At 65, Jim has the same wonderful voice he once had. I remember my first New Gold Dream vinyl with which I was delighted and since then I have always listened to and seen them live several times. Jim has always been my idol! ❤👑🎤🎶
In all fairness, he's only singing the parts that anyone can sing. Anything out of his range are handled by backup vocals. That's very common with aging vocalists as vocal chords dry out and get tight. They can still hit the notes but not project them on a live stage. Again, it's not just him, it's a normal part of aging vocal chords. Once warmed up he pushes a bit more but song selection is key as he needs to work up to the more challenging work.
@@Northerner1966it’s funny that I remember the same sentiments being expressed by my parents about Simple Minds and other acts when they were first emerging in the early 80s: “It’s just noise. It was much better in my day” 😂
0:05 Someone Somewhere In Summertime 5:16 Glittering Prize 9:38 Promised You A Miracle 14:11 Sanctify Yourself 19:21 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 25:07 (Followed by Cherisse Osei drum solo) 27:11 Don't You (Forget About Me) 35:52 Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds to me is one of the greatest bands of all time. I turn 64 this year and an Australian. I totally love seeing the younger ones keeping the music alive and really getting into the atmosphere which must bring joy to the band. An absolute well filmed concert.👍🇦🇺☮️
Right up there with INXS. Great bands of the 80's. Still, Sherbet and Howzat still takes some beating...😂 Btw, I do actually love that tune. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
@@tonyska Great to hear you comment about Sherbet and Howzat who had the best drummer in Australia at the time. We had great bands that should have been bigger like Mi Sex and Skyhooks and a NZ band called Dragon to name a few. Icehouse was phenomenal. INXS were amazing from the word go. All great bands of the 80s and let’s not forget Madness and The Specials and that unbelievable album from The Clash. Cheers from Melbourne Australia.🇦🇺☮️
@@tonyska That would have been awesome seeing those icons. I have seen all types of bands from Duran Duran to Pink Floyd and so many more. Found Trevor Horn on UA-cam and he did a great concert in 2004 and check it out. Grace Jones, ABC, Art Of Noise and unbelievable Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Can’t stop watching it. Loved the 80s and it style and influence. Sending heaps of respect from Melbourne Australia.👍
The gift that keeps on giving. Jim Kerr and his ability to rouse a crowd with their still utterly magical songs will never ever get old. What a band, what a performance and a set list that just makes you feel good to be alive. Bravo Simple Minds and Bravo the Isle of White festival.
Simple Minds WERE an excellent band but the rave/ baggy scene killed them. Us young fans just upped and left. The minds music no longer meant anything to us especially after that god awful SFY.
E também é a minha, de um brasileiro de 55 anos que sempre que ouve Mentes Simples volta aos melhores anos da minha juventude. Muita paz para você direto do Brasil.
What a Band & They’re Amazing Live.. seen them MANY times .. Being Scottish 🏴 im Proud of Simple Minds .. they will Always be 1 of my Favourites.. Jim has a Amazing Voice… 🏴💚🥰
Cherisse Osei is a monster drummer for sure. Back in the day though, Mel Gaynor was a drumming hero to me. ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ is one of the greatest drum grooves ever captured on record. I had a poster of him on one of the walls in my drum room for Premier Drums. What a great time to have been alive.
I saw Simple Minds in Vancouver many years ago. They were excellent live. Their double live album in the City of Lights was one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Good to see them still Alive and Kicking!!!
I have seen Simple Minds so many times, and have yet to see a better group live. Masters of their trade. I get very emotional every time I see them as it brings back memories of my late brother who passed away 20 years ago, he was a super fan, he went everywhere to see them. Seeing them for the first time together with him at Milton Keynes bowl (one of many) on a scorching hot day in 1986 is a memory I will cherish forever ❤️
THERE IS ONLY TWO OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS LEFT AS THERE WAS NO FEMALE SINGERS IN THE ORIGINAL SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR BROTHER DEACON BLUE ARE BETTER THEN THESE AND THEY ARE BRILLIENT FROM FIRST SONG TO THE LAST SONG ALSO FROM GLASGOW
@@GazcoybUTFT In your opinion. After 38 years of seeing them live, I am aware of the bands changing line up thanks. I have also seen Deacon Blue 5 times, they were dreadful on each occasion…in my opinion.
