Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (Maxi) 12"

[@balmacarascotland9106]

I am 89 years old & remember so many decades....but the music of the 80's was the best by far.....

[@fredtello]

still alive and kicking

[@Toxinomist]

Sorry, although I share your apreciation, for me, the 90's were the years...

[@MrJacsprat]

I lived in the S.F., San Jose Bay area from 79-89. This is my California music.

[@Elrynill]

I hope you're still alive and kicking :) I'll never grow out of my love of this music

[@LucasVanWerde]

Respect Balmacara with this music you will be 100 years old , greetings from Belgium I'm 66 years old

[@ibeme1965]

This is a masterpiece, a perfect combination of all instruments and singer, it takes you to a place where no other song can. Love it, love Simple Minds.

[@bobmerkling]

You are correct. Absolutely fantastic!

[@tonymontague6467]

Stayed across the road from me

[@danniifan3115]

The electronic synthesiser bit at the start is so cool!

[@danielelston7457]

Absolutely 💯 perfect

[@nicksellens272]

Peak Simple Minds.

[@josegonzalezrodriguez8648]

I was a teenager then, now i am 52 and still playing itt LOUD❤🕺🏾, best years ever the 80's!

[@steviec278]

@THE GREAT PYRAMID REVELATIONS me too im 53

[@bestthinger]

I'm the same age and still playing it too

[@cindyinnew]

I’m 8 years older. The 70’s was really something. Amazing as well.

[@duster15670]

Same…😊 👏

[@denisehorn8780]

I'M 64 AND STILL ROCKIN... FULL BLAST AND LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT!!! TU SIMPLE MINDS... BEST MUSIC EVER!!

[@colporter576]

Get this on your headphones, get on a train and travel, watch the world go by to this rhythm, its a new gold dream 🙌❤🙌

[@dominicportelli7468]

Exactly what I used to do while listening to this music: travelling by train to Sydney from Woollongong at the end of the working week to visit my family.

[@natalyamay72]

I have done such for over 40 years now. Yep.

[@bennyrobles9194]

Close your eyes and imagine yourself back in the 80s listening to this song. It’s like a gold dream rite.

[@matthewryan4344]

You started with this song

[@BaldricksTurnip1]

Love you loads 🤗

[@Laticity]

@@BaldricksTurnip1 Can't. The batteries on my Walkman died and the in-the-ear headphones are in bits.

[@joy69...]

anni 80.... I MIGLIORI...........

[@timdyer5326]

It was great then and will always be great when we play this.

[@Lozen-wi1rz]

After so many years still goosebumps. The most beautiful song of my life. Melody that comes from the future. Simple Minds was my first band that I saw live, in Italy. I'm Italian from Naples. Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Stone Roses, The Charlatans, Shed Seven, Supergrass .... I want to go back in time ....

[@giovannidebiase8479]

Brava.

[@zamiadams4343]

I'm going to Naples in January and i'm a Scotsman, glad you enjoy our tunes!!!!

[@louiseharlow7161]

💜Just reading your sentiments that echo my own.. this came onto an iTunes mix that played in a beautifully unexpectedly way, whilst I was city walking in my lunch hour today and I was transported back in time and forward too .. yes sounds like the future, even now.. Think it’s the the constancy of Jim Kerr’s deep resonating vocals.. and the soaring moments of guitar and electronic sounds .. gives a feeling of hope. Certainly uplifted me in the winter sunshine today 😀

[@martinpopplewell8899]

It DOES come from the future… open your mind usura (21+19+21+18+1) = 80

[@marlisamorris1969]

One Word - "HOT"

[@charliewrites]

this song is a gigantic cannon blast of sound...it all works.

[@jashua212]

This is by far their best song. The driving beat and otherworldly sounds. It was ahead of its time. I played this album in an endless loop in college 35 years ago. It has not aged at all.

[@nicolasmarkovic922]

I m only 21 but I know I will die to this song Most beautiful thing I've heard in my life Thanks you dad I love you

[@dougmordaunt9263]

Well done - and said, Nicholas. Mothers and Fathers are precious gifts that leave us far too soon. My youngest 18 yo daughter Natalie and I both had such a wonderful love for many of the same songs. Unfortunately, she and I have lost contact and I miss sharing these things with her. I know that she would love this song.

