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  Simple Minds - Band information and album discography
Simple Minds are not what they used to be.
Since the early '90s they have slowly slipped from an important musical institution to a band trying to hold on to what they once had.
However, from 1982 to 1991 they released half a dozen truly fantastic albums and I guess these years represent the true Simple Minds era.
www.lemec.net /simpleminds.html   (116 words)

  
  WDR 2 - Der Sender. - Musik - Bildergalerie - Simple Minds am 26.02.2006 in Bielefeld
Simple Minds, das sind vor allem der charismatische Sänger und Frontmann Jim Kerr sowie Gitarrist Charles " Charlie" Burchill.
Bereits 1977 spielen die beiden zusammen in der Punk-Formation "Johnnie and the Self Abusers", die sich 1978 in reduzierter Besetzung und in Anlehnung an einen Bowie-Song in "Simple Minds" umbenennt.
Dass die Simple Minds schließlich doch zustimmen, bewirkt ihren weltweiten Durchbruch: "Don't you" katapultiert die Schotten international und das einzige Mal in ihrer Karriere auch in Übersee an die Spitze der Charts.
www.wdr.de /radio/wdr2/musikbildergalerie/musikbildergalerie_detail.phtml?id=327456   (631 words)

  
 La Vanguardia - Dando la nota - El momento Simple Minds
Con Simple Minds no estamos hablando de ritmos de moda y melodías resultonas, sino que sus éxitos perduran en el tiempo porque musicalmente son buenos.
Simple Minds forma parte del bagaje musical de toda una generación, que, a menudo sin saberlo, son capaces de tararear muchos de sus éxitos.
La familiaridad del sonido Simple Minds también se hace patente porque es un grupo que, en ocasiones, representa la recopilación del sonido de muchas de las formaciones de los ochenta de éxito.
www.lavanguardia.es /lv24h/20060320/imp_51243824781.html   (927 words)

  
 SIMPLE MINDS - ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY - ENDLESS RIVER MAGAZINE
Simple Minds was founded in 1978 by Jim Kerr (vocals), Charlie Burchill (guitar), Tony Donald (bass) en Brian McGee (drums).
Simple Minds slowly began to outgrow their cult status.
It is also the first song of Simple Minds to be released on CD (single).
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/FReyniers/BIOENG.htm   (1521 words)

  
 Home of SMF: Free PHP and MySQL forum software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Simple Machines Forum — SMF in short — is a free, professional grade software package that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes.
Simple Machines is proud to announce the release of SMF 1.1.4.
Simple Machines LLC announces “The Meeting of the Minds”
www.simplemachines.org   (351 words)

  
 Welcome to Alley Cat's Simple Minds page
Sample Minds ­ the Simple Minds tribute band, will be appearing with none other than Four Good Men ­ who feature Simple Minds' legendary founder members Mick McNeil and Derek Forbes.
In the afternoon there is a ticket only function for fans to get together and celebrate 30 years of Simple Minds music.
This site was originally designed for the members of the "late" Simple Minds community on www.simpleminds.com.
simple.minds.free.fr   (260 words)

  
 CD Baby: A TRIBUTE TO SIMPLE MINDS: Swimming Towards the Sun
Swimming Towards the Sun is a collective tribute to Simple Minds from 15 different indie bands.
i was really eager to listen to this cd as i am a massive simple minds fan,i was really pleasantly suprised with what i heard what i really enjoyed about this cd is that all the songs are really different from simple minds versions and the tribute bands really hit it off well.
A Simple Minds tribute CD was well overdue and this is a great find.
www.cdbaby.com /simpleminds   (648 words)

  
 Simple Minds - Virgin Radio
Simple Minds took their name from a line in the Bowie track Jean Genie: 'so simple-minded, he can't drive his module'.
Simple Minds is a rock band from Scotland, which had its greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early-1990s.
Simple Minds have secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being its number one worldwide hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.
www.virginradio.co.uk /music/artists/simple_minds   (370 words)

  
 Simple Minds
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) - Sheet Music (Digital Download)
SIMPLE MINDS Tour Book Good news from The next world
SIMPLE MINDS Poster Scottish Tour 2002 42x30cm Poster
www.broken-mind.net /simple-minds.htm   (115 words)

