Simple Minds

[dottycat2205]

Just listening to Simple Minds Glittering Prize album and forgot how good they sounded. It is their 30 years anniversary tour this year.Sorry if it has already been discussed. What chance a slot at Glasto?

[fairyinboots]

was listening to them yesterday, and thought just how good they still sound.

[Mark E. Spliff]

It's a possibility.

[Bluearsedfly]

Went to see them in Liverpool a couple of months back. Rolled out all the hits as you would expect but classics such as "I travel" and "Alive and Kicking" still sounded great.

Don't you forget about me, Nah, Nah Nah Nah Nah, would be great singalong about Teatime slot as the cider kicks in!

[tevaburger]

one of my guilty pleasures...

i think their '95 glasto set got a bit of slag in the press only because with the advent of the Oasis/Pulp/Blur BritPop phenomenom at the time, it was 'musically correct' to slag off the big 80's bands. even Nick Hornby and Irvine Welsh added to things by taking the piss in their books as well. But they're still a great live act and I'd definitely catch them if they played

i think back to a warm sunny late june day, 1986, milton keynes bowl. Simple Minds, The Cult, The Waterboys, and others...

[eFestivals]

doubt it very much - Jim has just done his first solo album.

That aside, do we really want an act who I'm 98% sure mimes much of the songs? That's the only reason I can think of for why his voice goes from normal to awful at the same points in the songs.

[tevaburger]

doubt it very much - Jim has just done his first solo album.

That aside, do we really want an act who I'm 98% sure mimes much of the songs? That's the only reason I can think of for why his voice goes from normal to awful at the same points in the songs.

[eFestivals]

i was waiting for the inevitable neil response, as i'd remembered that Simple Minds and Springsteen were his 2 favorite acts from the 80's ... and i recalled your past accusations that he wasnt singing live...

It's nowt to do with like or dislike.

It's the impression a big number of people got when watching Simple Minds at a fest a few years ago.

i heard about the solo record, but I just checked and see that they are playing festival dates in early June and early July, so the band is still gigging come summertime

Jim is doing some solo shows before then. The simple minds mailer says there's a track to hear on the SM website.

[Chazeboy]

its very odd, i always cringe when hearing them, i always lump them in with Deacon Blue, Runrig etc, all that is wrong with scottish pop music, but the up here media treats them as "yeah they are so cool" "they are legends", when really all you want to do is cringe. but different things for different folks i suppose

Edited March 25, 2010 by Chazeboy

[bamber]

its very odd, i always cringe when hearing them, i always lump them in with Deacon Blue, Runrig etc, all that is wrong with scottish pop music, but the up here media treats them as "yeah they are so cool" "they are legends", when really all you want to do is cringe. but different things for different folks i suppose

[Midnight Man]

its very odd, i always cringe when hearing them, i always lump them in with Deacon Blue, Runrig etc, all that is wrong with scottish pop music, but the up here media treats them as "yeah they are so cool" "they are legends", when really all you want to do is cringe. but different things for different folks i suppose

[ethereal]

Simple Minds preceeding Pixies worked a treat at Isle of Wight last year.

All that was wrong about the 80's followed by the screaming antidote, took me right back.

[Chazeboy]

I met JKerr once - he had a manbag.

You can't be cool and make good music and wear a manbag.

Something has to give.

[jimmyt]

Free for the legends slot according to their "Forest" dates. Are Simple Minds legends, though? I'd quite like to see them but do they fit the bill?

[sjhande]

I met JKerr once - he had a manbag.

You can't be cool and make good music and wear a manbag.

Something has to give.

[danbailey80]

Would watch..They play a lot of their early and mid career stuff. Some great stuff there...

[Ricochet]

Went to see them in Liverpool a couple of months back. Rolled out all the hits as you would expect but classics such as "I travel" and "Alive and Kicking" still sounded great.

Don't you forget about me, Nah, Nah Nah Nah Nah, would be great singalong about Teatime slot as the cider kicks in!

[godders1966]

doubt it very much - Jim has just done his first solo album.

That aside, do we really want an act who I'm 98% sure mimes much of the songs? That's the only reason I can think of for why his voice goes from normal to awful at the same points in the songs.

[Big Vern]

They are taking part in the Music in the Forest tour next year. They are playing in Yorkshire and Staffordshire on the 24th and 25th June. Gutted as I would have gone to see them on the 24th.

[Hsr1234]

Havent got glasto tickets. Still hoping to get them in the resale but absolutely love seeing simple minds live so will get tickets for delamore forest which is the following week. Saw Paul Weller there and it was a great venue. Dalby forest would have been more convenient but clashes with glasto and still hoping, hoping, hoping that will get tickets in the resale.