SIMPLE MINDS THE AMERICAN

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[@colinmoloney3236]

Even in 2023 this song smashes it

[@spizzenergi2292]

Anyone still listening to this great track ?

[@frankgilligan3555]

All the time. This and Love Song.

[@ramankalasouski1686]

Ameri Ameri Ameri Ameri Americaaan

[@clairduffy60]

Yeeeup

[@stephaniemurria5534]

Me❤

[@CaptainMainwaring101]

Oh yeah

[@bluehorizon5149]

WELL AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, the older songs were THEIR BEST BY FAR !!!

[@cambranson]

This track kicks ass. These guys absolutely blew me away in the 80s! Their earlier stuff was the best - way ahead of their time!

[@vizzz6270]

Best Simple Minds song by a long long way..

[@lyndondempsey23]

This and Love Song. All about the bass

[@allanmckenzie6696]

Until Walk Between Worlds

[@MrCraigdish]

@@lyndondempsey23 defo 👌

[@EnosEverything]

Still remember buying the 12in of this in London just before I flew back to Australia - it was in my suitcase together with my new New Order album... Fantastic fucking music to hit my friends with when we gathered for a few drinks... The American was and is my fave Simple Minds song ever.

[@nigelstonham2444]

wow, thanks

[@William2512]

me also.

[@neilguthrie3248]

Still have the 12 inch on vinyl

[@gordoncampbell100]

Aussies could be hit with a Fox farting and they`d think it was great if it arrived from the UK .

[@EnosEverything]

@@gordoncampbell100 Not sure exactly what you are implying... Are you saying we could hear a farting fox in dub and we'd think it was great ???... Please tell me what you are getting at Gordon.

[@mikewright8304]

This song and New Gold Dream are my favorites. This band is heavily underrated

[@kevinlarson3407]

Simple Minds is simply awesome. Took them with me to two different countries in Africa, pulled me through some hard times, gave me hope for a New Gold Dream and I'm 52 now following them still

[@lakefire9985]

+Kevin Larson Im 40 this year loved them since forever listened to them on long haul flights to pass the time ..last seen them in Dublin in November what a band still have the magic

[@kevinlarson3407]

Yep

[@stephencampbell6424]

+Kevin Larson 50 myself and I get ya. They knew what they were doing - professional and crazy creative. Could play and sing. Original too. These guys have stood the tests and are underrated. This song is amazing, then again amazing is typical of their back catalog.

[@mileseggimann5483]

+Kevin Larson There's some KZbin video I ran into recently of Simple Minds LIVE - filling a BIG room in Aberdeen - still just on their game (I didn't know they were even still together!)

[@thomassharoniard4629]

man i love you because you talk like a real simple minds devotee

[@darrendarren3672]

2022 I'm 52 and sitting in my lounge with my beautiful girlfriend with few friends blasting Simple Minds.Please come back to Australia Pure Brilliance awesome band.

[@CliveGulch]

Roxy’s glitter and glamour, disco’s danceability and the relentless driving energy of New Wave

[@seamusoflatcap]

That is an excellent description.

[@derekblack6230]

The best song from the great Scottish band ever I rest my case

[@fstop77]

Damn! This song still packs such a punch and it's almost 30 years old!

[@AceBanana100]

Read n listen to the words - a fuckin big punch 30 years later!

[@MachineThatCreates]

If it didn't have that 80s Boosh bash beat it would be about 50 years ahead of its time. Superb peice of art.

[@ChadHesdon]

Sub zero Monday night live Jan 1982 17 years old. I was standing three yards from a lathered Jim Kerr timelessly transfixed when they did this. I have never recovered. Thank the lord!

[@johnstjohn6658]

Driving from San Diego (Into Mexico), back up the coast to Santa Barbara and back to the I.E.. SM's first three albums always matched the topography of the Southern California coast.

