SIMPLE MINDS - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) | REACTION
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TODAY'S VIDEO: Into the Music Reaction/Review - “New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)”, by Simple Minds
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The whole album from start to finish really is a magical journey. It was an album where everything clicked.......production.....lyrics......musicianship......energy and confidence.
The Bassist Derek Forbes from Glasgow has written more killer bass lines than any other ,,check out Love song or the American ,,in the late 70,s early 80,s they blew away all comers live ,they were untouchable !
TIME IS THE GREATEST CRITIC!
I was a Simple Minds fan in the mid to late 80's and ignored their earlier work.
I came across their song "Theme for Great Cities" a couple of years ago. It sounded so timeless and contemporary, then I was blown away that it was created in 1981!
Hi! I’m a fan of simple minds from Mexico City and I really love his early work, original and berry good instruments, love the bass of Derek Forbes
Derek Forbes - my favourite bass player ever. Please check out Colours Fly And Catherine Dream for evidence. That is a life-changing bassline.
The man is a monster of a bass player.
@@Etatdesiege1979, so true. Have you seen this little tutorial: ua-cam.com/video/FX0eJkGmYUw/v-deo.html
It certainly is
Goldfrapp have certainly heard that tune!
Hi there guys, this track is one of my favourite SM's tracks. I had the great fortune to see them play live 4 times and they were phenomenal each time. The album to that track was/is brilliant too. Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel is now playing in my head as I type this, give it a spin! 🙂 Even if I am 2 years late commenting!
Our pleasure!
Their early work was so well crafted. Mastered superbly too
Brilliant album start to finish.
I first heard this on CHOMFM from Montreal (I grew up near the border of VT/Quebec) when it came out and it became an immediate favorite. Someone mentioned in another comment that you have to listen to the entire album, it’s so true. I’ve continued to listen to it - storyline, build up, drama, haunting and mystery. I love this album still today.
Oh wow! Thnx for this, and making me smile.
Not many ever make reactions to Simple Minds.
This is a grower... ;)
And quite underratet imo.... ;)
this is really a song that is much better understood in the context of this whole New Gold Dream album, so give your friend a listen to that panoramic spectrum it has to be viewed as.
(Someone somewhere, Big sleep, Hunter and the hunted, Somebody up there likes you etc.)
Besides that....this is the 12-inch version, not the album version...
Agree. Listen to the whole album and this will make more sense.
Underrated comment.
You are the first UA-camrs doing a react to this song and this great band. I am definitely subscribing to your channel. Thanks!
Simple Minds really early stuff is just fantastic.
Couldn't agree more!
Keyboard player Mick McNeil was brought up on the Isle of Barra and learned accordion from the age of 5. Loads of the keyboards you hear on here are from his accordion days@@intothemusic908
@@intothemusic908Simple Minds from 1979-82 consists of 5 Albums of artistic brilliance,then for some reason ( money) they sold out and went mainstream, yes global success and plenty of number 1 Albums followed and they packed in stadiums and arenas around the world 🌎 but those early Albums are the pinnacle.
@@intothemusic908The Picture of the band dates 4-5 years later with two band changes, Bass and drums.
New Gold Dream was written and recorded shortly after period of turmoil within the band. Their drummer Brian McGhee had left, they had had no chart success, were performing in front of small audiences, and had just changed record labels.
They would have began working on the album New Gold Dream in late 1981. It was in the spring of 1982 that Kerr wrote the lyrics to accompany the music for the title track New Gold Dream. After going through a rough period for the band, Kerr was feeling optimistic with the change in seasons, winter was over, spring was here, and things were working out well with their new record label.
When Kerr includes the years 81-82-83-84, it is Kerr looking forward with optimism for what was to come for the band. Anticipating the good times ahead, and preparing for challenges that might be before them.
This is such great and interesting information. Thanks for sharing!
I didn’t know this story, amazing music.
I saw them play twice at The Lyceum on The Strand - both times in 1982 about 6 months apart. I guess at this point they were still not really putting forward dates for a full tour but having gone once it allowed me to go again. I have never known an audience so mesmerised by the whole of the New Gold Dream album that they were promoting at the time. That together with the earlier songs (I Travel, Love Song, This Fear of Gods, Sweat in Bullet and Theme for Great Cities to name just a few) made the whole event brilliant. I did like the Sparkle in the Rain album too but by the time I saw them again in 86 on the Once Upon A Time tour (at The Bowl in Milton Keynes) it was not quite the same.