Loss of someone close, a family member is so hard to deal with, and it's sad to hear of yours. I have often struggled with listening to some music that takes the emotions back to earlier days when the loss didn't exist. Your brother certainly sounds like he was a devoted fan of a band that has given so many great live performances through the years, which no doubt he enjoyed hugely. You must have lots of fond memories to cherish.
I was at the IOW festival watching this gig and I completely agree with them being Masters of their trade! Such an awesome performance with the sun setting! Loved it!
So beautiful, after all these years, He's so Special!!!!!!!! Thank God for giving us this wonderful Man and his Voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely amazing. They've never been as good as this since ages... Well done JK & Co! You were/are my childhood heroes, the soundtrack of my youth. NGD is probably the best record of the 80s. Love from Belgium.
We were so lucky and honoured to have Simple Minds in Chile, playing at Victor Jara stadium in Santiago. It was wonderful... And I pulled a flag of Scotland, and they saw it and pointed at it... And it was wonderful... Will you ever come back to this side of the world? 🇨🇱❤️🏴
I am almost 64. I was resident dj in Tiffany's, Edinburgh (Mecca). Monday nights were live music night, Regular Music promoted those nights. The dj box was on the stage, I saw Simple Minds, I think 4 times there from only a few feet away. They were awesome every performance. That was a long time ago, pre Virgin Records deal days.
Best thing ever to come out of Scotland absolutely brilliant live seen them for the first time 35 years ago at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland on August 12, 1989 ….Street Fighting Years Tour 🎶🎶🏴❤️🙏👌👍
When the crowd know the words and sings along with you while you’re on stage, has to be one of the greatest feelings as an artist. Has to be an incredible feeling for these guys. 🤘
I never get tired of Simple Minds. My first concert was Simple Minds in 1985 in Valby, just outside Copenhagen. I was 15 Years old. My first record was Simple Minds New Gold Dream. Simple Minds was bigger than U2 until U2 did The Joshua Tree album.
Live I've seen ACDC, Eric Clapton, Guns n Roses, Genesis, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters too name a few. Simple Minds were truly amazing Live. There's a real positive energy that you feel off Jim and the band. If you haven't seen them live please do.
I've seen ac dc bad company 3 times the who twice eagles twice the waterboys tina turner and the great simple minds in sheffield mott the hoople with queen supporting and nazareth in glasgow and Rod twice in Birmingham check out simple minds in Berlin great gig as well
So glad I had my youth in the ‘80’s. What an era.
Try 1960's Liverpool next time.
Me too! Great times 😊
We were the last privileged generation. Don’t you forget about us!!!
🎉❤ still here listening grateful 🙏 growing up enjoy 70s 80s 90s great time to be alive enjoy what we are still here brothers 🎉 God bless 🙌 you
I'm so glad I had my youth, period!
Charlie has to be one of the most underrated guitarists of all time. He's a powerhouse who's sound has defined SM over the decades.
For me it was always Mark Knopfler (Dire Straights), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), and Charlie Burchill (Simple Minds). All great guitarists.
Charlie is one of the ten best guitarists on this planet. It is obvious.
Charlie and Derek Forbes defined their sound. He is an monster bassist
💯 Absolutely agree! Incredibly underrated! Charlie Burchill is an unsung genius on guitar.
He's not underrated. Trust me.
Who's alive and kicking in 2024?
I am!From Suisse!🇨🇭🙋♀️🕊
Me to from Belgium!! Love SM ❤
@@DIANA-rv7zn Hello from Arizona USA!
@@nathaliemalaboeuf1279 Hello from Arizona USA
Sardinia ✌️
I am 62 today and i remember thoses golden years ….thanks to simple minds. Incredible sound. ❤
I’m 65 and yes thank you for those years x
Idem almost 66…
Happy birthday.