[@christianschroer782]

Sometimes a good idea to listen to your parents "wisdom".....

[@FuckSlowShit]

Listen to the 1900s music more often than the 2000s is lacking 2010s is not even good.

[@danielfox3276]

Hey man,live your life first brother,ok 🙂

[@Teotahi]

And we love you too

[@edbredin6406]

Every time ⌚ I listen to this masterpiece of music 🎶 the hair on my neck goes up everytime Jim sings. 'She's your friend' the music at that moment is just beautiful. I feel I'm the coolest dude alive. I've loved Simple Minds since I was 13 in 1984. I'm 52 now and still love them and going to see them yet again in Dublin in 2024 and can't wait ❤

[@jessejames6751]

I can still see myself dancing to this song😢

[@quincee3376]

I have bipolar disorder and no word of a lie . If i'm felling very down i come here and listen to New Gold Dream and it lifts my spirits. Day By Day by Canadian band Doug & The Slugs does that too. God bless music !! All kinds of music . Music can really make a difference not only in the world but to each individual .

[@nicholasbrandon8699]

BLESS YOU !

[@quincee3376]

@@nicholasbrandon8699 thank you. Sincerely.

[@zamiadams4343]

All the best to you my friend, GREAT words!

[@quincee3376]

@@zamiadams4343 thank you.!

[@quincee3376]

@Bluewolfe96 thx!

[@gerritbe5831]

I'm teaching my son, who's 12, everything about this music and I'm loving every minute of it. I feel it's my duty to pass this on.

[@BigStevo66]

SOmeone has to keep this music going when we are all gone… hope he loves it as much as we do! Well done ❤

[@zamiadams4343]

Well done Gerrit!

[@markcf83]

Outstanding parenting work there. 👍

[@bigmoncrief6071]

Much as I adore this song I have to be careful how often I listen to it and how strong I'm feeling at the time. It can bring back the most intense memories of youthful joy but can leave me with a dark, post reminiscence despair if I play it too often.

[@ADB696]

Agreed

[@BaldricksTurnip1]

Great reply, you sound like me, massive introspection,one day we will skip through the cloud's

[@yasminm7157]

Spot on! It’s a feeling that can’t be described.

[@steviec278]

I also have great memories of this song and also bad experiences in the same year that listening to the song bring back. but?????? I have a similar feeling about the past

[@manfromnocky]

Yes, melancholy nostalghia must be avoided by rationing this beautiful track.

[@julienpichonnier9090]

You are so right. I'm 48. New Gold Dream was the first album I bought . I was 7. It is epic. My 3 children call me Simple Paps. My mum who is 77 tells me " Stop with your Simple Minds". I tell her " Mum, I've been listening to The Minds for 43 years, you think I will stop ?" New Gold Dream ❤

[@paddyfarrell7840]

43 plus 7 mmmm 48 ..

[@trojanguy31]

This song moved me to tears & took me back to the happier years of my life. Incredible angelic voice.

[@lakefire9985]

70,s early 80s music was the fucking bomb

[@mara1428]

+lake fire Absolutely!

[@tauntie69]

:)) So true!

[@Thunderer0872]

You bet your ass, I was born in 1970 so it was an amazing period of music.... I can say I know anything about today's stuff I can't tolerate any radio that's for sure unless they have a old playlist. So well said young man.

[@rikthistle]

listen to there early albums are now mainstream t,v show music

[@stephanos3913]

"new" music is geared towards mass consumption at low cost. Produced programming for the indiscriminate listener. Not all recent music is reprehensible, however, when compared to the good old days the great majority needs to be deleted forever.

[@paolotorino6659]

Simple minds fenomenali ,musica eccezionale.....e grazie pure da parte degli USURA per una melody che spacca ancora alla grande!!!!!

[@bansky58]

Amazing they knew these years...81,82,83,84...... Best years for music ever! Magical days ❤️

[@lynnkeiser5522]

This is indeed a beautiful song, and one of my favorites since it was released. I'm a bit older than many of the people who commented here, and I've been listening to rock music since 1963. Simple Minds are up there with the best. Don't feel bad if you didn't get to hear the music when it was new - you're helping to keep it alive now! And you'll hear wonderful new music long after I'm gone.

