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...Over the same period as Talk Talk ('82-'86) were the absolute bees bollocks.

82 - New Gold Dream
84 - Sparkle In The Rain
86 - Once Upon A Time

Saw them at the MK Bowl in 86 and was blown away.  

Saw them again at Cardiff Arms Park in 89 and was very disappointed.

Had they changed?

Or had I?

Or both?

I think exactly the same OST.

I saw them on the Saturday and Sunday at MK in 86, thought they were excellent. Once Upon a time is my fave album of theirs.

Saw them at the NEC Birmingham in 89, Gun were supporting them, and I thought it was poor basically, there were too many extended songs and It put me off them a bit.

Line Up hadn't changed as far as I know, it wasn't you, it was them.

Hmmm...That's what I suspected.  They got too fucking up themselves.  Shame really.

Yeh, it is a shame. I saw U2 at MK in 85 and they were about the same level of fame as Simple Minds around that period, Simple Minds may have been a bit ahead even. One Bands career went one way and the other Band the other!

And yes you're right they did get too up themselves, can't remember what the 89 album was called but I didn't think much of it at the time.

Simple Minds and U2 were indeed very much 'neck and neck' for a few years in the popularity stakes.  You seemed to have to like one but not the other.  I was very much in the Simple Minds camp.

But then sanity set back in, Weller released Stanley Road, I got back on the straight and narrow, kicked the stadium bands into touch and life returned to normal 8)

Simple Minds - Poor mans Tears For Fears!   :nod:





 :mrgreen:

:jaw1:  :jaw2:

I didn't mind "Songs from the Big Chair", but they got too up themselves as well. Their 89 album was crap, must be something to do with that year.

Completely bizarre. Are you sure that you two aren't my long lost triplet brothers???

When I went to see Simple Minds in Germany (with Talk Talk as support) in '86, it was on one of those MGP coach trips (Mead Gould Promotions? Methinks), Radio 1 was on. I remember  the DeeJay saying "and that was Simple Minds, the best band in Great Britain. Now I'm going to play the the best band in these islands..." and he put U2 on. Needless to say we booked up another MGP trip to see them at the Point in Dublin about a month later.

I agree, Simple Minds did lose the plot, but then U2 did around the time of The Fly etc...

Hey, just remembered that Cactus World News supported SM too. Remember them? They were good. Still got them on vinyl...

I always wanted a brother as well, had two older sisters.

Oh dear :?

Nothing wrong with that, sisters weren't keen on doing boys stuff, and I was the youngest.

And their phone numbers are?

they've got 7 kids between them, too late I'm afraid.

When I saw SM at MK they were supported by:

In Tua Nua - Very good
The Waterboys - Fucking superb
The Bangles - Shit.  Went down like the peverbial lead balloon
The Cult - Fucking superb

At Cardiff they were supported by:

Texas - Charlene Thingy was on the rag  - enough said
Can't remember the other support acts.

I'm normally prety good at remembering support groups, but I couldn't have told you a single one from MK in 86. And I'm gutted I can't remember the Cult playing, "Electric" is one of my favourite albums.

The worrying thing is I was there both days.

 I was meaning 'Oh dear' to all this eightiesness.

All of my mates went to that one. I had to stay behind for some reason. I think it was because I was chasing their sisters while they were at the concert...

 :twisted:

Ok, it was a bit late at night to spot that!

Nothing wrong with nostalgia and 80's, well some of it anyway. It reminds me of when I was in my peak (I think). 8)

You must have been seriously pissed/stoned/both to not remember The Cult. They kicked some serious bottom.

Even more worrying I don't think It was that either, I know I was definately there though. Could just be my memory which isn't what it used to be.

The Cult were the essence of the eighties for me. I drove a beat up Transit van to Greece and back with two mates listening to Sanctuary non-stop in either direction.

The eighties were great if you picked your music carefully..?

They were very, very good.  They played most the track from Electric.  I think a  fair number of people had gone to see The Cult specifically which created a superb atmosphere.

There was some real bad stuff in the eighties (Wham etc) but there was a lot of decent stuff around as well.

Say 80's to most people and you get Wham, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club etc, that's all they remember it for musically.

The eighties was sticking lolly sticks in the spokes of your bike, playing on building sites, and Grange hill.

The 80's is MY decade without a doubt 8)

 :nod:

Playing war with sticks as guns and school v school bundles.

Agree with you there, lived through the 70's but was 12 in 1980 so that was the best decade. Also when Lou Macari took over and the good days came back, well from 84-85 onwards anyway.

No...that was last week for me

 :wink:

But perhaps that's what "growing up" and having children does for you

 Buuuundlllee!!!!!

 British bulldog 8) What a game that was!

its probably banned now, kids can't have fun these days, can't even play conkers in some schools  :x  :x  :x

my year got british bulldog banned at st johns  8)  i was righ at the centre of controversy too... some nerd wanted to play, but he wasn't your ordinary loveable nerd, he was one of those nerds with a major superiority complex- a super nerd if you will- so me and 3 other lads picked him out for a pasting

he broke one shoulder and dislocated the other one  8)

3 day exclusion but well worth it

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: ace!

good lad  :D

we all had to write a sorry letter too... one of the lads wrote something like "i hope it hurt you four-eyed fucker"

someone should have told him that the letters were bound to get proof-read  :soapy tit wank:

I ruled at British Bulldog, my kind of game but they always stopped us played, made everyone go and stand looking at a wall. Bastards.

 :shock:

The Cure - Disintegration, Pixies - Doolittle and The Stone Roses self titled album? No fucking chance!

Not a fan of simple minds myself,but the reason they got rubbish is because of the P.K effect,a.k.a getting hitched to patsy kensit.Look what happened to oasis,they release two of the best albums of the 90's,then liam starts seeing her and it all goes to pot.Oasis are only now regaining some form album wise[they have always been a class live act].

Alive and Kicking- Tune!

I fucking hate simple minds, I was forced to listen to their souless stadium rock drivel in the back of my dads car though numerous long road trips in my childhood.

And British Bulldog was ace. as was playing footy in the playground with a tennis ball, about 20 a side 8)  bags for goalposts

Fair point Sonic. In my defence it was late when I posted it and I couldn't recall much else from that year.

And it did have "The Reynolds Girls" I'd rather Jack, which must rank in the top 10 worst ever singles.

But any year with the Stone Roses debut album in I can't argue with.

Have a look at this paper for a language assistant from the British Council: http://www.britishcouncil.org/childplay.pdf - says it all, I think. It's gone too far. Much, much too far...

Apparently, if you have your teeth cleaned by the dentist these days, you have to wear fucking goggles!!!

What next? You have to wear a wet suit when you have a bath???

Atually, that reminds me.  All houses built in this country are now going to have something fitted to the water supply so the water does not get too hot and people don't get scaulded.

FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!