yep! That one and Sparkle in the rain! With Waterfront on it. Loved them. However I once saw them live and in their frontprogramme (how do you call that) they had The Waterboys....and they outplayed them (live I mean)
New Gold dream is not only my fav Simple Minds album but one of my top 10 albums of all time. Listened to it the other day in fact stoned oot ma nut....aaah it took me back.
You have to hear "Alive and Kicking" it is just classic, the bass playing and the drumming are spectacular. "Ghost Dancing," "All the things she said," and "Sanctify Yourself" among others.
Under appreciated? 16 top 40 albums Inc 3 no.1s. They were the first band to be asked to play in the Philidelphia stage of live aid. .They headlined some big venues. I've seen them about 12 times during the 80s. Including MK Bowl and Wembley Stadium. The only band who were probably bigger during their peak, would've been U2. In fairness,though, they didn't have the same success in the US
They fell hard in the 2000's but came back in the 2010's with great respect and unbelievable songs. And frankly their output since has been stellar in my opinion. They've been around for more than 40 years, filled stadiums, had a hard time and came back still strong and vital. Then again bands from this era always faded away from success for some time, except maybe Depeche Mode. But a new generation rediscovered them and that's how they stay in our (simple) minds :) !
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Alive and Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself"!! edit- lead singer Jim Kerr was married to The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde '90-'96. You are overdue for a Pretenders banger "Mystery Achievement"!!!!
Simple Minds was a band the ''cool'' kids listened to, they weren't 'main stream' but had a large following. a couple of radio hits made them a known name but mostly close in followers like people who liked, ''Echo and the Bunnymen''
I wasn’t a “cool kid” and I listened to them. And “”Don’t You (Forget About Me)” is a mainstream 80’s classic if there ever was one. Sure, they had more of an edge to them but they were very accessible. ✌🏽
The 80s = heavy bass. It was in almost every genre. This song epitomizes New Wave. I need to create an 80s new wave playlist...such great childhood memories ❤
The bass player Derek Forbes was very important to Simple Minds' early sound. After "Don't You", Jim Kerr kicked him out. It was some kind of love triangle. Forbes thought it would blow over and he expected someone to call him and ask him to get back. But no one called him...Forbes' bass lines are very inspired by 70's disco and funk. Before bands like Simple Minds, really innovative bass lines were rare in pop music. Paul McCartney was an obvious rare example of good bass lines.
A lot of Bass back then had a strong mid range focus which pulled it front and center of the mix. Popular basses at the time like the Aria SB range, the almost mythical Wal basses, and the every reliable work horse Fender Precision Bass all had tighter bottom ends and a mid range hump that give a focused attack.
@@chrillekrook-odeal8875 Do you know why Jim Kerr kicked him out ? After Jim Kerr kicked him out, the band was musically a shadow of itself, dunno if it was because they were so creative and untouchable during their 6 first years and such a high bar couldn't last or if it was because Derek was such a key part of their musical genius that they couldn't reproduce the miracle of their first years.
@@Maitatron You should read Graeme Thomson's biography "Theme for great cities". It told me so much not only about the band, but also about how music can be made. It doesn't have to be someone strumming an acoustic guitar. It can be 4-5 persons improvising and finally arriving at something resembling a song...as it was in their case. - Anyway, in this book it turns out that Derek was getting more focused on partying, girls, cars etc than the band. He was getting on the other guys' nerves. At some point he crashed his car and he wasn't sober. Some time later Jim Kerr called their manager Bruce Findlay and said that Derek had to go. Derek wasn't surprised when he found out...
As others have said, "Alive and Kicking" is epic. And also "Sanctify Yourself," "All the Things She Said," and "Once Upon a Time." Really great. And some of their earlier stuff, "New Gold Dream, 81, 82, 83, 84" and "Up on the Catwalk" are great too.
"New Gold Dream", "Speed Your Love To Me", "Someone Somewhere in Summertime", "Glittering Prize", "Alive and Kicking", and "All the Things She Said" are other great songs by the band worth checking out
Under-appreciated band. Their album 'Sparkle in the Rain' is among my favorite albums of all time. Two great tracks from that album are 'Up on the Catwalk' and 'Waterfront. ' I think you'll enjoy both.
My mind is just blown! 🤯Major props to you guys for doing this one!! My favorite Simple Minds tune By Far! Jay, you keyed right in. The bassline here is just killer! If I had a dollar for every time my friends and I vibed out to this, as a pre-teen, I'd be a millionaire. "Alive and kicking" should be next! Cheers!
I never thought I would see this song being reacted to because it's kind of obscure. I like that you're doing it, though. This whole Once Upon a Time album is really loaded with good songs. "Alive and Kicking" and "See the Lights" (which came later) are two songs that you'll eventually want to get to.
