Simple Minds Pinkpop 23-5-1983

Wonderful performances from one of the most important European music festivals Pinkpop. This was "the golden age". The band was promoting the album "new gold dream".Few months after these performances the absolutely brilliant album "Sparkle in the rain" see the light.
Jim Kerr - Vocals
Charles Burchell - guitar
Derek Forbes - Bass
Michael McNeil - Keyboards
Mel Gaynor - Drums (1983)

[@Alun49]

I love this era of Simple Minds. I do not begrudge their success, but the loss of Derek Forbes and later Mick McNeill had a significant impact on the band.

[@ripgeorgie3156]

Absolutely agree.. Their Bass and keyboards were the foundation of the wonderful early stuff and that creativity went out the door when they left...

[@wimsele]

Yes! Derek Forbes knew how to fill and add something unique to the big SM soundscape. The material after their departure is always missing "something". It takes special musicians to write and perform in that manner. Andy Summers comes to mind.

[@deletebilderberg]

@@ripgeorgie3156 Derek and Mick defined the sound of the band. All the songs originated from one of those two.

[@stephenlightbody5009]

Llllljo

[@weyoun6535]

Yeah, true sadly. It was 85 before I was old enough to go & see them on the Once upon a time tour at NEC, I did enjoy it but the magic was gone & within weeks after that I’d moved on from SM for good. Empires & Dance, Sons & Fascination, Sister Feelings Call & New Gold Dream are all still all-time faves for me. I’d have loved to have seen them 81/82. I saw U2 at Elland road in 87 & that was the last time I ever went to a Stadium gig or bought a U2 album, shite, it’s not my thing at all (although the Fall & Pretenders were great).

[@ericgelders]

That was around the corner where I live, but I was only 10 yo🥲😅 - still had to find out about this then already brilliant band!

[@patrickryan5570]

As a teenager I got New Gold Dream - What a classic album - Loved Simple Minds at that time - I used to dress like them and do the dance moves down the local disco - I totally loved the look and the Jim Kerr dance moves.

[@rebels42wynn83]

Derek, Mel, and Mic were the ultimate trio to Burchill and Kerr during the 80s. These 3 gentlemen had represented the coolest sounds and effects. The 80s were awesome because if bands like this. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Eusie]

The best line-up in the world that moment, Mel Gaynor and Derek Forbes

[@Chrisamusic1]

At this point, with Mick and Derek, they were a magnificent band.

[@lawrenceomond7341]

Jim perfecting his Scottish/euro 80's accent!

[@bodegasvicentegandia]

This is the best lineup of the SM history. I would like to see them all together again.

[@orthodrummer7945]

Carlos García Bartual absolutely -they were always a great band and this line up defined their sound. Mel Gaynor gave them the great punch and depth to their rhythm section✌️😎Great days of the Eighties

[@saminrazak6535]

The only lineup🥳

[@suz5862]

Nah - big shout out to the drummers Brian McGee (1977-81) and Kenny Hyslop (1981-1982) before Jim and Charlie decided top ten was the way to go. 🥺

[@jacqdanieles]

@@suz5862 - Mike Ogletree was in there briefly too. For the early sound, I liked Brian McGee.

[@suz5862]

@@jacqdanieles ☺️

[@antonpaco]

Simple Minds stayed with me in all my youth. Never forget guys.

[@AndyHuff38]

Someone,somewhere in summertime…Derek Forbes basslines… enough said

[@oratere01]

What an absolute beast he was. So signature with his basslines

[@keithrooks9120]

Simple minds music walks with me everyday

[@robertogaudencioherreramen9005]

WATCHING THIS GEM TODAY 23-5 2023 .40 YEARS AFTER FEELS LIKE TRAVEL IN TIME

[@daz9275]

I love Derek Forbes x

[@creature57]

I have a crush on Mel.

[@chantalchantal8063]

Superbe. J'adore Derek forbes. Très belles musiques

[@DonHalli]

That was the lineup!!