To me, it's the song that defines the 80s sound. Along with U2, The Police and Tears for Fears iconic 80s sounds.
Agree. At the time I hadn't heard of the Chameleons. When I listened to their Script of the Bridge about 10 years ago I realised how they had influenced so many early 90's bands. So, I would add The Chameleons to your 80's list.
@@matthewstroud4294 I agree, I like that album a lot, it's a discovery for me, I never heard it. Thanks :-)
U2 / Simple Minds were almost a double act in the early to mid 1980's. They had a really close relationship, and it comes across in both bands albums around that time. Great review again, guys !
What's interesting to me is realizing years later that it was Simple Minds who around '82-83 had already made it, so to speak, while U2 was up and coming. Back then I thought it was the other way around. Then, of course, Joshua Tree changed everything.
@@intothemusic908 Thanks for the reply, Greg. In the early to mid- 1980's, both U2 and Simple Minds shared the stage at huge rock festivals in Europe. They were definitely kindred spirits. In the UK, it was U2's third album, War, in 1983, that made them a household name, as we say over here. As for Simple Minds, who are from my hometown of Glasgow, Scotland, the New Gold Dream album was massively popular. Best wishes, from Scotland.
@@intothemusic908Please don't compare Simple Minds 79-82 to U2 ...Simple Minds were light years ahead on every level and it was U2 who were influenced by Simple Minds, if you don't believe me check out the early albums, it all went pear shaped post 1982 with band members being fired or leaving, Simple minds still produced good songs occasionally in later years but they sold out recording " Don't you " for the American Market and lost a lot of fans in the process, although I wasn't one of them,but to be honest I only really listen to the earlier stuff apart from "Street fighting years " from 1989 which is good in parts especially the title track.
i like this album much better than all their later work i often listen to this track on repeat
Back in the early 1980's my wife was talking to a coworker about albums and that we really liked Billy Idol. He said that if we like B.I. we'd probably like Simple Minds as well. It may seem as though that's a stretch, but they both present a deep, full resonant voice. I've been a fan of Simple Minds ever since, and this is one of those rare albums that I just can't seem to get tired of listening to.
Another stand out album, among a bunch of great albums, is "Good News From the Next World", and even though I'm an old guy, if I'm skiing the bumps when, "Great Leap Forward" comes up on my play list, I'll ski hard enough to bring on a coronary!
This coworker talked about Simple Minds before don't you forget about me was released? Cause Billy Idol was first approached by the songwriters of don't you forget about me but he rejected the proposition to sing it, then they they approached Simple Minds. So i guess the songwriters also thought that Jim Kerr had a voice like Billy Idol, your coworker was right or prophetic if he said that before don't you forget about me.
Good news from the next world is one of SM's poorest albums only a couple of songs on it that stand up with their best they are she's a river and Hypnotized the rest of the album is as dull as dishwater and I've been a died in the wool fan since 1985. They didn't release a consistently good album until Graffity soul. They desperately need the return of Michael Macneil with Derek Forbes and Mel Gaynor respectively. We can only imagine how good their last 3 albums could have been if Macneil had of been involved in the writing and recording? They would have been true simple minds albums the first since 1989 but JK and CB are too stubborn for that.
SIMPLE MINDS one of the best , New Gold Dream is one of the best track in SM Live in the City Of Lights , France!!! (Another hit: Waterfront)
Props for picking some less obvious Simple Minds to listen to - almost everyone choses 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' - a great little pop song, but the one they didn't actually write themselves! The New Gold Dream album is a much revered album amongst fans and critics alike. Like The Joshua Tree by U2, it's a completely unique album, you won't hear anything else quite like it. Definitely worth a listen to in its entirety in sequence. It has quite an ethereal magical mysterious feel to it throughout.
