FEAR

Jan 28, 2010 | Written by JD | Filed under Music | |

Simple Minds back in the day were amazing. Before they went all poppy ‘Breakfast Club’ with ‘(Dont You) Forget About Me’, they were actually quite experimental and produced some dance punk gems, namely on their third album, ‘Empires and Dance’.

MP3: Simple Minds – This Fear Of Gods

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3 Responses to “FEAR”

tee cardaci says:

February 1, 2010 at 8:23 am

i had no idea. thank you for the lesson!

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teh-thomas says:

February 2, 2010 at 12:41 am

you’re right about simple minds being more than just a poppy brat pack soundtrack band. however, the band didn’t write “don’t you.” it was written by Keith Forsey (who wrote “Flashdance (What a feeling)”) and Steve Schiff, specifically for the film.

Forsey approached Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to perform the song, but they both declined. Eventually the song was pitched to Simple Minds, who also refused, but then agreed after their record label encouraged them to do it. Simple Minds recorded the song in one day and as a band has never really acknowledged it. but, it’s a great song in my opinion never the less.

the recent film adaption of bret easton ellis’ “the informers” used simple minds’ “new gold dream” in its opening sequence and it shows that even their lesser know album material meshes great with film.

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Andy says:

February 4, 2010 at 10:58 pm

All about ‘Theme from great cities’. What a track.

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