Tag Archives: Rock GPA

Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 47]

Posted on February 23, 2015 by postpunkmonk

When the “Neon Lights” album was announced, the most intriguing thing about it was not that the band were active after the failure  of “Néapolis” three years earlier. It was that there was a mooted follow up album of original material … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 46]

Posted on February 12, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Neon Lights – 2 [continued from previous post] The album reached a fevered peak with the next track. I’d heard Neil Young’s “The Needle + The Damage Done” before. There’s a copy of “Decade” in my Record … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 45]

Posted on February 11, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Neon Lights – 2 [continued from previous post] The first single from the album had been the “Dancing Barefoot” EP with a metronomic cover of the Patti Smith classic that has been like catnip for rock stars … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 44]

Posted on February 10, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Neon Lights – 2 The move onward from “Our Secrets Are The Same” entailed further changes in the band as Mark Kerr and Eddie Duffy were let go following the non-event of that album and replaced with … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 43]

Posted on February 9, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Keeping in mind that “Our Secrets Are The Same,” the last album discussed didn’t appear until 2004, here was what really happened following the release of “Néapolis” in 1998. The years 1998-2001 were something of a long, dark time of the … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 42]

Posted on February 5, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Our Secrets Are The Same – 0.5 [continued from previous post] “Neon Cowboys” brought other bands to mind than Simple Minds. Cowboy Junkies, anyone? After a half bar of acoustic guitar Jim Kerr heaved a heavy sigh, perfectly … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 41]

Posted on February 4, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Our Secrets Are The Same – 0.5 “Swimming Towards The Sun” was the first track on the album and it set the tone for everything that followed. It was a song not written by Simple Minds but … Continue reading →

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