Jim Kerr: Morrissey truly unique

Brief Moz mention in this interview:

‘A lot of stars are freaks or introverts’: Jim Kerr on Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds

Two years after Covid cancelled his world tour, the singer is back on the road. He talks about his journey from a Glasgow tower block, life with Chrissie Hynde and Patsy Kensit, and the tough times of the early 2000s

www.theguardian.com

Excerpt:

You could see the ingredients of Simple Minds – Magazine and Ultravox – but people like Boy George or Morrissey were truly unique. There was this idea of self-invention, the potency of imagination.”

 

[gordyboy9]

jim kerr is a very good songwriter,good glasgow boy and also a big celtic fan like myself.
simple minds are actually playing glasgow on wednesday night,still going strong after 40 years.

 

[Dean B]

Brief Moz mention in this interview:

‘A lot of stars are freaks or introverts’: Jim Kerr on Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds

Two years after Covid cancelled his world tour, the singer is back on the road. He talks about his journey from a Glasgow tower block, life with Chrissie Hynde and Patsy Kensit, and the tough times of the early 2000s

www.theguardian.com

Excerpt:

You could see the ingredients of Simple Minds – Magazine and Ultravox – but people like Boy George or Morrissey were truly unique. There was this idea of self-invention, the potency of imagination.”

Boy George is pretty funny on twitter.

 

[ACTON]

jim kerr is a very good songwriter,good glasgow boy and also a big celtic fan like myself.
simple minds are actually playing glasgow on wednesday night,still going strong after 40

I saw Moz in Glasgow Barrowlands a couple of years before Quarry came out and it was one of the best Moz concerts ever.

 

[fastpulseboy]

If you see that performance of I travel from 2015... try not to cringe..

 

[gordyboy9]

I saw Moz in Glasgow Barrowlands a couple of years before Quarry came out and it was one of the best Moz concerts ever.

is that the one where someone throws a pint and M says if he does that again will somebody wop him,that was my first bootleg from the barras market,fantastic gig.

 

[ACTON]

is that the one where someone throws a pint and M says if he does that again will somebody wop him,that was my first bootleg from the barras market,fantastic gig.

That's the one. I was sure the concert was over right there. I was to left of middle. Thrower was in middle and hit Moz point blank in top of head. Luckily plastic pints. Upended all over Moz, down his hair, face, back, chest. I think the audience threw a few punches at the scumbag. Moz carried on and delivered an amazing concert. Probably the best Moz concert I've been to. Moz was really putting the effort in. I got the bus back to Edinburgh a very happy Moz fan (I lived in Edinburgh for around two years back then). The amazing SACK were support band (from Dublin).

Setlist:

I Want the One I Can't Have
Suedehead
Little Man, What Now?
Hairdresser on Fire
Speedway
The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
First of the Gang to Die
Jack the Ripper
Everyday Is Like Sunday
I Like You
Alsatian Cousin
Sister I'm a Poet
Meat Is Murder
November Spawned a Monster
Hand in Glove
Irish Blood, English Heart
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

 

[gordyboy9]

That's the one. I was sure the concert was over right there. I was to left of middle. Thrower was in middle and hit Moz point blank in top of head. Luckily plastic pints. Upended all over Moz, down his hair, face, back, chest. I think the audience threw a few punches at the scumbag. Moz carried on and delivered an amazing concert. Probably the best Moz concert I've been to. Moz was really putting the effort in. I got the bus back to Edinburgh a very happy Moz fan (I lived in Edinburgh for around two years back then). The amazing SACK were support band (from Dublin).

Setlist:

I Want the One I Can't Have
Suedehead
Little Man, What Now?
Hairdresser on Fire
Speedway
The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
First of the Gang to Die
Jack the Ripper
Everyday Is Like Sunday
I Like You
Alsatian Cousin
Sister I'm a Poet
Meat Is Murder
November Spawned a Monster
Hand in Glove
Irish Blood, English Heart
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

yeah acton,was a seriously good gig.when you hear i like you it is a bit faster than the album version,was a bit disappointed when i heard the album version.

 

[ACTON]

yeah acton,was a seriously good gig.when you hear i like you it is a bit faster than the album version,was a bit disappointed when i heard the album version.

I thought the same! Similar comment for The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores.

 

[bhops]

I once told Jim Kerr he looked very becoming in his running shorts. He took it well.

 

[Anonymous]

That's the one. I was sure the concert was over right there. I was to left of middle. Thrower was in middle and hit Moz point blank in top of head. Luckily plastic pints. Upended all over Moz, down his hair, face, back, chest. I think the audience threw a few punches at the scumbag. Moz carried on and delivered an amazing concert. Probably the best Moz concert I've been to. Moz was really putting the effort in. I got the bus back to Edinburgh a very happy Moz fan (I lived in Edinburgh for around two years back then). The amazing SACK were support band (from Dublin).

Setlist:

I Want the One I Can't Have
Suedehead
Little Man, What Now?
Hairdresser on Fire
Speedway
The World Is Full of Crashing Bores
First of the Gang to Die
Jack the Ripper
Everyday Is Like Sunday
I Like You
Alsatian Cousin
Sister I'm a Poet
Meat Is Murder
November Spawned a Monster
Hand in Glove
Irish Blood, English Heart
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out

Not that's a Morrissey setlist

Can you remember the year? I saw him at Brixton with a similar setlist if memory serves me. Was it 2002?

 

[ACTON]

Not that's a Morrissey setlist

Can you remember the year? I saw him at Brixton with a similar setlist if memory serves me. Was it 2002?

Yep. Barrowlands was Nov 3rd 2002 (a Sunday) and Brixton was Nov 5th (a Tuesday).
Both setlists very similar. Here is Brixton setlist. Looks ace: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/morrissey/2002/brixton-academy-london-england-1bd7d154.html

 

[Seymour Glass]

Simple Minds and Level 42 are actually the same band. They've been cleverly hiding it for years.