@@James-hd6ez I read that it was recorded in the early spring of 1982. Forbes, MacNeil and Burchill had something funky going on, inspired by an American song they'd heard on the radio. Kerr listened to their jamming and began singing words to it. - Once Upon A Time Is really a very different Simple Minds. The excellent bass player Derek Forbes had been replaced by a professional, but not so innovative, colleague called John Giblin. He had a very different sound, he didn't lead the way for the others, but accompanied them. OUAT is a very good album, but it can never compete with NGD in my world. :)
I've been a fan of Simple Minds since the early 80s,absolutely the best band live I've heard and still going even now.. They started off as a punk band in 78,"Johnny and the Self Abusers" in Glasgow Scotland but jumped that particular ship and kicked on as Simple Minds mercifully..
Don't know if Jay is going to like this group or song, but this group as underrated as they were and are .....one of my favorite all-time bands. The musicianship is Excellent....and deep deep lyrics.....and his voice is so great with echos of David Bowie's voice was a great fit for me..
"Alive and Kicking" is my favorite from these guys. Great female backup singer, Robin Clark, featured. Make sure you watch the official version with the video.
The 70s had parallels of disco and rock to the 90s dance music and grunge . The 80s were just a unique stand alone decade of music . The diversity was staggering . For the pure entertainment value , check out Life At The Outpost ( missing verse included ) by The Skatt Brothers . The song is catchy and the singing is great but the video clip and the dance routines are hilarious . Other artists that were big in the 80s you haven’t checked out yet Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy or I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid Mondo Rock - Cool World or State of The Heart
Always Love when Simple Minds oldies play on the Radio. Unique and another reason why the '80s to me was Best Decade for Rock/Pop Music! Great Choice & Reaction You Guys! :)
I this is very reminiscent of the incredible music of the early 80s new wave, New Romantic, synth pop sound. I don’t know if anyone else has suggested these but I feel if you haven’t done these already then you really must react to: - Spandau Ballet ‘ To cut a long story short’ - Duran Duran ‘Planet Earth’ - ABC ‘Poison Arrow’ - Ultravox ‘Vienna’
This was a big album for the band, it took them in a slightly more commercial direction, a strong record with New Gold Dream 81- 82 - 83 - 84 one of the best tracks on the album. IMHO!
Yeah I agree. This was their first real commercial album success....and their 6th release (if you count sister feelings as a single album) Someone, somewhere is my fave from this album.
Big Simple Minds fan here, so glad you came back to them! Further suggestions: New Gold Dream, Waterfront, Up On the Catwalk, Book of Brilliant Things, Sanctify Yourself and the phenomenal Alive and Kicking.
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United State
Americans should know that Simple Minds were very big in the UK and Northern Europe (and perhaps Canada and Australia) a few years before they scored a hit in the US with a song they didn't wanna record at first asking. Around 1982-83, Simple Minds were one of the coolest bands in countries like Sweden and the Netherlands.
I really don’t care for this band, but they do have song I really love - “New Gold Dream”. The first time I heard it on shuffle I was in awe and had no idea who performed it.
Speed your love to me, Waterfront, Up on the Catwalk, Big Sleep, Someone Somewhere in Summertime, Alive & Kicking, Ghost dancing, etc, etc. Amazing band, with an amazing catalogue of songs. More please!
While "Alive and Kicking" is probably their best song, this song right here is pure 100% pure New Wave! Songs like this was the reason I became a New Waver. Just cool music!!!
Simple Minds has a great gem of a song that you've probably never heard before. Look for the song "Mandela Day" which was released on their '89 "Street Fighting Years" LP/CD.
simple minds have made 18 albums during more than 40 years of career. the best tracks are : street fighting years let there be love seeing out an angel dolphins belfast child shadows and lights oh jungleland waterfront speed your love to me mandela day big sleep see the lights and also, many beautiful instrumental tracks : shake off the ghosts someone up there likes you when spirits rise women and ghosts
I know you love your 80s so you'll love this one, the band is 'The Blue Nile' and the track 'Stay'. Still gives me goose-bumps almost 40 years on. Or try the haunting 'Heatwave' ... every track on that album is diamond
The Downtown Lights is simply gorgeous, as is Tinseltown In The Rain. Headlights On The Parade has a fascinating swirling polyrhythmic synth arrangement under the piano. Great music.
Simple Minds is a great band from the 80's. I believe at one point I had their greatest hits album. I do believe I suggested this one a long while back, so thanks for doing it. "Waterfront" "Belfast Child" "Glittering Prize" "Speed Your Love To Me" "The Tube" "Someone Somewhere In Summertime" "See The Lights" "Love Song" "Up On The Catwalk" "Let There Be Love" "She's A River" "Real Life" Patreon Movie Suggestion: Toy Soldiers (1991) with Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, R. Lee Ermey, Keith Coogan, Jerry Orbach, and Louis Gossett, Jr. You might enjoy the song "Promises, Promises" by Naked Eyes.