Jim's songwriting particularly in the early days was very patchwork-quilt like giving the songs a fabulous air of mystery to them which still lingers even after having been acquainted with these songs for the best part of 40 years. Charlie is a really underrated guitar player. The band's early years in the late 70's / early 80's are super interesting, very prolific with no two albums sounding quite the same. Then obviously came the success and FM friendly stadium rock, the wheels started to come off a little bit throughout the 1990's, but there's still magic to be found in and amongst everything they've done, and Jim and Charlie who have essentially always been the core of Simple Minds are lovely guys, and are still cranking out some great songs to this day and have a very rich and varied back catalog to delve into.
On U2 Fire album with Eno...... they stated to him they wanted to create an album that sounded like New Gold Dream.....you can hear elements of similarity
@@grizzadams2110 Yes, as a big U2 fan also - I'm very much aware of this, though whilst both albums are very ambient sounding - they are still two very distinctly different albums. Fun fact: The bass part from 'Big Sleep' on SM's New Gold Dream album was occasionally heard being played by Adam during soundchecks on U2's TUF tour.
The wheels completely came off during The 90's just one half decent track on our secrets are the same. Neapolis and cry were utter crap too. They didn't get back on track until Graffity soul.
@@MrChippiechappie Yeah, not the biggest fan of Real Life or Neapolis in comparison to other albums down the years, though they have their moments. I did like GNFTNW, a good solid rock album - though a bit bloated and bombastic, but sometimes you need a bit of that in your life. Personally I actually really like a lot of the Cry album. This was the beginning of a rebirth of sorts for SM, it's not an absolute classic or anything, but for me there are some really good songs on it that finally see SM evolving a bit again (something they did fantastically right through the 80's) after a bit of stagnation through the 90's.
@@smackeye Personally I thought cry was a turd just like everything they did after real life until their first really solid album for nearly 20 years Graffiti soul.
Tis my favourite SM song, brings me back tae Glasgow. Thanks for the memories.
You're welcome!
I has this cd and I liked it the whole thing really strong album for its rime anyway;
time
It's good to see you guys react to a track from one of THE all-time classic electronic pop albums. I prefer the album version to whatever this remix is but it's a great song in any form. The track featuring Herbie Hancock you alluded to (Hunter & the Hunted) is probably my favourite Simple Minds song. They really lost their way from the mid 80's onwards but they still occasionally put out some good songs. "Hypnotised" is a track from the mid-90's i really liked as it harks back to the more subdued & moody style they perfected on the "New Gold Dream" album
They didn’t lose their way until MacNeil the keyboard player left as he was a critical part of their sound and one half of the writing partnership with Birchill the guitarist.
@@MrChippiechappie Half of the writing partnership ? You sure that MacNeil was so important in the songwriting, i am not talking about the lyrics which is more a Jim Kerr's thing. Yes he was a critical part of their sound but i have always seen Charlie Burchill as the mastermind behind Simple Minds music and then the other members as equal parts in the songwriting.
“Love Song “ an even earlier song than this is great.
On my list for Chris. Should be sometime in March. - Greg
And that prediction went by the wayside. Just too many requests to get through. But this one will come, eventually.
Fantastic album my favourite song Hunter and the Hunted apologise if I got the title wrong
These little diamond clips keep popping up, this was an album like no other of it's time. But track back, Sona and Fascination/Sister Fellings Call, had this intensity and drama just as much as NGD.
💃Loved their early stuff! This track always reminds of I Travel (imo more superior) but still fabulous and impossible not to like. So much great music from my home country, Scotland💙 Thanks for showcasing - hoping you're both well🥳
Thank you, Claire. Hoping the same with you.
Waterfront should be next
81, 82, 83, 84
They are my favourtie band ever. But unless you're a fan of the band, not knowing this song is common as it wasn't released as a single from the album. But, it is worth noting here this isn't even the album track they are listening to. This is a 12" mix.
No cow bell. No cow bell
Thank you Love this song although My favourite on the Album is Hunter And the Hunted. Promised You a Miracle is the first Hit to get into the UK Charts was on this Album
The two cartoon characters are really good
Thank you! - Greg
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a scots band
No cow bell. Denied
The first five albums were fantastic then they chose to go down the commercial route. Then they lost their way.
This version of New Gold Dream, is not so good as the original from the LP.
Sounds as fresh today as the day it was released in 1982.