SIMPLE MINDS I TRAVEL

[ScooshAlloa]

those where the days

[MrDemilord]

I got the 7" with the other side premonition live

[mantra3000]

Simple minds did record some great, great songs.

[bomberzak]

Well ahead of it's time, a classic..

[DuranFan09]

Sounds a bit like 'Hold Back The Rain' from Duran Duran's 'Rio' album.

[MrDemilord]

@DuranFan09 I think the other way around, this song was released in 1980 that album of duran duran was released in 81 or 82

[DuranFan09]

@MrDemilord I know, was just pointing out that they sound alike!

[emile235]

@DuranFan09 i think Nick Rhodes had the same synth as Mick Macneil; both 2 brillaint bands

[forzapsv]

Classic record!

[jphurrah]

@84heroes1 I dunno about that, but the percussion sounds a bit like a steam train to me

[anitacosmical]

Very good.

[Beunhanes]

@84heroes1 Yes, I was looking on google for some information about it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Seems like Simple Minds didn't credit Donna Summer's "I Feel Love". In my opinion it should be, it is almost exactly the same.

[whsonic]

@Beunhanes "Good artists borrow, great artists steal" (David Bowie)

[HighRiseChateau]

@whsonic Actually Pablo Picasso coinded that phrase.

[whsonic]

@HighRiseChateau So Bowie stole it from Picasso. That's the proof that David Bowie is a great artist.

[DuranFan09]

@Beunhanes It does sound very similar, but this song is far superior.

[thecrazybitch371]

I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL THE GREAT MUSIC AND I HAVE TO SAY I REALLY AM SURPRISED TO SEE SOME FANS OF A WELL OVERLOOKED MUSIC THANKSgrayham37...cynthia

[thecrazybitch371]

I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL THE GREAT MUSIC AND I HAVE TO SAY I REALLY AM SURPRISED TO SEE SOME FANS OF A WELL OVERLOOKED MUSIC THANKSgrayham37...

[adaracd]

Superb!

[Jasy1988able]

thanks for sharing an amazing video :)

[janronner]

Gotta love this one :-)

[toptonychick]

Thanks Graham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrAnglomania]

Play this loud!!!

[thefox69100]

ok dan,,,,,,,,

[Koeningsplein15]

I know how this song charted low in the UK. The difference between a success and failure is only 5%. Make the synths more prominent 5%. Actually i'd prefer the lead synth to be 15% louder. Consider the context of year of release/other artists. Maaan this could have been a number 1 in many countries! Make the synths louder.

[georgegonzalez68]

one of the best played in the early 80s Casa Espana big time La Flavour D.J these guys new what they were playing.

[KeeganBrooks]

Fucking top anthem!

[WOODENTOP7]

WHAT A PITY THESE GUYS DISSAPEARED UP THEIR OWN ARSES BY SUPPORTING THAT CUNT MANDELA

[abagail4me]

Absolutely brilliant. This single was their most energetic yet had that magical atmosphere and sharp disco edge to it.I'll never trade in my CD of "Empires And Dance" Classic Scottish new wave.I'd also like to recommend the "Reel To Real Cacophony" LP as well.

[SuperRod88]

Happy Birthday Jim Kerr (July 9)

[lawblaw]

brilliant, what a dance track. takes me back to my glory days. cmon!!!!

[lklnd97]

A memory of great times. Thank you for posting this classic song.

[mayangod1isback]

MAYAN GODS LOVE THIS SONG. Greetings from LA, CA, USA.

[mayangod1isback]

@mayangod1isback...We are still here..... Send me a message. Yours truly.....Mayangod1isback for ever and ever. :O)

[emile235]

2m45s guitar solo like Cobain's solo on Lithium

[emile235]

2m45s guitar solo like Cobain's solo on Lithium

[hipmatize]

I wouldn't label simple minds as new wave.

[roddy76to86]

Post-punk would probably be more accurate.

But I find this "labelling" business rather tiresome...

[moonshiny74]

I wouldn't label them new wave either. To me, they were definitely post-punk/experimental in the early days. It was sort of hard to label them as one specific thing. People'd say "Oh they sound like Velvet Underground...no, wait, Roxy Music. No, this one sounds like Joy Division." Their style changed as much as Jim's hairdo.

[djscotty1111]

@hipmatize I remember buying early SM 12" during 80 81 etc ." It is under New Wave ie cutting edge of new music" as one sexy girl from Britain in the record store put it ;)

[davefromholland]

Best new-wave single of the 80-ths.I remember this song dancing in the new-wave club in Dordrecht-Holland:Club: Fame. In the 80-ths the new wave club to be.

[sparkle935]

wow bring back the new wave era, such quality

[saltbeachful]

Me too..... indeed happy times!

[PinkSmarties72]

i used to dance to that track in night clubs in the late 80s!

Happy times :0)

[kouglof01]

Just the perfect sound!!!!

[wikidub]

I think Empires and Dance is their most innovative album. Top stuff.

[zombiemod]

Holy shit! I remember dancing to a variant of this one years ago, is there a dance remix of this somewhere?

5 stars!