Never noticed how similar this song sounds like "Poison Arrow" by ABC. Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) and Martin Frye (ABC) vocals are very similar. Check out SM's "Up On the Catwalk", it's really different than their other top 40 hits. ✌️ ☮️
Great Simple Minds song choice! If you like funky bass lines, listen to their early hit 'Waterfront.' There is the early studio version and later live versions to appreciate. Cheers.
Love songs, upon the catwalk, speed your love to me, New gold dream, hunter and the hunted, big sleep, Oh jungleland, Mandela day and so on ..... best of Simple Minds, saw them in 1984 in concert, Avignon , France, Best day of my life.
I was so worried you weren't going to like this song, this is real Simple Minds. At the time, for longtime Simple Minds fans, "Alive and Kicking" and "Don't You Forget About Me" seemed like selling out to a mainstream American market (I learned to like those songs when I got older though). This album, "New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84," was one of my teenage treasures that got me through many rough patches, they had many hits off it (and you'll pick up a theme of "gold," "shine," "glittering" throughout). The other great songs from it: "Someone, Somewhere, in Summertime'" (I think is their best song ever) "Glittering Prize" "New Gold Dream" Later great hits; "Up on the Catwalk" (awesome song!) "Speed Your Love to Me" Now, if you REALLY want to go back and get into music of where the 80s sound you love came out of, you can get more immediate post-punk with "The Changeling" from 1979, this was a massive clear the dancefloor song for me in the 80s, but it is very dark with heavy instrumentation.
@@jameswilson7790That’s actually the perfect way to phrase it. I think this could apply to many other bands of the time. Depeche Mode and Psychedelic Furs come to top of mind.
Sweat in bullit, i travel, love song, somebody up there loves you, New gold dream, and Theme for great cities are my special dancefloor simple minds tracks. I've danced my pants of on these ;-) That bassist is pure legend.
My favorite Simple Minds is "Waterfront" - great new wave sound. Next you need to hear Echo & the Bunnymen - start with "Lips Like Sugar" or "Bring on the Dancing Horses" (please don't start with "The Killing Moon").
Yes! Yes! J and A you just found one of the cool hipster songs of the 80's! The radest Simple Minds. Makes me miss the 80's really hard! ALSO - unrelated but a future must-hear, especially for Jay - "All night thing" by the Invisible man's band. Funk at it's roller-rink finest from the early 80's.
Simple Minds… A huge staple on the radios in Southern California back in the 80s! “Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime” is one of my favorite tunes by them!
Speed Your Love To Me, Waterfront, Glittering Prize, Sanctify Yourself are all amazing tracks you haven't reacted to yet. As a Scotsman, Simple Minds is the best band we've ever produced. Absolutely World class and my God I LOVE Jim Kerr's voice.
Simple Minds was one of many interesting Scottish bands in the 80s. Bands like The Blue Nile with "Tinseltown In The Rain" and "Stay", Altered Images with "I Could Be Happy", Jesus And Mary Chain with that wall of guitar noise around classic 60s pop melodies like "You Trip Me Up", Orange Juice with "Rip It Up" and Edwyn Collins' classic "A Girl Like You" with its bluesy fuzzed out guitar, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, Aztec Camera, The Associates, Cocteau Twins, Blow Monkeys, Strawberry Switchblade-I mean that barely scratches the surface. So many amazing unique bands. They really made a huge portion of alternative pop and rock. Dive in, you two!
I saw them at the Universal Amphitheater (Los Angeles) in 1985. GREAT show! Shriekback opened for them. Derek Forbes (bassist) broke his ankle the night prior to the show, but was such a trooper! He sat in a tall chair, with his ankle (in a plaster cast) propped up on a pedestal, and didn't miss a beat!
Jay and Amber, These guys are a pure Artistic Gem!! I can't wait for you all to get further into their catalog!! They are supposed to come to North America for a Tour soon!!! @RobSquadReactions
I can't tell you how happy it made me to see you both grooving to this tune--it's one of my all-time faves and holds a lot of meaning for me. #ThatBASSTho ❤🔥
Thank you for the great reaction videos you continually put out, with jobs & 3 young children I know it can't be easy. Know that your Rob Squad family loves & appreciates you. Ahhh the 80's... great music, fun, daring hairstyles & statement worthy clothes❤ Another great 80's song is "Promises, Promises" by Naked Eyes
I saw these at Wembley Stadium in 1989 & again in Kew Gardens 2014. Singer is Jim Kerr, Scottish band. I was an eighties child in London, sweet sixteen in 1980, brilliant decade
Always here for the scotch pop. Congratulations on meeting the real Simple Minds! I've been a fan since the early 80's. Some of my favorites: Love Song, Glittering Prize, The American, Someone Somewhere in Summertime, and Waterfront with a bass track to die for!