[@sibionic]

what a generous and lovely comment.

[@zamiadams4343]

Thanks Lynn! I'm from Glasgow and they are an amazing band.

[@mortisxx5712]

So true, and although the album itself is a classic, the title track is probably the one that has held up best. I wrote here six years ago that this track is *the* essence of the 80s, and I still think it is. I'm 56, btw :)

[@turehupatupaiarehe4002]

You are awesome Lynn. Listening since my birth in 92, riding in the back of my dad's ford Fairmont x series, getting fish and chips and cruising around the hills and to the beach,.

[@lorrainebennett7528]

I grew up in Fife, now live in Spain, have always loved Simple Minds, great memories, I'm 63 now but still feel 20!

[@DonCCful]

I was born in the early 60´s - i grow up with ROCK - Disco - New Wave ... This Album was a Masterpiece ... I love it - Yesterday - NOW - and in the Future ...

[@stefanotuttobene]

I'm 65. The eighties were a caleidoscope of the best music ever. I got a lot of Lp and Mix. The sound of this records is fantastic! Naturally i love Simple Minds!

[@julienpichonnier9090]

Fantastic, Epic, I'm 48 and New Gold Dream was and will still be a shock for me. After 43 years my mum tells me " Stop with your Simple Minds" and my 3 children don't call me Papa. They call me Simple Paps. Beautifu.l 😂😂😂😂

[@MrKnutelut]

I never tire of this song! Still as amazing as it was back in the 80's! What a band they were :)

[@duncanthom9700]

went to see them in 2022 and still one of the best bands ever

[@julienpichonnier9090]

My hand ❤❤❤❤❤

[@pannikattak7533]

I have their double cd, The Best Of Simple Minds. How on earth is this song not on that album?? It is one of their greatest songs.

[@odeleon24]

Seriously, criminal that they let that happen!

[@enricomonesi5856]

OMG......what a band.......their songs should have hundreds of millions of views......one of the greatest BANDS of ALL TIME.......no doubt

[@MR-qs8zc]

Still gives me goosebumps just like it did in the 80s.

[@sabthie5836]

I think this is one of the few songs which will give goosebumps to the people in 400 years when they listen to this track !

[@markbillington1060]

58 year's old with grand kids and it still has the ability to put the hairs up on the back of my neck. Blessed are we to have lived through the 80s. Echo and the bunny men . New order. The blue nile. The chamhelions . Endless. Really sorry for the kids today. But hey , we got the net .

[@neilguthrie3248]

Totally agree mate

[@DadOfAturkey]

know what you mean, i was 18 when this album came out, so many great memories come flooding back, 80s was a special time. Yes the kids these days are really suffering.

[@reynaldopunon3278]

Dude I'm 58 and tell you this back in 80s no one can't best new order not even Depeche mode

[@attiliorossi9536]

The net was born to expand knowledge. It has become a trawl for catching lots of cod :(

[@emanuelepagano4016]

Me toooooo

[@jessejames6751]

walking in to Danceteria and getting goosebumps as the music played loud to this song. Long live the 80's

[@Prinskorv0]

In a restaurant kitchen in Stockholm, working with my best bud. Our 80's hair repeating and rewinding this song on cassette. Great memories. Best build up song ever. 40 years later I can still feel it.

[@stefaniacarrano3201]

Quanta nostalgia. Musica immortale. Anni 80 for ever

[@gordonspence6544]

As a Scot I can say these guys were amazing .. soundtrack to my youth 😊

[@konradschlichtherle4185]

The best song of Simple Minds and the best album of Simple Minds. And furthermore the 80's was the best time of my life - no woman no cry :P

[@terregles09]

This song is timeless, needs to be loud. Still play this in my car daily. Now have 5 grandkids ...

[@denisloesekamm3389]

Defenitely - it needs to be loud!!!!

[@denisloesekamm3389]

and - its not a shame to keep in in endless loop.....

