@morrissey102 Unless there WAS something 'wrong' with Jim's eye in this video (I've seen a similar comment on another early Simple Minds post) then his eyes are just slightly different shapes and eyeliner accenuated it. My eyes are slightly different from each other: my left eye is slightly more narrow, and as I get older it's more noticeable because my eyelids have become heavier. No-one's face (or body) is completely symmetrical. Why not look for differences in your own? :-)
@hennaG2 I have the answer. I read somewhere in a biography that Jim hit on a girl after a show and her bf smacked Jim and gave him a bruised eye. Makeup tried to cover it just before the shooting of this video...
Great effort. I've never seen this footage and, if you'd told me there was a fight in a video to this record, I would have imagined Jim as a boxer skipping around in black leggings! lol It's strange, but looking at it now it's a bit reminiscent of Sean Hughes at his local boozer's themed Western fight night. In a bunker they are scared of leaving. To a FANTASTIC soundtrack!
Here Kerr is definintely at the top of his talent and charisma: sharp as a razor. He must also be one of the lead singers who wasted it so badly once the big money made it's entry. Big cars, good food and too much of it all. Today he gives the impression of a fat cynical man, which is hard to believe when you ever were this... What a waste!
Brilliant , what a treat, great song never dates and whatever you have done to the tune is seemless, you are a clever bloke. What about looking at Party Fears Two by The Associates. Cheers Dexbam
wow ... almost 30 years ago college radio station (KUSF? KALX?) DJ said Simple Minds are coming, you have to see them! I went to sound check (club next to building I worked in) ... sound checks are always notoriously bad, but Simple Minds? Lordy lordy. Club was deserted but in a minute or two this bunch of soccer players kind of flowed around me & up on to stage. They started playing -- Love Song -- absolutely took my breath away. Absolutely beautiful! The music just flowed into my heart ...
@vinsgraphics Yeah, what is it about the ending? I can't find it anywhere, I even bought a couple of compilations hoping to get the original version, but they both had this faded ending :( Does anyone know if the version with the clear ending is available? Why on earth would they think it was a good idea to cut the last 15 seconds of the song?
@Xiroi87 the video is since a few hous finished, take a look in my account, its ready, you can see it there, really the version with the FULL end, have fun
@hallowrrrld i work today since 11 years with rmastering tools, dozen hours every week, fanatic and stubborn....You must know i wondering about a fact : my last official cd-mastering for a album-release is now 2 years ago, the reviews after the last cd-release about the crystal-clear sound were excellent, i must really say i dont understand the fact that every day new (bad) remastered cd-'s overstock the market....I remember the U2-Remastered cd collection - there's MANY room for improvement.
''Simple Minds 81,82,83,84 Live'' You must know that i've Projected A Simple Minds Album (A Double-Cd) (Producing And Remastering Dexbam) At least other people have to decide upon what to do with it, a release in 2012, 2014, 2222, or..... never... Interested that ''81,82,83,84-Live'' is one day available? Then tell it your friends or...Jim Kerr, he decides. Thank you very much for your acute ears and for advice and for your encouragement!!
This band reminds me of INXS because their early work was totally different then later on. Compare this to Up On The Catwalk, Simple Minds got a lot better real quick. Great quality on all your posts Dexbam thanks a lot! I'm subscribing!
@verbusen Every album other than their last few were brilliant. what makes Simple Minds great outside sounding good is their desire to keep changing & never become stagnant. Thy are still under-appreciated to this day but will remain my favorite band forever.
I can't help feeling that the video doesn't do justice to this amazing and powerful song. It's like one of Wagner's masterpieces played over an amateur dramatics home video.
@electricrussell That is a problem with all 80's videos - the medium was very new and immature to do the music justice. Would be nice to see how they could improve on it today.
80's music - never to be repeated - an era reality that I had the luck of living through in Sydney - the advent of FM Radio and the walkman - my hearing is stuffed but worth it ! - the pub bands with the chalk boards outside - the taste of a real beer !
How good is this band ! How good is the clip ! The chick in the lift says it all !
Must be the 50% Scottish blood in me - Thanks Dad, knew you were good for something !