You 2 are great. First time I've commented here, but watched a few of your reactions. Glad you like this band. I do too. Will think of some tracks to recommend you. God bless
A friend was a mega fan. He bred top pedigree Bull Mastiffs and named a few of them after Simple Minds albums. He took me to see Simple Minds play in Glasgow as a well established band. Waterfront is a great track from their earlier stuff. I think Jim Kerr ( lead vocals ) met Charlie Burchill ( lead guitar ) in their very first years at school in Glasgow, so it has been a very long association. Fun fact , the pair started out in a punk band called Johnny and the Self Abusers !
"Alive and kicking" "Sanctify yourself" "All the things she said". Three of my favorites.
The whole album.
Yes, yes, and yes! Totally agree!
Definitely need to do Alive and Kicking and All the things she said, but also Someone Somewhere (In the Summertime) and Belfast Child
Can't forget ghostdancing
I Agree with you, I've been waiting for "Alive and Kicking and "All The Things She Said "
I lived in Edinburgh in the '80's and they were a massive Scottish talent. "New Gold Dream" is a great album.
I still have my super cool translucent gold & purple vinyl!
yep! That one and Sparkle in the rain! With Waterfront on it. Loved them. However I once saw them live and in their frontprogramme (how do you call that) they had The Waterboys....and they outplayed them (live I mean)
ahem...British talent... 😉
New Gold dream is not only my fav Simple Minds album but one of my top 10 albums of all time.
Listened to it the other day in fact stoned oot ma nut....aaah it took me back.
I dream of moving to Scotland. Could you please tell me why you left? Thanks.
You have to hear "Alive and Kicking" it is just classic, the bass playing and the drumming are spectacular. "Ghost Dancing," "All the things she said," and "Sanctify Yourself" among others.
Simple Minds had some remarkably funky bass grooves for a new wave band!
The video of Alive and Kicking is fantastic, with some incredible scenery
Loved Alive and kicking! My era in the U.K! X
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!! This is my all-time favorite new wave/80s song! I still listen to it, swaying the whole time.
“Someone Somewhere in Summertime” is a time machine directly to the early 80s.
Just brilliant!
Such an under appreciated band. Alive and Kicking or The Things She Said are favorites
Under appreciated by whom? They're not, they're held in high regard.
Under appreciated? 16 top 40 albums Inc 3 no.1s. They were the first band to be asked to play in the Philidelphia stage of live aid. .They headlined some big venues. I've seen them about 12 times during the 80s. Including MK Bowl and Wembley Stadium. The only band who were probably bigger during their peak, would've been U2. In fairness,though, they didn't have the same success in the US
They fell hard in the 2000's but came back in the 2010's with great respect and unbelievable songs. And frankly their output since has been stellar in my opinion. They've been around for more than 40 years, filled stadiums, had a hard time and came back still strong and vital. Then again bands from this era always faded away from success for some time, except maybe Depeche Mode. But a new generation rediscovered them and that's how they stay in our (simple) minds :) !
Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Alive and Kicking" and "Sanctify Yourself"!!
edit- lead singer Jim Kerr was married to The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde '90-'96. You are overdue for a Pretenders banger "Mystery Achievement"!!!!
Took the words right out of my mouth. All of them. And Mystery Achievement is one of the greatest bass lines ever!
Here here! I always back your endorsement of "Mystery Achievement". "Talk of the Town" being my other favorite. Love the Pretenders.
Great call on "Mystery Achievement" - a woefully underplayed Pretenders song.
@@cjk5115 thanks man!
Great band. Jim Kerr is the lead singers name. And yes, "Alive and Kicking" is an exceptional song and a must listen!
"Love song " is quintessentially a 80's new wave classic
Simple Minds was a band the ''cool'' kids listened to, they weren't 'main stream' but had a large following. a couple of radio hits made them a known name but mostly close in followers like people who liked, ''Echo and the Bunnymen''
I kinda can’t believe they haven’t listened to Echo and the Bunnymen yet. Especially since they love the bands with weird names. 🙂
I wasn’t a “cool kid” and I listened to them. And “”Don’t You (Forget About Me)” is a mainstream 80’s classic if there ever was one. Sure, they had more of an edge to them but they were very accessible. ✌🏽
Dead Milkmen...
The Killing Moon. Such a great song.
Its time. I think the guys are finally ready for The Bunnymen. Lets make it happen!
Two tracks that I love most by this band are "Glittering Prize" and "Belfast Child". Well worth a listen.
Yesss...glittering prize ❤ one of my favorites
Belfast Child moves me so much.
Glittering Prize is one of my favorites from them, along with Promised You A Miracle
Glittering prize is excellent, I detest Belfast Child now though I did like it when it was released.