[@marktitecat5242]

5 is GOLD

[@NidgeOSullivan]

Lucky grandkids :)

[@lyrimetacurl0]

So lucky

[@oswald1068]

Masterpiece! to me, the song that is all my 80s...then the best ever!

[@eppopsinned]

It's unbelievable. I have had my own recording studio for over 20 years and make a lot of music. I was very interested in music. So I know a lot of songs, at least from hearing them. Even if I don't know their names. But I've always loved a synth zither melody. Usura Open your Mind. But I just had to learn that it is much older and from Simple Minds. Simple Minds are one of my favorite bands from the 80's. That earned her even more thumbs up. As I said incredible...👍👍👍

[@WolfeTone66]

The 80’s saw the emergence of The synthesiser & that changed everything. Sounds were created that we’d never heard before. Simple Minds were one of the best.

[@catherinechurko4041]

One of the pioneering first to use the synthesizer (in this case an ARP ?2400) was Pete Townshend - on Who's Next '71 50th Anniversary 8/14! (no disrespect - love NGD song & Album)

[@anthonydevitt3206]

Still are mate

[@rallabhandiprabhakar4750]

Sorry friend. Synthesiser came up in early 70s. Listen to the Who’s Next and Fragile by Yes. to understand Synthesiser infused rock. Having said that, this track by Simple Minds is

[@WolfeTone66]

@@rallabhandiprabhakar4750 ..Fair enough, I certainly wouldn’t argue with you on that. Perhaps I should just have said how important & game changing the Synthesiser became in the 80’s.👍

[@gordocarbo]

Took off in the 80s but if you listen to some 70s Bowie or even Idol tunes they came in early

[@stekfanful]

Great music reminds me my youth. Saw Simple Minds five times,always excellent concerts😊

[@baz06683]

I’ve been living in the 80’s since the 80’s and simple minds are timeless! What a great way to start and finish the day

[@lyrimetacurl0]

It's just the 40th year of the 80's

[@tonynolan4647]

baz06683 I am totally with you ....a time never to be repeated and this classic will always stand the test of time

[@FuckSlowShit]

I've been living the 80s since birth in late 90s. With a 80s shitbox and music from 1900s.

[@tangerineskybarg]

Nothing of today compares to the awesome music of Simple Minds. I have all their albums and play them constantly. Wish I could go back to the 80s and just remain there for eternity. Miss those days!!!

[@toastecmo]

1980's music heaven for those of us lucky enough to experience it first hand. Incredible.

[@claudiocarnesecca7858]

Musica divina come questa non ne fanno più.

[@gigiomompra7056]

Più che altro: non c'è più niente di nuovo da inventare, ecco perchè andiamo a riaprire i vecchi cassetti!

[@hightension63]

Semplicemente sublime

[@antoniomangiarelli5662]

fantastica!!!!!

[@paoloeli8935]

Si ma questi sono un mito

[@antoniociccarone4102]

Un Mito

[@richsamuel7214]

In 1982 a friend in England sent me a cassette recording of the BBC Top 40 Countdown. On it was Scottish band Simple Minds - 'Promised You a Miracle'. I wore that cassette tape out rewinding that song. The title track off the album 'New Gold Dream' changed my musical taste forever and influenced my career choice! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

[@davidmullarkey7008]

This is an ecstasy record. That fantastic chugging keyboard riff is almost Balearic. That and the drifting arpeggiated guitar....It's trance before trance became a dirty word.

[@mortisxx5712]

This has much more to do with music than with ecstasy. But your choice.

[@AuGroupAZ]

The world would be a better place if we all listened to trance. Js 🤷‍♂️

[@matthewconnor6817]

Yep.. Just needs a 909 drum machine and someone saying ‘open your mind’ over it a few times

[@mortisxx5712]

@@matthewconnor6817 Usura played a big role in hooking new generations to this classic. What the next trick would be, I don't know 😀. What I do know, is that this classic is on my all-time top 5 list, and, depending on when I'm asked, maybe even number one.

[@Nudiescorner]

Trance with a soul

[@ramrod2314]

84 i graduated from high school...heard this tune at a summer camp staff party ...was one of many tunes i carry from my youth. ...summer love ...long good byes

[@blueroses7935]

Just sublime - I can't imagine what it would've been like to hear this playing out in a club back then. This is one of those songs that I can't just listen to once. I always end up putting it on a loop.

