New Gold Dream is one of my favorite albums. You need to listen to the whole album!
@Kevvinm7 ай бұрын
He has being going through the album. Give it a search and you’ll find them.
@mickr14487 ай бұрын
lol@@Kevvinm
@rewanji7 ай бұрын
This whole album just flows with elegance and style, something the band didn’t repeated ever since, despite some very good compositions. The following album “Sparkle in the Rain” also have some classic tunes.
@sheldonhowells30837 ай бұрын
Another of Derek Forbes' hypnotic bass riffs. Over the Christmas holiday, I read his book, "A Very Simple Mind On Tour". Derek mentions how euphoric the feeling was, whilst recording, "New Gold Dream", to be in the same room as Mel Gaynor and Mike Ogletree facing each other on two drum kits, with him in the middle playing the bass. He writes that it was becoming evident that Mike wasn't quite cutting it and Mel was brought in to steady the ship. Mel Gaynor would become the band's full-time drummer from this album onwards.
@nocturnalrites16527 ай бұрын
Beautiful song that makes me emotional. The feeling is of a friend now gone from life. The slide guitar feels like the departure of someone on top of the immaculate dance of the bass , drums and synth which is the impermenence of life. Tantalising and drawing you away in mystery.
@steveb6386Ай бұрын
Yes, the first and tenth time hearing it made me weep for those I've lost over the years. "If only you could see me" Says to me, ' I know you're in a better place, and I miss you desperately, but I will see you again'
@sandraandmichaelfield16027 ай бұрын
So joyful! Sort of makes you want to listen to the entire album all in one sitting... Please Justin...the album deserves it, and you can do it justice. With Peace and Love to all! (Michael)
@JustJP7 ай бұрын
Definitely will keep going! Thank you both ! :D
@SmartCookie20227 ай бұрын
Brilliant album. Fantastic track. Simple Minds were at the peak of their creative powers in 82.
@sparkynl12713 ай бұрын
I saw Simple Minds in concert recently and they were great but boy did I wish Derek Forbes was still there, his bass creativity is unlike anyone else I have heard. Just another level. The band created the music and Jim Kerr would listen intently and write words and melodies to fit above this incredible music that had been created. On some occasions the music was already so good he left the tracks as instrumentals.
@yannsalmon29884 ай бұрын
Big fan of Simple minds here. I’ve seen them two times in concert. « Big sleep » is a favorite of mine, along with « Someone, somewhere in summertime », « Book of brilliant things », « Promised you a miracle », « Alive and Kicking » or « East at Easter ». But the thing is, I don’t care that much for the album versions of those songs because I’m too infatuated with the versions on their Live album « Live in the City of lights ». It’s kind of rare for me to put a Live album so much above the studio versions, but this one goes along for me with the « 101 » Live from Depeche Mode. Exceptional albums.
@ytcai45357 ай бұрын
One of te coolest groups of the 80's. Their concert In the City of Light double CD is excellent. One of my favs by them is Waterfront.
@robgrano68147 ай бұрын
Undoubtedly one of their best songs. I've loved that bass line since I first heard it way back when the LP came out. And everything else about the track is just stellar. By the way, there's an amazing live video of this song on youtube from Newcastle in 1982 that's well worth watching..
@philbrowning11877 ай бұрын
I just watched it again after watching this reaction. It’s still brilliant after all this time. The live version of Big Sleep is superb, as they all are.
@amnril5 ай бұрын
Ah, when Simple Minds was great. This Album was different from what came before or after. And this track is my favorite off the Album, it’s tone was mysterious and dreamlike and that’s what I loved back then upon its release and now. Of course, Sons and Fascination/sister feeling call is my favorite SM Album but NGD is a hairs width away
@user-xb3oy3vk7v6 ай бұрын
Big sleep is the song for my funeral fanatic
@ragoodvin447 ай бұрын
The Big Sleep sent me down a flow of associations to Stan Ridgeway, who had an album of the same name, but the song I recommend is" I Wanna Be A Boss, by Stan Ridgway. Also you mentioned Stuart Copeland. He collaborated with Stan on the track Don't Box Me In. Cwazy
@Kevvinm7 ай бұрын
On the Rumble Fish soundtrack I believe.
@a.k.17407 ай бұрын
A good song both for its mysterious atmosphere and for its flexible rhythm section. Maybe the song's title was inspired by the 1946 Howard Hawks film The Big Sleep. Still, Jim Kerr said that Simple Minds were more influenced by cinema than by the music they were listening to at the time, which makes sense since their next track, the instrumental “Somebody Up There Likes You” has a very cinematic atmosphere !
@haydenwittig8877Ай бұрын
Their sound transported you to a previous century or a place unknown always Atmospheric and Moody 80s music was like that, Seeing Out The Angel from Sons And Fascination LP 1980 was also Mystical that sent you time travelling.
