a little it of audio from our chat today - a story abut their biggest hit

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hbwriter..Im big fan of Jim Kerr and Simple Minds..it's probably the greatest Band to come outta' Scotland..

Man, hb, you're on a roll at the moment. Who else ya got coming up?

lets see -
david byrne
lou gramm
megadeth
frampton


a few others - plus one i'm close on that i can't say for fear of jinxing it- but it will get a lot of action on this board -

Good going, Chris.

thanks, PR

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lets see -
david byrne
lou gramm
megadeth
frampton


a few others - plus one i'm close on that i can't say for fear of jinxing it- but it will get a lot of action on this board -

I sense a super heavy stuff incoming

updated with full Jim Kerr piece:

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Billy Idol was one of the artists originally asked to sing "Don't You Forget About Me". He eventually covered it on a greatest hits CD. When I think of 80's music, Simple Minds version of that song immediately comes to mind! It defines the 80's for me! Great piece, hbwriter!

SP--you are correct! Thanks for reading and for the kind words

It's funny about the band's reluctance regarding "Don't You Forget About Me." It reminds me of a comment I recently read by Bette Midler who said she'd busted her butt recording some album that didn't sell that well. And shortly after she recorded AS A QUICK, HALF-ASSED AFTERTHOUGHT the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" for the movie Beaches, and THAT'S the song that became a huge hit.

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hbwriter..Im big fan of Jim Kerr and Simple Minds..it's probably the greatest Band to come outta' Scotland..

Better than Nazareth?

i think so - Nazareth was good though

I did not realize they were from Scotland. I liked some of their music at the time. I can't ever remember hearing Jim Kerr talk. Wasn't he married to Hynde from the Pretenders?

By the way...some other contenders for best Scottish band:

Big Country
Average White Band
Franz Ferdinand
Del Amitri
Primal Scream

all listed on a site: [scotlandinter.net]

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I did not realize they were from Scotland. I liked some of their music at the time. I can't ever remember hearing Jim Kerr talk. Wasn't he married to Hynde from the Pretenders?

By the way...some other contenders for best Scottish band:

Big Country
Average White Band
Franz Ferdinand
Del Amitri
Primal Scream

all listed on a site: [scotlandinter.net]

Seems like the Celtic bretheren from across the pond have some bigger name acts than the Scots.

Yay, the latest has-been article from HB.

And that's a stellar line-up of 70/80's leftovers you have coming up. I especially can't wait to hear more about David Byrne's crappy world music, or another round of what happened to Frampton's career.

Riveting journalism.