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Theme For Great Cities | Simple Minds Cover by dEk101

Theme For Great Cities
Simple Minds Cover
Performed and Produced by dEk101
Written by Brian McGee, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Jim Kerr, Michael MacNeil
Video edited in Final Cut using video clips from Mixkit.co
I have had a few requests to cover this song,. So ... after losing my voice to COVID this week and listening to quite a few versions of this song, it seemed like the right time for this instrumental cover...
'Theme For Great Cities' originally appeared on the Simple Minds album 'Sister Feeling Call' released in September 1981 and was produced by Steve Hillage, guitarist from the prog rock band Gong.

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  • @synthof
    @synthof2 жыл бұрын

    Once more great work and very nice visual also, I enjoyed it my friend.

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Much appreciated 😊

  • @christopheradderley45
    @christopheradderley452 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou dEk for one of the greatest covers and accompanying video ever to have graced KZread. It really doesn't get any better than this. Brilliant to see Simple Minds touring this year. Loved Jim Kerr's patter at the OVO Arena, London. "Wembley Arena!" He exclaimed. "What a great warm up for Bournemouth tomorrow night."

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Christopher, you are a gent! Thank you for your really kind comments. Simple Minds are are still, very much a great live band. 😊

  • @skilgannon1971
    @skilgannon19712 жыл бұрын

    Ah you continue to tick all my boxes with your cover choices! Depeche Mode, Erasure and now my home town favourite's (who I've seen live many, many times over the last 30+ years!) Simple Minds! Nicely done!

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw them for the first time on their ‘Big Music’ tour. They were really amazing live and I so love the guitars on that album!

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely wonderful! Brought me out in goosebumps, just like the original always does. Yet again, thank you. The time-lapse video brings to mind the cover photographs on 'Sons And Fascination'/'Sister Feelings Call', too, so it all fits perfectly. 👍👍👍

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! ... I'm still confused after all these years. One album or two? LOL

  • @brianartillery

    @brianartillery

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dek1014 - Two albums released at the same time. 'Sister Feelings Call' has instrumental versions of tracks from 'Sons And Fascination'. But... On cassette, both were combined into one album: the CD release of SAF did not (due to timing, I suppose), have every SFC track on it. I should have said last time, that the album covers were designed by Malcolm Garratt, for Assorted iMaGes. Which happens to be the origin of the name of the Scots band 'Altered Images'.

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brianartillery That’s interesting. And I didn’t know that about Altered Images

  • @robertsmith4830
    @robertsmith48308 ай бұрын

    So atmospheric, love it!!

  • @mac7698
    @mac76982 жыл бұрын

    Excellent - get well soon 👍🏼

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Alan ... Feeling a lot better but definitely not 100%. I do know people have been suffering the effects of COVID even months after testing negative

  • @andrewryder3779
    @andrewryder37792 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely brilliant. When you said about doing some instrumentals this is the track that came to mind. So glad you did, it's a corker of a track & has long been a favourite. I will be listening to this many times. Wonderfully done & great visuals too.

  • @brianartillery
    @brianartillery2 жыл бұрын

    I was just listening to 'New Gold Dream' for the nth time, and track 5, 'Somebody Up There Likes You', struck me as a rather good companion piece to 'Theme For Great Cities'. A lovely instrumental that builds. Lots of nice little details in it, too. Another brilliant track of theirs, and they've done hundreds, is 'A Brass Band In Africa', an instrumental B-Side, that sounds like nothing else they've ever done. It's almost ambient, but really full of atmosphere.

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Apologies for the late reply on this. I've been on holiday for the last few weeks. Also managed to break my phone whilst away, so I've been out of loop for a bit. Simple Minds have done so great instrumentals. I'll certainly add this on to the ever growing list.

  • @StephenBanner
    @StephenBanner2 жыл бұрын

    Love this !! Perfectly made dEk101 version!

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cheers Steve, I hope you are keeping well 😊

  • @juniaromamdesouza4288
    @juniaromamdesouza42882 жыл бұрын

    Incrível lindooooo lindooooo magnífico 👌👌👌👌

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Obrigado por ouvir. Muito apreciado 😊

  • @Bradonomous
    @Bradonomous9 ай бұрын

    Lovely. Really well done.

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I appreciate you taking the time to listen and to comment

  • @deeliteshousehold
    @deeliteshousehold2 жыл бұрын

    Loving the music, you are a very talented person 👍

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you DeeLites. I appreciate you taking the time to listen and to comment

  • @deeliteshousehold

    @deeliteshousehold

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dek1014 I think you have a great voice, I wouldn't have known about your channel if it wasn't recommended by someone we both know 👍

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deeliteshousehold intriguing 🤔

  • @deeliteshousehold

    @deeliteshousehold

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dek1014 Who do you know with the name Dee lol 😂😂

  • @ezechielamadeus2828
    @ezechielamadeus28288 ай бұрын

    Che bellazza musica e vidéo grazie mille 👍💙

  • @angieh8228
    @angieh82285 ай бұрын

    Heavenly sounds on Earth 💓😯💓

  • @dek1014

    @dek1014

    5 ай бұрын

    You are very kind. Thank you for taking the time to listen and to comment 😊