SIMPLE MINDS

SIMPLE MINDS (1978-prezent)

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COMPONENTA DE BAZA:
JIM KERR (VOCALS) 1978-prezent
CHARLIE BURCHILL (GUITAR) 1978-prezent
JOHN GIBLIN (BASS) 1984-1989
MICK MACNEIL (KEYBOARDS) 1978-1990
MEL GAYNOR (DRUMS) 1982-1992, 1997-prezent
DEREK FORBES (BASS) 1978-1984, 1998-2001

AU MAI FACUT PARTE DIN FORMATIE:
TONY DONALD (BASS) 1978
BRIAN MCGEE (DRUMS) 1978-1981
MARK TAYLOR (KEYBOARDS) 1990-1991
KENNY HYSLOP (DRUMS) 1984
MALCOLM FOSTER (BASS) 1988-1992
MARK SCHULLMANN (DRUMS) 1995
Si altii...

Simple Minds reprezinta cea mai importanta contributie a Scotiei la curentul new-wave. Trupa a luat fiinta in 1978 cand, dupa insuccesul inregistrat cu formula JOHNNY & THE SELF ABUSERS, CHARLIE BURCHILL si JIM KERR decid sa-si incerce norocul intr-o noua formula, alaturi de Brian McGee - drums, Tony Donald – bass (inlocuit in scurt timp cu Derek Forbes) si Mick MacNeil - keyboards.
Numele trupei provine din cantecul “Jean Genie” al lui David Bowie si nu poate fi asociat astazi cu succesul sau importanta acestei formatii in istoria muzicala a ultimilor 25 de ani.

Primul single (LIFE IN A DAY)a fost lansat in 1979 si a avut un impact minor in UK, ajungand pana pe locul 62. (Mai stim noi o trupa al carei prim single s-a oprit undeva, pe la numarul 57, pe aceeasi strada a succeselor ulterioare...). Urmatoarele inregistrari (CHELSEA GIRL, CHANGELING, I TRAVEL sau CELEBRATE) s-au bucurat de aprecierile criticilor dar nu au reusit sa patrunda in topul britanic. Impactul minor in UK este valabil si pentru caracterizarea primelor albume Life In A Day (1979) – UK #30 si Real to Real Cacophony (1980) – neclasat.
Creatiile acestor ani sunt influentate puternic de sound-ul celor de la Kraftwerk, Roxy Music, Human League sau Joy Division – lucru cat se poate de evident si pe al treilea LP – EMPIRES AND DANCE (1980 – UK #41) Odata cu renuntarea la asocierea cu alte nume mari ale genului, dupa 1981 SIMPLE MINDS incep sa-si creeze un sound pop-rock specific si care, in cativa ani, va deveni inconfundabil. Inceputul a fost determinat de semnarea unui contract cu Virgin Records si colaborarea (in 1981) cu producatorul Steve Hillage la dublul-album SONS AND FASCINATION/ SISTER FEELINGS CALL (UK #11) – extrase pe single: LOVESONG UK#47, THE AMERICAN UK#59 si CELEBRATION (re-worked) UK#45.

Primele semne ale succesului care avea sa vina apar in 1982 cand albumul NEW GOLD DREAM (81-82-82-84) atinge locul 3 in UK si 69 in US, oferind si trei singel-uri de top: PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE UK#13, GLITTERING PRIZE UK#16 si SOMEONE SOMWHERE IN SUMMERTIME UK#36. Pentru a indulci asteptarea unui nou LP, in noiembrie 1983 este lansat single-ul WATERFRONT UK#13.

