Simple Minds: This Fear of Gods [12'' Extended Version 2023, Unofficial] 

Yep....they were! After they kicked Derek Forbes out of the band, the magic was gone and they unfortunately became a stadium rock band, the dark and innovative aspect was gone... along with his magnificent bass parts

I think it's when Mick Macneil left the band, they weren't the same band again

Timeless Music.. 🇦🇷

im agree!! :3

Like a drug

Word!

Glad you're enjoying some of the stuff here on this channel.

Once Upon a Time was actually my first Minds album, so I have a soft spot for it, but I know what you mean.

For me it ended with New Gold Dream 😢

I totally agree

Yes they were great and had to develop. You can't just keep releasing the same thing year after year. That becomes boring for the band and fans. For me they have moved on in a great way without ever losing what makes SM the great band they are.

@@110BERLIN_ mine too

Thank you!

Thank you for your kind words, Andy! Always glad to see others dig early Minds. This track is sort of their “When the Levee Breaks” and each play reveals new details.

I appreciate your support, very much so. Thank you!

You have breathed new life into these fantastic songs. I’d have thought that impossible until I heard your work. Absolutely amazing. Well done.

@@alanbobbymcguire5099 Thank you!

That track (and the E&D album) really epitomizes the magic of early Minds.

Simple❤Minds

That alone justifies the existence of this channel. Keep your head up!

Second that totally - today (Sunday 14 Jan 24) i found a track and then this channel....today has been spent basically going "OMG..OMG..OMG" at all the tracks !

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Ask Jim? If he's your friend?, then why ask here?

Thank you! That anyone would enjoy these experiments remains perplexing, but it’s a real dopamine booster. Glad you’re here! Regarding the Kerrminator - I doubt that he would want to collaborate with some Woolworth Johnson Somerset, but it’d be hilarious if so. I’d be game. (Well…depends on the working hours.)

A lighthouse in their catalogue.

Merci!

Thanks!

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You're very welcome! Glad you dig it.

Bonjour moi aussi 😂😂😂👍👍💯💯😻❤🖤🖤🖤🖤

@@stephaniedutin9803 ✌️💋

The expressions of this society.. but nobody can see

As soundtracks for long distance trips go, this one’s up there.

Old vehicles, old fashions, old music, ahhh the 80’s! Not even the 90’s wasn’t alive yet !!

I'd love to, but it's up to the Minds (and the effin' lawyers).

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If you like it, you will probably also enjoy the _Empires and Dance_ album.

That's what working in a butcher's shop will do to a lyricist.

@@110BERLIN_ ...Allow me to beg your indulgence but the profond intellectual parables of your comment transcend my mean intellectual capacities...you're welcome !

​@@misterlotfi I was only alluding to the fact that Kerr “had a horrible job cleaning the back store of a butcher’s shop, with all that blood and guts.” That may or may not have informed the second line you quoted.

@@110BERLIN_ I never Heard about this ..thx for the information

​​@@misterlotfiwow, that reply is some impressive wordsmithing 😉

Oui extase j adore j adore j adore...👍👍👍👍

Ist alles in Bearbeitung, Kollege. I like Sparkle in the Rain. A lot. Even side two. Perfect summer soundtrack.

3 iconic albums from early 80s, Sparkle in the rain, War, and The Crossing. Steve lilywhte a genius

@@padraigsisk4057 Yeah, he sure knows how to capture lively performances in the studio. (EDIT: And let's not forget Black Sea by XTC, which is probably my personal favorite Steve Lillywhite production apart from Peter Gabriel's third.)

​@padraigsisk4057 Although I bought and loved "Sparkle in the Rain " when it was released it was the big change when Simple Minds lost all their subtle beauty of their previous artistic sound scapes and went chasing after U2 down the commercial stadium rock Road and alot of us followed them on their journey,but hindsight is a great thing and we now re-evaluate moments in time from a different perspective,this situation is not unique to Simple Minds but many other artists and bands have all followed the same path, In an ideal world for many fans of the Minds it would have been amazing if they ( original band members) had stuck together and kept producing the experimental music,but I suppose we can all still listen back to their early years 79-82 with pure wonderment.

@@James-hd6ez In retrospect, Sparkle does represent a sea change and, like you, I lament the loss of the previous subtleties. Viewed more positively, Sparkle represents a group refusing to repeat itself - New Gold Dream Redux it’s definitely not. Personally, I love it.

That’s probably illegal, I’m afraid. I’d rather not risk a legal entanglement of Dickensian proportions.