Mick rises up through the clouds⛅️.....in the City of Light. With the Book of brilliant things instrumental solo.... Classic. Who never got a shiver down the spine listening to the one and only Mick MacNeil at his best. Jim and Charlie are you watching in 2024? Hope so!!! Mick was the heart 💛 in the logo. Thanking you so much for the post. 👌
One of the finest keyboard and accordion players who's ever lived. Mick, thank you for your musical contributions to this world. We very much appreciate it.
Without doubt a piece of music that is almost unsurpassed in my life since I first heard it way back in the 80's. I was so chuffed when it was on Live in the City Of Light, it's been a constant companion on my journey since. Simply love it.
Every time I hear that resolve to Gm (rather than the expected Am), the bottom just drops out of my world. Absolute emotional surrender. Thank you Mick for this incredibly beautiful piece.
Mick, that melody was the soundtrack of my youth. Thank you so much for writing it, I hope you read this and in some way understand the importance to me of what you achieved with this band. Nobody comes close to your playing that has played with the band since you left. Beautiful.
I have too agree chris ,from a young 16 yr old aberdeenshire loon 1980 ,first time heard miick play blew my mind.absoloute genious of the keys.most missed in the band.love that song.👏👏👍
Please Mick! Come back to your fans! This is amazing! SM with you was gold! But now there is the time to step out again! Produce your own stuff! Thank you so mutch!
Best live pianist I’ve seen, such quality. Instrumental to SM success without any doubt. Would love to see you play again in any format with old band mates especially DF, any chances. There’s plenty who would love to see it.
The legend in his jim jams. I'm in Thailand in my hammock with the rain coming down loving the vibe. The tune has been with me since Sparkle In The Rain.
Goosebumps 39 years ago,Goosebumps today. Thank you,Grazie Mick ( The Man in the sky) from an italian Simple Minds fan since 1983!! You ,Derek and Mel are always in my (our)hearts . I still love Simple minds ,the actual band....but you were ,you are and you will be forever....SIMPLE MINDS. Greetings from Italy
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. Wow. Please keep posting these videos Mick. Alive and Kicking, Theme from great cities, Someone somewhere in summertime etc. wow 💙👍🏻😀
Sounds just like the version on Live In The City Of Light. My absolute favourite track on that album, the killer piano accompanied by Charlie's soaring guitars. "5 to 1, 1 to 5, nobody here gets out alive". Thanks so much Mick.
Thank you Mick, the music you composed with the Minds has been with me all through my life and I listen to it most days. You tap into something very rare and magical that keeps pulling me back.
Best keyboard player of all time for me is Mick. Regardless of whether he plays accordion, piano or synth, the emotions and atmosphere are at the highest possible level.
Love all your playing and compositions Mick. Would love to see You out there again, giving the people what they want. Credit to You for living the life you want though. Respect.
Still gives me chills just like the first time I heard this song. This solo version is awesome. It’s amazing that you wrote this lovely song. 40 something years later, I’m still absolutely blown away.
i cant tell you how much hearing today your melodies to these classics bring back so many memories of being posted in Germany in the mid-late 80s, taking a whole week off with the lads, following Simple Minds round Europe on the Street Fighting Years tour - camping and slumming it, living off sausages and lager! Happy Days that also bring tears to my eyes.... Much love!
I grew up listening to SM, live and on vinyl. Wonderful being reminded why i loved that band and a sad reminder of how things changed with the departures of Derek, Mel and your good self. Thank you Mick
Manna from heaven Mick! I can't think of a single band from the Eighties that did what you guys did by completely rearranging songs, taking them to a whole new level (This song, East at Easter, New Gold Dream from City of Light), and beyond so they became completely different songs (the rearranged I travel became Ghostdancing; the version of Room that you did at Cash for Kids became something entirely different in the SFY sessions). Mighty rearrangers indeed!
How kind of you to share these videos and this piece of beauty! So many memories of my youth linked to this lovely melody...the real Minds in there. Thank you Mick!
