Simple Minds - Waterfront | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

[@Reyne-fb7mj]

Loved this song for 40 years. Never get tired of it. Addicted to it. Interesting story behind the song. Out of a bad economic situation came a powerul, joyful, energetic kick-ass song for the ages.

[@RichardRatner.1972]

I couldn't agree more. I feel just the way you do about this anthem. Kindest regards, Richard U.K

[@scottner]

I don't know if there is a song that gets me as pumped up as this song does. Thanks, guys - for helping this old dude dance around in his PJs.

[@rogeliogamboa7644]

Jim Kerr : a natural born singer - no gimmicks, just sings the song - and the band Simple Minds - all legendary - the legend lives on - thank God for music - music lover Philippines *

[@snee1968]

Waterfront is still a belter after all this years when played live by Simple Minds 🤘🎶🎸

[@belle2154]

I was in Glasgow and Dundee in the early 80s. coming down or not. Id go back to those days, ...that music, and life and those years in a heartbeat.

[@TracyLynnMcIntosh]

My father was a shipbuilder and we had moments when he was out of work back in the 80s/90s That’s why I love this song Even in the dark days my dad still kept trying to get work He still tried his best to provide for his family, even whilst having alcohol and gambling addictions It was tough times and he was trying to win big to help his family Glasgow riverside was a big part of our legacy in my family Before my father there were those who worked that river… I wanted to be a welder like him but being female that was not allowed Love this band love this song…. Saw them last Friday In Glasgow, they were amazing.. third time seeing them, which I regret wish I’d seen more of them But last Friday there was something quite special about that gig that will live with me forever..

[@paulbaxter430]

I was 16 in 1981 when "love song" came out here in Australia, completely blew my mind and gave me a life long love of late '70s and '80s UK music. Waterfront is such an iconic track, my only question is why is this only 6 minutes long? I could have sat down for half an hour or so

[@grahamtrezise1114]

Yep

[@Bjornontour]

Easy

[@kimdawcatgirl]

Truth bomb there!

[@doncoleman4938]

Couldn't agree more. I was living in Brisbane in '81 and turned 16 that year. While the Australian music industry was really kicking on, we had new bands like Simple minds, Duran Duran, and U2 bouncing into our music charts. For me the early to mid '80s were a great time for music aficionados. My playlist to this day is still 90% songs released in those years.

[@RobCmusic]

Charlie Burchill was the spark that made me pick up a guitar and learn to play.

[@firejam78]

One of my favourite 80s songs

[@Kadag]

1983 and I'm in my SF flat with the sun shining in and the radio tuned to rock of the 80's channel and this tune comes on for the first time and I start dancing, and my world changed again!

[@Reyne-fb7mj]

Holy moly! Were you referring to San Francisco? If so, the very same thing happened to me. I was at work listening to a rock station on the radio (KFOG) on a glorious sunny, spring day. The DJ Bruce was in a happy mood as he introduced the song, commenting about such a fine day. That was the first time I heard Waterfront and was instantly hooked. Bought the album soon after, recorded it on a cassette and listened to it endlessly on my Walkman. Forty years later and this song still moves me with its power and glory.

[@maus3454]

An absolute stadium banger!!!!

[@lordrevan3315]

Waterfront was ahead of its time , it could have fit on street fighting years or real life , Great song :)

[@alexmccrorie4195]

I scatterd my mother and grandmothers ashes at the mouth of Irvine harbour so every time i hear waterfront i get a little teary eye .Been a fan of this group since 82 they are the best love them .

[@keekeefries6298]

This band was great while Derek Forbes was in it….amazing how simple this bass line is and it works…Wish he had stayed…together the made magic in those early days…they had the combination of unique skills that just worked….

[@kikidee3204]

Such soul in their music beautiful music is timeless I love to hear Jim Kerr speak such humble poetry moving inside of him I love to see him perform even today always reminded me of a preacher performing a sermon love them still loved them for many many years move me like no other xxxx

[@mikeheap7978]

Great song and band of the early 80's, saw them live a few times and was really impressed how tight the band was, Jim Kerr was a fantastic frontman.

[@mozdickson]

WOW, thank you. We respected SM here in NZ, but Sparkle in the Rain and Waterfront blew our minds! I explored that deserted, discarded Clyde shipyards area on a beautiful calm summer's day in August 2018. I found a very very old blacksmith forged nail, from the timber ships days, and prize it. My ancestors left the Clyde in the 1880s to sail to a new life in New Zealand, on the City of Dunedin. I honour them.

[@sebastiannoir5712]

"THE CITY OF DUNEDIN" ::: :

[@duncanwcraig9668]

Brilliant mate. My ancestors left south Scotland on the Resolute and arrived in Dunedin in 1862.

[@aitortilla5128]

This band were really really really good. I was a kid in the 80's and I didn't realize how good they were until now.