[@dbarrett6001]

It was an amazing time

[@robdog246]

I can tell you it was amazing bands like big country u2 and simple minds got the place rocking

[@fboness368]

It was great. Club music in general was upbeat and uplifting. When this song came on, the dance floor was packed.

[@marcellovilla5212]

I used to hear it when I was doing my military service in 1982 hearing it makes me cry 😪

[@markriva4259]

May all your Golden Dreams come true.

[@guido.ravaioli]

after 39 years, I still have goosebumps listening to it !

[@xavierdepoorter477]

40 years old and still a pure masterpiece

[@romankolchin2710]

Есть такое

[@lilianevanhauw6213]

Yes. The disco was almost empty and I had all the floor to myself and I soared like an Albatros over the flour, music in every sinew of my body. Just flying.... It's a long time ago but I never forgot.

[@nolanlamond2439]

They did and still suck

[@thomaspauli8102]

Dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen

[@atomicbong7597]

We always knew you were a masterpiece - I'm glad you agree with us and the music reminding you of that fact :)

[@geetee7154]

I bought this record in 1982 & still have it in my wardrobe, the perfect 1980's track bar non, Jim Kerr can still holly the notes 40+ years on as testament to a concert I attended last year in Glasgow.

[@gordocarbo]

Can only imagine how this sounds on vinyl. Prefer that sound over anything modern today. And agree this is their best tune ever if not the best synth tune of all time. Cant believe I only discovered it a mo ago after hearing it on the "insiders" movie

[@bobbyburnin3808]

22 years old and even I can feel the atmosphere of the 80s spirit rush through my blood as I listen to this gold. man...

[@massimo9113]

Bobby Burnin Well said

[@bobbyburnin3808]

@@massimo9113 now i'm 26 what happened hahaha. thanks

[@djouji7620]

55 years old, saw them live, have this on gold vinyl, and I still feel the passion in my blood; so rich and even a little painful.

[@bennyrobles9194]

Happy to hear that Bobby Burnin.! I Saw them in 1984 Rotterdam Holland. Great band.! I’m 59 now. Gosh….time flies. Enjoy Bobby.!!! Take care buddy.!

[@a.tanner8524]

They are incredible.

[@catefarina816]

Capolavoro assoluto!!!!!!! Tutto l'Album è un gioiellino anni '80!!!!!!

[@feliceradice5848]

Perfettamente d'accordo. Capolavoro senza tempo.

[@gianfrancorachini8088]

Esatto assoluto capolavoro sembra impossibile che qualcuno possa realizzare ciò ma è questo il bello del mondo grazie simple❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@totocoro3618]

Canzoni che restano scolpite nei ricordi della mente e del cuore❤

[@stevegordon2032]

Simple Minds. One of the greatest bands ever. No doubt!

[@thomasmcdonald3196]

Such an underrated band, feckin awesome... Makes me joyyusly sad... ❤️

[@zoebear1992]

I'm really angry that I'm 54 years old and this is the first time I've heard this song I'm angry at myself mainly wow I never knew this song it existed until today and I'm so happy that I'm here for it thank you for sharing!

[@vordenkerkatastrophe9863]

Ist's never to late. Enjoy that you go in contact to this great music. 🍀🇩🇪🍀👍👍

[@anned6714]

better late than never 😊

[@danniifan3115]

I thought that the intro part to the song was a sample of the '95 Urasia song! Then I realised it was the other way around.

[@zoebear1992]

@@danniifan3115 I know I'm baffled that I never knew this information.

[@WildChildMcCloud]

Simple Minds 78-84 were untouchable.

[@MrTheprovider]

Ditto.

[@silviazac9698]

Unbeatable.

[@McdonaldA]

They still are

[@planeetgeklungel5884]

Except for USURA. Love both version!!

[@nikkapolos4896]

85 was great

[@rentaghostokish5628]

I was a teenager in the 80s....best days of my fvcking life and I feel truly blessed to have lived then. New Gold Dream 4 Ever!!!

