By the early 80s, singer jim kerrs commanding vocals and an increasingly elegant musical style led to uk hits. Aka jim kerr earth and sun and moon midnight oil songs to. Partly because steve lillywhite produced the album and jim kerr was good mates with bono. He shouts and testifies like a pentecostal preacher. Thank you for the voice, the eyes and the memories shine thank you for the pictures of living in the beautiful black and the white some say well be together for a very long time some say that our first impressions never will lie i open up to take a look into the bright and shiny book into the open scheme of things book of brilliant things book. Just give a listen to their brilliant 1984 album, sparkle in the rain, if you dont believe me. See more ideas about simple minds, jim kerr and simple. Simple minds find religious illumination in the vertigo of their fertile imaginations, wrote parke puterbaugh. Simple minds book of brilliant things live at barrowlands. Simple minds 12 lp vinyl simple minds jim kerr sparkle in the. I open up to take a look, into the bright and shiny book, into the open scheme of things, book of brilliant. James kerr born 9 july 1959 is a scottish singersongwriter and the lead singer of the rock band simple minds. Simple minds 12 lp vinyl simple minds jim kerr sparkle in.
Sparkle in the rain by simple minds album, new wave. A big thank you to everyone whos already sent in memories of seeing the band in concert for the book of brilliant things. Jim kerr sounds like a bono with less range and a few more tics. Simple minds book of brilliant things live in edinburgh. Prague orchestral strings, chic bass grooves, analogue keys, plucky guitars and the vocals of soul princess tahamene park. Reviews of sparkle in the rain by simple minds album, new. Simple minds sparkle in the rain 1984, vinyl discogs. Book of brilliant things activity book book of brilliant. Simple minds, brilliant things diego spade productions. The original version is a melting pot of splendiferous ingredients. Jun 26, 2014 simple minds book of brilliant things live ahoy 1985.
Jim kerr vocals, charlie burchill electric guitar, acoustic guitar, derek forbes bass, backing vocals, mel gaynor drums, backing vocals, michael macneil keyboards, steve lillywhite producer, howard gray engineer, gavin. Mar 19, 2015 jim kerr was talking to paul sinclair. Simple minds irvington new jersey 1984 fm broadcast youtube. Simple minds live at up all night, may 27, 1984 at wolfgangs. May 29, 2016 book of brilliant things activity book book of brilliant things activity books volume 1 nancy j price on. Simple minds book of brilliant things lyrics lyricsfreak. The long time leaders of the band, jim kerr vocals and charlie burchill guitars take a rather unique approach to music, poetry and stagecraft. Speed your love to me, book of brilliant things, up on the catwalk and waterfront. Still, the bombastic pop rock sound proved influential in the construction of much of once upon a time, particularly the arenafriendly single alive and kicking. Into the bright and shiny book, into the open scheme of things, book of brilliant things. The pounding waterfront, hurtling speed your love to me, and gleaming up on the catwalk, the albums singles, all reached the top 30 in the u. Petersburg, simple minds delivers careerspanning set. The first side is great, featuring four of their best songs.
Blending personal impressions with the opinions of jim kerr, charlie burchill, michael. Simple minds sparkle in the rain 1984, cassette discogs. Overhead, jim kerr lingers over his grateful lyrics, luxuriating in the possibilities that love has brought and the brilliant memories theyve left behind. Ecoutez book of brilliant things live at barrowlands, glasgow 1984 par simple minds sparkle in the rain super deluxe. Label head honcho loudery evokes the double o privilege card for the to lead the players in a cover version of book of brilliant things from 1984. A luminescent, romantic number loses itself not in a dream world but in a heady, concrete reality. Read jims trackbytrack guide to sparkle in the rain in the booklet in the deluxe edition and super deluxe edition box set versions of the reissue which is out this week.
It includes the songs up on the catwalk waterfront and speed you love to me. Lyrics to book of brilliant things by simple minds from the sparkle in the rain album including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Book of brilliant things the piano orchapella nang records. The pinnacle of their early more experimental work are the pair of. Krieger, charles burchill, michael joseph mac neil, john paul densmore, mel george gaynor, raymond d.
