I would give absolutely anything to be transported back in time to be part of this crowd ♥️🌈

Simple Minds when they were Simple Minds. Great.

How wonderful to see a crowd just getting into it without a single bloody phone camera

40 years on and this still sounds amazing. Wow, what energy they all have, especially Jim Kerr. Phenomenal performance.

Why is nobody mentioning Charlie’s amazing and creative guitar playing?

Listening to their music in 2023, still sounds amazing 🙏🏻

McNiel and Forbes, the sound of Simple Minds.

This is without a doubt their best and without Derek on bass and Mick they're your standard stadium boring rock band. 1979-1984 was in my opinion the greatest years Simple Minds had.

This is back in an era where bands had to be able to play, technology was just coming into the era of good production better microphone better everything but still no auto-tune or pro tools, nothing that you could get away with faking it with. That's why there's so many bands from that era with songs that to this day are still iconic because they just simply had to be able to play, Derek Forbes was an insanely good bass player.

Derek Forbes!! Oh my GOD!! Does bass playing come better than this? This is a stunning performance from the whole band. Fantastic musicians

Awesome live performance here. Derek Forbes on bass is a master.

Young band, young audience and the sheer energy created. Was a truly amazing era for us alright!

I’ve never been so glued to a screen before in my life… what I would give to go back in time and be in the audience… driving bass, powerful drums, thrilling keyboards, beautiful guitar and energetic vocals. And did Jim really call Mick “the best cheek bones in history”?? Lol! ❤ I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking that 😉😅

SM at their peak - they've never sounded better and Derek always fills their sound out in a way no other bassist ever has.

It's my turn to weigh in. This is Simple Minds at it's very best. Nowadays it's just Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill trying to recapture their original form. People trying to compare this band to U2 isn't fair, because these guys started 2 albums ahead of them! Simple Minds has their own level of Being able to capture their imaginations of the listeners and if you were lucky enough to see them live then you had to have felt the energy between the band and the Crowd dancing and singing their asses off! Beautiful! I wish that I could have been there!

This performance just blows my mind. It's pretty much flawless, such great musicians. Not to mention Mick MacNeil's keyboarding.

The American, the band in full control of every note as they rampage through it, the connection with the audience from barrier to back row..... Any kid watching this would want to pick up an instrument and form a band. What a life journey they have been on. "Anything is possible!"

My God!!! Derek is brilliant!

For my generation, that was our playtime. Loved it, miss it.

I've been listening to this band for 35 years. Jesus, Forbes is beyond magnificent. They lost their heart when they lost him.

Absolutely outstanding performance, people talk about electric atmosphere...this is the real deal Scotland's Finest...

Simple Minds with Derek and Michael, their best period and line up ever !!!

It was long ago and far away, and so much better than it is today.

incredible bass playing...hes a machine. Locked in the groove like nothing else and driving the whole thing forward. I mean theyre all great but he really stands out here....Excellent quality footage and sound all-round really

Everyone loves Derek Forbes.

this is the mother of fuckin concerts ..the minds at there best.no band can touch them live.....

81-82-83-84 the band at their peak

there is no other band in the world that gives me so much good energy than Simple Minds.. wish I could have been here, (but I wasn't born yet ;) .. But now I am there.. thanks!

You would think Simple Minds have the audience in their hands but it looks like to me the audience have the Minds in their hands!, what a great crowd they were from the day's when things were far more organic and people weren't obsessed with taking snaps on their i phones etc and observed the on stage goings on as if they were sat zombie like in front of their TV's back at home instead of wanting to be a part of something special, and this gig by the feel of it was something quite special. Great to watch and hear. Simple Minds were up for it and the audience were as well, pure magic.

Oh my god! Listening back to this gig with the headphones bring this great sound back in head!! Derek is a magnificent player! How that bass rules! 💎💙🌀

That bassline running through their rendition of Promised you a miracle is intoxicating. The drumming is phenomenonal and then you have Burchill and MacNeil insert their collective geniuses and of course throughout you have Kerr providing a sense of majesty and mischief (at once faithful and playful with the lyrics and the song's intent

THIS VERSION OF THE AMERICAN IS MY FAVOURITE ....EXCEPTIONALLY!!!!!

