To us die hard Simple Minds fans this is priceless 👌

So good to see Big John G smiling and in his prime. 😔. Such a lovely big guy and so sorely missed. God Bless Big Man. 🙏🏻❤️

@neillambton4065

Ай бұрын

Did we lose John Giblin?. I loved his bass lines, along with all the others individual instrumental performances. Simple Minds had a unique sound, which no band has equaled to date. Take away just one of them, and that sound is gone.

@markduffy3787

Ай бұрын

@@neillambton4065 unfortunately Big Jah passed away a few years ago. God Bless.

@neillambton4065

Ай бұрын

@@markduffy3787 i never knew, such a sad loss. Thanks for letting me know.

@markduffy3787

Ай бұрын

@@neillambton4065 if you have a look on Mick McNeil’s KZread channel you’ll see Mick play a beautiful haunting tribute to Big John, it truly brings a tear to the eye. Some man Mr McNeil. 👌🏻🙂❤️💜

That was the best Simple Minds Tour ever. The line up, the songs, the sound, the energy... Never been better as in the mid 80s.

@Subaruste555

5 ай бұрын

true. after 40 SM gigs. i cant argue

Love how Mel's choo choo impression turns into him miming a drum full

No doubt you'll have gotten, "Why on earth are you filming this?" Years later it's worth its weight in gold.

Mick any behind the scenes stuff - whether it's demos or footage - is like gold to us die hard fans who are given pretty much nothing in the form of archival material from official channels. I've long read about the wealth of demo and live stuff in the SM archives, and there it all still sits, apart from the one full gig that was included on the Sparkle box set, and a handful of extra tracks from Verona '89 that were in the SFY box set. Keep it coming - it's DEFINITELY worth spending the time on, and thank you for this one!

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Listen Oliver, I really do owe it to try my best and freely give back anything I can find to you all. I have lived a very privileged life off the back of tune I wrote 40 years ago, and for that I am extremely grateful. So I promise you here now, that is what I intend to do. MM x

@chrisjbell

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@mickmacneil1Mick, that is incredible to know. Like Oliver said, even the smallest bits and pieces from that era up to 1989 (The Imperial Phase of SM) are like gold dust to us. Thank you.

@OliverTully-bb5zl

5 ай бұрын

@@mickmacneil1 thank you for your reply, and for your ongoing generosity! By the way that Someone Somewhere demo from 1985 you uploaded to your website around 15+ years ago is still in my favourites playlist...

From the days when The Minds ruled the world! Thank you for posting this Mick. Much appreciated!

I met Simple Minds back in 1984 when I was 14 living in Madrid. They were in the middle of their tour that year and they were great live and a friendly band to talk to. Every one including the crew were friendly. They were touring with the indie band China Crisis if any one can remember them. They were under the same manager as Simple Minds. China Crisis were a Liverpool band unlike Simple Minds who come from Glasgow. Rock on I say.

R.I.P John Giblin 🙏🙏🙏

Absolutely spend more time on this! "So can you name everybody?" In addition to the late John Giblin, there's Robin Clark and Sue Hadjopoulos in there. Only ever commented on one KZread video before but compelled to write here... Would love to see more of this! - keep 'em comin'! Now's the time to say it... I have a Yamaha CP-80 in my LIVING ROOM! My musical interest was inspired by your good self and my beloved piano is my most treasured worldly possession. A total pleasure to listen to my son playing it better than I do - he's now 20 years old and rocks it! Why is he not in a band?

@scottptolomey3498

5 ай бұрын

Kudos to you I have the CP-70 for exactly the same reason because I simply love Mick‘s incredible gift to create inspire and influence people like us …The man is simply put ..A legend ❤️

Love the dreamy, nostalgic melody you chose to accompany us into the world that now seems light years away... a perfect acoustic intro into the unhurriedness that this whole era used to be enveloped in. The last of the Mochicans of the original humanity, untouched by the digital craze, before we could even imagine where it would lead us to (have been an avid enthusiast about all things digital myself, back then). Just a decade or two ahead - and there is no more coming back. This video says so much and although to you it contains real, beautiful memories, I find it deeply allegorical: Mel drumming to the sound o f the train, unintentionally showing what awaits us, the direction we've been pushed into, unbeknownst to us, analogous to what we've all been drawn into (it so happens, accidentally, that he even verbalized it - like a prophet, by chance - although it's clear he had other things in mind, it turned out to be just like a piece of synchronicity pulled back from years ago into this moment... If we let the imagination run further, even the train can be understood as a metaphor - unstoppably rushing towards the impending singularity, accentuating the inevitability of what is to come. Charlie dropping the coin to start the game with child-like awe, seeing the train model off as a goodbye to the unassisted functioning of our everyday lives. As he is watching it go, it's as if he watches our future unfold. Again, the train can also be seen as a vehicle to that future. Jim's face in slow motion, enjoying the wind in his hair, the freedom, the uncertainty ahead; appreciative of the quality of the moment when we used to enjoy simple things, when our Minds were Simpler and we were more in touch with nature and ourselves, as opposed to today's uptempo, promotion of upside-down values, fakeness overload and screen overtime preconditioning young children's brains for the need for instant gratification, turning them into digital addicts... as online presence is establishing itself as an imperative sine qua non; easy access to masses when everyone knows that propaganda is the way to fool the unaware ones into engaging against each other - but let's not forget the bright side of having so much information at hand and being able to reach other people in the blink of an eye in order to share something as uplifting as art. The instrumental in this video is beyond beautiful.