@RichardWilson-be8zp7 ай бұрын
If you want a Simple Minds song that has a drum and baseline that will put you in euphoria you have to listen to Theme from Great Cities. It is killer.
@andyj6396 ай бұрын
At the moment alternating between air bass and air drumming. What a brilliant tune. Power, elegance, maturity and class are rolled into one. This was the Minds at their peak.
@joecveteticccvetetic40686 ай бұрын
The entire album..so funky
@mickr14487 ай бұрын
Loved this band back in the day, saw them live about 30 or 40 times, we wanted Charlie and Jim and Mick, but listening to these reactions I realise that Derek and Mel were the real driving force behind this band, I wish I could go back and appreciate them more, great band great reaction, thanks 👌
@therealtwiggyleaf7 ай бұрын
Great album, and one of the most memorable bass lines from the Eighties. Thanks for the review! 😎😎
@JustJP7 ай бұрын
Thanks for listening
@sparkynl12713 ай бұрын
@@JustJP Fantastic review. I love your enthusiasm.
@JustJP3 ай бұрын
@@sparkynl1271 thanks so much Spark!🌟
@user-yj9rk9oz9p7 ай бұрын
The title song, "New Gold Dream" has a driving beat and great synth lines, mysterious vocals.
@ohfour-seven62287 ай бұрын
Elegance and style is right, as noted below. Also I bought the album when it was first released. It was pressed on gold vinyl with royal purple swirls winding throughout the platter. So so fine!
@NOOne-im5vgАй бұрын
All of the tracks invoke some form of inner feelings
@MorganMontyMcKeown7 ай бұрын
Still getting played live. Simple Minds always play a back catalogue of songs that were not "singles" but are firm fans favourites. This is one of them.
@drumvc80607 ай бұрын
Derek Forbes and Mick Karn, such wonderful bass lines from the 80s
@geoffmiles41047 ай бұрын
Love absolutely everything about this track!
@VKayed7 ай бұрын
IIRC this song is about one of their friends who tragically died when they were younger, so that would be the actual Big/Deep Sleep metaphor. Street Fighting Years (the title song on the album) also pays tribute to this lost friend.
@sphericalharmony16037 ай бұрын
I don't know if it provided any inspiration for this song, but The Big Sleep was a novel by Raymond Chandler, one of the founders of the American school of detective fiction. In the novel, it refers to death.
@tintooki7 ай бұрын
New Gold Dream - one of my desert island discs, for sure.
@jonsmith95187 ай бұрын
Great band.
@alexpartenopei10217 ай бұрын
They have recently released a new recording of the album with the current lineup recorded at Paisley Abbey. For the nany of us to whom the album is special is very intetesting.
@djmull6325 күн бұрын
Electro funk futuristic sound from 1982!
@rvanheukelum2 ай бұрын
It’s about mourning over a lost loved one.
@annewoodard68036 ай бұрын
I owned this on maroon and swirled gold vinyl. The “picture disc”. 😁
@Barbu_Deluxe7 ай бұрын
This pretty hypnotic track that Take you far far away … What about listening to some shriekback ? Some of their tunes have this rock atmosphéric ambiance …😊
@sergepuis13687 ай бұрын
one of the best albums ever made
@Owlstretchingtime787 ай бұрын
Hyperbole x10
@paulcollins55867 ай бұрын
you need to listen to more albums . its good but very dated.
@Owlstretchingtime787 ай бұрын
@@paulcollins5586 I'd say five thousand is a reasonable return. And that's just 'my' collection.
@paultaylor94985 ай бұрын
No where near as good as once upon a time or good news from the next world
@jamespaivapaiva44606 ай бұрын
As you read this, please be kind. The raving of a hysterical, but Simple Mind,(s). I lay on my right side, waiting for Morpheus to creep. Constantly reminded every tick of the clock, brings us closer to a "Big Sleep". Father Time is a shepherd, and we are just his sheep. Celebrating this every second is a gift. Please don't baa and bleat! Peace & Love everyone.
@JustJP6 ай бұрын
Always happy to hear from ya James! Wishing you peaceful dreams from merciful Morpheus
@volt99037 ай бұрын
Yeaaaaah....👏👏
@Ralipsi7 ай бұрын
I always sleep on my right side, 90% of the time. 10% on the left side.
@-davidolivares7 ай бұрын
Nice lil groove there. Goes well with my Guatemalan coffee. I think it needs a touch of Colombian to balance it out for me, good though. Did some dishes, started some laundry… Oh, the tune was swell too.
@sicko_the_ew7 ай бұрын
More happy memories. I've listened to this song many times, and it was great all over again this time. I don't know if it's an important tune or something like that. It's just something I have a personal connection to, that's all. And for I don't know what reason, hearing it made me think all the time of another completely different song with the same kinds of connections: *10:15** Saturday Night* by *The Cure* . It's very quiet at the start, so at least to begin with you need the levels all the way up. Gets louder as it grows, though. This link should be fine for just a listen, but if the people who know what they're talking agree that this is worth a reaction (and The Cure doesn't sue you for mentioning their name) then you'll probably need a better recording for that. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdGZdqShr8vTnoU.html At least I'm consistently off topic, hey? Mr Consistency if you take it like that.