All of these elements combine to create the brilliant things found herein. Jim kerr simple minds interview by billy sloan 1984 fm broadcast duration. In stock originally released in 1984, sparkle in the rain title taken from a line in book of brilliant things was simple minds sixth studio album and, following 1982s crossover album new gold dream, the one to cement their commercial success. A soulful reimagination of 1984 s book of brilliant things performed solo by backup singer sarah brown opened the final act before kerr reemerged to belt the uplifting anthem alive. Once upon a time also shared many influences with their previous studio album, sparkle in the rain, which explored a similar songwriting style. Sparkle in the rain is the sixth studio album by simple minds, released on 6 february 1984. Aug 31, 2019 jims vocals work in and around the music structured more often than not in a scatlike rather than versechorusverse form, something that made this band unique among peers. Simple minds book of brilliant things live ahoy 1985. Provided to youtube by universal music group book of brilliant things live at barrowlands, glasgow 1984 simple minds sparkle in the rain. Kerr married chrissie hynde of the pretenders in 1984. This book, conceived and produced in association with the band, looks behind the public face of simple minds. The book of brilliant things live barrowlands glasgow 1984 5.
Into the open scheme of things, book of brilliant things. Minds book of brilliant things from the album sparkle in the rain jim kerr. Interviewed during his current visit to japan, jim kerr revealed that book of brilliant things was among the simple minds songs that he identified with most. I open up to take a look into the bright and shiny book into the open scheme of things book of brilliant things book of brilliant things i open up to take a look into the bright and shiny book.
Simple minds sparkle in the rain 1984, cbs records. Manzarek jim morrison james kerr charles burchill derek forbes michael macneil mel gaynor. Simple minds sparkle in the rain 1984, white, vinyl. Kerr s voice has been described as david bowies rich baritone melded with bryan ferrys velvety croon.
Book of brilliant things simple minds song info allmusic. Many critics rechristened the band u3 at the time of its release in 1984. Simple minds are a longrunning scottish rock band, centered on singer jim kerr and guitarist charlie burchill. This was the first simple minds album recorded without keyboardist and original bandmember mick macneil, who left the band after the previous tour in 1990. Simple minds book of brilliant things from the album sparkle in the rain. Sparkle in the rain was initially started on the run with stays in reside. The flipside is less exhilarating, but does include a cover of lou reeds street hassle. She moulds the headon jim kerr vocal lines into a slick, sultry. Shake off the ghosts personnel jim kerr vocals charlie burchill guitar acoustic, guitar electric michael macneil piano, accordion, keyboards john giblin. Simple minds rockpop in concert dortmund 1984 youtube. Princes trust 2004 jim and charlie were due to play 2 tracks belfast child mandela day on 11 november 2004 at the princes trust charity concert celebrating producer trevor horns 25 years as a record producer alongside a lineup of other acts and musicians but due to an ear injury, simple minds had to cancel their appearance 2005.
For sparkle in the rain, they sought u2 producer steve lillywhite, whose approach helped shape their performances into a forceful, direct set of commercial rock designed to shake nosebleed seats. In the city of light live by simple minds on itunes. Kerr was quoted as saying more than music, ever since my earliest childhood years, books have meant so much to. Sparkle in the rain 1984 thank you for the voice, the eyes and the memories shine thank you for the pictures of living in the beautiful black and the white some say well be together for a very long time. Simple minds sparkle in the rain 1984, rrcaindianapolis. Feb 18, 2007 when kerr sings, someday, some of them say that our hearts will beat like the wheels of a fast train from book of brilliant things, you know youre in for a wild ride. Now the ethereal qualities are couched within a driving arrangement, while the textures remain dense, yet sharp edged. Derek forbes writer, michael macneil writer, jim kerr writer, mel gaynor writer, charlie burchill writer. Sparkle in the rain 1984 thank you for the voice, the eyes and the memories shine. Some say our hearts beat like the wheels of a fast.
Chrissie hynde the pretenders and jim kerr simple minds married 1984 chrissy and her main squeez, jim kerr ovation celebrity nikki sixx heroin diaries acousticelectric guitar new jerry lee lewis and myra gale brown myra being at the time nancy sinatra and tommy sands ringo starr and maureen cox georg. He doesnt always sound like bono but he sounds like him an awful lot. The most atmospheric cut on the set, it does have a dreamy quality, but one that is far removed from the trancelike aura found on simple mindss previous album. Simple minds book of brilliant things lyrics genius lyrics. Recorded at up all night, irvington, new jersey 27th may 1984. Some say we can be together for a very long time, some say our hearts will beat like the wheels of a fast train, all around the world. Simple minds sparkle in the rain 1984, cmonarch record. The long time leaders of the band, jim kerr vocals and charlie. Simple minds book of brilliant things from the album sparkle in the rain i used to love this back in the guess what. Thank you for the voice, the eyes and the memories shine thank you for the pictures of living in the beautiful black and the white some say well be together. Nov 10, 2018 a soulful reimagination of 1984 s book of brilliant things performed solo by backup singer sarah brown opened the final act before kerr reemerged to belt the uplifting anthem alive.