Amazing! I enjoyed the coffee and chat we had a couple of years ago. Thanks for signing the New Gold Dream CD for my bud Gary. He cried when he received it in the post. Great memories Sir. I wish you and the family the best of health and happiness. Lyle 👍
Fantastic playing Mick . The sound of Simple Minds in the 80's For Me and the reason I learnt to play keyboards . Thank You for inspiring Me and so many others all around the world to do so .
This piece of music is the reason I bought a piano and started to try to teach myself. Thanks Mick for posting this! I’ve a long way to go, but the journey is all part of the fun 🎹 ❤
I remember the ahoy stadium version of this. Unbelievably good. Mick McNeil, world class. Said it for years. Top bloke too. Thanks for the upload. Cans on in bed tonight and I will listen to every note in detail x
Loved the song from the first time I heard it on Sparkle in the Rain, way back. And this version is just so brilliant. Love it to peaces. Thanks for this Mick ! And I must admit, each time I'm looking out for new snap shots in your videos of Vatersay. Looks like such a fantastic and peacefull place.
Brilliant Mick, your skills, and this music are still up there with the best. I have fond memories of hearing you compose some film score in your home studio, while I worked quietly in the background. Great moments that never leave you.
Always loved the original Sparkle in the Rain version of this song until I heard this on Live in the City of Light. Reminds me of being a young man without a care in the world
It's late afternoon / early evening here in Croatia and the rain has just stopped. Puddles sparkle as the sun is slowly reaching its long hands across the sky, pulling the clouds apart as the light intesifies, bathing the houses in warm hues, one after the other. Birds are the first to respond to the warmth and colour emerging above the city like a big smile encompassing it. Tensions are low, guards are down as beauty takes over, even if only for a few moments until rush is restored and the day takes its usual hurried course again. Just like in your evocative song. Sublime.
@@mickmacneil1 , it's your music that's poetic by nature, it always summons up beautiful images into one's memory or their focus. Thank you for treating us to it! 🌸
The absolute Goat. Take note SM hire all the protools, ableton live operators, session players if you can call them that all you like, you will never replace what is in that man’s fingers.
Absolutely brilliant, I remember hearing the version/ arrangement on Live In The City Of Light when I was 14 and bought the album, just fantastic, you probably get sick of hearing it but I so wish you would rejoin Simple Minds Mick
The live reworking brought me back to learning the piano after I watched the Ahoy concert excerpts on The Tube in the 80s. The piano was low in the mix on the album version I think whereas the live version gave it space and made it more than equal to the thumping bass and drums in the climax. Wonderful, inspiring stuff!
Fantastic Mick, big Simple Minds fan. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time you play one of your Simple Minds tracks. Worst day for me is when you left the band. Hopefully i can come and see you and Derek Forbes do something together. Simple Minds are nothing without you Derek and Mel. Lots of love 😀👍🏻💙
Mick, this is one of the most impactful songs you've created by a long shot. I've been sitting here captivated by the wonderful tune that's so calming, thanks for posting it on UA-cam.
One word. Absolutelybeautiful. Love to know where that scenery is though. Highlands? Outer Hebs? I keep meaning to take the Ullapool-Stornaway ferry then isle hop down to Barra, visit Vatersay then catch the mega-long Castlebay-Oban ferry. Why haven't I? One word. Bloodyweather. Maybe this summer, eh? But thanks though, Mick. It's no coincidence the only SM music still worth listening to has a certain Michael MacNeil on keys. I'll never forgive you for leaving the band, but I've gotten over it. Just 😉
If Jima and Charlie had have agreed to take a year off like Mick requested after the Street fighting years tour he would most likely never have left. All he wanted was a break as they had been constantly writing, recording and touring for around 12 years by 1990 when the SFY tour ended, It wasn't much to ask was it? i know we would have a wait for a new Simple Minds album but it would have been worth it if it meant Mick would have been on it and even more importantly his creative input as he was one half of the writing partnership with Charlie, Jim only writes the lyrics not the music.