I’m 68 ditto!😂
Just clocked in @ 60 feel like a teenager, what a time to be alive.
Been ❤ing Simple Minds since 1981. Legends!
And still listening to Simple Minds in 2024. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Fantastic Simple Mínds in Madrid too
❤Gratidão!!! Esse Jim Kerr ele é super cantor ouvindo do Brasil em 2024 obrigada!!! Gratidão eterna!!!
Jim’s pipes sound good, Simple Minds sounds fresh after 40 years, loved this band in school. The 80s produced extraordinary music.
They kicked some serious ass this night. What a performance, vocals, drums! wow
SIMPLE MINDS is one of the BEST bands in actif .They don't disapoint . Jim and Charli Barhill are goods professionals.❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊
Can't beat 80s music the best! Best groups and very diverse sounds!
His voice is still amazing after all these years !!
He is still an awesome singer at 65
Jim's voice still superb.
Jees, Simple Minds absolutely on fire, amazing set.. they deserve legendary status..
Bullseye buddy. Exactly my thoughts.
At 65, Jim has the same wonderful voice he once had. I remember my first New Gold Dream vinyl with which I was delighted and since then I have always listened to and seen them live several times. Jim has always been my idol! ❤👑🎤🎶
Quel groupe fantastique
I was born in 1965. In 1982 I heard New Gold Dream! The fascination continues to this day!
@@krzysztofdymek5167 1965 was a very good year! :) Born the same year and NGD in -82 was my 1st contact with SM!! :)
@@krzysztofdymek5167 64 here sonny
😅
What a voice. Effortless and timeless!
In all fairness, he's only singing the parts that anyone can sing. Anything out of his range are handled by backup vocals. That's very common with aging vocalists as vocal chords dry out and get tight. They can still hit the notes but not project them on a live stage. Again, it's not just him, it's a normal part of aging vocal chords. Once warmed up he pushes a bit more but song selection is key as he needs to work up to the more challenging work.
On August 19,2024, I'm listening to the 40 years of pure good songs which have made part of my life.
Brilliant band saw them at Manchester Arena 11 years ago and more recently at Bridlington Spa theatre fantastic live.
Excellent Live From SCOTTISH SIMPLE MINDS One of Bigger best Rock roll band in the world since 40 years !!!
I didnt think it was from ENGLISH SIMPLE MINDS 😂
So true. Been there live für 2 times in Hannover in the 90´s ❤.
The worlds Simple Minds. They outgrew Scotland a long time ago. I think Jim lives in Italy now, might be wrong, but I doubt I am
Promised You a miracle still works after 40+ years, amazing!
Omg I bloody love Simple Minds. Jim Kerr is the legend.
The drummer girl is amazing!
Probably Mel Gaynors daughter?
@@mattiemclean9882 No, it's Cherisse Osei.
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The band plays perfectly !!His voice is pure magic and has withstood the passage of time!!
Simple minds with one set completely wipe out every act at glastonbury oh yeah my friends
100%. Glastonbury is shite these days.
No imagination in the line ups just Coldplay and endless rap crap.
I agree 💯 if I were one of the organisers of Glastonbury they would be headlining one of the nights instead of the nonsense that does
@@Northerner1966it’s funny that I remember the same sentiments being expressed by my parents about Simple Minds and other acts when they were first emerging in the early 80s: “It’s just noise. It was much better in my day” 😂
40 years on and absolutely brilliant.
Their music stands the test of time... 🥰
0:05 Someone Somewhere In Summertime
5:16 Glittering Prize
9:38 Promised You A Miracle
14:11 Sanctify Yourself
19:21 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
25:07 (Followed by Cherisse Osei drum solo)
27:11 Don't You (Forget About Me)
35:52 Alive And Kicking
...and Waterfront?!?
@@spikelivesee the Simple Minds own channel. It’s on there. ua-cam.com/video/c-9IiY9cD-w/v-deo.htmlsi=V5PaFyXoTP7Ar-p8
@@spikelive Sky Arts left it off their broadcast. It's in the description.
