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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Sun Jan 29, 2023 3:14 pm
Simple Minds was one of the greatest bands in the first half of the 80s. Saw them live twice in the middle of the decade. EMPIRES AND DANCE, SONS AND FASCINATION, NEW GOLD DREAM and SPARKLE IN THE RAIN are all brilliant. They took a dive with ONCE UPON A TIME that they never fully recovered from, but I do enjoy much of the one immediately after that, STREET FIGHTING YEARS.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:18 pm
Saw them live for the first time at an open-air gig last summer ... it was a very good night indeed, Jim's still in fine fettle. My only criticism would be that the show was around an hour and 40 minutes, and a full 2 hours (or longer) would've obviously allowed for more of their hits to be played.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Sat Feb 11, 2023 9:21 am
This one could have made a great Bond theme song.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:40 am
If they had quit after SPARKLE IN THE RAIN, they would be remembered as one of the greatest bands of all time.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Sat Apr 22, 2023 1:00 pm
Couple of live performances:
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Mon May 01, 2023 7:33 am
I was blown away by this song when it came out.
Getting on a bit
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Tue May 02, 2023 4:52 pm
Caught them live during this tour:
Everything from the new record was the weakest part of the show.
Here they were the backing band for Peter Gabriel, one of their heroes:
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Tue May 02, 2023 8:40 pm
If somebody remade Dr. No thirty years ago, Gabriel might have made a good Julius.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Wed May 03, 2023 7:34 am
You could be onto something there, Khanners ... there's an undeniably sinister air to Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Wed May 03, 2023 3:59 pm
Blunt Instrument wrote:
You could be onto something there, Khanners ... there's an undeniably sinister air to Gabriel's Games Without Frontiers.
Do you know if he ever did any acting, Blunts?
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Wed May 03, 2023 6:25 pm
I know musicians have been known to dabble in it (Phil Collins and Sting are just 2 who spring to mind) but apart from his videos, I think Gabriel's mostly avoided it.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Sun May 07, 2023 2:39 pm
I like this b side.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Mon May 22, 2023 4:26 pm
I love the original, but this is pretty neat.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Wed May 31, 2023 5:56 pm
A couple b sides:
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:13 am
And one of their better ones:
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:24 am
Their first demo
New version
I like the old one best.
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Subject: Re: Simple Minds Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:15 am
And the opening track at their gig here last summer. They're touring again next year, arenas this time ... think I'll go, if I can get my mitts on a ticket OK.
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