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Andrea, I enjoyed reading your comment and do agree with a lot of it, particularly screen overload and the effects its having on our children. That was a great tour and the people in that clip looked so happy. I especialy liked Tessie, becuase she was a force of confidence, you can see it in her face and Robins warm reaction to her. The muisc, I was a little unsure about, as its a live composition then coppied in a loop. Took the same amount of time to write as it did to play and I can never trust mayself. Anything that comes that easy cant be that good. MM x

@highdefinitionhearing7308

5 ай бұрын

Great great summarize of the feeling that the video shows!👍🏼👊🏼

@timo-ma

4 ай бұрын

@@mickmacneil1 Mick, I love this loop-so much so that, after seeing your comment that it can't be that good, I had to write a song around it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d4qntsWzpdqcoLw.html Considering you delivered it in a beautiful Erik Satie-like style, I'm not sure why I went and turned it into a Bee Gees/Genesis thing. Of course, I'll take it down if you don't like it.

@andreastevanovich

4 ай бұрын

@mickmacneil1, it can! Being a perfectionist myself, I see where you're coming from. Yet, don't be so harsh on yourself... This is a beautiful, beautiful dreamy melody with a lot of potential (sounds corny, but it's the truth). Although it's very short, it has a familiar essence, it carries something that draws one to it. A sprout of happiness, some sweet, nostalgic energy that cannot be described, but is felt very clearly and fits so well into the vibe of this video. I've replayed it tens of times over and over again before going to sleep: a perfect lullaby - and more. The sound of piano/synth in your instrumentals is captivating, you've turned SM music into a completely new organism, giving it a new life of its own. When heard, it aires images of endless sunny, wide horizons and hope. Thank you for sharing!

Lovely footage - the piano loop is quite poignant ❤ What a beautiful smile John had. Thank you Mick.

Yes please! This is wonderful especially with the music

Thank you so much Mick for sharing this material, priceless stuff, reconnecting with my youth. You guys were a lifeline for a lot of us. I was seventeen or eighteen back then, living in Brussels, had a steady correspondence with Bruce and visited him at schoolhouse... got to see you all backstage in Forest National (with Waterboys as guest artists) and Paris Bercy (TC Matic and the legendary Arno as guests)... Unforgettable stuff. Keep posting, and especially keep playing Mick, your keyboard compositions along with Derek's bass were the best sound ever. Thank you so much 🙂

Man, that’s awesome. Imagine just casually seeing Simple Minds out and about.

Saw you so many times on that tour in UK, France, Netherlands & Germany, during 1985-1986. I remember Jim saying to John, he's seen us more times than you've played live with us. Happy days thanks for sharing!

"once upon a time.." Your beautiful music and editing gives a verynostalgic feel. I'm drawning into it ! well done !

What a video, stuck watching the 3 mins and loads of memories of my youth came over. 1) John giblin smiling video is priceless and Made me moved for the great player he was. Great start of the video. Rip. 2) background music loop deserves a final release, keep working on it 🙏🏼 3) Train open Windows reminded me of the Inter rail trips when we were so young and the fanatastic fun we had 4) Robin, all’ of us loved and love her after so many years Thank you for posting it. Much respect to the best band in the world. Enrico

Yep, Jim Kerr, lead vocals, Mel Gaynor Drums, Charlie Birchall, Lead / rythm guitar, John Giblin bass guitar, Michael MacNeil Keyboards, Sue Hadjopolis (i think?) percussion and backing vocals Robyn Bailey, backing vocals. THE best Simple Minds line up of all time.

@frankryan3294

Ай бұрын

I think her name is Robyn Clarke, not Bailey if I'm correct.

@neillambton4065

Ай бұрын

@@frankryan3294 Yes, i willfully stand corrected. Thanks for that.