[@hhhcjgghhucufuhiiogu]

best line up ever,

[@davebellamy4867]

Wow, the days when keyboard players used to play their parts and also when they used to edit the sound themselves during their performances 2:47! Almost every time the magic comes to the synths, it's the Oberheim OBXa or that wonderful string synth machine.

[@AdamBorseti]

Gone are those days. Now, these "artists" don't even write their own songs, much less play them.

[@MashMashMusic]

Huh? And who does write the songs? The big great automatic composer?

[@JorickTube]

​@@MashMashMusic The world economic forum! 😂

[@thepanel2935]

_I wonder how many times I've listened to this song over the years..._

[@barrysmith8920]

Absolutely incredible band 🌹

[@marcelopereiradecarvalho1030]

Nostalgia pura. O melhor do Simple Minds na melhor época de minha juventude. No Brasil o sucesso veio com Don't you e depois foram relançados todos os.discos anteriores. Até hoje os acompanho mas essa época de New Gold Dream, sparkle.in the rain e Once upon a.time foram as.melhores. Anos 80, anos.incríveis

[@frocsanddocs4065]

Beautiful! thanks for the upload. Good old Pinkpop! no big screens, no big light show, no smoke machines, no mobile phones, just a band a lots of people having fun! I love it! I saw them some time after in the Bernabeu in Madrid. Fantastic band!

[@francescmartinez6422]

Simple minds the best live band i have ever seen!

[@jezza10181]

Me too, to this day seeing Simple Minds in 1989 was the best live performance I have ever seen. And i have seen hundreds of bands.

[@malphadour]

@@jezza10181 I saw them at Roundhay Park in Leeds on the 89 tour - they played 3 1/2 hours, and that was after 4 support bands - 60 to 70k people in the crowd - was truly epic day.

[@bo2web]

Big wave from UK... 80's New Wave...

[@johanvancauteren6203]

Ha SM, seen them over a dozen times, started way back early eighties, best live band ever, never grows old this music❤

[@MrArpSolina]

I was there, the Torhout/Werchter 1983 festival, with The Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Peter Gabriel and U2...

[@kuijp367]

Me too! Great times and memories!!

[@barrysmith8920]

Bono said; “We were just trying to sound like Simple Minds”

[@markbill2080]

Bono told me when they recorded BOY in the studio U2 wanted to send it to the moon like Buzzcocks (I just happened to be wearing a Buzz t-shirt when I ran into him and asked him what he thought)

[@vincentmcgarry3598]

Proper band.

[@drbrundle]

this band was surely amazing live and on record, wish i was born earlyer:)

[@thepanel2935]

Mick seems to play the OBXa more than the Jupiter-8. He still has his original monophonic synth with him, too... the Korg 770.

[@robbelliii]

A set of good choices either way. Jup 8 my favorite though.

[@huishaai]

Great great great.......

[@jerrywallop5647]

Never seen Charlie & Mike on the stage right before……?!…..Timeless performance……Brilliant memories….Gives me chills….x

[@victorrodriguez5765]

Fantastic !!!! ............................................... a hug inmense from Peru 💋💋💋💋💋💖💖💖💖💖🎉💥😎✔👍..

[@antonioroccodaraio5467]

Senza dubbio una delle migliori band anni 80 eccezionali musica coinvolgente e cantante con talento da vendere irripetibili

[@emcash7042]

Dang that bass

[@_apolo_1876]

great band, great performance :3

[@jezza10181]

Light years ahead of U2 at this time

[@robertsteinberger5667]

look at 10:22, Bono copied that pose for their Joshua tree tour years later....

[@khristianvinales8849]

what a bass player

[@2742633]

I was there! Thanks for this post.

[@ArtieFufkin100]

Kerr singing like A hybrid of Paul Shane & Vic Reeves’ pub singer at the start of Glittering Prize

[@g-man8705]

Does he have a good voice though? Can he actually sing? I've always been a fan of SM but I've been listening to them quite a lot recently and my sense is that actually, he can't. The first song in this concert is a case in point. But Book of Brilliant Things is another example of how he sort of shouts his way through everything.