@@Oh-Monkeywhyyyyyy
Simple Minds to me is one of the greatest bands of all time. I turn 64 this year and an Australian. I totally love seeing the younger ones keeping the music alive and really getting into the atmosphere which must bring joy to the band. An absolute well filmed concert.👍🇦🇺☮️
Right up there with INXS. Great bands of the 80's. Still, Sherbet and Howzat still takes some beating...😂 Btw, I do actually love that tune. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
@@tonyska Great to hear you comment about Sherbet and Howzat who had the best drummer in Australia at the time. We had great bands that should have been bigger like Mi Sex and Skyhooks and a NZ band called Dragon to name a few. Icehouse was phenomenal. INXS were amazing from the word go. All great bands of the 80s and let’s not forget Madness and The Specials and that unbelievable album from The Clash. Cheers from Melbourne Australia.🇦🇺☮️
@@steven_scattergood I have been lucky enough to see Madness and The Specials live, it's always been a great experience.
@@steven_scattergood Respect from the UK
@@tonyska That would have been awesome seeing those icons. I have seen all types of bands from Duran Duran to Pink Floyd and so many more. Found Trevor Horn on UA-cam and he did a great concert in 2004 and check it out.
Grace Jones, ABC, Art Of Noise and unbelievable Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Can’t stop watching it. Loved the 80s and it style and influence. Sending heaps of respect from Melbourne Australia.👍
Incredible Live sound as always. What a show!
They are so special, Simple Minds Part of our lives forevermore ❤.
🎉 2024, 1982.83.84
😢
New gold dream is one off the most influential songs ever.
The gift that keeps on giving. Jim Kerr and his ability to rouse a crowd with their still utterly magical songs will never ever get old. What a band, what a performance and a set list that just makes you feel good to be alive. Bravo Simple Minds and Bravo the Isle of White festival.
There just as good as any I've seen live if not better. Great band -
They rocked it in the 80s and now!
Simple Minds... pure legendary REAL music that's of a higher class and dimension than all other bands.
Still one of my favorite bands from the 80’s. I’m a 55 year old African American women who great up in Atlanta, Georgia.
I hope u don’t mind if I say ‘vote blue’ and come to Scotland sometime. We have lots of great music
Simple Minds WERE an excellent band but the rave/ baggy scene killed them. Us young fans just upped and left. The minds music no longer meant anything to us especially after that god awful SFY.
E também é a minha, de um brasileiro de 55 anos que sempre que ouve Mentes Simples volta aos melhores anos da minha juventude.
Muita paz para você direto do Brasil.
What a Band & They’re Amazing Live.. seen them MANY times .. Being Scottish 🏴 im Proud of Simple Minds .. they will Always be 1 of my Favourites.. Jim has a Amazing Voice… 🏴💚🥰
Scotland also gave us Cocteau Twins. 😊
Loved this Band in '81 and I'm still here for the ride - cheers Lads!!!
New Gold Dream is such a bold beautiful masterpiece and those songs sound brand new played here - amazing
Best album ever made in history😀
Very influential tunes, groundbreaking.
Such a great legendary band. I wish they were bigger in America. But I'm glad they are appreciated in other places in the world.
We love them ❤️ 🇺🇸
To say they are underrated in the US is a huge understatement. They and Crowded House are my two top "should have been SO much bigger."
Charlie's guitar is really making the sounds of Simple Minds, loving it!
Wow. Like being back in the 80’s. They sound the same.
Dommage les versions ont changé
Yes they do sound the same.
Best live band in the world!!!!
Now I know once again that I lived the best time in pop music - thank you SM for the music of my youth! My life! ❤❤❤
👍
Du auch!
Cherisse Osei is a monster drummer for sure. Back in the day though, Mel Gaynor was a drumming hero to me. ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ is one of the greatest drum grooves ever captured on record. I had a poster of him on one of the walls in my drum room for Premier Drums. What a great time to have been alive.