9 out of 10 comments are about Derek Forbes. Amazing!

Absolutely immense, can't watch them now but this is such a great performance, no milking audiences, they gave it 100 and went 110

Seen them twice in 89 on the street fighting years tout and twice in 92 on the real life tour fucking outstanding gigs on every level

What a great gig in Dortmund at that time ! They never disappointed their fans there. A reunion for the 30 years band anniversary failed after a few moments - what a pity that these guys (Jimmy, Charlie, Mel & Mick, Derek) weren't able to reunite once again ! There will be a day when it is too late to do...hope it will be the other way round as I want to see their willingness and ability to go for an extremely desire of their fans - guys, you owe this to us ! Don't be late !

This is incredible. A band performing live and at their very best. The song arrangements. The band energy. The crowd reaction. All fantastic. And in those days Jim wore trousers that weren't far too tight.

This is by far my favourite Simple Minds gig footage on youtube. I loved 82-90, Brings back many memories of my schooldays in the 80's, Im so glad i lived my teen years in this wonderful Im hard pushed to single one act out in todays pile of garbage that gets commercialised today. For me personally, music died at the turn of the millenium. Wont see the likes of anything like the 80's again.

Amazing concert but what a mind blowing version of The American. Simple Minds at their best and with, in my opinion, the best lineup. Thanks for the upload 👍

Derek Forbes! Featuring backing music from simple minds... god this is all Derek at his very very best! They lost so much momentum when they lost him

Just watched the video of them playing Pinkpop the year before this. The boys made a real leap forward in the way they filled big stages and worked big crowds: such supreme confidence! I'm sure fans are split on what SM's golden period was, and some purists may see this as the beginning of the end, but you can't take away the fact they were a world class act and had learnt their craft the hard way. Big love for SM. Happy, happy memories.

The way they work the crowd up on 22 mins is just spine tingling 💖♥️

A lifelong love affair with simple minds for me.....the greatest band in the 🌎

80 Minds..Top Minds...this is one of my favourites,their best concerts...Jim so energetic...the intervenience with the German crowd..best line up..this is gold! ❤❤🎵🎶🎤🎸🎹🥁🔝

best line up and best times of SM... miss the bass and keyboard signature sounds....

Hang on guys there was the new gold dream album (81--82-83- 84 ) best simple minds album ever

What a gig! Takes me back to the 80s/90s where we all just freaked out and enjoyed it without these damn phones

Not sure there has ever been anything like The American and Waterfront played here. Absolutely amazing live performance and musicianship.

"Up the Catwalk" / "Book of Brilliant Things" / "The American" / "Promised You A Miracle" / "On The Waterfront" / Great souvenir SIMPLE MINDS!

This gig seems that the band are just having fuckin fun and enjoying the night and the crowd along for the ride. I love this little vid.

Excellent 👌 ! And ❤️❤️❤️ Derek Forbes. The sound out of his bass is so good !!!

an Insane tour that still today beats everything...

I was there! It was a 'home game' for the Minds as the British forces still had their barracks in Westphalia. There were also tears of homesickness in the audience, heartbreaking. We were all Scots that night!

The best band in the world at this point. Breathtaking performance galvanised by a hypnotised audience. The dream team of Jim, Charlie, Mel, Mick & Derek giving it large to an adoring arena. The Minds took the roof off the place that night...what an atmosphere! Still delivering the best live music on the planet!

Youth, precision, mastery of sound, fucking epic!!!

one of the best concerts I´ve attended. awesome, as you can see. happy peaceful holidays. be safe and warm. greetings from germany.

y Love the voice Jim Kerr is wonderfull ..............Simple Minds yeah!!!!

There aren't words to describe How FINE this is!! Mick the mistro's Magical fingers, We Miss You!!

The band that's etched across my heart.... Its a forever love!!!

I forgot how many fantastic songs these bastards created.

The best band in the world at this time

What an awesome band they were! And they seemed to have so much fun on stage. The greatest!

Absolute brilliance and genius from the greatest band on our planet.