Thank you, Mick. One of the things I loved about Simple Minds in the 80s was how you were constantly rearranging songs, and this might be the ultimate example. Those were heady times.
Another banger. What drew me to SM when I first heard Love Song back in 81 was the sense of majesty that could exist within a rocking tune and it only got better. You helped write the soundtrack to my life, forever grateful.
Mick rises up through the clouds⛅️.....in the City of Light. With the Book of brilliant things instrumental solo.... Classic.
Who never got a shiver down the spine listening to the one and only Mick MacNeil at his best.
Jim and Charlie are you watching in 2024?
Hope so!!!
Mick was the heart 💛 in the logo.
Thanking you so much for the post. 👌
What a beautiful melody that is. Has the ability to rise you up on a cloudy day, so atmospheric!!!!
Thank you for producing some of the most beautiful music ever form is temporary class is permanent RESPECT
Lieber Mick,
wenn meine Reise zu Ende geht,
wird dieser Song erklingen…
Mehr Ehre kann ich Dir nicht gebieten …
Sound of my Life !
Danke dafür …
One of the finest keyboard and accordion players who's ever lived. Mick, thank you for your musical contributions to this world. We very much appreciate it.
Without doubt a piece of music that is almost unsurpassed in my life since I first heard it way back in the 80's. I was so chuffed when it was on Live in the City Of Light, it's been a constant companion on my journey since. Simply love it.
Mick the soul of simple minds❤❤❤
Every time I hear that resolve to Gm (rather than the expected Am), the bottom just drops out of my world. Absolute emotional surrender.
Thank you Mick for this incredibly beautiful piece.
Mick is like Jean-Michel Jarre, painting landscapes with music. SM missing you!
Amazing, thanks Mick 😊
Mick, that melody was the soundtrack of my youth. Thank you so much for writing it, I hope you read this and in some way understand the importance to me of what you achieved with this band. Nobody comes close to your playing that has played with the band since you left. Beautiful.
I appreciate very much your comments.
I have too agree chris ,from a young 16 yr old aberdeenshire loon 1980 ,first time heard miick play blew my mind.absoloute genious of the keys.most missed in the band.love that song.👏👏👍
Please Mick! Come back to your fans! This is amazing! SM with you was gold! But now there is the time to step out again! Produce your own stuff! Thank you so mutch!
Completely agree, I yearn to hear this played live. Utterly spectacular
Mamma mia Mick... Mamma mia... Dolcezza, delicatezza e quelle pause nei cambi di ritmo... Grazie da chi ti ha visto live in Italia piu' volte🙏👏👏👏🤝🤗
Beautiful, makes me go all melancholy when I hear this, thank you to the man on the squeeze box🪗 in Verona my favourite concert of all time...
This one definitely is improved listening on headphones.
Great times
Sounds great on my Dynaudio monitors !
@@scottyecorathat’s good to know.
thank you mick, for the lightning that shoots up and *SPARKLES* in the rain.
Best live pianist I’ve seen, such quality. Instrumental to SM success without any doubt. Would love to see you play again in any format with old band mates especially DF, any chances. There’s plenty who would love to see it.
Reminds me when I first heard this stunning version on the live album in 1987 at the age of 15. Great.
Mick, you are immense. You have given so many of us joy with your musical gift. Thank you 💙
The legend in his jim jams. I'm in Thailand in my hammock with the rain coming down loving the vibe. The tune has been with me since Sparkle In The Rain.
For me this is the best SM song of all time. So many great versions out there. Mick's piano playing makes it unique
I - CANNOT - STOP - LISTENING - TO - THIS - MASTERPIECE (on headphones as advised by the master).