I saw Simple Minds in Vancouver many years ago. They were excellent live. Their double live album in the City of Lights was one of the best live albums I've ever heard. Good to see them still Alive and Kicking!!!
Agree with you 100%
Cherisse Is amazing! ♥️💪
Soo good, brilliant set, Jim Kerr always the ultimate professional frontman, Alive & Kicking the original stadium anthem!
im still playing simples minds almost every day , specialy live they are such a great band
So am I.
Ditto,they have a huge catalogue of variety & quality to listen too.
They sound so great live
Great music great band wonderfull moment many thanks for this nice moment
❤ Jim & Charlie keeping us fans buzzing still !! 🔊🔊🔊🔊
Absolutely love SM Jim's voice is superb love their sound legends❤
I have seen Simple Minds so many times, and have yet to see a better group live. Masters of their trade. I get very emotional every time I see them as it brings back memories of my late brother who passed away 20 years ago, he was a super fan, he went everywhere to see them. Seeing them for the first time together with him at Milton Keynes bowl (one of many) on a scorching hot day in 1986 is a memory I will cherish forever ❤️
THERE IS ONLY TWO OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS LEFT AS THERE WAS NO FEMALE SINGERS IN THE ORIGINAL SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR BROTHER
DEACON BLUE ARE BETTER THEN THESE AND THEY ARE BRILLIENT FROM FIRST SONG TO THE LAST SONG ALSO FROM GLASGOW
@@GazcoybUTFT In your opinion. After 38 years of seeing them live, I am aware of the bands changing line up thanks. I have also seen Deacon Blue 5 times, they were dreadful on each occasion…in my opinion.
Loss of someone close, a family member is so hard to deal with, and it's sad to hear of yours. I have often struggled with listening to some music that takes the emotions back to earlier days when the loss didn't exist. Your brother certainly sounds like he was a devoted fan of a band that has given so many great live performances through the years, which no doubt he enjoyed hugely. You must have lots of fond memories to cherish.
I was at the IOW festival watching this gig and I completely agree with them being Masters of their trade! Such an awesome performance with the sun setting! Loved it!
😮😂🎉😅😊❤
Love them ( SM ) always !!!+×!!☆☆☆☆☆☆☆@garypring2658
New Gold Dream. Stupendous. 😍
So beautiful, after all these years, He's so Special!!!!!!!! Thank God for giving us this wonderful Man and his Voice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Kerr has always been good with movement on stage.
Simply magical for me the best live band ever and SM songs are uniquely melodious and stands out from others.
Absolutely amazing. They've never been as good as this since ages... Well done JK & Co! You were/are my childhood heroes, the soundtrack of my youth. NGD is probably the best record of the 80s. Love from Belgium.
NGD ❤
Simple Minds just brilliant 👏👏
Viva SIMPLE MINDS forever💥💞💯
Thank you! Fantastic sound, fantastic music, fantastic voice even after years!
This was my band that I was into when I met and married my wife in 1986... we are about to have our 38 year anniversary :)
Same here. 36 years married now.
congrats from germany wish you all the best
Best band at the Isle of Wight Festival 2024.
They’ve still got it
YA TENGO MI ENTRADA PARA SIMPLE MINDS EN SANTIAGO 2025!!!
Simply superb! Still!!
LEGENDS ❤
Great band! Great songs! They're still alive and kicking as ever!
Loving the drum sound. Solid as ever, Cherisse.
This group is so heart warming....and mind blowing.....he still sings so well...thank you guys❤❤❤❤
What a concert simple minds amazing love ❤️ you guys
We were so lucky and honoured to have Simple Minds in Chile, playing at Victor Jara stadium in Santiago. It was wonderful... And I pulled a flag of Scotland, and they saw it and pointed at it... And it was wonderful... Will you ever come back to this side of the world? 🇨🇱❤️🏴
I am almost 64. I was resident dj in Tiffany's, Edinburgh (Mecca). Monday nights were live music night, Regular Music promoted those nights. The dj box was on the stage, I saw Simple Minds, I think 4 times there from only a few feet away. They were awesome every performance. That was a long time ago, pre Virgin Records deal days.