Perioada care urmeaza (1984-1992) poate fi considerata cea mai prolifica din istoria grupului. Colaborarea cu producatorul Steve Lillywhite a condus la lansarea primului album SIMPLE MINDS care a atins locul 1 in UK – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN (februarie 1984) in timp alte doua extrase pe single (dupa WATERFRONT) ajung in UK Top 30: SPEED YOUR LOVE TO ME UK#20 si UP ON THE CAKEWALK UK#27. In acest timp, formatia isi creeaza o solida reputatie ca urmare a unei activitatii concertistice sustinute. Astfel, la 13 iulie 1985, SIMPLE MINDS urca pe scena festivalului LIVE AID (la Philadelphia), ocazie cu care Bob Geldof, organizatorul evenimentului, ii numeste „best act of the day”. Remarcati cu aceasta ocazie si in US, SIMPLE MINDS primesc invitatia de a inregistra o piesa pentru soundtrack-ul unui film care avea devina un cult in randul adolescentilor anilor '80 – THE BREAKFAST CLUB. Piesa DON”T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) va ramane pana in ziua de astazi singurul lor #1 in US (doar #7 in UK) si initial, i-a fost incredintata spre interpretare lui BRYAN FERRY. JIM KERR nu-si poate ascunde nici astazi sentimentele contradictorii fata de acesta melodie: o considera unul dintre cele mai mari succese ale formatiei dar, in acelasi timp, nu se poate atasa de una din rarele piese intrepretate dar nu si compuse in formula SIMPLE MINDS – asa se explica poate si faptul ca piesa nu a fost inclusa pe un album de studio al formatiei desi, in octombrie 1985, SIMPLE MINDS mai lanseaza un album #1 in UK – ONCE UPON A TIME. Patru single-uri extrase de pe acest album in 1985 si 1986 vor intretine fanii castigati de o noua trupa aflata in centrul atentiei: ALIVE AND KICKING (UK#7, US#3), SANCTIFY YOURSELF (UK#10, US#14), ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID (UK9, US#28 ) si GHOSTDANCING (UK#13).

Turneul (de mai bine de un an ) care a urmat a fost organizat in beneficiul AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL si a acordat celor de la SIMPEL MINDS statutul de „stadion band”. Cele mai reusite momente ale concertului de la Paris au fost lansate in 1987 sub forma unui dublu-LP live intitulat LIVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT UK#1 (single extras: PROMISED YOU A MIRACLE UK#19).

In 1988, SIMPLE MINDS se regasesc printre organizatorii „The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert”(gazduit de Stadionul Wembley din Londra), ocazie cu care au interpretat si o piesa special compusa pentru acest eveniment – MANDELA DAY. Piesa va fi lansata, in 1989, ca B-Side a single-ului BELFAST CHILD – cel mai mare succes de top in Marea Britanie – UK#1. Albumul care a urmat (STREET FIGHTNIGN YEARS – UK#1) a marcat colaborarea cu renumitul producator TREVOR HORN (The Buggles, Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes To Hollywoood) si a permis obtinerea unor noi succes de top cu alte trei extrase: THIS IS YOUR LAND (cu LOU REDD guest-vocal) UK#13, KICK IT IN UK#15 si LET IT ALL COME DOWN UK#18.
La sfarsitul lui 1989, KERR si BURCHILL inregistreaza THE AMSTERDAM EP UK#18 in studioul Wisseloord, Hilversum (Olanda) ocazie cu care SIMPLE MINDS realizeaza un cover al piesei SIGN O? THE TIMES (Prince). In aprilie 1990 SIMPLE MINDS canta la MANDELA DAY 2 iar un an mai tarziu este lansat albumul REAL LIFE UK#2, un album mai personal si mai putin implicat din punct de vedere politic decat precedentele. REAL LIFE a prilejuit ultima cascada de hit-single-uri SIMPLE MINDS: LET THERE BE LOVE UK#6; SEE THE LIGHTS UK#20, US#40; STAND BY LOVE UK#13 si REAL LIFE UK#34.

La finalul turneului din 1991 era tot mai evident faptul ca SIMPLE MINDS nu mai puteau continua in acea formula. In ciuda succeselor de top si a concertelor sustinute in fata unor audiente impresiona(n)te, vechiul nucleu al formatiei se dezbinase odata cu renuntarile lui JOHN GIBLIN (in 1989) si MICK MACNEIL (1990) – cei care au contribuit semnificativ la „cizelarea” compozitiilor duo-ului KERR - BURCHILL. Deasemnea, la aceasta stare de fapt au contribuit si colaborarile de scurta durata cu muzicienii aditionali, problemele serioase cu alcoolul ale drummer-ului MEL GAYNOR sau viata tumultoasa a lui JIM KERR.
Putini stiu ca, pana in 1995, JIM KERR a trecut prin doua casnicii esuate alaturi de nume importante ale show-bizului britanic : CHRISSIE HYNDE (solista de la THE PRETENDERS) 1984-1990 si PATSY KENSIT (actrita – ii da replica lui Mel Gibson in LETHAL WEAPON 2 si viitoarea sotie -la acea vreme- a lui LIAM GALLAGHER, OASIS).
In octombrie 1992, parca pentru a marca sfarsitul existentei trupei SIMPLE MINDS, este lansata o compilatie intitulata GLITTERING PRIZE – SIMPLE MINDS ’82-’92, ultimul album UK#1 pana la aceasta data, de pe care se vor relansa ca double-single (double A-Side) LOVESONG si ALIVE AND KICKING UK#6.