[@frastube]

They're GENUINELY just as good now, Aitor. I saw them just a few years ago and they were better than I had ever heard them. If you get the chance, go and see them. 🙂

[@cathyanderton1583]

I saw them in Brisbane years ago. They were amazing. They played for hours.

[@davewilson2961]

Thanks to Simple Minds for finally acknowledging how important Derek Forbes is to raising their level of music. Without Derek, their repertoire would have never been the same.

[@spikelive]

Without Derek and Mick!! Ciao, greetings from Italy

[@john0815]

we allways play this song in the 80"s in the army on sunday morning taking a shower and cleaning the baraks when we was stationed in germany

[@9sunskungfu]

Their music to me is just epic, been listening to them since 85. My favourite song of theirs is "All the things she said" , would like if they did a story about that song.

[@lewryGrant]

Hi .the song is actually "inspired" by the polish solidarity leader in the 80s leak vawenser sorry carnt spell his name but sounds like thst .anywsy in the 80s Poland was a communist country and if you : striked" you got slung in jail .Jim was listening to it " all" the guys wife was saying things like if they put you in jail ill wait for you I'll be with you no matter what .Anywsy now I've told you thst go listern to the song again and it will all make sence. The Belfast child is another interesting one .but another time way to much typo.....

[@wideyxyz2271]

I was 19 what a great time for music but a shit time for jobs.......Sparkle in the rain on vinyl what an album!

[@exactsame]

Charlie, Mick and Derek still remain so underrated...

[@spikelive]

Totally agree...and Mel too!! Greetings from Italy

[@boris1387]

Love this song, LOVE SIMPLE MINDS❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mrdeafa25]

No matter how eloquent and well-travelled a Scotsman becomes, he still looks like a Scotsman.

[@camillab.b.4196]

And that's a good thing

[@TerryWillaert]

Amazing Band!

[@mikefellows3901]

What a class act these guys are ! Must be one of the greatest stadium groups ever.

[@andredejongh1411]

Thank you so much Simple Minds! This unbelievable Powersong gives me so much energy, emotions and goosebumps every time I play it! Been a fan of you guys my whole Life..... ❤❤❤

[@annemariecandyflip6531]

I love the Simple Minds, especially their Greatest Hits and New God Dream💜

[@ceciliaherrera278]

Great song !!! Just love it 😊...

[@HeartFeltGesture]

Mega tune. Loved these guys in my youth.

[@tablet647]

great song ,,, and the story behind it is fantastic

[@JammyGit]

The opening bass riff just reminds me of 'One of these days' by Pink Floyd 👍

[@f.herumusu8341]

Opening? I'm a bass player and I loooove that song --- but it's not a riff but the same single not thoughout the whole song.

[@f.herumusu8341]

Opening? I'm a bass player and I loooove that song --- but it's not a riff but the same single not thoughout the whole song.

[@linxde1]

It hears like the same, but slower.

[@Ndlanding]

@@linxde1 It's a bass with echo (delay) on it. That's why they sound similar. Oh, and just one note, like in a boogie.

[@harlandted]

That was soooo great to watch. Great channel

[@kevinssolaradventure284]

Jungleland and Good News from the Next World still my favorite.

[@makusmati]

I remember being in school and the Breakfast Club came out, that was my introduction to Simple Minds too!

[@oddities-whatnot]

Worked around Glasgow many times, friendly people but what a vast sprawling place. As you drop down from the M74 it just looks enormous.

[@grahamtrezise1114]

The stereo just never seems loud enough to play this proper.....

[@anonymoushuman8962]

Dam. That guitarist is talented. In fact the band are spot on. Been a fan for over 30 years. Their music is so raw and powerful.

[@neilfoord9140]

Jim Kerr has an accent that sounds a bit like a Shetland accent. The Scots have a lovely accent. I'm a Londoner and I respect Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill alot.

[@drey8]

Yeh I can hear a bit of Shetland or Western Isles as well but is this a Dutch programme? I honestly think he might be being interviewed by a non-English native speaker and this is him slowing down and enunciating.

[@jamesstewart3317]

I am Glaswegian and met Jim Kerr ironically enough down on the clydeside.I said hello Jim ,and indeed he said hello big man to me,in a kind of western isles kind of accent.

[@Spookieham]

He's glasgow born through and through from ToryGlen. He had a stammer growing up so that might explain the way he speaks.

[@arthurthistlewood1225]

@@drey8 made for dutch tv?bit of Steve McLaren?

[@drey8]

@@arthurthistlewood1225 yesh. Oh wait that's Sean Connery. Ah Mish Moneypenny

[@photo80sjeff84]

My favorite song from them

[@McNessie101]

And the Barrowland roof came down! And Glasgow was never the same🤘

[@davidstewart4310]

Was great then...is great now! Cheers boys.

[@DondeArandas]

love Jim Kerr!

[@Craig_Spurlock]

I would love to hear about my favorite Simple Minds song of all time, "New Gold Dream".