Ah man, my all time favorite song by Simple Minds.
L❤VE L❤VE L❤VE this song!!!!!!!
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream, was a "New Wave" gem in '82. The whole musical landscape was transforming. Great times!
The 80s = heavy bass. It was in almost every genre. This song epitomizes New Wave. I need to create an 80s new wave playlist...such great childhood memories ❤
The bass player Derek Forbes was very important to Simple Minds' early sound. After "Don't You", Jim Kerr kicked him out. It was some kind of love triangle. Forbes thought it would blow over and he expected someone to call him and ask him to get back. But no one called him...Forbes' bass lines are very inspired by 70's disco and funk. Before bands like Simple Minds, really innovative bass lines were rare in pop music. Paul McCartney was an obvious rare example of good bass lines.
A lot of Bass back then had a strong mid range focus which pulled it front and center of the mix. Popular basses at the time like the Aria SB range, the almost mythical Wal basses, and the every reliable work horse Fender Precision Bass all had tighter bottom ends and a mid range hump that give a focused attack.
@@chrillekrook-odeal8875 Do you know why Jim Kerr kicked him out ? After Jim Kerr kicked him out, the band was musically a shadow of itself, dunno if it was because they were so creative and untouchable during their 6 first years and such a high bar couldn't last or if it was because Derek was such a key part of their musical genius that they couldn't reproduce the miracle of their first years.
@@Maitatron You should read Graeme Thomson's biography "Theme for great cities". It told me so much not only about the band, but also about how music can be made. It doesn't have to be someone strumming an acoustic guitar. It can be 4-5 persons improvising and finally arriving at something resembling a song...as it was in their case. - Anyway, in this book it turns out that Derek was getting more focused on partying, girls, cars etc than the band. He was getting on the other guys' nerves. At some point he crashed his car and he wasn't sober. Some time later Jim Kerr called their manager Bruce Findlay and said that Derek had to go. Derek wasn't surprised when he found out...
As others have said, "Alive and Kicking" is epic. And also "Sanctify Yourself," "All the Things She Said," and "Once Upon a Time." Really great. And some of their earlier stuff, "New Gold Dream, 81, 82, 83, 84" and "Up on the Catwalk" are great too.
Can i add "Hunter and the Hunted"
"Love Song" and "Sweat in Bullet" are my two favourite Simple Minds songs. But they have many more hits!
Love Song (thrillseekers mix) on youtube, check it out.
"New Gold Dream", "Speed Your Love To Me", "Someone Somewhere in Summertime", "Glittering Prize", "Alive and Kicking", and "All the Things She Said" are other great songs by the band worth checking out
Absolutely love that album.
My man! 💯! 👏🥂
Glittering Prize, All The Things She Said, Someone Somewhere In Summertime are a few more Simple Minds hits for you to listen to.
Alive and Kicking is amazing. I personally love it more than Don't You Forget About Me. That song and video are a must. Very uplifting!
The New Gold Dream album is
One of my all time favorites. Glittering Prize, Someone, Somewhere in Summer time are both off that album.
I have always loved this song. So gratified that you like it, too.
Oh, the hair and fashion. Yes, that lady was the height of 80s fashion. Great song!
Under-appreciated band. Their album 'Sparkle in the Rain' is among my favorite albums of all time. Two great tracks from that album are 'Up on the Catwalk' and 'Waterfront. ' I think you'll enjoy both.
here here 😂hunter and the hunted brill 🎉
My mind is just blown! 🤯Major props to you guys for doing this one!! My favorite Simple Minds tune By Far! Jay, you keyed right in. The bassline here is just killer! If I had a dollar for every time my friends and I vibed out to this, as a pre-teen, I'd be a millionaire. "Alive and kicking" should be next! Cheers!
“Wish you were here” is my personal favourite and obviously the theme from The Breakfast Club.
So FLASHBACK early 80s…. 16 and driving my very first car jamming to these awesome alternative/new wave/ New Romantics/scall music 🎶❤️❤️❤️👍
One of THE BEST New Wave Bands of the 80's, HANDS DOWN!!!
You picked a great song to review.
I never thought I would see this song being reacted to because it's kind of obscure. I like that you're doing it, though. This whole Once Upon a Time album is really loaded with good songs. "Alive and Kicking" and "See the Lights" (which came later) are two songs that you'll eventually want to get to.
This song was recorded in 1981 and released in 1982 on the "New Gold Dream " Album, " Once upon a time " was released in 1985.
What's obscure about it? First major hit and a fan's firm favourite.