@@eightiesmusic1984 Yes, many of them.
Excellent Excellent Excellent ❤❤ magnifique concert
Happy times all ways and for ever 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
damn...his voice is still smooth
Beautiful Cherisse Osei ❤
Best thing ever to come out of Scotland absolutely brilliant live seen them for the first time 35 years ago at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland on August 12, 1989 ….Street Fighting Years Tour 🎶🎶🏴❤️🙏👌👍
Simple Minds .. Whiskey .. Bay City Rollers (hahaha)
2 out 3 ain’t bad 😎
Same tour as myself. Dublin RDS 1989. Still have the T shirt and seen them many, many times since then. Simply brilliant!!!
💯 agree… they make me soooo proud to be Scottish 🏴🙌👏🥰🫶 Always a Pleasure to see them Live… Roll on the next time 🏴🫶
Going to have to disagree with you there as I'm a big ACDC fan as well as SM. Bon Scott, Angus and Malcolm Young should get a mention.
I’ll never forget their set on Live Aid, great performance
Love Simple Minds and love the drummer’s energy 👍
She is no Mel Gaynor but she does a decent job...he was just awesome in this band and created these perfect driving rhythms
harsh@@sf5912
without drum,no real music,my son and myself been drummers ......
@@sf5912Let it go, Sappy.
@@thepoetthatwasi1722 get a life Troll:)
Simply just brillant 😊🎉
Love Simple Minds...This song brings me back to the 80's ...and Summertime!!! The best decade..
Thank You God!!
When the crowd know the words and sings along with you while you’re on stage, has to be one of the greatest feelings as an artist. Has to be an incredible feeling for these guys. 🤘
This si the best concert you've done in 2024 Great simple minds
They sound GREAT! Wish I was there to see this live. WOW!
How fantastic to still be travelling the world and doing what you love with your best mate since childhood. Happy for JK and Charlie.
My favorite band of all time!
One of the greatest live bands ever! Charlie is da man!
Crowd looked bored 🤔
Phenomenal band! ❤🔥
Will def go see them. Loved them back in the day ❤
Incredible talent. Alive and Kicking here is the best live version I have heard.
Thanks for sharing... DYFAM! Hairs on the back of ya neck sorta stuff! A band that gets better and better with age!
were pretty awesome to begin with...
... like fine wine😊
Bloody impressive!
I never get tired of Simple Minds. My first concert was Simple Minds in 1985 in Valby, just outside Copenhagen. I was 15 Years old. My first record was Simple Minds New Gold Dream. Simple Minds was bigger than U2 until U2 did The Joshua Tree album.
... and Mick left SM... a big loss which had a huge impact.
Absolutely brilliant. What a set. Shame sky arts didn't do the start of it.
Live I've seen ACDC, Eric Clapton, Guns n Roses, Genesis, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters too name a few. Simple Minds were truly amazing Live. There's a real positive energy that you feel off Jim and the band. If you haven't seen them live please do.
Saw them in Dublin....absolutely amazing💚
I've seen ac dc bad company 3 times the who twice eagles twice the waterboys tina turner and the great simple minds in sheffield mott the hoople with queen supporting and nazareth in glasgow and Rod twice in Birmingham check out simple minds in Berlin great gig as well
Big Simple Minds, magnific band, congratulations of Brazil.
Went to see them in Manchester, still sound fantastic 👌 👌👌
Still love them after all these years. The voice is still absolutely rock solid. Big love, kindest regards, Richard U.K
Ce groupe est vraiment génial merci pour la mise en ligne de ce concert
great great great band absolutely since the 80 s
Always amazing.. Always fresh and impressive 💥 simple 💚 minds 👍🏽
Wow. They absolutely rocked it 👍👍👍
This my tribe....😍 just turned 60, I feel like I'm 21. New Gold Dream does me in every time. What a great band and a fantastic crowd!!!!!
So glad we had the 80s❤Our time & great summer timeS😊x