[@evarobertson3253]

Thanks Rentaghost okish. You expressed exactly how I feel.

[@eddygsmusicworld1708]

I was 20 in 1980

[@Dani92670]

Rentaghost okish, I can say the same exact thing, only I didn't realize it at the time.

[@andrewnewton5221]

Luv the Song Luv your Story

[@desireec.crooks78]

@@eddygsmusicworld1708 the best of times, eh? I wouldnt trade 'em for all the riches in the world!

[@Mr2stardiver]

remember buying this album on the strength of hearing love song on the radio. my mind was blown ,this was different on so many levels . its like living in a dream through sound..a life long fan since seen sm at least 20 times since

[@BobHoopClassic]

without doubt one of the greatest songs ever written

[@halfocutz]

I was a 70's music boy and I held out for a long time not getting into the new 80's stuff. This is one of the albums that got me into the swing of it all. Respect.

[@reynaldopunon3278]

Best band !! Or simple minds or tears for fears

[@reynaldopunon3278]

Bro is 80s all the way

[@reynaldopunon3278]

Back in that time was so much good bands is hard to choose but new order is on too 10 ??

[@domiacito3788]

Siamo cresciuti con queste note fantastiche che ancora oggi sono attive come quei fantastici anni new way.

[@slashbisc269]

I’m only 13 years old but when I was 5 my dad would play this in the car, I still remember it’s amazing and unique tune❤️❤️

[@jamesmccarthy7228]

Your Dad obviously has very good taste in music Then again, this is up there with the very very best of those 80's classic's !!!

[@clairduffy60]

So glad I'm 100% Scottish.

[@clairduffy60]

Spent Crimbo 1982 listening to this repeat after repeat after....

[@nielsmeijs6233]

Same, I'm 18 now and my parents were Simple Minds fans. I used to hear music like New Gold Dream and other classics in the car as well which really created my music taste

[@stevecharno512]

The gift that keeps on giving....

[@massimilianofrigeri903]

Remembering when i was 14 in 1982. This album illuminated my life with the joy of life of that period. Infinite thanks to the Simple Minds

[@jean-mariejm7404]

Same for me . I was born in 1966, so 16 in 1982

[@cubieosity]

My favorite of their songs OMG sends me!!! ❤❤❤

[@professorpauls7362]

ONE OF THE GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF ALL TIME !

[@darrentimms8865]

Just superb. Ageless and distinctive simple minds, simple genius.

[@gianlucaloprete312]

Simply...just shining as a new gold dream ,trough the decades!!

[@neilmacmillan722]

This is the best song ever Simple Minds are pure class !!! Best album ever!

[@User58747]

One the finest pop/rock tracks ever committed to vinyl. PERIOD.

[@mortisxx5712]

+User58747 You said it.

[@Retroscoop]

+User58747 rock ????? From which planet did you say you were ?

[@Retroscoop]

Bassmanfallon OK simple mind, keep on "rocking".

[@mortisxx5712]

+Benoit Vanhees Keep on trolling if you want to. Some of us still love this track.

[@Retroscoop]

Mortis xx So again, for all the simple minds here, my point was: this is everything but rock. This is pop, plain popmusic. If you want to see that as blasphemy, fine with me, who's trolling in that case, who's the prick con balls.... Never said I didn't like the track in itself, as long as I don't have to look at the singer playing Jezus Christ in front of dedicated followers. Fortunately, some wisdom and more acceptable stage presence came with the years. All hope is not idle.

[@gtowrx2001]

Was blasting this on car cruise night in my 88 Cadillac Deville! What a tune!

[@mikaelsjoberg1894]

Sounds like a dream...;)

[@audreytwo361]

My God, this song just keeps getting better and better. Pure perfection. Chilling and wonderful.

[@nacht666]

Now this, lady’s and gentleman, this is music!

