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Tony_H wrote:Theres a difference between not getting them and simply finding them rubbish, which they were.
BTW, Simple Minds early stuff was by far their best: I Travel, Life in a Day, New Gold Dream, Sons and Fascination, etc. Those were the days when Jim Kerr, as Skidaddle so perfectly put it, had hair like a telephone!!!! Then they went all poppy and rubbish.

First gig I went to: Echo & The Bunnymen, De Montfort Hall, Leicester, 1983.

Its true - he did. When I told you that in Sauze I honestly thought you were going to have a seizure, you laughed so much.

I have on my iPod -

Speed Your Love To Me
Up on the Catwalk
Glittering Prize
Promised You a Miracle
Someone Somewhere in Summertime

all of which are fantastic.

"Belfast Child" is an example of their latter day crap.

I believe they lost it after Waterfront. Up on the Catwalk is a prime example of what I mean.

81 82 83 84.....

Tony_H wrote:Theres a difference between not getting them and simply finding them rubbish, which they were

As I think I've said before - sacrilegious!!!

Simple Minds on my ipod are:

Waterfront
Love Song
Someone, somewhere in summertime
Promised you a miracle
glittering prize (best by far)

Other good ones that may bring back memories:

Dog eat dog - adam and the ants
reward - teardrop explodes
fade to grey - visage
sound and vision - bowie
wishing (if I had......) - flock of seagulls
hey little girl - icehouse
souvenir - omd

and on the cheesy side:

love is a battlefield - pat benetar
round and around - jaki graham
searching - luther
eyes without a face - billy idol

I can feel an ipod session coming on :D

caron-a

You may like my favourite playlist -

The Story of the Blues - The Mighty Wah
Feels Like heaven - Fiction Factory
Wishing (If I had...) - Flock of Seagulls
Love is a Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
Party Fears Too - The Associates
The First Picture of You - The Lotus Eaters
Enola GAy - OMD
Fade To Grey _ - Visage
Glittering Prize - Simple Minds
Heart of Glass - Blondie

And for cheese -

When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout.

There is a Visage theme developing here: one 80s playlist is-

Depeche Mode - Its no good (ok i know its a 90s song)
Lotus Eaters - 1st picture of you
Gary Numan - Friends electric
Toto - Africa (good to sing along to in the car!)
Alphaville - Sounds like a melody
Big Country - Chance
Yazoo - Nobodys diary
St Etienne - Only love can break your heart
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (this happens to be on every playlist I make)
Killing Joke - Love like blood
The Police - Every breath you take
OMD - Maid of Orleans
Wah - Story of the blues
Visage - Fade to grey
Foock of Seagulls - I ran
Peter Schilling - Major Tom (reminds me of a school exchange to Germany)
Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies
Gary Numan - Cars
Depeche Mode - Policy of truth
The Passions -I'm in love with a german filmstar
Roxy Music - Same old scene
Alphaville - Fallen angel
Blondie - Heart of glass
Style Council - Long hot summer (if only)
Laura Branigan - Gloria (cheesy)
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
OMD - Souvenir
Alphaville - Big in Japan
Altered Images - I could be happy
The Jam - Thats entertainment
Fiction Factory - Feels like heaven
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Kim Wilde - Chequered love
REO Speedwagon - Keep on loving you (cheesy)
Modern Talking - Youre my heart, youre my soul (more euro cheese)
The Police - Roxanne

By my reckoning I think I am quite a bit older than the majority on here. So I dont know what happened to me in the 80's, but I dont like any of the music, except may-be the sex pistols. What happened? Perhaps its association some people have with 'Happy times' and remembering music you associate with them. That says it all for me in the 80's.
So on my ipod is:
Loads of aerosmith
Loads of levellers
Muse
Coldplay
Kooks
Lennie Kravitz
Take That
Razorlight
Snow Patrol
Robbie Williams
The Shirehorses ......comedy value
Half man half biscuit.....comedy value
Paul Weller
Daft Punk
Stereophonics
Franz Ferdinand

Possibly 'cos my life took a turn for the better from late 90's til now.

RoseR wrote:
So on my ipod is:
Loads of aerosmith

That didnt really get off to a very good start, did it?

Tony_H wrote:

RoseR wrote:
So on my ipod is:
Loads of aerosmith

That didnt really get off to a very good start, did it?

I know every-one laughs at that. Thats why its on my I pod, so no-one else has to listen.
When I got married again 8 years ago it was a civil service in a hotel and we had to make cds for the music we wanted for the service. I made my entrance to aerosmiths ' dont want to miss a thing', my OH nearly had a fit, still married me tho' :lol: