Tag Archives: Rock GPA

Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 8]

Posted on November 24, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Empires + Dance – 4 […continued from past post] Following the slow-paced, monumental “This Fear Of Gods” comes the first song on side two that is even slower, and more deliberate. “Capital City” was based on a four note bass … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 7]

Posted on November 21, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Empires + Dance – 4 […continued from past post] Track one of this album is my go-to Post-Punk song, so yes, it’s one of my most treasured songs ever. “I Travel” is perhaps the most left-field song ever inspired … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 6]

Posted on November 20, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Empires + Dance – 4 I still stand in awe of what Simple Minds achieved on this, their third album. Album one was a misfire by inexperienced boys led astray by the sum of their manipulative label and their callow enthusiasm. … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 5]

Posted on November 19, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds | Real To Real Cacophony – 3.5 […continued from last post] Side two of the album began with what is unquestionably the finest track the band had ever done up to that point. That “Premonition” was not the world … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 4]

Posted on November 18, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple  Minds | Real To Real Cacophony – 3.5 The band wasted no time in jumping off the cliff of commercialism to better put their debut album behind them. John Leckie was retained as producer, though Gary Numan [!] was … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 3]

Posted on November 17, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds – Life In A Day | 1979 – 2 […continued from last post] Side two got off to a brisk start with the excellent New Wave bopper, “No Cure.” Being in the traditional side two, track one, pole position, … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 2]

Posted on November 14, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds – Life In A Day | 1979 – 2 After a shaky start as me-too punks Johnny + The Self Abusers; that band split up on the day their single 7″ was issued in 1977 on Chiswick Records. Two members went … Continue reading →

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