[@malphadour]

@@g-man8705 He pretty well stopped being able to sing after Once Upon a time unfortunately.

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

for me pre "don´t you" minds were the best, after that they´ve lost their magic a bit, but were still one of the greatest bands of the eighties.

[@ScottHindle-qv6mq]

I think they were best between 1979 and 1986.

[@robertsteinberger5667]

Go to 10:22 and you see how Bono got his moves.....

[@teanreece]

Didn't really notice Simple Minds at the time. I was 11 in '83 and Doug E Fresh was more my thing. The f**k was I thinking? 😆. Great band, great voice, great enduring songs...Simple Minds, not Doug E Fresh 😉

[@beatbrunner1228]

Yeah Simple Minds are best live Act. Still Today.

[@andrewwilliams9641]

Don't be daft!

[@welshlad6427]

Certainly not today. Saw them in 2018 and they were a karaoke of themselves.

[@synth-o-rama]

@@welshlad6427 Same with New Order.

[@badmonkey2222]

Bands were so good back then they had to be able to play they didn't have all the auto-tune and pro tools and digital this and digital that you had to be able to play and that was the bottom line that's why all these bands have strong songs that stood the test of time and that are still strong today and the bands of today are complete garbage because everything they do is fake for the most part, how many fans since like 2000 have put out songs that are still iconic like this?!!! I can't think of any to be honest. Was sad though when Derrick Forbes (bass player) left he was an intrigle part of their sound and one of the main co writers, I think the keyboard player left not long after he did.

[@blackmore4]

There are countless artists today with quite as much talent as "back then". You just have to look.

[@franko1174]

@@blackmore4 like who?

[@justdoit8014]

Mel was one the best drummers in the 80s and he is so underrated. I rather have him in the bend over Collins.

[@glenndouglas8822]

And then Reni from Stone Roses came along and blew me all away ✌️

[@g-man8705]

Agree, great drummer. Were there any songs where he doesn't play 16ths on the hi-hat?

[@vallancesmillie5734]

Jim get the bhoys back together again and rule the world.

[@welshlad6427]

Lol. Jim is nowhere near what he once was. Those days are well and truly over.

[@georgerichardson7728]

Derek was a good bluenose

[@kosmonout]

Goeie!

[@01derendorf]

Doe maar - Radeloos playing live in the background 🫶🏼

[@Hwral]

Hey, I expected the show to start with "Love Song", but all we get is the synth intro.

[@bicesacco1442]

yes in the Radio Broadcast of this concert you can hear the whole version of Love Song and many others!

[@triffid9902]

is this performance available on DVD ?

[@stepheninnes6024]

Some of Charlie's early day fills were great, but others.... hmmm. Whereas Derek and Mick were always on point

[@joescott483]

Derek Forbes on bass Jesus nobody was near him Pino Palladino tried Someone somewhere just proves it

[@JeeGee114]

Godverdomme het oude KRO logo.

[@paulcurley2309]

What is the keyboard that Mick is playing ? Sounds like a harpsichord.

[@soepil]

Four different synthesizers: Roland Jupiter 4 and 8, Korg 770, Oberheim OBXa.

[@blackmore4]

Why did the bass player leave?

[@iancrombie8862]

They just got sadily towatds stadium shallow crap from 1985 onwards!

[@amandaburns4568]

charlie on charlie 🤔 🤣

[@StrawberrySunday212]

Derek Forbes is an amazing bassist. Sadly, I believe, his "face didn't fit"

[@soniamacintyre5229]

- S E T L I S T - Love Song Glittering Prize I Travel Celebrate The American Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel Hunter and the Hunted Promised You a Miracle Someone Somewhere in Summertime New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)

[@NTRSN-Archive]

Ze plakten altijd de merken van de synthesizers af en de rest van de instrumenten niet . Wat was de reden voor dit ?

[@g-man8705]

Public broadcasters e.g. BBC don't allow advertising

[@zaradragonia9863]

Pity he lost his looks so early

[@daryljackson3430]

It happens to all of us 😊