[luckystriker888]

Thanks for a wonderfull travel back in time

[urelady]

I bunked off scholl 30 yrs ago to watch these guys play the Mars Bar in Glasgow...30yrs on I screamed and danced all over again...THEY JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER.......CLASS

[lawomond]

Mars Bar in Glasgow.................. ear splitting music. Great days

[urelady]

I had another time travelling experience last week in Edinburgh....Thursday night @ the castle - Duran Duran...sitting getting merrily smashed I remembered the 1st time I saw them was in Tiffany's Dancehall...29 years earlier...sobering stuff....lol...2 nights later watching Jim Kerr @ the castle I had the mars bars thing all over again...Im giving up gigs...they are making me feel old....lol.....

[LizardT]

heyyyyyy....we are never too old.......from a 44 year old fogy...listen to the good oldies and remember your youth

[khorrumg]

The song essentially somehow conveys the sense of travel across the sparseness of Eastern, Europe during the Cold War era and the political tensions between the East and West due to Communism

[lawblaw]

@khorrumg man you talk bollocks in an arty kind of way.

[mantra3000]

@khorrumg To-tal-ly. Well summed up.

[khorrumg]

Oh....my fave Minds song..they were the epitome of Futurists groups...the lyrics...'Assasin in a hit and run...Asia steals a new born son.'...are so, so kind of apt for today's times....a case of premonition on Kerr's part!!!!

[unnannonelluretra]

cooooooooooooooool

[NickelMoon67]

I like this version (from the original album) lot more than the remix. Thanks!

[luvlife77]

am i the only one who loves every single thing this bands done. I'm the first to critisize comerciallity in a band, but these guys never got the cheesy repuations other 80's greats had like Duran Duran. They always stayed true to music and their change in sound was truely a progression, if they had become so comercial why arnt they in the lime light of today filling big brother and i'm a celebrity slots. The band care about music. Nothing else

I adore every album they have released

[nopartyplease]

yes, myLady, beause you live. Thank you for being so aware

[08041965]

pure class fuckin magic!!!!!!!!

[kazzielm]

Fire up the Quattro

[faddy24]

I agree with u all 2 but i think it's a bit dismissive 2 say they went crap after 83. Sure, some of their mid 2 late 80's stuff was pompous, hollow,naff, glossy commercial pap. But Street Fighting Years n Real Life r very good albums. I like the last effort 2

[DerVampyrEngel]

simply stunning track has stuck in my mind, from when I was a kid, like Changling, Sweat In Bullet, The American and Love Song, Futurist classic

[shazzibaby]

i of ma fav music off all time

[carlosfandangowheels]

I can't believe there are like minded people who still like this. I agree with everyone's comments.

Everything up to NGD '81 '82' '83' '84 was ground breaking... after that they went a bit shit

[heliumtrophy]

A bit? Being a wee bit too kind there. Though in fairness they did have their moments after New Gold Dream.........

[khorrumg]

This beats any of the music nowadays they produced a "new sound"..the Futurist sound along with some contemporaries U-VOX, MODE, NUMAN, JAPAN,even possibly SKIDS...from post-punk this new style, music emerged...we will never know of such a rich creative period like this again...This song is the epitome of that period, with its sense of foreboding in the lyrics with its due concern with the politics of the time the East/West divide, Berlin...Check-point Charlie...a strange world compared to now

[soklapptdasnie]

Totally agree. Listened to my elder brother's Minds albums as a youngster and couldn't believe how unique this sound was.

[intolerant66]

i almost ran away from home because my mum wouldn't let me go to their gig back in 1982 -i loved them so much and still do (the old stuff though)!

[fran627]

Funny how a band of this amazing quality could loose track so badly after 1984... Big Brother screwed them?

[unsound64]

Best thing theye ever did. Too bad they went completely shit after Waterfront.

[poshasfuck]

i have got this on 12" vinyl .

[greyhoundbloke]

Why not e-bay it then?

[therealsoulproduct]

Awesome track! It's like an electronic disco from hell! And I mean that in a good way.

[Ordsall66]

FCKN TUNE!

[jjlogan2904]

This brings back memories, anyone remember the Tube ? I was there one friday in Newcastle when they were playing... still sounds as good today !

[unnannonelluretra]

i love this song

[mk2007al]

Simple Minds Unless NGD81-82-83-84 there were very high credited for quality and style. Simple Minds toured with Gary Numan if i remember well. Well, they have been mentioned on Gary Numan Album for "handclapping" :-).

I travel went to a major club hit in alternative discotheques and rock clubs, like Yello "Bostich" also did. Great Track ! Eary Simple Minds are the best,to me their peak is with "Theme for great cities" and "seeing out the angel".And Love Song. And Someone up there

[jangenk]

there's nothing better than the early simple minds, the chameleons and (early to mid) banshees

[teaFFFFf]

heard this for the first time on ashes to ashes. brilliant

[fishfingers4964]

Those were the days !!! i had hair back then and i thought dress style !! my son thinks im just sad !

[betterthepast]

Most powerful song of Simple Minds!

[DJM3189]

this and theme from great cities are my fave SM tracks

Thanks for posting

[harmkesnuf]

THANX for the lyrics of this great song!!!!!!!!!!!

[SabbaGirl]

Thank you so much for putting the greatest dance tune back up on the 'Tube!!!