Goosebumps 39 years ago,Goosebumps today. Thank you,Grazie Mick ( The Man in the sky) from an italian Simple Minds fan since 1983!! You ,Derek and Mel are always in my (our)hearts . I still love Simple minds ,the actual band....but you were ,you are and you will be forever....SIMPLE MINDS. Greetings from Italy
Spot on 👌
Beautiful. No one plays those keyboard melodies like you.
Please mick give us another tour with the boys please 🙏 fantastic performance
Could not agree more… Go on mick just one more time with the band🙏🙏🙏
I’ve seen that band for free many times. I’d pay any money to see him reunited with them.
I’m with you on that one mate,love mick he’s master class on the keys.just hope and pray 🙏 🫶
Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant. Wow. Please keep posting these videos Mick.
Alive and Kicking, Theme from great cities, Someone somewhere in summertime etc. wow 💙👍🏻😀
Sounds just like the version on Live In The City Of Light. My absolute favourite track on that album, the killer piano accompanied by Charlie's soaring guitars. "5 to 1, 1 to 5, nobody here gets out alive". Thanks so much Mick.
Mick of brilliant sounds. So beautiful.
🤜❤️🤛
Thank you Mick, the music you composed with the Minds has been with me all through my life and I listen to it most days. You tap into something very rare and magical that keeps pulling me back.
Best keyboard player of all time for me is Mick. Regardless of whether he plays accordion, piano or synth, the emotions and atmosphere are at the highest possible level.
Love all your playing and compositions Mick. Would love to see You out there again, giving the people what they want. Credit to You for living the life you want though. Respect.
Non parlo Inglese..ho cantato la tua musica mentalmente.. ogni Nota 🎶 un emozione.. indelebile!
Pure Gaelic gifts from a talented Scottish musician. Thank you Mick for your treasures. Cheers from Italy
Still gives me chills just like the first time I heard this song. This solo version is awesome. It’s amazing that you wrote this lovely song. 40 something years later, I’m still absolutely blown away.
Another piece of Mick magic and pure gold! One of the greatest modern day composers and pianists. Thank you Mick 🙏
Had the privilege of hearing the Man in sky,at the Barrowlands, takes me right back, Cheers Mick
i cant tell you how much hearing today your melodies to these classics bring back so many memories of being posted in Germany in the mid-late 80s, taking a whole week off with the lads, following Simple Minds round Europe on the Street Fighting Years tour - camping and slumming it, living off sausages and lager! Happy Days that also bring tears to my eyes....
Much love!
🥴
I grew up listening to SM, live and on vinyl. Wonderful being reminded why i loved that band and a sad reminder of how things changed with the departures of Derek, Mel and your good self. Thank you Mick
The best Simple Minds line-up ever; Mel Gaynor, Derk Forbes and Mick MacNeil...
Manna from heaven Mick! I can't think of a single band from the Eighties that did what you guys did by completely rearranging songs, taking them to a whole new level (This song, East at Easter, New Gold Dream from City of Light), and beyond so they became completely different songs (the rearranged I travel became Ghostdancing; the version of Room that you did at Cash for Kids became something entirely different in the SFY sessions). Mighty rearrangers indeed!
Such a beautiful arrangement - class! Stirs up so many emotions. Thanks Mick for these wonderful tunes!
It is just beautiful honestly one of thee best keyboard tunes ever with belting Bass too
Thank you Joe.
I honestly cannot stop listening to this.
It is just magical. Pure genius. Beautiful thank you for the goodness 😉
Goosebumps listening to this and Barra awash in sunshine.
Still my favourite song and this version from Alive in Rotterdam is the absolute best. Love it, cheers Mick🤙
I have to agree with you here I remember seeing the tour in Glasgow and Book of Brilliant things was and always will be my favourite
1 zillion percent agree. It motivated me to start playing the piano a few years ago
How kind of you to share these videos and this piece of beauty!
So many memories of my youth linked to this lovely melody...the real Minds in there. Thank you Mick!