@@James-hd6ez I read that it was recorded in the early spring of 1982. Forbes, MacNeil and Burchill had something funky going on, inspired by an American song they'd heard on the radio. Kerr listened to their jamming and began singing words to it. - Once Upon A Time Is really a very different Simple Minds. The excellent bass player Derek Forbes had been replaced by a professional, but not so innovative, colleague called John Giblin. He had a very different sound, he didn't lead the way for the others, but accompanied them. OUAT is a very good album, but it can never compete with NGD in my world. :)
@chrillekrook-odeal8875 You might be right, but they were playing tracks from "New Gold Dream " around the UK when touring in 1981 .
I've been a fan of Simple Minds since the early 80s,absolutely the best band live I've heard and still going even now.. They started off as a punk band in 78,"Johnny and the Self Abusers" in Glasgow Scotland but jumped that particular ship and kicked on as Simple Minds mercifully..
Sanctify Yourself; All the Things She Said; Alive and Kicking; Ghostdancing; Waterfront; New Gold Dream are 80s gems.
Finally someone reviews this amazing song. Glittering prize ...gotta do that one next.
Don't know if Jay is going to like this group or song, but this group as underrated as they were and are .....one of my favorite all-time bands. The musicianship is Excellent....and deep deep lyrics.....and his voice is so great with echos of David Bowie's voice was a great fit for me..
"Alive and Kicking" is my favorite from these guys. Great female backup singer, Robin Clark, featured. Make sure you watch the official version with the video.
Yes im Scottish and Simple Minds were and still are my Favourite band of all time and "New Gold Dream" is an awesome album 🌺
The 70s had parallels of disco and rock to the 90s dance music and grunge . The 80s were just a unique stand alone decade of music .
The diversity was staggering .
For the pure entertainment value , check out Life At The Outpost ( missing verse included ) by The Skatt Brothers . The song is catchy and the singing is great but the video clip and the dance routines are hilarious .
Other artists that were big in the 80s you haven’t checked out yet
Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy or I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid
Mondo Rock - Cool World or State of The Heart
Always Love when Simple Minds oldies play on the Radio. Unique and another reason why the '80s to me was Best Decade for Rock/Pop Music! Great Choice & Reaction You Guys! :)
Ah, the wonderful 80"! Miss them times. Great video as always. Cheers!!
I don’t even remember this song, the other song I would’ve expected from them would’ve been alive and kicking
Love song and alive and kicking are top tunes from this group
More, more, more Simple Minds
‘Live in the City of Light’ is still to this day one of my all time favourite albums. They are amazing live 🫶🏼
I love the live version of Book of Brilluant Things on that. Saw SM live 3 times in 85 to 86. Still l9ve them
@@jezzthesecondhandman I managed to see them at Maine Rd in 91, they had Voice of the Bee Hive, OMD and the Stranglers supporting, was a great day.
@@_mdb_ I remember Voice of the Beehive because Woody and Bedders from Madness were members
They were at their peak at that time. Awesome live performance
I this is very reminiscent of the incredible music of the early 80s new wave, New Romantic, synth pop sound.
I don’t know if anyone else has suggested these but I feel if you haven’t done these already then you really must react to:
- Spandau Ballet ‘ To cut a long story short’
- Duran Duran ‘Planet Earth’
- ABC ‘Poison Arrow’
- Ultravox ‘Vienna’
This is my fave song of theirs. I got to see them live at The MacEwan Hall Ballroom in Calgary 1982/83. You may like Glittering Prize, too
My all-time fave 80s band. If you want an even dancier Simple minds song, try New Gold Dream !!!!!!!
This was a big album for the band, it took them in a slightly more commercial direction, a strong record with New Gold Dream 81- 82 - 83 - 84 one of the best tracks on the album. IMHO!
Yeah I agree. This was their first real commercial album success....and their 6th release (if you count sister feelings as a single album) Someone, somewhere is my fave from this album.
My favorite early song of Simple Minds is "Love Song" - which is synth pop with a mysterious twist and cool beat. Lotsa luv ❣
Big Simple Minds fan here, so glad you came back to them! Further suggestions: New Gold Dream, Waterfront, Up On the Catwalk, Book of Brilliant Things, Sanctify Yourself and the phenomenal Alive and Kicking.
Love early 80s Simple Minds. ❤
Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United State
Another great Scottish band from Westwood, Glasgow is Aztec Camera.
Americans should know that Simple Minds were very big in the UK and Northern Europe (and perhaps Canada and Australia) a few years before they scored a hit in the US with a song they didn't wanna record at first asking. Around 1982-83, Simple Minds were one of the coolest bands in countries like Sweden and the Netherlands.
Alive and Kicking...2nd biggest hit next to Don't You Forget About Me.
One of my all time favorite groups . I’m so glad I grew up in the 80’s.. I Travel
One of the best 80's bands for sure
I really don’t care for this band, but they do have song I really love - “New Gold Dream”. The first time I heard it on shuffle I was in awe and had no idea who performed it.