[@nickturner4150]

How the HELL did Derek Forbes play so many TRULY FUCKIN AMAZING BASS LINES!!?? Inspired me to get one at a the tender age of 14...1980

[@galenperras4821]

I saw Simple Minds perform this song in a University bar in Canada in 1980. I bought all their albums the next day.

[@tracybarrett7465]

Seen them at the Hollywood palladium in 1984 seen the Cure and Echo and the bunnymen there that year also. Growing up in L.A was great for music lovers.

[@vinny9708]

Sons and fascination is there best lp by a country mile

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

My favourite Simple Minds song.

[@grbookworm1984]

One of my faves, too.

[@henryperrier7285]

hello my remix the american kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnTIenisftKkZ9U

[@haziz8206]

And theme for the great cities ? And , love song ? And , colors fly and catherine wheel ?

[@barrysmith8920]

I’m American 🇺🇸 and THIS is Minds’ greatest! 🌹 Anti war Anti American ignorance Anti American aggression

[@barrysmith8920]

@Satanic Panic Fun and Games Write a song about it then

[@adamlacoba7580]

I heard this song for the first time in 1982 - my Dad had bought me a Walkman style FM radio with headphones. I had never heard stereo sound up until that point. The sound and this song transported me to another world - I was 15 years old.

[@tommi200561]

Park Lane (nightclub, Hamilton) Scotland, dancing my arse off, thinking I looked cool. That's where my lifelong love of Simple Minds was born.

[@paulmcdonald8055]

I Travel, Waterfront, etc! So many songs to choose from! It’s like a New Gold Dream! 😎👍

[@vespasianlegx11]

best chorus in music.

[@sallybrite1530]

Still brilliant. So underrated.

[@thepanel2935]

*PLAY IT LOUD...* then Mick McNeil's legacy will stand *_pure_* and *_profound..._*

[@gordoncampbell100]

Simple Minds at their moment . No pish US stadium gigs pandering to mugs . Great times in Glasgow I think 1982 !!!!!

[@allanclark2538]

This sounds so good, well ahead of it's time, so proud they are from Glasgow

[@user-ul3us9hq8b]

Best song from Jim kerr ever

[@user-ul3us9hq8b]

Best Jim kerr song ever brill instrumentals

[@gorgon1863]

I am dumbfounded everytime I hear this

[@eugeneporta9781]

It’s a great songs the 80 are the best always

[@rogergrigg2056]

Nothing comes close to this piece of 'EXCELLENCE'!

[@alientrezable]

March 1983, Ostia (Rome) a strong wind blowing in tent theatre, maybe one thousand people. A concert I will never forget....

[@annabeldalziel8079]

This was the first Simlpe Minds track i ever heard at the Darlington Hotel Disco in Ayr Scotland. I was 17 and it was the early 80,s i was hooked lol, cloths from my sisters catalouge, half a cider and black was £1 and a taxi home was £3. wish i could go back to thoes days even for one Sat night.

[@sammclean4000]

you were gtting ripped off if you were paying a pound for half a cider in early eighties, girl

[@polifriedman1633]

Happy days in Ayr......circa 88.

[@andrewwilliams9599]

That relentless snare drum. That hypnotic bass line. Those lyrics with references to Stendhal and Hiroshima. It's Gravity's Rainbow set to music, and absolutely irresistible.

[@Toddy9cent]

@Andrew williams - nothing has change, actually - the lyrics matches 100%.The political behaviour is the same. ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYTUeJaZmc5lfNk )

[@v-town1980]

Why is your flag upside down?

[@andrewwilliams9599]

Symbolizes America in distress. Which, clearly, we are.

[@bluehorizon5149]

Yeah, the bass is brill ! Whole Tune is Fantastic !!!

[@colshythecomedian]

saw them for free in the Barrowland in 1991. Prob best ever concert i've been at!

[@ronball7356]

I Love Simple Minds music. As to those who call them' a second rate U2' I say wtfru smoking? As an American I can tell you every time we want to stay home and mind our own business we are bombarded with "Why don't the Americans do something?" That's our side of the story anyway and why we secretly love the French, (seriously, don't let the world know that) The French got tired of holding up everyone else's fights too.