[@pietrob7420]

*ladies and *gentlemen

[@grig8717]

My Gosh, I haven't heard it since then.. what a masterpiece...felt kid and happy🙏🙏

[@lydiagray1627]

This song brings me back to the days when my daughter was about 10 , 11 years old and we would hear this song while riding in the car, ( my daughter will be 40 in September) I was one of the few who had a child while in my early 20's back in 1980, but it was great to listen to these songs and watch my daughter grow-up

[@batgurrl]

It is 2024 and this still sounds ‘fresh’❤️🔥

[@vordenkerkatastrophe9863]

Timeles good music. 🍀🇩🇪🍀👍👍

[@judex3226]

I was 20 in 1981. I grew up listening to pop and by 14 in 1975 I was into funk. I still love funk and these days I really enjoy and appreciate late 60s & early 70s rock. Having said that music from 1979 to 84 was very special. I don’t know if I’m just being nostalgic, I was a young man going out 5 nights a week, dressing up like a pirate 🏴‍☠️ and dancing the night away with wonderful people. Such great times. I’ve lost touch with nearly all the people I knew back then, it wasn’t easy to stay in touch those days, people moved or change telephone number and you had no idea where they gone. It may of been just over 40 years ago but that’s how it was at the time.

[@gordocarbo]

You described thos years perfectly feel the same way. Bowie and Idol brought the synth to the world in the 70s and took off from there. Cant get enough of this .

[@THORWURM]

This sounds so ahead of its time. It sounds as if it could be released in the 2000s as a trance hit, except it's from 1982. So, so great.

[@Blackadder75]

U.S.U.R.A.used this track in 1993 for their rave banger Open Your Mind. which is categorized as techno house

[@a.tanner8524]

Funny you say that. It was remixed by usura which was also an amazing hit.

[@MrTwister242]

Utah Saints also released an excellent stadium house cover before that, in 1992. No guitars but still quite epic and the vocals are in that similar style which reminds me of A. Eldritch of Sisters of Mercy. Simple Minds musically still sound amazing live, but Jim's vocals for this song no longer have that seductive dark gloom that to me is essential to the song.

[@Trixie7206]

Class band , so many great songs . Who could could not love this band back in the day

[@mickeymouse1585]

I'm 55 too and it reminds me of those wonderful times, although I have to say I'm also coping well with the maturity of this age. I rediscovered this song after so many years. These days I noticed that in the early 80s I had a crush on a little girl. But even these days I have a crush on another girl.... 😄

[@jmzbnd724]

2023. and this tune still sounds like it comes from the future

[@andreashermann2578]

I agree

[@gapper3]

lol, so true !

[@johnson7483]

Indeed ❤️👌

[@ciaoandrew]

That's exactly what I've always thought since the first listening! Great suggestion and charm, melody and rhythm drag me in a circle of lights and colors ... Great song ... wonderful memories of summer nights of my youth ... infinite nostalgia...!

[@totalwayne1]

@@gapper3 Yup! I listen to it on a somewhat regular basis and still get goose bumps every single time. This songs mean SO much to me, you wouldn't believe!! Such a great time.........

[@arakaneuman]

One of the true epic songs from the 20th century. Its up there with Heroes, Ashes to ashes, Games without frontiers, Wuthering heights and Comfortably numb.

[@murdered33]

doesn't get the recognition though, Glasgow thing one suspects...

[@sergiosozi]

Yes it really is!

[@01slowy]

Absolutely the greatest song

[@Idcanymore510]

@@murdered33 What!!? SM were absolutely MASSIVE back in the day. I had the good fortune to see them live at the Lyceum in London around 84/85. Unforgetable, Jim Kerr intense he was.

[@pasqualemuzzupappa8596]

And Octopus, Syd Barrett!!

[@stevefinn618]

Now this was the tune you had blasting out of your car on a lovely summers day❤

[@valeriebell6930]

Utterly brilliant. Nearly a full forty years on! That guitar! x

[@L33JONNO]

The first album I bought after coming back from the Falklands in 82. 1974 3.0 Ford Capri in black and gold......blasting down the road on leave. 19 years old and not a care in the world and what a soundtrack to my life.

[@joemulgrew]

sounds like heaven

[@stevebrown1978]

Time machine

[@denisloesekamm3389]

damn - falklands... it was in 82? Well times goes by - but good music stay forever....

[@yereverluvinuncleber]

I had the same engine but in a Scimitar... Powermax pistons, Vulcan head, lightened, tufted, balanced, bigger valves, 200bhp could beat any car going up a hill!