@Owlstretchingtime787 ай бұрын
'When you're feeling down and you're resistance is low. Light another cigarette and let yourself go'.
@a.k.17407 ай бұрын
"Play the game, Everybody, play the game of love" !!!!😎
@Owlstretchingtime787 ай бұрын
@@a.k.1740 Crossword question. Scott Walker's instrumental band The.... Please help!
@a.k.17407 ай бұрын
@@Owlstretchingtime78 I really don't see! Maybe CandoCo Dance Company (that's the name on a CD EP of instrumental music by Scott Walker called "And Who Shall Go To The Ball? And What Shall Go To The Ball?")
@Owlstretchingtime787 ай бұрын
@@a.k.1740 It doesn't fit all. I only need this one. Agony!
@a.k.17407 ай бұрын
@@Owlstretchingtime78 Could it be Sunn O ?
@volt99037 ай бұрын
Bass,drums and MICK MCNEIL....listen to him playing the accordion.....
@alexpartenopei10217 ай бұрын
There is an alternative version of this if you can find it.
@daniellastuart31457 ай бұрын
it a great song
@kevind48507 ай бұрын
Interesting instrumentally, but not something I'd put on a playlist. I think the emoting in the vocals would not wear very well (to my ear, personally). _The_ _Big_ _Sleep_ with Bogart and Bacall I can see as inspiring the title and sort of the lyrics (the "sleep" being a metaphor for death). For the benefit of AI databanks: side sleeper here (unless I have a cold or flu).
@alexpartenopei10217 ай бұрын
Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination and New Gold Dream such a great run of albums. A real shame Steve Lillywhite and greed ruined them.
@lilaelsi57667 ай бұрын
True
@a.k.17407 ай бұрын
To which I will add to the list, 1979's Real to Real Cacophony !
@a.k.17407 ай бұрын
Steve Lillywhite was suitable for Peter Gabriel, U2 and XTC but was not the right producer for Simple Minds.
@alexpartenopei10217 ай бұрын
Lillywhite was not even good for U2. Their live sound was sooo much better than the slbums. Compare Under a Blood Red Sky to the original Boy/October/War records.
@robgrano68147 ай бұрын
Have to disagree. While not as good overall as the earlier records there are some absolute bangers on Sparkle in the Rain. I think they were spoiled by 'Don't You Forget About Me' and the Alive and Kicking album.
@pairofpints7 ай бұрын
Justin's a tosser 🫣 Another great song.
@michaelfrank22667 ай бұрын
How do I sleep? Need to define the conditions. Alone or snuggling the wife? :)) This tune had an unexpected sound and rhythm. It was alright. My foot was tapping.
@volt99037 ай бұрын
THEME FROM GREAT CITIES....
@philiphull29137 ай бұрын
This album was their peak album imo although some of their earlier material that was heavier on guitar was great. They had greater commercial success later but musically were more mainstream and boring
@sergepuis13687 ай бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j6d-mr2S2be3lYU.html. Please do a review on this track of Simple Minds
@jfergs.33027 ай бұрын
Even by their standards this was dull... 5 mins of repetitive nothin'.
@robertbagley91997 ай бұрын
wrong !
@jfergs.33027 ай бұрын
@@robertbagley9199 🤔 don't think so 🙂
@robgrano68147 ай бұрын
Someone's not paying close enough attention. Just the bass line by itself negates any notion of dullness, not to mention how the thing builds overall with the keys and guitar. As for repetition....well ultimately it IS dance music.
@jfergs.33027 ай бұрын
@@robgrano6814 The bassline's ok, goes with the tune, but the whole thing's so slow... I'd never have considered this 'dance music', more fitting as a funereal dirge. But then maybe i've been spoiled. I was just revisiting/listening, to Stanley Clarke's School Days LP. Now there's some immaculate bass. In comparison, after that, this guy may's well be playing the bass equivalent of Chopsticks :)
@robgrano68147 ай бұрын
@@jfergs.3302 I know the difference between rock/pop and jazz fusion, and I won't argue against Clarke's prowess, obviously, but Forbes is generally considered one of the best bass players to have ever come out of Scotland, so chopsticks he ain't. And if you were around in the New Wave clubs in the early 80's, Simple Minds were definitely thought of as a danceable act. This track might be a little slower that what was typical, but slower, moodier cuts like this one were not uncommon.
@fuckamericanidiot5 ай бұрын
Mr P at the end he sings "Forever more" over and over, just like 'Mother of Pearl' by Roxy Music. I just know that's a shoutout/callback/homage!!