I wish that Simple Minds would have had some Concerts in Cincinnati Ohio in the 80's. I wonder why they didn't? All the MTV Bands came and performed in or near Cincinnati Ohio. I used to work for CBS Records in Cincinnati in the early 80's and I went to a lot of Concerts. I didn't know back then that Simple Minds would have turned out to be my favorite band! I've seen a lot of Bands in Concert and these guys have been my favorite band since 2015, because of KZfaq videos! Thank you for sharing this Great Performance. Thanks to KZfaq I can Relive Concerts that I wasn't able to see in person! I'm 62 now, and these guys make me feel like I'm in my 20's again!

I then saw them live in Brussels in 1984. This was the pure simple minds. Unfortunately, not much remains of it now.

I would like to be there ! I would like to be there......in DORTMUND. Makes me nostalgic. Thank you SIMPLE MINDS

the best live performance from "Promised You A Miracle" i ever heard before !

how much better than they than U2 , It's unreal........................

da stöber ich seit Jahren in KZfaq und finde "erst jetzt" Aufnahmen von "meinem ersten Simple-Konzert" !!! Bin wieder 23!!! Wahnsinn!! Freu mich auf nächstes Jahr Glasgow!!

One of my favorite bands. Simple Minds.

Saw them at the Warfield in San Francisco that summer. Best lineup ever, and best show ever!

Best line-up of any band in any musical genre.

" The best cheekbones in History! Michael Mc Neal! " I remember high cheekbones always have been a thing in the eighties....❤😅

Derek Forbes magnifique j'adore quel talent

Derek Forbes starts Waterfront. 29.12 amazing... working with Charlie Burchill. Mel Gaynor. 30.40 come with me to 31.05 Burchill, Gaynor, MacNeal, Forbes. Brilliantly done.... Micks synths in waterfront are amazing throughout. Two of the best gone, who made Simple MInds.

Agree with all comments re bassmaster Forbes. Mick so agile across the keys as well. I know a lot's been 'analyzed' re Mel's contributions, but I rate him as integral to SM's sound and affect - no matter the circumstances/reasons for his departure - his contributions were a necessity to this band's DNA. An American who 1rst heard you as a High schooler in 10th grade in '79 - you remain a piece of my DNA. Keep on, keepin' on.

Concert exceptionnel, il aurait mérité d'être édité en disque à l'époque. Merci youtube pour ces pépites et surtout Art&Talk!!😉

They were so confident

WHAT A VOICE! Deejayenps

Their greatest lineup

One of the best concert🌞

The synths at 6:45 ! Just when you thought the synths were MIDI-sequenced, Mick shows how it's done manually with your hands !!!

How I miss your music Mick McNeil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great performance of amazing songs. Shame what happened in the years after this...

Waterfront is one of my absolute favorites! It is always such a huge performance in live. And Derek spinning around while playing looks so funny :D But the best of them all, in my opinion, was Mick. Gosh I love him, handsome and so talented. I don't know how someone can play in that way but he has proved it possible... What an amazing gig!

Unbelieveble that there are images of. I was there) served the army then. Chrissie Hynde was there also ;-)

A band at the top of their game. Amazing show.

You can really hear the bass on the Sparkle in the Rain tracks, which got more submerged than usual.

was 4 times at that event - cost 20 german marks greatest festival ever

This is absolutely electrifying. Most definitely the best and most inventive band of that time. I used to listen to Sparkle In The Rain and New Gold Dream constantly, and then got into their earlier music. So exciting to see this when they were at their absolute peak. My band Paint and Copter's Miyako video/song recently was compared to them and I am beyond flattered. Still a revelant sound. Thanks for this.

I love Simple Minds to this day, but let's be honest, these were the glory days. I still think the band miss the energy and passion that Derek Forbes provided, he was without a doubt the beating heart of the band. This was SM at their peak.

one of the best time of this band

Those were the days. I remember gigs like these.

So grateful to be able to watch this. I love this band!

Man listen to all the cool sounds in this song!

An amazing concert what energy from the Band and the crowd best band ever ❤️❤️

Derek Forbes,great bass line😊

Sounded so tight and Jim's energy. Wow. Yes I agree once they lost Derek and Mick. Party was over. Such an amazing performance

Best SM lineup. Mel Gaynor rules!

Simple minds on fire.