Simple Minds - "Rockpalast Open Air Festival" Loreley, 1997 (720p Version) 

COME BACK DEREK FORBES,, thumb up if you agree.

Ah, Jim Kerr. 😍😍 What a beautiful man. His voice is one of my favorites of all time.

Wonderful concert! Jim Kerr still has the same magic today as he did in this concert so many years ago. >> Credits here were missing the electrifying Lead Guitarist, Charlie Burchill and Jim himself. >> Mel Gaynor! What can I say - a phenomenal drummer worthy of world-wide recognition for his relaxed relentlessness. As a fellow Jamaican, it was particularly encouraging to learn of his heritage. >> Last, but certainly not least: Derek Forbes... one of the best funk bassists birthed from Scotland, as brilliantly expressed on the New Gold Dream Album. Spirit Love to you all.

Schade,dass solch großartigen Musiker genau so altern wie wir,ich möchte sie immer so jung wie Gedächtnis behalten,wie sie früher waren

The unique Derek Forbes plays the bass. Awesome

Seen it live at German TV on 21. June 1997... Unforgettable!!! Recorded on Video-Tape...😁

One of the best of their gigs in the 90's ....Derek....where have thy been....

I know truly hooked they are simply the best rock band ever since buying my first cassette new gold dream in 82 an seeing them live 8 times even meeting them yes truly hooked don’t listen to anything else simple minds simply the best thanks for the music thanks for decades following you

Wow....super concert ! Real music!

Nothing compares to the original genious Mick MacNeil... nothing... and its missing in this concert!

...my preferred band...absolutely...

Thirty Frames a seconds = immense

Have seen them about 7 times, this one feels humble ,wish was there

Derek Forbes, lo mejor de simple mind

Simply fantastic! every time goose bumps! I love you guys!!!!!!!!

He's a lot of FUN to listen to & watch!

Amazing band

Superb gig from SM! Probably fair to say they were so on top of their game at this time as Mark Taylor on k-boards and Dr Derek Forbes on bass (best bassist ever). The audio quality here is pretty much top notch. We so love our Simple Minds over here in New Zealand :-)

Someone,somewhere in summertime. New golden dream marcou minha juventude. Grande show. Abraços do Brasil Mel Gaynor grande baterista.

Soooooo gooooood

This is the best concert I’ve ever heard on RU-vid, everything about it is just wonderful, I’m a big fan of simple minds too, thanks for posting! Btw; I’m 73 years old now, the first time I heard Simple Minds, I was hooked, I’m hooked for life.

Sheer brilliance.

Derek forbes de retour superbe il est exceptionnel

I'm from Germany and remember watching this TV event in 1997.

GRANDES GRANDES GRANDES. POR SIEMPRE SIMPLE MINDS FOREVER.....

Das war ein zwar verregneter, aber total geiler Tag!! Neneh Cherry, INXS, und dann das grandiose Finale "Simple Minds"!!! Eine wirklich GROSSE Band, Jim Kerr einfach wahnsinn, Charly einfach virtuos! Freu mich auf April 2022 im ausverkauften Hydro in Glasgow.

I can't belive this is in 1997. It sounds better than many lives I've watched on youtube since 2010. The music is very real. "Real Life" (if you know what I mean)

Adorable la période où il y avait Derek forbes

New Gold Dream...just wow, they are on fire here!!!

Brilliant Band, was there and have seen INXS also there. What I like is no mobile devices, the people are happy, dancing, singing with the band. That´s the way a concert should be. Respect for the band. Simple Minds are one of the best live bands ever. No Autotune, real instruments and musicians with an amazing frontman.....respect! Thanks for the upload and the memories of this day. Thank you! with best regards from vienna/austria PS: have seen them 2012 in vienna, on the danube island festival. Killer show.

Absolutely incredible that this band is still Rocking freak ya they coheadline together with RHCPs in the USA 🇺🇸 after the same all over Europe

Real life (live) Band , brillant !

I had the immense chance to attend the Simple Minds concert at the Waldbühne (Berlin) in June 1989 for their "Street Fighting Years" concert with The Silencers as a Guest.

simple minds,simple the best,,,,live-band.. i love the music...

Such a joy to see real fans enjoying their beloved artists sharing their music with us 🙏 Big Sleep 🙏

THANKS RU-vid FOR POSTING THIS MASTERPIECE, I LOVE IT SO, SIMPLE MINDS ARE MY FAVORITE BAND FROM THE 80’S.

Remembering Stuart Andamson 😇 Big Country. Great concert 🙌 lads

And Mel Gaynor

Unforgettable...

All we need now is Mick McNiel back on Keyboards 👍😀

this band is eternally great..especially the brillant new gold dream

just brilliant

Vi amo ♥️

The best ever 😍

Buenísimo...Simplemente grandes !!

legend music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love it👍 🎉🎉🎉 🤩😍❣️🥰🌈💚

Best gig since 84, , wonder why, Oh Derek was on bass, total new sound to Shes a river,

Out of this world ❤

Love it

Love the nineties

no one plays the NGD bassline like Derek Forbes. no one

Really amazing 😉 💕❤️

Without Derek Forbes the current Simple Minds feel like a tribute band, the heart and soul is missing.

