On a muggy evening in Paris in the spring of 1985, Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr started plying strangers with champagne. Kerr was not a habitual drinker; if he had a vice it was his penchant for over-sized sports jackets with loud patterns. But he’d just received a message of world-shaking significance. And, as a rock star on the rise, he felt it is duty to celebrate in relatively reckless fashion.
Love that song!
Should have been seeing them next week. Always an event to look forward to, though not necessarily this song. Gonna blast into a bootleg of Barrowlands 95 now I think.
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