SIMPLE MINDS Factory

Hurrah's, New York, USA
October 24th, 1979
Real To Real Cacophony Tour
The gig was organised by New York promoter Ruth Polskey who received a credit on the sleeve.
BAND
Vocals: Jim Kerr
Guitar/ Violin: Charlie Burchill
Drums: Brian McGee
Keyboards: Mick MacNeil
Bass: Derek Forbes
Many Thanks
www.simpleminds.com
www.simpleminds.org
www.sosimpleminded.com

[@gianmariapecorari2026]

I love this era of simple minds

[@nickyraewrites]

I totally love this song. It really captures the spirit of the era.

[@ajp55a]

bowie roxy sparks and a bowl we were all mixes in

[@KDEADS]

Great track! Still sounds good after all these years.

[@glennhalila8279]

I'm surprised that there's not more comments about how energetic and electrified this Young Band is right from the beginning! Greatness from the Start! I wish that I would have been with these guys. I wish that I could have taken My whole Band to hang out with these guys for inspiration to do Original Songs instead of just Cover Songs of the top 20 Heavy Metal Bands of the 70's. Don't get me wrong we were Great, but not one Original Song did we Produce. After 45 years I had the Courage to Contact the Lead Guitarist Jimmy Sfarnus the other night. He's a Music Professor in Cincinnati! I love Simple Minds with all my Heart and Soul! Their Original Songs inspire me on a Daily/Nightly Basis. Thank you for Posting any and All Simple Minds Music Videos!

[@opieboston]

this song is awesome!

[@user-xb3oy3vk7v]

So cool brilliant

[@alanbobbymcguire5099]

That Bass line !!!!!

[@user-xb3oy3vk7v]

Love real to real one of simple minds best albums along with son and fascination sister feeling calls

[@miguelgrau3351]

Simplemente......................NOSTALGIA..!!!!

[@noddyholder79]

Jim Kerr as Mo from the 3 Stooges.

[@ericlebrun1640]

Brian mc Nee on drums!! left handed drummer

[@michaelreid5307]

Great song and fantastic quality.

[@derpokerlude]

Really that sounds like Roxy Music,doesnt it ??

[@barbarascheck6519]

Exactly what I thought!

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

It does, indeed, but the vocals sound like Sparks!

[@Hildy2E]

I was at this gig and didn't know that it was filmed. They were a bunch of sweethearts!

[@brucefindlay]

Hildy Toohey ....I remember you Hildy ! ☺

[@samuelebertocchi5012]

Lucky you!

[@chuckizzet]

That chorus is so Siouxsie and the Banshees.

[@dulapeep5609]

Jim kerr hairs pretty cute in here

[@masquesandmirrors]

It does...listening to it again after some time. lol.

[@ricardotexidomedina3140]

Ya casi 40 añazos que los sigo!!!El sonido autentico de Simple Minds, Mis Simple Minds! Love it!!!!

[@tomroland2315]

This is brilliant, I don't know why. The lyrics make absolutely no sense at all but it has originality and presence. Probably best not over analysed as that always seems to ruin stuff.

[@miguelsoto7857]

Es una banda que disfrute mucho verla en vivo ,verla en vivo es un viaje ✈️ de ida

[@calligarybelial4899]

MUY BUEN TEMA ...

[@diskochimp]

Brilliant! x

[@korberdekraai4017]

Deze song is helemaal geweldig!

[@musibaba70]

"Real to Real Cacophony" is his most 'techno' album and maybe less commercial, maybe that's why it didn't have the success of the later "New Gold Dream" or "Sparkle in the Rain", for example. But together with "Real Life" they say a lot about his ability to adapt to new registers and sounds.

[@soulminer]

They were the best Scottish band of the early 1980s.

[@cece33372]

grandi!!!!

[@drsteele4749]

Still cool, decades on. This band and their peers came onto the scene and helped rid us of the scourge of disco and bellbottom hair rock. Gracias.

[@paulmcdonald8055]

Punk you mean? Forgot about that Genre? They were Punk Insperarated at the start im sure? Jim used to sport Pink hair back in the Mars Bar Days! I could be wrong?

[@emcash7042]

@@paulmcdonald8055 Jim had pink hair???????

[@sirisnowy5666]

best simple minds ever

[@Eljaxxxx]

Своеобразная композиция, мне понравилась.

[@paulmca8514]

This used to remind me of an ice cream van-the synth bit just to clarify, Jim looks like he is brickin it lol

[@Bigsbeee]

Mick and a Minimoog !?!?

[@musibaba70]

"Real to Real Cacophony" es su álbum mas 'tecno' y puede que menos comercial, tal vez por eso no tuvo el éxito de los posteriores "New Gold Dream" o "Sparkle in the Rain", por ejemplo. Pero junto a "Real Life" dicen mucho de su capacidad de adaptarse a nuevos registros y sonidos.

[@petroskwnstantakos1520]

Petros

[@alanscott6836]

Bit of a Roxy homage. And why not. While still being their own thing.

[@masquesandmirrors]

It was alright, but don't get so caught up with the illusion of it. The experimentation was great fun and there are still some great bands still survived from that era, but not many. A lot of 'sturm and drang' and endless pretentious chatter about the 'importance' of this music, but in the end, it's rather dated looking back on it. I love Simple Minds for its entirety not just for some brief moment in their entire discography. :)