[@recondoc65]

Hey raquelthestripperfromhell69! I don't mean to be out of line, or show any disrespect, but, I cant help but picture you dancing to this song, and numerous other Simple Minds tunes, as your name implies.

[@simonbisley4746]

Every time I play this track I am taken back to my early 20s and playing it getting ready to go out to the pubs and clubs to drink and dance the night away, they were some of the happiest days of my life.

[@philroberts1103]

A classic from an epic album. I'm not sure how many LPs have survived from the mid 80s but this one has.

[@stephen6057]

I grew up with this music and it doesn't get any better than this.

[@clementinerenaud3517]

I love them since 30 years, but I just discover this one this week! Shame on me!😁

[@billrowe1839]

One of my favorite albums of the 80’s!

[@dannyf8198]

First heard this melody from the U.S.U.R.A and Utah Saints samples, never knew until the late 90's it was a Simple Minds song they sampled from. If this came out today the so called talent that exists today in the music world would be history. Outsanding.

[@johnregan6078]

The finest tune, love it! From a 73 model the year legends were born 🎉

[@stepan1968]

This song encapsulates all the spirit of musical innovations of the 80s, the golden age of music of all eras, simply masterful.

[@TinaMariaJeanette]

25 years later, and I still love this song. One of my absolutely favorites from Simple Minds - love the bass:-))

[@fabiosozzi7226]

love all of this song

[@jameswesthart5873]

What do years mean?

[@jean-mariejm7404]

@@jameswesthart5873 like good wine. Better after years

[@fiery1962]

Forbes on growling Bass

[@andreacasanova9091]

I grew up with this song, on Saturday nights in the bathtub with the cassette of 70s-80s-90s songs of my dad on the radio. What beautiful memories and I finally found this song again, I'm 17 now and I already listened to it when I was 8/9 without knowing the title.

[@GiulIoB2008]

..nostalgia...fino alle lacrime..bellezza allo stato puro..

[@marioldrini]

Vero!

[@giovannimalagrino4748]

Mitici, quelli 80's.Mi spiace x quelli che non c'erano. Vi siete persi un sacco

[@davida.curtis9337]

@@giovannimalagrino4748 APPROVO Pienamente !!!

[@danilolastella330]

BRIVIDI!!!!!!

[@multiodisseo]

All ' epoca ero universitario fuorisede . Vivevo in un appartamento che prima era uno studio dentistico .......... c ' era ancora la poltrona ad olio . C ' era un bagno tutto blu che nessuno usava mai , usavamo solo l ' altro bagno con la doccia a 2 soffioni ................ era una casa particolare . Silvia viveva sempre con noi ; mi ricordo quando scoprì i Simple MInds e Valerio ( il suo guru ) le disse " sono una cagata " ,,,,,,,, la ghiacciò . Poi gli chiesi " perché le hai detto questa cosa ? perché le hai parlato così duramente ? " ,,, Valerio era filosofo ( cioè .... si fa per dire ) e mi rispose " perché si entusiasma troppo " . Valerio lo trovi su KZbin alla voce " Valerio Mazza " è nato nel paese in cui ha vissuto Chaplin , è uno dei più grandi chitarristi che ho mai conosciuto .......... all ' epoca era incredibile , adesso ..... lasciamo perdere .

[@cristianalupoli1195]

Il massimo di quei anni favolosi...... Grandissimi SIMPLE MINDS..... SEMPRE NEL MIO CUORE 👋♥️👋MAURO

[@francobattaglino7868]

Che tempi raga...e quanta roba....mi viene da piangere di nostalgia a sentire i Simple Minds

[@ladyelegance5]

Anno 2019 🤸‍♂️

[@eddieb46]

What a mind blowing song I can understand why many people have good memories attached to this

[@gordocarbo]

This era of music has more fans and comments than any other gen I can think of.

[@user-qb7zz3ev9q]

Awesome song and one of the best bands I have seen live..

[@colinjbanks]

One of my first experiences in listening to music on compact disc. Awesome.

[@RalfDassau]

Einfach nur eine der geilsten Bands der Welt 😊