Please do “Alive and Kicking” by these guys next, in my opinion one of the most underrated songs of the 1980s
The eighties definitely produced so many brilliant bands and songs it's still my favourite decade..
Speed your love to me, Waterfront, Up on the Catwalk, Big Sleep, Someone Somewhere in Summertime, Alive & Kicking, Ghost dancing, etc, etc. Amazing band, with an amazing catalogue of songs. More please!
While "Alive and Kicking" is probably their best song, this song right here is pure 100% pure New Wave! Songs like this was the reason I became a New Waver. Just cool music!!!
Simple Minds has a great gem of a song that you've probably never heard before. Look for the song "Mandela Day" which was released on their
'89 "Street Fighting Years" LP/CD.
simple minds have made 18 albums during more than 40 years of career. the best tracks are :
street fighting years
let there be love
seeing out an angel
dolphins
belfast child
shadows and lights
oh jungleland
waterfront
speed your love to me
mandela day
big sleep
see the lights
and also, many beautiful instrumental tracks :
shake off the ghosts
someone up there likes you
when spirits rise
women and ghosts
Absolutely love this song, Simple Minds always delivered sweet sounds to my soul. Thanks for reviewing it!
I know you love your 80s so you'll love this one, the band is 'The Blue Nile' and the track 'Stay'. Still gives me goose-bumps almost 40 years on. Or try the haunting 'Heatwave' ... every track on that album is diamond
The Downtown Lights is simply gorgeous, as is Tinseltown In The Rain. Headlights On The Parade has a fascinating swirling polyrhythmic synth arrangement under the piano. Great music.
Yessssss! Come through 1980s new synth wave rock!! It's my very favorite Simple Minds song.
It slaps, kicks, and grooves.
Simple Minds is a great band from the 80's. I believe at one point I had their greatest hits album. I do believe I suggested this one a long while back, so thanks for doing it. "Waterfront" "Belfast Child" "Glittering Prize" "Speed Your Love To Me" "The Tube" "Someone Somewhere In Summertime" "See The Lights" "Love Song" "Up On The Catwalk" "Let There Be Love" "She's A River" "Real Life" Patreon Movie Suggestion: Toy Soldiers (1991) with Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, R. Lee Ermey, Keith Coogan, Jerry Orbach, and Louis Gossett, Jr. You might enjoy the song "Promises, Promises" by Naked Eyes.
"The hunter and the hunted" "Ghostdancing" "I Travel"👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Never noticed how similar this song sounds like "Poison Arrow" by ABC. Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) and Martin Frye (ABC) vocals are very similar. Check out SM's "Up On the Catwalk", it's really different than their other top 40 hits. ✌️ ☮️
Great Simple Minds song choice! If you like funky bass lines, listen to their early hit 'Waterfront.' There is the early studio version and later live versions to appreciate. Cheers.
Wow, J and Amber pulling out obscure Simple Minds!! Great stuff! You MUST listen to Sanctify Yourself and Alive and Kicking!
Love songs, upon the catwalk, speed your love to me, New gold dream, hunter and the hunted, big sleep, Oh jungleland, Mandela day and so on ..... best of Simple Minds, saw them in 1984 in concert, Avignon , France, Best day of my life.
I was so worried you weren't going to like this song, this is real Simple Minds. At the time, for longtime Simple Minds fans, "Alive and Kicking" and "Don't You Forget About Me" seemed like selling out to a mainstream American market (I learned to like those songs when I got older though).
This album, "New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84," was one of my teenage treasures that got me through many rough patches, they had many hits off it (and you'll pick up a theme of "gold," "shine," "glittering" throughout). The other great songs from it:
"Someone, Somewhere, in Summertime'" (I think is their best song ever)
"Glittering Prize"
"New Gold Dream"
Later great hits;
"Up on the Catwalk" (awesome song!)
"Speed Your Love to Me"
Now, if you REALLY want to go back and get into music of where the 80s sound you love came out of, you can get more immediate post-punk with "The Changeling" from 1979, this was a massive clear the dancefloor song for me in the 80s, but it is very dark with heavy instrumentation.
I know what you mean. But I always saw it like this: Simple Minds never found the mainstream; the mainstream finally found Simple Minds.
@@jameswilson7790That’s actually the perfect way to phrase it. I think this could apply to many other bands of the time. Depeche Mode and Psychedelic Furs come to top of mind.
Sweat in bullit, i travel, love song, somebody up there loves you, New gold dream, and Theme for great cities are my special dancefloor simple minds tracks. I've danced my pants of on these ;-) That bassist is pure legend.
My favorite Simple Minds is "Waterfront" - great new wave sound. Next you need to hear Echo & the Bunnymen - start with "Lips Like Sugar" or "Bring on the Dancing Horses" (please don't start with "The Killing Moon").