Fantastic! At their peak these guys were one of the best bands on the planet, no question. Not sure who directed this but that the guy with the beard and glasses turned up in several music videos made around this time. I'd love to know who he was.
OK everyone; start dancing! This is one of my favorite songs from my favorite band ever. Music these days has no passion or energy; especially when compared to bands like Simple Minds.
strange did not like them when this was released(probally to much air play at the time), it took a couples of years and it grew on me to the point it's now an old favourite.
To all today's youth: wanna hear some real music? Then check this out!
Now i may be a old dude in the eyes of today's youth, but lucky me that the best music was made when i was a young, because that's a fact when you hear the
crap that is made today. And lucky me that 80's and 90's party's are booming these days, so i never have to mis the good stuf. i'm going out for almost 30 years now, and i have no intention to stop for at least another 15 years,
@3DPeter Agreed! I don't know HOW they make music today without any riff or melody. My hero is Justin Bieber. I love that little guy.....NOT....LOL! LOL! LOL!
todays artist think that their image is more importand than their music.
I also notice that more and more youth discover eighties music, and they love it, so that's a good sign, because today's crapp wil be forgotte as soon they leave the charts, something no one can say about eighties music, because it's still played on the radio, and that won't change for at least another 30 years, that's
for sure. Look around, 80's and 90's party's everywhere! Well, at least here in holland.
@3DPeter I live in Canada. You are correct. Alot of kids are going back and listening to classic music. Right now, I'm listening to alot of the disco music between 1977 and 1984. You'll be surprised with some of the melodies in disco. In fact if you listen to Simple Minds, they went right between the 2 trends of alternative punk and disco to produce their own kind of music.
Hard to believe this came out in 1981. 'Relax' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood was another favourite dance track of mine and came out in 1984. Simple Minds were ahead of everybody with this track
Remember when music was great and videos sucked?
vwsilver 13 hours ago
DF is such a player..
zortation 1 week ago
This sequencer is mindblowing.
Love it... 30 years on and giving thrills...
FAN-TAS-TIC!
Lokassochannel 4 weeks ago 3
I just hear MULLET, wtf!!!
absolormario 1 month ago
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Cucaioaio2 1 month ago
Songs like that are not made any more... :-(
BlixtenMarlowes 1 month ago 3
Them at their very best loved it
REMdeSTIPEal 1 month ago
These boys were never given enough credit. They created some the best music of any era. They be funky too.
DJDeepStrut77 1 month ago
Shocking, for an early 80s vid there are no mullets.
AcidBurn5009 1 month ago 2
@AcidBurn5009 the `cool` guys laughed in the face of the mullet. lol
tecdessus 1 month ago
@AcidBurn5009 This is pre-mullet era.
zortation 4 days ago
good work fella!
liamotoole45 2 months ago
Top Gear picks good music like this tune.
only1brum 2 months ago
man o man o man they dont and perhaps cant make music like this any more,thats ok i was there on the day and am a better person for it.
XKaffe 2 months ago
'I cut my hair, paint my face, break a finger, tell a lie'... BEST lyric EVER!
TheNouveauxdecadence 2 months ago 2
Is that filmed in Charlie Parkers lol ? great tune .
crazyfox564 2 months ago
I liked the new gold dream era most but this song is just brilliant.
syzygywell 2 months ago
I love Dexbam's high quality videos. Merci!
Hot80s 2 months ago
Olè!!!!
danygunper 2 months ago
wow jim kerr and the banh in hd , never tought of this
jaibobro 2 months ago
this song has to be played at maximum volume to get the full effect.utter brilliance!
tripleg142 2 months ago
I just like the opening scene, i dont like the rest of the video :P
IntoTheFace 2 months ago
I'm still in love with the chick at 0:49 seconds.
headmasterritual957 3 months ago
Jim, Jim, Jim. How did you ever get away from this.
tommym1966 3 months ago 11
who eats fish at a club?