Mick I hope you realise how sorely missed you are. 😊

The people in the video that I know about. -Big John! Replacing Derek was a tall task but he did a great job. -Charlie, smiling like his usual self. -Mel. “The heavyweight champion of the world!” -Robin and Sue! I wish y’all kept them around longer. Imagine them on Street Fighting Years! -and of course Jim, with his Mullet that all lead singers seem to have had at that time in the mid 80’s.

It seems to be a trip from Stuttgart to Zurich?? On January 31th 1986 maybe??? Of course It worths !!!! Please more !! Thank you very much Mick MacNeil

Thamk you,grazie mille Mick. What a beautiful memories. Ciao Mick! Ciao John ,thank you very much for being part of the Simple minds world! Greetings from Italy

thank you Mick🖐 . this video are fantastic. Love to see you SM in routines back in the years. You are really an incredible musiscian and we all wish you can rejoin SM and touring again with them . you're the ONLY SM keyboard

Fantastic Mick!! Thank you very much!!👍🏻😉😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏🏻❤️

Absolutely fantastic Mick👌 Thank you for posting this “Old Gold Dream”🙏🏻

I always find it quite frightening to see people with their heads stuck out of a train window, especially Jim Kerr's precious head. Okay, there would have been no trains on the side where Jim was but how did he know there wasn't anything in his forth coming path head on. I agree with one of the earlier comments, just great to see how human Simple Minds band members were whilst under a hectic tour schedule. Look forward to some more videos like this Mick. Thanks for giving us the great privilege of seeing it.

@FoobsTon

5 ай бұрын

At least Jim could see something coming... Mick had no chance!

Great stuff! Thanks Mick! Loved that part with Charlie looking at the toys - reminds me of my train sets when I was a kid. Been a fan of Simple Minds since the start of the 80s, one of the best bands ever and you are on my list of best ever keyboard players, Mick! Champion!!! 🎹🌟

Thank you for putting your time, effort and love into these clips Mick. Lovely to see you all way back when, what the band achieved in a short space of time was phenomenal and you rightly should be incredibly proud x

Mel , Mick ,Jim , Charlie,Robin John ,Sue percussion

What a brilliant, intimate document of the band at that time. Lovely that you took the train rather than tour bus/plane. Gives a real, down to earth perspective. Please, please post all the other clips you have. This is lovely.👏👍🙏

Lovely footage! This is definitely worth showing - so yes, thanks in advance for posting other nostalgic atmospheric videos.

These are amazing. Almost remind you that the 80s super group were actually just human.

Thank you Mick. Been wanting to tell you what your music meant to me and you just "cannae" describe what kind of lightning in a bottle it was that Charlie, Derek, Jim, John, Brian were there to help turn it into music that soared above everything else. You'll always be the musician that had something I clocked out of all of what was around and there'll never be another like you. Thank you for these, feels like I can remember every breath I took during this time from trying to get into the Kabuki (too young) finally succeeding at the Warfield, Greek Theater, Kaiser, Greek again, Mannheim Eisstadion where I was jammed so tight in the front I could lift my feet and rest a wee bit. Was heartbroken to know you left but completely understand why. Just want you to know you were missed....greatly. I'm glad I'm able to somewhat connect here and it's like the sun shining on my heart to see the band being themselves when the lights go out. "One of the best" doesn't even come close.

Jings we were so young, ok me and Big John Giblin the oldest but fantastic memories.

This is wonderful footage and beautifully edited, Mick. Pure gold! I love the music to it. Please, share more. Thank you.

It's great, like a time capsule. And the music is beautiful too. Please show us more Mick

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Same reply I gave to Oliver back a bit Gareth

What a memory! This is so moving after so many years.. a bunch of talented guys enjoying their tour across Europe. thank you Mick! More of these please!

What a treasure, thank you! Wonderful music too! Hoping for more!

Brilliant video. Nice to see Paul happy and smiling, always up to mischief and joking around. Thanks for sharing such pure and raw footage. I have just found a bunch of old 8mm which I have also just converted, love looking back on stuff like this. Cheers Mick keep them coming

Yes, Stuttgart, Germany😊 Fantastic! More please 🤩

Love this. These are wonderful to see, and as someone else said in the comments - to us Simple MInds fans, they are priceless. Thank you for posting them Mick.

Watching this while I'm waiting for my son's guitar lesson to finish! May I guess this was around January 1986 in Germany. I recognise my hometown train station in Cologne. This is so great to watch❤️. And here I was thinking you were travelling in your own private jet by then😅

makes you wanna cry

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

That bad,

I remember watching some of your video's over in Woodstock , newton mearns and in particular you all in a convertible driving up sunset boulevard ;) good times and priceless videos ..thanks Mick for sharing

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Forgot about that one Gary. Must try to find it.

This is new gold!

Great to see this footage from Mick. Of my favourite band of all time.❤

Absolutely, more please!