Yes! Yes! J and A you just found one of the cool hipster songs of the 80's! The radest Simple Minds. Makes me miss the 80's really hard! ALSO - unrelated but a future must-hear, especially for Jay - "All night thing" by the Invisible man's band. Funk at it's roller-rink finest from the early 80's.
Simple Minds… A huge staple on the radios in Southern California back in the 80s! “Someone, Somewhere, In Summertime” is one of my favorite tunes by them!
Speed Your Love To Me, Waterfront, Glittering Prize, Sanctify Yourself are all amazing tracks you haven't reacted to yet.
As a Scotsman, Simple Minds is the best band we've ever produced. Absolutely World class and my God I LOVE Jim Kerr's voice.
Loved seeing them in concert in the 80`s. Waterfront always got the crowd jumping.
Simple Minds was one of many interesting Scottish bands in the 80s. Bands like The Blue Nile with "Tinseltown In The Rain" and "Stay", Altered Images with "I Could Be Happy", Jesus And Mary Chain with that wall of guitar noise around classic 60s pop melodies like "You Trip Me Up", Orange Juice with "Rip It Up" and Edwyn Collins' classic "A Girl Like You" with its bluesy fuzzed out guitar, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, Aztec Camera, The Associates, Cocteau Twins, Blow Monkeys, Strawberry Switchblade-I mean that barely scratches the surface. So many amazing unique bands. They really made a huge portion of alternative pop and rock. Dive in, you two!
That BASS!!!
Sactify Yourself, New Gold Dream, but Belfast Child moves me to tears.
I guarantee you are going to LOVE 'Waterfront'.
Oooh haven't heard this in such a long time, my favourite of theirs 👍
I saw them at the Universal Amphitheater (Los Angeles) in 1985. GREAT show! Shriekback opened for them. Derek Forbes (bassist) broke his ankle the night prior to the show, but was such a trooper! He sat in a tall chair, with his ankle (in a plaster cast) propped up on a pedestal, and didn't miss a beat!
Jay and Amber, These guys are a pure Artistic Gem!! I can't wait for you all to get further into their catalog!!
They are supposed to come to North America for a Tour soon!!! @RobSquadReactions
I can't tell you how happy it made me to see you both grooving to this tune--it's one of my all-time faves and holds a lot of meaning for me. #ThatBASSTho ❤🔥
Thank you for the great reaction videos you continually put out, with jobs & 3 young children I know it can't be easy. Know that your Rob Squad family loves & appreciates you. Ahhh the 80's... great music, fun, daring hairstyles & statement worthy clothes❤ Another great 80's song is "Promises, Promises" by Naked Eyes
Tons of Aqua Net and lighters burning eyeliner in the bathroom at school.
Omg yes! I'd forgotten about that😆
This is my favorite song by them.or maybe all the things she said. they are a great band!
Yes check out alive and kicking by simple minds .its wonderful .once upon a time was a amazing album ❤
I saw these at Wembley Stadium in 1989 & again in Kew Gardens 2014. Singer is Jim Kerr, Scottish band. I was an eighties child in London, sweet sixteen in 1980, brilliant decade
Always here for the scotch pop. Congratulations on meeting the real Simple Minds! I've been a fan since the early 80's. Some of my favorites: Love Song, Glittering Prize, The American, Someone Somewhere in Summertime, and Waterfront with a bass track to die for!
This song captures that 80's sound just perfectly
Scotlands finest. The first five albums are worth a listen. I’d recommend. I Travel. The American. Love song or New Gold Dream.
LOVE Simple Minds!
"Alive and Kicking" is my favorite!❤️
Simple Minds - Stars Will Lead The Way (Official Video)
Simple Minds - Home (Official Video) 👍👍👍✝✝✝
My wife & I saw them in Orlando a few years ago, absolutely amazing show, one of our all time favorites.
You 2 are great.
First time I've commented here, but watched a few of your reactions.
Glad you like this band. I do too.
Will think of some tracks to recommend you.
God bless
A few other suggestions, " All The Things She Said", "Sanctify Yourself", " Let There Be Love". 😊❤
Appreciate that you guys reacted to “Promised You A Miracle”. Still slaps! 👏🏾✌🏽
Brilliant band👏👏with loads of classic songs
"Jungleland" is my favorite track of thiers.
A friend was a mega fan. He bred top pedigree Bull Mastiffs and named a few of them after Simple Minds albums. He took me to see Simple Minds play in Glasgow as a well established band. Waterfront is a great track from their earlier stuff. I think Jim Kerr ( lead vocals ) met Charlie Burchill ( lead guitar ) in their very first years at school in Glasgow, so it has been a very long association. Fun fact , the pair started out in a punk band called Johnny and the Self Abusers !
SO SO many great tracks and albums by this band. In my top 5 bands. Great choice!!