TheDamned999 3 months ago 4
Thank you Simple Minds for warding off the Disco Invasion.
danceswithcritters 3 months ago
minds were pioneers! just ask brian eno, great stuff
OnexOne1976 3 months ago
"OnexOne1976" - FUCK brian eno
JohnoEAL 3 months ago
A classic.
roosterrooter13 3 months ago
what wro0ng with his eye?
morrissey102 3 months ago
@morrissey102 Unless there WAS something 'wrong' with Jim's eye in this video (I've seen a similar comment on another early Simple Minds post) then his eyes are just slightly different shapes and eyeliner accenuated it. My eyes are slightly different from each other: my left eye is slightly more narrow, and as I get older it's more noticeable because my eyelids have become heavier. No-one's face (or body) is completely symmetrical. Why not look for differences in your own? :-)
hennaG2 3 months ago
@hennaG2 I have the answer. I read somewhere in a biography that Jim hit on a girl after a show and her bf smacked Jim and gave him a bruised eye. Makeup tried to cover it just before the shooting of this video...
preving 2 months ago
@preving Thanks for that. It's not something I've noticed in all videos or appearances so I wasn't really sure.
hennaG2 2 months ago
Has anyone ever noticed the deliberate way this video pays tribute to Luis Bunuel's film "The exterminating angel"?
zzGRENDELzz 3 months ago
The slagging off that eighties music gets, so whats new ?
ponemark 4 months ago
and what´s the deal with this guy at 0:50
EnjoyTheSurface 4 months ago
great video, always liked the part when jim takes over the dj-booth
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Great effort. I've never seen this footage and, if you'd told me there was a fight in a video to this record, I would have imagined Jim as a boxer skipping around in black leggings! lol It's strange, but looking at it now it's a bit reminiscent of Sean Hughes at his local boozer's themed Western fight night. In a bunker they are scared of leaving. To a FANTASTIC soundtrack!
evilrobottolhurst 4 months ago
Perfect "beginning of Autumn" song. But why has Jim taken OFF his coat in the lift if at 0:50 it's a temperature DROP?
evilrobottolhurst 4 months ago
Backgammon in a pub in glegsga... nae in the tavern round the back of paradise,...
hairytag 4 months ago
I supose its the nighclub of Glasgow. Thats the maincity of SM
ronaldvanderkleij 4 months ago
02:54 IT'S A MIME TRAP!!!!!
countingmx 4 months ago
That looks like The Venue Nightclub in Glasgow Early 80's
MrAmadaeus 4 months ago
Great work!!!!! Congrats from Spain.
minolio 4 months ago
Ah this is the one, awsome
Pauluk33 4 months ago
Feel the power.
eclipsemullet 4 months ago 2
what did she call him
ramsey633 4 months ago
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TheDomingo100 5 months ago
i veri Simple Minds.
swa67 5 months ago
Greatest Simple Minds song ever!!!!
LZB100 5 months ago 2
Bless your Heart.
Heart of Steel.
Hot80s 5 months ago 2
Stil sounds great to me, good songs last the test of time.
ferrocky 5 months ago 2
Here Kerr is definintely at the top of his talent and charisma: sharp as a razor. He must also be one of the lead singers who wasted it so badly once the big money made it's entry. Big cars, good food and too much of it all. Today he gives the impression of a fat cynical man, which is hard to believe when you ever were this... What a waste!
fran627 5 months ago
I'm giddy with joy like a little kid to this clip!
RedThebigOne 5 months ago in playlist More videos from Dexbam 12
vice city night club for real.
Hot80s 5 months ago
@Hot80s=well that has sense. vice city is in 86' this video is from 81' i think, so it is possible they took that nightclub :D
TheMancarCamoran 5 months ago
Well done on the mix, you are the maestro
athleticscoach2012 5 months ago
WOW!!! Really amazing piece of music.. Memories never went away
aaround 6 months ago
Now this is music!!!
SOLACEBOY 6 months ago 4
Fabulous music!!!!
mirak57 6 months ago 2
please take care of luscious jackson
MrCMWhitfield 6 months ago
Makes me deliciously dizzy....fkn love it !!!!!
pilatso 6 months ago
Ah, the days when you went out clubbing and played backgammon.
werrongboy 6 months ago 3
Brilliant!!! Is there a better word? I think not...
