,Derek could get back together for a big retro tour.❤

Fantastic! thank you

Hi Michael, nice to see you again ! You really were the architect of SM sound ! Once you left....it never was the same...

So good! what an amazing musician Mick is

He did NGD with a squeeze box. Just made my day.

Be good if you were back in the chair Mick. I wouldn’t have been a minds fan without hearing you many years ago🫶

God knows how many times ive watched these clips ...but ive just gone and done it again ✌️✌️🇬🇧🇬🇧

One of their greatest songs from one of their greatest albums. First time I heard it was on WLIR at Christmastime 1982. It remains on so many of my playlists today.

That’s utterly amazing...

That’s great being a SM fan New gold dream with a fisarmonica from Castelfidardo

This was my favourite era of Simple Minds and it's because of Mick, what a magnificent musician ❤

Truly mind blowing!!

Behold the man that made me want to become a keyboardist!! His contribution to Simple Minds is overwhelming, and he's forever my hero.

81, 82, 83, 84... what a fantastic record!!

Watch this every time I need a NGD fix. It's not just genius it's beautiful, thank you Mick

This is incredible..!!

Beautiful

Such a humble man who created such beautiful music

Mick king of piano

Love it !

Superb.

Very cool. Big fan. Good to see you here.

Thats to great, first Derek and now he... I love it...

Goosebumps!

When he played this live on keyboard he knuckled one of the keys which shows a classical training - its a very uncommon technique and shows just how good a player he is.

Good advice on how to develop techniques for keyboardists😊

You left Simple Minds and some fool told me that you've died on cancer somewhere in the early '90s. There was no RU-vid or social media and 30 years not any sign of Mick MacNeil. I'm a huge fan of the New Golden sound in total and a Herbie Hancock solo on Hunter and the Hunted made it a respectable input. I've analyzed all of your key parts and 30 years living with false information is an unbelievable fact. I saw you once live in Amsterdam with Simply Red as support act, it was the "Once Upon a Time" Tour with a massive live sound. Unforgettable how powerful the titel track opens with Robin Clark ✌🏼🦴

Legend❤

Thanks Mick for the music. When you played with the Minds they were so big. Also your sound at that moment.

Eres increíble Mick!!! Piel de gallina!!! ♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️

La class👌👌👌

amazing, this finally explains how the magical sound of that song came to be. Accordion wow really. Thanks for sharing.

I'm so glad I found this album in 1984

Magic 🙂

Love Mick!

Hi Mick, since you left S.M their music has no longer had the magical pathos that made them famous: Too bad for everyone...

A master class musician. His surreal and out of this world melodies reminds me of Perica Zdravković and South wind (Južni vetar). Great Yugoslavian 80s folk synthwave band.

Such an incredible keyboard player, thank you for sharing this - love it

Absolute Perfection ❤️

You're responsible for trance❤

i love this video 🥲

come Alan clark per i dire streets anche Mick MacNeil. presenza inscindibile per i simple minds...ESSENZA DELLA MUSICA....GRANDI

They were so young when they wrote this music from the gods..

Amazing! A master at his craft!

Mind blowing

Siempre será un grande.....sin el SM perdió mucho. Una lastima que no esté.

I don’t know if he practised beforehand or how easy it is to remember but Mick played that without too much of a hiccup