Simple Minds changed my world in a small but definite way in 1982. They released the New Gold Dream album the glorious pop realisation of their talent that they'd been heading toward since their inception. I discovered it, wrapped myself up in it for months and worked my way through their back catalogue from there.
It was and still is a consummate work of art. They had three actual hit singles from it, something you would never have imagined happening at one point, and Jim Kerr, such a svelt and odd figure at the time, pranced and twisted on Top of the Pops on Thursday nights and on The Tube on Fridays. Then they decided they wouldn't mind becoming U2. What were they thinking? What were they thinking?
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