INXSFan33 7 months ago 3
Probably it's just me, but the videos from the 80's were much more interesting than any other era.
sidgenocid 7 months ago 2
Brilliant , what a treat, great song never dates and whatever you have done to the tune is seemless, you are a clever bloke. What about looking at Party Fears Two by The Associates. Cheers Dexbam
TheSimonRowell 7 months ago
On 1st Wave xm33 this am. Made my day!!! =D!
juliadennehy 7 months ago
Superb again thanx for the effort, classic song that goes on and on
leebedy71 7 months ago
No doubt about it...I love this song!!!
godchick69 7 months ago
guys with maked eyes are gravely underestimated, if you ask me
flugsven 7 months ago
Check out the film "The Exterminating Angel" by Luis Bunuel if you'd like to understand the video. Great song!
zzGRENDELzz 7 months ago 2
wow ... almost 30 years ago college radio station (KUSF? KALX?) DJ said Simple Minds are coming, you have to see them! I went to sound check (club next to building I worked in) ... sound checks are always notoriously bad, but Simple Minds? Lordy lordy. Club was deserted but in a minute or two this bunch of soccer players kind of flowed around me & up on to stage. They started playing -- Love Song -- absolutely took my breath away. Absolutely beautiful! The music just flowed into my heart ...
roanna104 7 months ago 2
BRILLIANT.
Frobbz 8 months ago
Good work! Love it. :)
Tronblue007 8 months ago
Brilliant presentation Dexbam! Jim Kerr has def got an acting side to him.
Thanks for bringing up this golden moment from my youth ; )
areskalbare 8 months ago
Great sound, great video. I kinda wish, though, that the original ending was in there (the clear ending, not the fade).
vinsgraphics 8 months ago
@vinsgraphics Yeah, what is it about the ending? I can't find it anywhere, I even bought a couple of compilations hoping to get the original version, but they both had this faded ending :( Does anyone know if the version with the clear ending is available? Why on earth would they think it was a good idea to cut the last 15 seconds of the song?
Xiroi87 8 months ago
@Xiroi87 no problem, i have today a good day and in a hour is the version with the complete end finished and uploaded, have fun :)
Dexbam 8 months ago
@Dexbam Wow will you do that? Thanx so much! you're my hero!
Xiroi87 8 months ago
@Xiroi87 the video is since a few hous finished, take a look in my account, its ready, you can see it there, really the version with the FULL end, have fun
Dexbam 8 months ago
cant get enough of that intro.... its so cool
EnjoyTheSurface 8 months ago 3
Man, I must admit that your mix of this song is the best I've heard. It sounds better than the remastered CD! How'd you do it?
hallowrrrld 9 months ago 2
@hallowrrrld i work today since 11 years with rmastering tools, dozen hours every week, fanatic and stubborn....You must know i wondering about a fact : my last official cd-mastering for a album-release is now 2 years ago, the reviews after the last cd-release about the crystal-clear sound were excellent, i must really say i dont understand the fact that every day new (bad) remastered cd-'s overstock the market....I remember the U2-Remastered cd collection - there's MANY room for improvement.
Dexbam 9 months ago
''Simple Minds 81,82,83,84 Live'' You must know that i've Projected A Simple Minds Album (A Double-Cd) (Producing And Remastering Dexbam) At least other people have to decide upon what to do with it, a release in 2012, 2014, 2222, or..... never... Interested that ''81,82,83,84-Live'' is one day available? Then tell it your friends or...Jim Kerr, he decides. Thank you very much for your acute ears and for advice and for your encouragement!!
Dexbam 8 months ago
I cut my hair, paint my face, break a finger, tell a lie.
dequadim 9 months ago
Blows me away \o/ Thanks.
Hot80s 9 months ago
Damn fine audio, and of course a gorgeous vid. Thanks for uploading these!
RobinMichael64 9 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Great video quality
MmeDesgranges 9 months ago
DAMN! this song Rocks!
jeffpad520 9 months ago
best song of the 80's
Balian62 9 months ago
Whoa, this video looks like it was made in 2011 and made to look like it was made in 1981. It was indeed actually made in 1981.
Amazing video quality.
MDJarv 9 months ago 2
Genial la musica y la cancion de amor. Pura energia... Saludos
ozzi4everbolusa 9 months ago
How this bass is tha woop!!!