[@JonB1995]

+Ron Ball to be fair, they did become a second rate U2 around the mid-80s. At this point they were head and shoulders above them though.

[@ronball7356]

yeah, i'd agree with that

[@craigbarnes9862]

U2 are a second rate Simple Minds. Rattle And Hum and Joshua Tree do not compare to New Gold Dream and Sparkle In The Rain.

[@freddyferret2313]

Good man, if it wasn't for the French there would be no U.S.A. Saved the British Army at Dunkirk and won more battles than any other nation.

[@JayboTheHood]

The French? Just rolled over in WW2. Although speaking of the French, the Nouvelle Vague version of this song is better than this.

[@IvanAgram]

What a awesome song...

[@MsStone77]

I was just a kid when this came out... And I thought the world was there to explore...

[@marcelvandervelden3081]

Timeless..

[@francescocalabro2431]

Che spettacolo di canzone, l'arrangiamento è un'opera d'arte... Erano eccezionali i Simple Minds e Jim Kerr un super cantante !!!

[@vinnievictory1186]

This songs will live on from that period. Few can claim that.

[@USA_ADVENTURE]

one of the best 80's songs PERIOD!

[@musicfunkydude]

ooo i feel a lifetime achievment coming on, back in the day the were the epitome of cool as soon as one of their tracks came on in a club the place went wild and the could also blow all others away live,viva Simple Minds.

[@darrenverno]

I wish people on here stop saying they went shit after 1984, because they went more main stream. Yes they did a little bit, but they never crave for media attention or nothing. What about real life album in 1991? Fantastic album. They just do good music because its in their blood.

[@engleby8306]

Love the slap bass and relentless snare on this

[@davidellis5141]

Great Single ! Great Chorus !

[@iangardiner8303]

First band I saw live circa 79/80 Edinburgh Playhouse and they played this and love song mesmerised from then on

[@alanbobbymcguire5099]

Me too. I saw them at clouds must’ve been the year before.

[@soulminer]

When this single was released they were still a respectable band.

[@derekwilson6612]

A perenial favourite at early 80s Aberdeen University madness along with I Travel. hellavuband at this point.

[@fcas1970]

i saw them in 1988 and in 2018 ...they are always GREAT

[@emersontomasini9495]

Great song. 🖤

[@FranssensM]

Oh wow, haven’t heard this since about 1989. This is class. Takes me back. Oh, I looked a real twit back then.

[@princessparkle01]

My favourite version... feels like yesterday when I was dancin like a crazy thing 2 it!

[@markriley5448]

The best years of my life ...Fantastic

[@Zabagleonie]

12" version is captivating. Tricks Nightclub. 82". Best dance song. Thanks Neville and Jackie for the memories

[@soundmanhaven1]

first song i ever heard from them in 1980

[@Longnez]

smashing quality, my favorite single from bande FM "LA voix du Lézard" and "Radio 7" in the early 80'!

[@nickcoley2129]

Brilliant and brave

[@DAVE1R1111]

biting-excellent words !!!! catchy-grand music ! lov it.

[@donatellatirelli2377]

Simple Minds , una delle più grandi band degli anni 80 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ministryofsumthing]

this is my song! i found this album at the thrift store for a dollar

[@DarkoHR]

It's my song not yours

[@atelana9956]

Thank you to post this song, God, I just was a teenager when i was listening it !

[@nalla3]

Real and Raw as it gets ! Fae the streets man !

[@adjones111]

Took me way way back.....absolutely love this

[@aussiepicnic]

I watched them play this song last night, and remembered just how much I love it.

[@johnvaughan8011]

Went to see these guys tonight- felt damn disappointed they didn't sing this gem!

[@vincentbaca790]

Where are.they.touring?