In that period Derek brought balls back into the band

Peak Simple Minds. Shame they didn't keep Derek Forbes. Neapolis was such a fantastic album and great return to form after the overblown Street Fighting Years, the mostly good but uneven Real Life, and the so so Good News From The Next World.

Just came across this one mate. Thanks heaps for posting it.

Fantastic rock performance. Incredible to think SM were no longer thought 'fashionable' in 1997.

blew inxs away bigtime

Love Neapolis ❤

Jim Tonic Forever❤

Unvergesslich! Ich war dabei. Danke für den Post :O)

big merci a toi "Art & Talk" le tout est formidable is magnifique

Hallo, Simple Minds..I loved your sond once, but political ways, I can not bee whith you no more and greatings from Hamburg.

So great tosee again Derek Forbes again with Simple Minds! Derek is such a peculiar bass player, since that great album "New Gold Dream", one of my best albums from Simple Minds, even Sparkle in the rain wa also a great one... I always loved the style of Derek, specialy when he played with the famous german band Propaganda, and what a great job he did that! I sam Simple Minds in the 1980 in Lisbon, where i live, for the first time... as a guest band from Peter Gabriel tour, didnt like them that time, they were very bad... sorry. But years later I felt in love with their music (I am also a musician). I saw them in the 90s by curiosity in Loreley at Germany... but many before this concert. I was living in Germany 15 years, and was a coincidence to see them live there... in fact was not a good concert... the guest band that time was Orchestral Manouvers in the dark, they did also a bad concert... I cant remember exactly the date... but Simple Minds did a bad concert, because the guitarrist was always angry because the guitar out of tune and the sound was so bad... But this concert I see here is amazing!

MAJORCOOL !

Roma 1998 e Catanzaro grandi concerti

THX for HD upload

New Gold Dream, WOW! Just WOW! Wonder if the dude got his Celtic scarf back?

The band did keep up to date with the times in the 90s Bono wanted the limelight more than Jim and u2 were Irish a massive input on them being successful in America . I also think sm music was at there best before 1985 u2 start to come to fold

Näytetään käännökset haulla 30 vuotta jo kuunneltu,ja edelleen kuunnellaan,hyvä bändi. Käännä kysely 30 vuotta jo kuuneltu,ja edeleen kuunelaan,hyvä bändi.30 years have already listened to, and continue to listen to, good band.

c'est super beauuuuuuuuuuu à 23:55 sérieux, j'adore :)

❤❤❤

I remember at school they used to play "Chirp a chirp a cheep cheep"

It's funny that Derek Forbes rejoined Simple Minds for their Neapolis album, but I noticed that the production didn't really let his unique bass playing showing through. I still liked the album, but I wished that having on the album made more of an impact.

Forbes makes this band. Too bad they forgot this.

Dont like knocking the current line up but this is as close to perfection as you get, especially with Derek on bass.

Mel king of drum change the sound king no the Pink Lady no war peace love and rock n roll stop war

Amazing Gilles De Dufief DE BRETAGNE

Per me Charlie Burchill e' un grande chitarrista e Kerr ha una voce assai identificabile - e anche lui e' tecnicamente all'altezza, ovviamente. I Simple Minds sono un gruppo sempre troppo sottostimato per quel che realmente valgono e la finezza e delle loro canzoni, mai facili da suonare, mai banali. INOLTRE Jim e Charlie sono simpatici e parlano italiano. Il che completa il quadro. Forza Scotland!

SHOOWWW

Art & Talk

ok..Simple👍👌

O cara canta muito!

Wtf wtf wtf?? Is it just me or are there almost no clips of Derek compared to the rest of the band?? I mean even that keyboard player is getting more facetime than Derek. Again wtf?? Did anyone else notice??

Alive & Kickin' ... We need ROBIN❤️🌹💖

grazie art & talk 1.24.19 di pura energia

best of band! i watched them 7 times but i want a 8th after Covid :) And teh album Good News From The Next World best album :) !!! and that song !!!!!! -> 21:25

🔝🔝🔝🙏🙏🙏❤️

If certain People hadn't goofed up we might have been putting this lot on in Prague!

Good evening

dited to such a sickening extent to keep Mr Forbes to an absolute minimum. very sad indeed,

♥️📀

Great War Babies as opener.

Blimey I thought they might be past their best by 97, obviously wrong. This is better than the real life tour 91 I saw at Maine road Manchester. Must be Forbes effect

Why doesn’t the camera ever focus on the bass player??..it drives me mad...Derek Forbes is the best ever.

I've been there :-)

festival

I just smoked a joint ..

When in the World, would this be released official to buy it on all formats? And there are 2 or 3 more simple minds Rockpalast gigs.ibelueve 1982 Cologne, story Saal and 1995 Paris. Is this a management problem?