Dupa mai bine de doi ani, JIM KERR si CHARLIE BURCHILL revin in atentia publicului cand, dupa o seire de concerte in US, decid sa lanseze la inceputul lui 1995 un nou album (GOOD NEWS FROM THE NEXT WORLD), precedat de single-ul SHE’S A RIVER UK#9. Ulterior, succesul relativ notabil al turneului a determinat lansarea unui nou single, superba HYPNOTISED UK#18, ajunsa intre preferintele ascultatorului (veteran) de SIMPLE MINDS.

In martie 1998, formatia revigorata de reintoarcerea a doi membri din formula de baza (FORBES siI GAYNOR) lanseaza un nou single GLITTERBALL UK#18 care precede albumul NEAPOLIS UK#19. Produs de PETER WALSH, acest album surprinde prin noua orientare muzicala ce ar putea fi descrisa drept „synth-rock”. WAR BABIES, al doilea single, nu atinge decat pozitia 43 in topul UK si marcheaza inceputul unei noi perioade a cautarilor si ratacirilor muzicale.
Discografia oficiala devine in acest moment destul de greu de cunatificat, atat timp cat formatia decide sa lanseze noi albume - NEON LIGHTS (2001- nelcasat, o colectie de coveruri de la NEON LIGHTS sau BEING BOILED la DANCING BAREFOOT sau THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD), CRY (2002- neclasat), OUR SECRETS ARE THE SAME (2003-neclasat) – in timp ce, in paralel, sunt remasterizate vechile LP-uri sau lansate noi compilatii: THE EARLY YEARS (1998-neclasat), THE BEST OF SIMPLE MINDS (2001 – UK#34). Unicele aparitii notabile din randul single-urilor au fost in perioada 2001-2004: CRY (UK#47) si DIRTY OLD TOWN (UK#41).

Vezi foto: http://www.gwebspace.de/newwaver2/sminds/sm2004.jpg

Cand nimeni nu se mai astepta, in septembrie 2005, SIMPLE MINDS au revenit aproape de forma de odinioara gratie colaborarii cu JEZ COAD - un producator cu state vechi in anii ’80 – rezultatul fiind LP-ul BLACK AND WHITE 050505, de pe care s-au extras deja doua single-uri: HOME UK#41 si STRANGER (disponibil numai pentru clientii I-Tunes).
Din toamna trecuta SIMPLE MINDS au colindat intreaga Europa promovandu-si noul album (in formula: JIM KERR, CHARLIE BURCHILL, MEL GAYNOR, EDDIE DUFFY si ANDY GILLESPIE), activitate care va continua pana la vara, urmatoarele pe lista fiind Australia si Noua Zeelanda.

Mai multe informatii puteti afla consultand site-ul oficial al formatiei: www.simpleminds.com

DISCOGRAFIE SIMPLE MINDS*:
• Life in a Day 1979
• Real to Real Cacophony 1979
• Empires and Dance 1980
• Sons and Fascination 1981
• Sister Feelings Call 1981
• Themes for Great Cities 1981
• Celebration 1982
• New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 1982
• Sparkle in the Rain 1984
• Once Upon a Time 1985
• In the City of Light 1987 (live album)
• Street Fighting Years 1989
• Real Life 1991
• Glittering Prize 81/92 1992(compilatie)
• Good News from the Next World 1995
• The Promised 1997 (compilatie)
• Neapolis 1998
• The Early Years 1998 (compilatie)
• Neon Lights 2001
• The Best of Simple Minds 2001 (compilatie)
• Cry 2002
• Our Secrets are the Same 2003
• Silver Box 2003 (compilatie)
• Black & White 050505 2005
* Discografia cuprinde materialele originale de studio, live sau compilate – lansate intial de Simple Minds si nu include relansarile intr-un format nou ale unor albume mai vechi sau titlurile lansate exclusiv pentru piete distincte cum ar fi: Japonia, Germania, Italia, etc