YellowEye25 10 months ago
check that bass love it
wayniewayne 10 months ago 5
This song never grows old.
seablue5 10 months ago 19
simple minds a bunch of scotlands finest!
classic line: AMERICAS A BOYFRIEND UNTOUCHED BY FLESH OF HAND!!
lawblaw 10 months ago
SUPER GARCIA
miaysan 10 months ago
Fantastic sound, great Simple Minds...
Harno3 10 months ago
super geil
möchte gerne 1 woche zurück in the 80 s
MrStutte 11 months ago
@MrStutte Nur eine? ;-)
LZB100 5 months ago
Excellent work pal, gongratz and thanx! 80"S FOREVER!
sonnydaytona 11 months ago 2
Well done, as far as this edition is corcerned.
SkywalkerTibor 11 months ago
Great great great!!!It's brilliant!!!
ultrafragola2000 11 months ago
so whas i in dordrecht in het dolhuis those where the days
auto2905 11 months ago
This band reminds me of INXS because their early work was totally different then later on. Compare this to Up On The Catwalk, Simple Minds got a lot better real quick. Great quality on all your posts Dexbam thanks a lot! I'm subscribing!
verbusen 11 months ago
@verbusen Every album other than their last few were brilliant. what makes Simple Minds great outside sounding good is their desire to keep changing & never become stagnant. Thy are still under-appreciated to this day but will remain my favorite band forever.
pathogensmusick 11 months ago 5
THEY'RE SUPER YOUNG HERE....
giaisbomb 11 months ago 2
@chucknt13 cheese it s the music now stupid ignorant!
juanjony 1 year ago
think about this i was born in 1964 this number is from 1980 and still great 30 yaers old
auto2905 1 year ago
Used To Dance To This @ The Amnesia & Phonographic In Leeds ,Big New Romantic Number,As Was iTravel Another Quality Minds Song...
h4rry50337 1 year ago
Classic Song, Classic Style!
SKOTP69 1 year ago
great job! what a blast from the past....
geoffraus 1 year ago
the best quality in a video I've ever seen !
AstenioLupin 1 year ago
DEXBAM you are the BEST!
frsfca 1 year ago
Top Gear keep using this track on TV!!! Love it
davyjones800 1 year ago
Love that chug!!
smallfox2 1 year ago
spergarcia, en la cope,jejejeje
antonys25 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this awesome vid! I'm a huge Simps fan.
Lalo3001 1 year ago
Great upload. Always my favorite Simple Minds song. You know it's good when your kids come running and ask "who's this?"
JDeGroom 1 year ago 2
Is the girl in the video related to Jim Kerr - she looks A LOT like him in the face!
cfheld 1 year ago
I can't help feeling that the video doesn't do justice to this amazing and powerful song. It's like one of Wagner's masterpieces played over an amateur dramatics home video.
electricrussell 1 year ago
@electricrussell That is a problem with all 80's videos - the medium was very new and immature to do the music justice. Would be nice to see how they could improve on it today.
imissthe80s 1 year ago
superb quality!brilliant song and band.thanks so much for sharing
themachman19691 1 year ago
80's music - never to be repeated - an era reality that I had the luck of living through in Sydney - the advent of FM Radio and the walkman - my hearing is stuffed but worth it ! - the pub bands with the chalk boards outside - the taste of a real beer !
How good is this band ! How good is the clip ! The chick in the lift says it all !
Must be the 50% Scottish blood in me - Thanks Dad, knew you were good for something !
SJS764 1 year ago 3
Cool base line!!
barticus04 1 year ago 3
Decades ahead of their time.....simply an awsome band!
houseybhoy 1 year ago
Absolutely brilliant, seen them many times over the years in Glasgow and Edinburgh, when's the next Minds tour Jim?
MrSuperneil05 1 year ago
Brilliant! Haven't seen this for decades. Forgot how great the clip was. Great quality version. Thanks
sawbird 1 year ago
I've said it before and I will say it again...the music of the 80s was phenomenal!!
Delisle4 1 year ago 2
takes me back to my youth thanks.
laingy66 1 year ago
Super job! Thanx!
mmk749 1 year ago
that opening synth sequence is brilliant!
kingofkeyboards 1 year ago
OMG I have loved this song for years,ever since it came out I knew it would stick in my head..the bass is awesome!
crazycatlady68 1 year ago
great song
MegaRossi1973 1 year ago
That has to be one of the worst videos I have ever seen.......