My god this takes me back to when I was younger. I played this on my Sony Walkman so many times the tape kept jamming
Amazing! I enjoyed the coffee and chat we had a couple of years ago. Thanks for signing the New Gold Dream CD for my bud Gary. He cried when he received it in the post. Great memories Sir. I wish you and the family the best of health and happiness. Lyle 👍
Sehr schön! Da werden Erinnerungen wach
Fantastic playing Mick . The sound of Simple Minds in the 80's For Me and the reason I learnt to play keyboards . Thank You for inspiring Me and so many others all around the world to do so .
You are so talented. Thank you for sharing your gift with your audience.
This piece of music is the reason I bought a piano and started to try to teach myself. Thanks Mick for posting this! I’ve a long way to go, but the journey is all part of the fun 🎹 ❤
Fantastic piece of music as was most of your playing , it was the heart n soul of the band and sadly was never the same after you left
Peaceful, really hypnotic ❤
Fell in love these last couple of months with Simple Minds including your keyboard playing. You Rock Mick! ❤
Mick you are legend , these songs are immortal.
SM are ONLY with Mick MacNeil
I dream to see them again live in a fantastic celebrative tour
Regali sempre emozioni bellissime! Grazie per questo e per la musica bellissima! 💙
I remember the ahoy stadium version of this. Unbelievably good. Mick McNeil, world class. Said it for years. Top bloke too. Thanks for the upload. Cans on in bed tonight and I will listen to every note in detail x
That’s absolutely wonderful. My god mick… wish you had never left…
Absolute legend the very best mick macneil. What a spine tingling piece of music. I open up to take a look
Fabulous Mick, that has made my Saturday morning 😊❤
Thanks Mike.
Happy Birthday to you Mick. Have a nice day. Kind regards Fred van Engelen
Thank u for your presence would love to see you back live on the next simple minds tour 🤞🥰🙏
Loved the song from the first time I heard it on Sparkle in the Rain, way back. And this version is just so brilliant. Love it to peaces. Thanks for this Mick ! And I must admit, each time I'm looking out for new snap shots in your videos of Vatersay. Looks like such a fantastic and peacefull place.
Brilliant Mick, your skills, and this music are still up there with the best. I have fond memories of hearing you compose some film score in your home studio, while I worked quietly in the background. Great moments that never leave you.
Always loved the original Sparkle in the Rain version of this song until I heard this on Live in the City of Light. Reminds me of being a young man without a care in the world
Yes yes yes, that version! Who had the idear to do it like that?? Its Briljant heavenley
As always Mick, this is totally beautiful. Love the sound and mood. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely brilliant!! The best !!
Keep these coming please Mick.
If possible can you post the outro keyboard solo from PyaM 1986-87 please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I will try!
Beautiful. I could listen to this for hours. Thanks Mick.
Brought me to tears. This is such a gift... thank you, Mick...❤
Love it. I would buy an album of your insrumentals, utter class!
Beautiful version, what a talent !!! Totally amazing.
It's late afternoon / early evening here in Croatia and the rain has just stopped. Puddles sparkle as the sun is slowly reaching its long hands across the sky, pulling the clouds apart as the light intesifies, bathing the houses in warm hues, one after the other. Birds are the first to respond to the warmth and colour emerging above the city like a big smile encompassing it. Tensions are low, guards are down as beauty takes over, even if only for a few moments until rush is restored and the day takes its usual hurried course again. Just like in your evocative song. Sublime.
Very poetic Andrea.
@@mickmacneil1 , it's your music that's poetic by nature, it always summons up beautiful images into one's memory or their focus. Thank you for treating us to it! 🌸
Stunning Mick.. thank you for the memories of great times
Oh Mick...That just made my morning coffee taste so much better!!
Wonderful, brilliant thing🫶💜😊.
So glad!
Thank you Mick, magic. Your music and talent are unequalled...
The absolute Goat. Take note SM hire all the protools, ableton live operators, session players if you can call them that all you like, you will never replace what is in that man’s fingers.