This makes a million brilliant things a very readable, fan orientated view of simple. Heavily influenced by the velvet underground, the band renamed itself simple minds in 1977, taking the. Lyrics by jim kerrmusic by simple mindsproducer john leckie. Kerr was quoted as saying more than music, ever since my earliest childhood years, books have meant so much to me. Simple minds book of brilliant things lyrics from album. They began as part of the punk rock and new wave movement of the late 1970s, and rose to become one of the iconic bands of the 80s.
Lyric of the day book of brilliant things priptonas simple minds. A breakthrough commercial success for the band, the record peaked at number one in the uk albums chart on 18 february 1984 and reached the top 20 in numerous other countries around the world, including new zealand, netherlands, sweden, canada, switzerland, germany, norway and australia. Despite frontman jim kerr s vaguest gesturing and most voluble bellowing to that point, the move worked. To be honest, hearing this album against their previous outputs is a shock to the system. Jim kerr vocals, charlie burchill electric guitar, acoustic guitar, derek forbes bass, backing vocals, mel gaynor drums, backing vocals, michael macneil keyboards, steve lillywhite. Sparkle in the rain super deluxe by simple minds on amazon. Simple minds jim kerr talks to sde about sparkle in the rain. Nowhere was that more evident than on book of brilliant things. Heavily influenced by the velvet underground, the band renamed itself simple minds in 1977, taking the moniker from a line in the david bowie classic, jean genie. Books allow people to think for themselves, allowing access to knowledge forgotten or out of favour with the times. Like u2 did with 1984 s the unforgettable fire, simple minds will touch hearts by stripping their soul. Into the open scheme of things book of brilliant things oh, book of brilliant things i thank you for the shadows it takes two or three to make company. Heres an activity book with more than 100 fun things to do. The core band on this album comprise only jim kerr, charlie burchill, and mel gaynor, with the remaining personnel being session musicians.
Simple minds hail from scotland, the most successful musical export from that land during the 80s, with five number one albums in the uk. King is white and in the crowd live barrowlands glasgow 1984 8. Jim kerr vocals, charlie burchill electric guitar, acoustic guitar, derek forbes bass, backing vocals, mel gaynor drums, backing vocals, michael macneil keyboards, steve lillywhite producer, howard gray engineer. Sparkle in the rain is a glimpse of whats to come from simple minds. Simple minds book of brilliant things in 1080p sept. Into the bright and shiny book into the open scheme of things book of brilliant things book of brilliant things i thank you for the shadows, it takes two or three to make company i thank you for the lightning that should fell and sparkle out in the rain some say this could be the great divide someday some of them say that our hearts will. She took the lead on a sumptuous, soulful new arrangement of book of brilliant things from 1984 s sparkle in the rain, an lp that featured surprisingly little given that its just been.
She moulds the headon jim kerr vocal lines into a slick, sultry, laidback treat. Book of brilliant things live at barrowlands, glasgow 1984. Kerrs heartwrenching vocals soar and such emotion only leads to earning a global following. Dec 29, 2009 into the bright and shiny book, into the open scheme of things, book of brilliant things. I open up to take a look, into the bright and shiny book, into the open scheme. Mar 12, 2015 on the eve of the reissue and super deluxe edition box set of simple minds 1984 album sparkle in the rain, the bands frontman jim kerr talks to sde about the record. Pop, rock, new wave simple minds under the crystal. Voice jim kerr words by, music by simple minds tracks. Books are revered all over the world and of course for many people certain books are sacrosanct. The process has already begun on sparkle in the rain. Simple minds 12 lp vinyl simple minds jim kerr sparkle in the rain. Originally released in february 1984, sparkle in the rain title taken from a line in book of brilliant things was simple minds sixth studio album and, following 1982s crossover album new gold dream, the one to cement their commercial success, giving them their first uk number 1 as well as a top 20 album in australia, canada. Simple minds book of brilliant things in 1080p sept 29th 2018 london ontario thank you for the voice, the eyes and the memories shine thank you for the pictures of living in the.
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