[@pdottie212fu]

I love this one

[@ChadHesdon]

Nobody's commented on the other band that didn't chase shadows, didn't sell out and didn't sound like any other band. In fact they sowed the seeds which grew into other popular big bands at large this very day.

[@alansready]

yes this is a great song from a great album. i love themes for great cities as well. sisteers feeling calling and sons and facisnation are great albvums

[@newgolddream0121]

What a song,great to see the lyrics

[@rajnirvan3336]

Brilliant intro

[@michelleberens3645]

Brilliant! Can't believe i forgot this one thanx!

[@colinmoloney3236]

Someone somewhere plus duran duran come undone

[@MrBk2277]

Great song with some tuff lyrics......Man was I ever off all these years

[@leechiappa8177]

Great track

[@calvezphilippe874]

A écouter dans les lointains réunis, aux notes fluctuantes, à braver le réussi d'une musique féconde. Éclatée. Écarlate de hurlances mélodieuses. A s'en mettre plein les oreilles.Se goinfrer. S'empiffrer de musique. Inspirée. Se réjouir des joies fugaces. Manger ce gros gâteau du son, le partager à nos plaisirs aux esgourdes réunies.

[@joseluisverdejocamacho4060]

Absolutamente genial

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Never seen these words before although this cassette has accompanied me for thousands of miles criss-crossing Europe in the car. The one sentence I thought I heard was "here comes the man with a midfield plan" which is obviously wrong. Trying to sing the words to a song you know well (but not that well, clearly) is a challenge!

[@davidmarshall1094]

haha... yeah, I am learning a few lines for sure that I've been singing wrong since the early 80's.

[@yabits]

"Nassau club" refers to the organization at Princeton University where Niels Bohr and a number of other Manhattan Project scientists lived and socialized. "Caught a boy fall out of the sky.." -- The first atomic bomb used against human beings was named "Little Boy" (Hiroshima). "airfield plan" makes perfect sense. and "Collective faith" rather than "fame," as it required belief in some kind of "goodness" to unleash such a terrible weapon. What do you know about this world, anyway?

[@bernardmcguire5750]

Great tune but now understand lyrics Thanks

[@MrUnforgettableFabio]

yabits great explain about shadow sense.

[@LinguisticLifeform]

been listening to this song for so many years, loving and not understanding the lyrics until now. Thanks!

[@andrewwilliams9599]

You fucking nailed it. I would just add that the :man with an airfield plan: is probably Gen. Groves.

[@yabits]

Sun shines so bright, eyes blind. J. Robert Oppenheimer -- "Brighter than a million suns." (let us never forget)

[@DerVampyrEngel]

OMG I love this so much

[@docnurse40]

Brilliant!!!!!

[@charlesmcwilliam5785]

wow

[@No1SamSmithHater]

A Mary a Mary a Mary a Marie a Moroccan

[@markkelly2985]

No ever considered playing with just one word to get a msg out ,, it’s just very clear these where ahead of it all ,, great tune !!

[@wilberfloss832]

I ♥️ 🇺🇸

[@juniorrodrigues6736]

Rock da melhor qualidade, 🤘🤘🤘

[@markdavy1596]

Awesome thanks, give dexbam a look for the live footage, back in the day , as now awesome , let the music play on

[@greenmachine1372]

Cmon The Minds

[@bla7098]

Grandiiiiiiii!!!!!

[@MrLozza70]

Well I can only say you guys were fantastic in your day but hey ho you're not too bad now.

[@DarkoHR]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@scaramonga]

Thee song!!! :)

[@robbiemccormack744]

Charlie bustin some licks straight outa glesgi

[@docmontauk]

Brilliant.

[@TheeRobertPhoenix]

They were way ahead of everyone else. The hits are mostly good, but this is the shit.

[@thosewerethedays]

Yr TOO GOOD grayham37!!! thanks a mil for all of these, bin hangn for the recorded versions for ages! Love 'em...Good on ya!

[@martinthomsonmuse]

@petrolhead1471 I was there!! Absolutely amazing!