OMG you did it Mick.
Absolutely amazing beyond words.
You sir are a maestro.
Thank you.
Love to see the original Simple Minds line up on tour. Let's be having Jim, Charlie, Mick, Derek and Mel reunion. How awesome that would be.
Brings tears to my eyes. 😢
Grazie Mick per le tue magie...
That's lovely Mick, and a few glimpses of beautiful Barra as an added bonus ❤
Absolutely brilliant, I remember hearing the version/ arrangement on Live In The City Of Light when I was 14 and bought the album, just fantastic, you probably get sick of hearing it but I so wish you would rejoin Simple Minds Mick
The live reworking brought me back to learning the piano after I watched the Ahoy concert excerpts on The Tube in the 80s. The piano was low in the mix on the album version I think whereas the live version gave it space and made it more than equal to the thumping bass and drums in the climax. Wonderful, inspiring stuff!
Fantastic Mick, big Simple Minds fan. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up every time you play one of your Simple Minds tracks. Worst day for me is when you left the band.
Hopefully i can come and see you and Derek Forbes do something together.
Simple Minds are nothing without you Derek and Mel.
Lots of love 😀👍🏻💙
Thank you Mick from heart!!!…your videos and your Music are so precious..
Thanks for listening
Brilliant Thing your talents Mick , your music your skills lovely setting where you live .
Wow just wow!! How good was that!! Hairs on the back of the next up and a massive lump in the throat!!! Thanks Mick ❤ slow version of NGD next 💙🙏💙
The heart of Simple Minds!💚🎼🎹👌🏼
Mick, this is one of the most impactful songs you've created by a long shot. I've been sitting here captivated by the wonderful tune that's so calming, thanks for posting it on UA-cam.
Immenso Mick..grazie di cuore per quello che ci regali❤
Dear Mick, how i miss you!! I would like to see you play in Simple Minds!! Really !!
Beautiful xx could listen to this a thousand more times 🤍
This hit me hard in the feels, thank you for the beautiful music, for inspiring a teenage me to pick up an instrument and play in a band.
One word. Absolutelybeautiful. Love to know where that scenery is though. Highlands? Outer Hebs? I keep meaning to take the Ullapool-Stornaway ferry then isle hop down to Barra, visit Vatersay then catch the mega-long Castlebay-Oban ferry. Why haven't I? One word. Bloodyweather. Maybe this summer, eh? But thanks though, Mick. It's no coincidence the only SM music still worth listening to has a certain Michael MacNeil on keys. I'll never forgive you for leaving the band, but I've gotten over it. Just 😉
If Jima and Charlie had have agreed to take a year off like Mick requested after the Street fighting years tour he would most likely never have left. All he wanted was a break as they had been constantly writing, recording and touring for around 12 years by 1990 when the SFY tour ended, It wasn't much to ask was it? i know we would have a wait for a new Simple Minds album but it would have been worth it if it meant Mick would have been on it and even more importantly his creative input as he was one half of the writing partnership with Charlie, Jim only writes the lyrics not the music.
You're the best Mick. We miss you. You're the brilliant. Not the book. Thanks Mick. Kind regards Fred van Engelen.
Gorgeous, then Mel came crashing in and my air drum kit came out...Fantastic Mick...Thank you.
Cruel World was missing you, Mick. Simple Minds aren’t the same without you. Many struggles throughout their set. They need your professionalism.
love it, I hope you share more of your beautiful music with us
Aww man...this takes me back to the secc in 87(I think)
BOBT has always been one of my favourites, and it still is.
Loving the videos mick.
Thank you, Mick. One of the things I loved about Simple Minds in the 80s was how you were constantly rearranging songs, and this might be the ultimate example. Those were heady times.
Another banger. What drew me to SM when I first heard Love Song back in 81 was the sense of majesty that could exist within a rocking tune and it only got better. You helped write the soundtrack to my life, forever grateful.
Chills down my spine, this version, always did.