Brilliant track though!
Garmez120 1 year ago
Best intro to any song EVER.
luvlife77 1 year ago
@luvlife77 In Trance As Mission?
fleaby 1 year ago
he was sooo sexy!! loved him and still do :)
Queenlaurelin 1 year ago
Such a great stuff....
sylter42 1 year ago
Fantastic! At their peak these guys were one of the best bands on the planet, no question. Not sure who directed this but that the guy with the beard and glasses turned up in several music videos made around this time. I'd love to know who he was.
duncankimball 1 year ago
Potenza alla Enne.
bottecchia1927 1 year ago
SImple Minds live out their favorite Roxy Music fantasy but have more fun!
echorich 1 year ago
Whatever happened to Simple Minds....
gwalj 1 year ago
SUPERGARCÍAAAAAAAAA!!!!! XD
radiomachina 1 year ago
OK everyone; start dancing! This is one of my favorite songs from my favorite band ever. Music these days has no passion or energy; especially when compared to bands like Simple Minds.
pathogensmusick 1 year ago 2
When Simple Minds were utterly A CLASS HEAVEN!
TheNouveauxdecadence 1 year ago 2
Faaantastic... best song ever ... thanks for the pristine sound
Ulimaroan 1 year ago 2
real radio should play this more
machanalan 1 year ago 4
Love This Song :O)
RolandTheArtist 1 year ago 2
sounds fab well done
MrResto111 1 year ago 3
one of my favourite songs ever
identifymenot 1 year ago
strange did not like them when this was released(probally to much air play at the time), it took a couples of years and it grew on me to the point it's now an old favourite.
EgonBoeje 1 year ago
wow video quality is superb!!
well done!
kerrfal 1 year ago 26
fkn brilliant.....ooooooo yeahhhhhhhhh thats the shit...nice 1
arnie61 1 year ago 7
LOVE IT
chamillionaire96 1 year ago
this is just as good as it gets
saturdayson 1 year ago
killer bass line!!!
lawblaw 1 year ago
You make Jim Kerr appear in the video better. Luv it!
Beebsentrance 1 year ago
Seamless huh? :D
KillingJoke696 1 year ago
To all today's youth: wanna hear some real music? Then check this out!
Now i may be a old dude in the eyes of today's youth, but lucky me that the best music was made when i was a young, because that's a fact when you hear the
crap that is made today. And lucky me that 80's and 90's party's are booming these days, so i never have to mis the good stuf. i'm going out for almost 30 years now, and i have no intention to stop for at least another 15 years,
because i love 80's and 90's music.
3DPeter 1 year ago
@3DPeter Agreed! I don't know HOW they make music today without any riff or melody. My hero is Justin Bieber. I love that little guy.....NOT....LOL! LOL! LOL!
preving 1 year ago
@preving
todays artist think that their image is more importand than their music.
I also notice that more and more youth discover eighties music, and they love it, so that's a good sign, because today's crapp wil be forgotte as soon they leave the charts, something no one can say about eighties music, because it's still played on the radio, and that won't change for at least another 30 years, that's
for sure. Look around, 80's and 90's party's everywhere! Well, at least here in holland.
3DPeter 1 year ago
@3DPeter I live in Canada. You are correct. Alot of kids are going back and listening to classic music. Right now, I'm listening to alot of the disco music between 1977 and 1984. You'll be surprised with some of the melodies in disco. In fact if you listen to Simple Minds, they went right between the 2 trends of alternative punk and disco to produce their own kind of music.
preving 1 year ago
DELICIOUS !!!!!!
pilatso 1 year ago
Great job.
Thanks for bringing back the memories.
rolvon 1 year ago
Hard to believe this came out in 1981. 'Relax' by Frankie Goes To Hollywood was another favourite dance track of mine and came out in 1984. Simple Minds were ahead of everybody with this track
preving 1 year ago
Nectar.
closertofiftythanyew 1 year ago
Brilliant!!
slvideo1 1 year ago
Stunning.
willmillr6 1 year ago
from innovative futurists to stadium rockers is a short journey
suggs59 1 year ago
ja ja ja ja!
petrusaloisius 1 year ago