SIMPLE MINDS - "Ghostdancing" - Live Aid 1985 video free download

KRAZEEIZATION

What did he mean by the line "I'll tell you about the Irish children'? Was it the kids buggered by the Catholic church or what?

Ewan Todd

Amazing choooon

timris

JIMM KERR and band was so young then!!

Sunburst75

Class. Miss the Minds gigs especially the one's in the Glasgow Barrowlands, wish I could turn the clock back to the 80s

keeghan bulger

The sound man on this show was fuckin AMAZING.

markmywords312

Spoken like a dedicated SM fan and, of course, wrong. The U2 v Simple Minds war raged for a little while but SM never quite had the same edge. As the other poster said though, his singing is exactly like the record - SM and U2 justifiably dominated the world in the 80s, but only U2 in the 90s and onwards

Mark D

The BEST band ever....PERIOD :-)

Oldschool7166

pretty ballsy of them to do a song that was not yet released at the time!

RynoScott

Well, coming from someone who is a singer/songwriter & was heavily influenced by both Jim Kerr and Bono, I beg to differ slightly with your comment, moonshiny74. U2 had some pretty good AOR play with, 'I will Follow', 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', & 'New Year's Day' as well as heavy rotation on MTV. Thanks in large part to the 'Under a Blood Red Sky' album & video released in '83. But, they actually became a 'household name' with the release of, 'The Unforgettable Fire' in October '84, & 'Pride, ...'

RynoScott

Again, 'Pride' got HEAVY radio & MTV play. 'Don't You, ...' & 'Once Upon a Time' were both released a year later. btw ~ SM didn't even write, 'Don't You' & deliberately left it off of 'OUaT' because of their reluctance to record it. And while Simple Minds had been around LONGER than U2, you can't really 'say' that SM were more well known OR that , 'EVERYONE wanted to sound like Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill!' after the Breakfast Club's release

RynoScott

Because I was a working musician then and 'everyone' that wasn't into hair~metal wanted to sing like Bono & play gtr like the Edge. We def played SM tunes but, we got a much bigger response when we played U2. Again, love them both but, from someone whose natural voice is similar to both, the comparisons between Jim & Bono were natural considering their tone & style, as well as their respective band's sound, similarities. BOTH great bands, imo. ~ Love, Peace, & Music

revacohen

A job well done. I would have liked to have seen more of the keyboardist, though. He was the handsomest member of the group. Too bad I didn't know that back then. I probably would have fallen in love with him.

ALPQZM654

Our music will become so big it can't be stopped - JK Simple Minds at there most potent

soviet kong

THE BEST LIVE BAND OF EVER!

Mike Lops

To summarise: Brilliant!

AbbeyRoad52

I agree with moonshiny74, U2 didn't steal Simple Mind's sound. A lot of bands of the 80's sounded this way; they had the echoing vocals and the strumming echo-ey sound in their guitar. Other bands had that, bands like Tears for Fears, The Outfield and Big Country used similar sounds. U2 didn't straight up copy SM, they originally were a punk band that just formed their sound with 80's sound like a lot of bands did. That's the U2 you hear on the Joshua Tree, their breakout album.

SwappingIsSaving

I think the UK had the world by the balls in the 80s musically speaking. Now it's more like half hearted tap on the shoulder followed by an apology.

I'm Coming Up

Vocals as good as the record! That's when you know a band is quality

cheltcanary

one of my fave SM tracks... very under-rated! like the band themselves, so many people praise the commercial success of U2 and compare the bands music to SM, but in MY opinion SM retained their credability and stayed true to their musical values....

EarlybirdDublin

I read recently that when U2 started recording 'Unforgettable Fire' they pointed out 'New Gold Dream' as a reference point as to how they wanted the record to sound. They're obviously very different records but there are definite elements that U2 borrowed from that record. In fairness though, U2 have written many more 'classic' songs than SM. In my opinion they peaked with New Gold Dream.

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