Don't You Forget About Jim and Charlie

by **Scouser** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:07 am

Forget their cack handed attempts to "do a U2" and fill stadiums...this is the real Simple Minds. Sleek euro elegance welded to a killer beat. Priceless.

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by **Kounelaki** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:31 am

This one was good, too.
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by **withahip** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:56 am

Those are great songs.

by **Scouser** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:26 am

withahip wrote:Those are great songs.

You're not wrong mate...

They were fantastic live around that time as this, rather excellent, footage shows...

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by **Dave Smith** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:00 pm

In Trance as Mission-what a song.Forbes' bass playing was amazing.I prefer Sparkle to NGD by the way but Sons and Fascination/Sister Feeling Call is their real peak stuff.

by **Scouser** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:08 pm

Dave Smith wrote:In Trance as Mission-what a song.Forbes' bass playing was amazing.I prefer Sparkle to NGD by the way but Sons and Fascination/Sister Feeling Call is their real peak stuff.

I've been playing that album alot recently - priceless

by **Dr Cheese** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:04 am

You know that album is nearly 30 years old?

by **fat cherry** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:06 am

picked it up on CD (oh the bargain bin, what a gift that is) a bit ago. Seeing out the angel is my particular fave.

by **Dave Smith** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:43 am

Scouser wrote:I've been playing that album alot recently - priceless

Same here-brilliant stuff.

by **Grumpy_Jimbo** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:36 am

Up until Sparkle in the Rain Simple Minds were a great band...... I can't decide if I prefer Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call or New Gold Dream better.. Both great albums.......

by **moses (2)** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:42 am

Ah the american ..

This is a great song to do a cover of ..the bass is demon and the lyrics are weird as fuck

Here comes the shake
The speed-decade wake
I see you wake
Shake
Fit on those overalls
What do you know about this world anyway
I see a man
With an airfield plan
I caught a boy fall out of the sky
What do you know about this world anyway

Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Amer-American
In collective fame
Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Amer-American
Nassau club day
Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Amer-American
Across a curved earth
In collective fame
Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Amer-American
The eventful work-outs
Nassau club days
Here comes the flag
I'm walking in the black

Every time you tough this place
It feels like sin
Every time the handshake starts
The face draws thin
What do you know about this world anyway
Here comes the son
The american son
In here the son shines so bright
Eyes blind
What do you know about this world anyway

Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Ameri-Amer-American
The eventful workouts
Nassau club days
Here comes the flag
Hand-shake
This world.....

by **Scouser** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:49 am

The last six lines were co-written by Tony McWojo

by **black francis** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:22 pm

http://mccranksjuke.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... demos.html

by **withahip** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:36 pm

Thoughts on the Early Gold tracks?

# "Life In A Day"
# "Chelsea Girl"
# "Changeling"
# "Factory"
# "Premonition"
# "I Travel"
# "Celebrate"
# "Thirty Frames A Second"
# "The American"
# "Love Song"
# "Sweat In Bullet"
# "Promised You A Miracle"
# "Glittering Prize"
# "Someone Somewhere In Summertime"

by **Kounelaki** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:43 am

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