Brand: http://www.2fluid.co.uk/project/simpleminds/?clients=show

Mobile Wallpapers 240x320
- Sparkle In The Rain:
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- Irish (right?) motif:
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Tricou : http://www.amigosdelojo.com.ar/remerasgdes/detalle_musica.asp?mod=Simple%20minds%20.jpg&modtalles=

Despre turneu: http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/kennedy_street/simple_minds_2008_tour.htm

Anton Corbijn, we love you! Look!

JIM!!

Ia uiteee:

http://simpleminds.com/news/?request=article&id=113

Jim si Charlie cu Nelson Mandela

Mult Sminds http://simpleminds.startbewijs.nl/
SI MAI mult Sminds http://www.simpleminds.org/

Asta da veste pentru un weekend placut!

Simple Minds unveil NEW Album 'GRAFFITI SOUL' - release date: 25th of May 2009!



Hot on the heels of their 30th Anniversary Celebration Tour that saw them playing to over a quarter of a million people during their sold out 2008 European/UK arena tour, and their performance at Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday concert in London's Hyde Park, Simple Minds are about to enter the most prolific period within their extensive career with the highly anticipated brand new album 'Graffiti Soul' due for international release on May 25th by Universal Music Records label.

Their 15th studio album, 'Graffiti Soul' was initially written on location in Rome, Sicily, Antwerp and Glasgow. Simple Minds then returned for the first time in almost three decades to the famous Rockfield Studios where the Scottish group originally recorded their earlier seminal albums 'Real To Real Cacophony', 'Empires And Dance' and sowed the seeds of 'New Gold Dream'.

Produced by Jez Coad and Simple Minds, the new album was mixed in Los Angeles by the legendary Bob Clearmountain, who previously mixed Simple Minds multi platinum 'Once Upon a Time album', and who's mixing credentials include Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA', David Bowie's 'Let's Dance', and 'Roxy Music's 'Avalon'.

"Graffiti Soul is a bold and energetic collection of songs, and we could not be happier with the result," says lead singer, Jim Kerr. "Stylistically, this is a truly vibrant rock'n'roll album that's bursting at the seams with quite possibly the most ballsy pop songs we have written in years."

Although the heart and soul of 'Graffiti Soul' is contemporary in sound, the feel of classic Minds is evident, although the spirit of some of Simple Minds' original contemporaries such as Joy Division, Magazine and the Stranglers, are not far away.

Continues Kerr, "It's taken us a while, but over the last couple of years Charlie Burchill and I have put together a great team of individuals to work with, and that, as well as a revitalised and energetic new commitment has triggered an effect that has dramatically overhauled Simple Minds. 'Graffiti Soul' is testament to that."

In addition to the launch of the new album, Simple Minds are in the process of confirming an extensive 'Graffiti Soul' world tour that will encompass a lot of songs from the new album, plus the band's best loved classics including 'Alive and Kicking', 'Sanctify Yourself', 'Waterfront', 'Promised You A Miracle' and 'Don't You (Forget About Me)'.

"It was a great pleasure making the new album," concludes Kerr. Sometimes you hit a period where everything just fits together perfectly and turns out exactly as you hoped it would. 'Graffiti Soul' reflects that very sentiment, and much more."

Si la noi, si la noi!!

Sau in Sofia, ca-i aproape

@jimkerr09 Hehe, thank you for the follow. I can hardly wait to hear Graffiti Soul! Any chances of revisiting Romania?
@kaleid1990 Romania was so good to play in and i hope that we get the chance again. Ditto Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece!

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a-ha, I enjoy depecheMODE INXS, it's my New Order, for I may be one of the Simple Minds, but U2 know that The Cure is nowhere to be found! My home is an Icehouse under Camouflage... dare to come in?

To respond to that, Yes.

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