Oh Mick, this is priceless, not only from being a Simple Minds fan but also a fretless bassist. Big John was a huge influence to me when I first started out and still is to this day. Even two nights ago a total stranger came up to me after a gig and said my playing reminded me of John's so thank you for sharing this and so wonderful to see the big man smiling. Please spend more time on this as they are amazing.

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Same reply I gave to Oliver back a bit Linus

@Linus27

5 ай бұрын

@@mickmacneil1 Thanks Mick, looking forward to anything else you share if and when you find the time. Hoping for anything from the Street Fighting Years period.

"Stop fucking filming me" 😂

Wow, this was fab Mick, a fun little peak behind the curtain so to speak. Thank you for sharing, would absolutely love to see more!

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great video! John Giblin was a tall lad!!

Great memories, followed you across Europe for several shows. Said Ello and shook hands with Mel🤠

Mick, would LOVE more of these! Thank you so much.❤

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Same reply I gave to Oliver back a bit Chrissy

Loved watching this precious footage, thanks so much for putting it up for us to see!

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Same reply I gave to Oliver back a bit Bougeac

Fantastic, really captures the moment... great to see everyone at ease and natural.

Thanks so much for sharing Mick - this is exactly the kind of footage people love to see. It would be great to see more 🙂

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

More to come!

@andyinniss

5 ай бұрын

@@mickmacneil1 I was hoping you would say that 🙂👍

Aggiungo sono un loro Fans da diverso tempo da anni, adesso ho famiglia e una figlia di 12 anni gli seguo ogni tanto, se culcuno ha filmato avanti, super.

Thank you very much, it's certainly worth it, they are unforgettable memories of our youth

Jim, Charlie, Mel, John, Sue, Robin and Paul and of course you. That's all I've got. That's so great to watch Mick, PLS DIG OUT MORE!!

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Tessie, Davie and the German guy. He was really nice,

Aye Mick, it fuckin' is worth spending more time on this. Memories for you & the band & everybody else in the video, but for us fans always on the outside looking in it's priceless. Keep up the good work Mick, much appreciated. Thank you.

❤❤❤ thank's Mike ! Fantastic and beautifull !!!

Love this. Would have never thought you guys travelling by train in my home country, Germany! Melancholic

Absolutely keep them coming Mick! Priceless.

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

We want more! We want more! A big thanks to the man in the sky.

OMG that was brilliant! Oh to be young again 😢

I can't name everybody because Simple Minds is an electronic band that I heard in 1980 in a radio show alongside the Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Joy Division. The later incarnations are a NO. Btw, the 1984 LP is prog rock if you ask me, but who am I to judge. Nowadays it sounds to me like a drummer's solo album...

It’s an absolute no go to hide the other tapes onto the attic… Anyway I would love to see at least a few more of these shots! Thanks for this one already!

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Same reply I gave to Oliver back there,.....

Amazing footage! Thanks Mick!

Wonderful insight into the best band ever

This is amazing. Thank you Mick

Great to see this, Mick...thanks

So cool to watch,Mel Jim john robin en ofcourse yourself !

Love this. Keep em coming Mick 👍

I saw them on 1 Feb in Zurich. Drove there and back on same evening from Crans-Montana where I was on a ski holiday. Things i did for them ...

Cool video. Beautiful piano loop.

Wow thanks Mick! These are treasures!

AWESOME STUFF!!!! IT WAS SO CUTE TO SEE MEL ACTING SILLY .🤣🤣🤣🤣

Great Mick, more please !

Wow! Thank you for sharing! 👍👌🏻

Wow! Amazing scenes

Would love to see more, thank you

Like the recent documentary about the band these rare bits of footage are a very interesting social documentary of their time and place

Great footage. More of it, please.

Thanks you Mick!

Very poignant. Unforgettable times. Seeing Charlie and Jim next week when the play in Melbourne.

Great footage. Would be cool to see more of that.

Que legal essas imagens. Nostalgia pura. O que eu gostei mais foi a simplicidade dos.integrantes do Simple Minds. Parabéns.

Wow great times! ❤

Gold! give us more!

Love it!

Amazing footage :-)

love it!

That's a lovely piece of music, Mick. Nice footage too. Thank you. I wonder if I can share a song with you?

Awesome Mick.

That was lovely

Great video, Steven in the Briggs just recommended me this.

@mickmacneil1

5 ай бұрын

Ask Stevie will it get me a discount? 😆

GreAt footage, keep them coming..😂

😲Renato, ecezzionale questo video si scopre come andavano in turnee a cuall' epoca, ragazzi se esiste cuesto video allora perche' un giorno non arriva cuello di Locarno publicato dalla TSi Svizera. Vedere tutta la componente della Band e non solo in copertina, complimenti

Amé este video Mick