  
 Sparkle in the Rain - Simple Minds - Music Reviews
Scotland's Simple Minds get creative and passionate on Sparkle in the Rain, their seventh album released prior to their mid-'80s heyday of heralding the charts.
Songs like "Waterfront" and "Book of Brilliant Things" are finely cut tracks with Simple Minds' signature harking, but the glossy verse behind "Up on the Catwalk" is what's most appealing.
Piano vibes are pinch-hitting and Kerr's songwriting thrives on celebrity and the falling grace that coincides that.
www.mp3.com /albums/14573/reviews.html   (449 words)

  
  Simple Minds: Early Gold - PopMatters Music Review
Prior to the big breakthrough hits, Simple Minds made some fine music, particularly with the danceable, inviting, and infectious hi-hat friendly “Changeling”, which seems to have haunted bands like the Rapture, No Doubt, and Franz Ferdinand.
Perhaps the biggest complaint for Simple Minds is that they truly turned their back on their early material.
While you won’t hear Simple Minds perform hordes of these songs live, one would be wise not to overlook them.
www.popmatters.com /pm/music/reviews/6708/simple-minds-early-gold   (950 words)

  
  Simple Minds Information
Simple Minds' initial recordings, such as Life in a Day, but primarily Real To Real Cacophony and Empires and Dance, were heavily influenced by Kraftwerk, Neu and similar European artists, and to that end, Simple Minds promoted itself as a European band, not a Scottish or UK band.
Because of Simple Minds' powerful stage presence and lyrics that trafficked in Christian symbolism, the band was often unfairly criticized by some in the music press as a lesser version of U2, despite the fact that both bands were heading in different musical directions.
Simple Minds' latest album, Black and White 050505, released in the fall of 2005, was previewed on the band's official website for several weeks prior to its release.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Simple_Minds   (2361 words)

  
 Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds Songfacts
Forsey was a big fan of Simple Minds, so he tried to get them to perform the song, which they did at the insistence of their record company.
Simple Minds only lyrical input on this track was the 'La, la, la, la' in the last 20 seconds that repeats until fade.
Simple Minds were huge in the UK right throughout their recording career dating back to 1977, but after not releasing any new material between 1991 and 1995, they lost momentum, although they have continued to record until the present day
www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=1582   (862 words)

  
 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) and Once Upon a Time (Remastered) CDs Reviewed on AudioVideoRevolution.com
Simple Minds holds a clear place in history, but it seems to be less a place in musical history than it is a place in the history of popular culture.
Hailing from Scotland, Simple Minds emerged in the late 1970s as something of an art rock band that had a knack for big things, a trait that, along with Jim Kerr’s lead vocals, had many a fan and critic comparing them favorably to U2.
At the end of the day, Simple Minds holds a place in musical history, and though they continued to produce music nearly to this day, these two albums hold the sound that they were most known for.
www.avrev.com /music/revs/simpleminds.shtml   (646 words)

  
 Simple Minds - Néapolis
Simple Minds lade ju av just för att de stora gesterna blev allt tommare i takt med alla medlemsbyten.
Hade Simple Minds återförenats på riktigt hade det kanske låtit bättre.
För en grupp som Simple Minds är denna tekniska hjälp förödande.
www.rockguiden.se /simple.htm   (737 words)

  
 Vague addition(Simple Minds?)
I was reading Ultimate Guitar.com today and happened across an article about the Simple Minds coming back together.
Hell, +1 to add Westerberg to the fest, although his drummer's on tour with Soul Asylum.
I really liked Simple Minds around 1983-1987, but that ship seems to have sailed...I'd be more interested in a Replacements reunion as well.
www.lollapalooza.com /forum/fb.aspx?go=prev&m=15088&viewType=tm   (315 words)

  
 Simple Machines LLC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
October 21, 2007, 10:36:36 AM Simple Machines Blog
In order to help increase the communication between the team and the public we have put together a set of blogs that the team will update periodically.
SMF MoTM (Meeting of The Minds) - September 30, 2007, 08:04:46 PM
blogs.simplemachines.org   (491 words)

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