[@oddballsok]

exactly.. the waterfront thing was just a lot of belching noise...artistically not spectacular. And by that time I had lost interest in Simple Minds...as they tried to clinch on the successes and riffs of U2...and of course lost the grip.

[@krollpeter]

@@oddballsok A simple stadium hit. No need to degrade it as belching noise. Same calibre as We Will Rock You, and such.

[@1967briano]

A phenomenal tune. I remember playing the entire album over and over again whilst lost in Edinburgh Brilliant. Eventually found the place we were staying.

[@dorientjewoller113]

Only one note to write one of the most iconic tracks in the world. That's how it's done.

[@BarneyRq1d]

Never realized how Scottish theses guys are... insane how the accent is lost in singing

[@DrWhom]

It's a universal phenomenon. Much (not all) of an accent resides in vowel modulation, and that is overridden by singing modulation. Plus singers are alive to the need for commercial succes across the English-speaking world. If desired, the Scottishness can be retained (Proclaimers!) or the Aussie-ness (Land downunder!) etc.

[@TheRightLadder]

That's what I was thinking

[@cjrae72]

well, charlie sounds scottish jim sounds like a dutchman who had a stroke in dublin. amazing theyve both travelled all over the world together and yet only charlie was able to keep his accent...

[@gwaptiva]

@@DrWhom Biffy Clyro managed to keep their Ayrshire accent; I am sure that many singers, esp back in the 80s, sang in American because that's how pop music was to sound.

[@kessmarl]

Deipatrous ...Land Down Under doesn’t have the slightest hint of an Aussie accent in it. Also, the lead singer is Scottish anyway, not Australian.

[@kij100]

This song is just pure Glasgow!

[@barbapoupokin7425]

I am french and i try to understand 🤦‍♀️ it's a bit hard 😆 Jim doesn't have the scottish accent when he sing 😁 i love the SM 💗a great band 👍

[@simonburns1055]

THats the power of music.

[@lysasstuff]

❤️ the Glaswegian accent xx

[@az717able]

Simple minds the best !

[@GoodMrDawes]

Awesome Band

[@nitramluap]

1:20 and that's how UB40 got their name...

[@nicck]

The Unemployment Benefit 40 form

[@TheFokker03]

are they still together?Jim has a fantastic voice.

[@Ronno4691]

There's a BBC Radio 1 evening session version of this song from the 1980s with a completely different bass line. Done for a DJ called Janice Long. It had a walking bass line: I told my m8 about it and he was incredulous! I'm not making this up.

[@segmentfloyd428]

Total powerhouse song ..

[@stephennicoll7867]

i travel is the best sm song

[@gilwillia]

Derek Forbes...those were the days.

[@regancarter5845]

Their best bass player.

[@grizzadams2110]

@@regancarter5845 by far. Amazing riffs that live on

[@Kresnov]

Now that's a bloody anthem.

[@sergiobasilioli384]

Best of guys!

[@TheNightBadger]

Don't know if anyone else knows this, but Tears for Fears sampled the bassline for Waterfront, tweaked it, and built 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' on it.

[@andrewherbert8125]

Good work Badge, wow amazing after 30+ years the penny drops, wonder if any royalties came Jim's way

[@TheNightBadger]

@@andrewherbert8125 Ha! I doubt they got a penny! To be fair Roland Orzabal is quite open about it. The very same year Midge Ure Sampled Tears for Fears' 'The Hurting' for the intro to 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' so I guess it all works out!

[@andreaneilcmc]

Why is Jim Kerr speaking in an accent of the Western Isles???

[@carlosgerez4756]

Hola soy carlos de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Quiero felicitarlos por estos documentales que están buenísimos,lastima que no esta traducido en español. Les mando un abrazo muy grande y aguante los 80 .

[@jamespaterson2084]

What kind of accent is that Jim ? The male lulu

[@harlanthejester]

Is that Charlie Burchill or Limmy? either way Great song!!!!

[@guitartap]

Other unclaimed bass patterns are still out there waiting for a new owner.

[@aaronmiles821]

Great music. Am I being a div. what’s it about?

[@regmunday8354]

Sample Meenz !

[@maryfrancesaitken5644]

WTF Jim 😤 when did you develop the new accent???

[@scottschroeder4920]

Pink Floyd - one of these days

[@Porkcylinder]

Sparkle in the rain was the defining album for me

[@helenacristinasantosbatist331]

Pena não ter tradução em português as entrevistas

[@oliveroneill1388]

Celtic . Chant .

[@oliveroneill1388]

It's a chant . That's whay

[@clementinemonroe717]

If INXS and U2 had a baby, it would be Simple Minds

[@toptonychick]

Tears for Fears borrowed a lot of this song for "Everybody wants to rule the world". It's true!

[@TheMetalMachineMusic]

How much does Jim look like Billy Currie from Ultravox ?

[@leolahulet2066]

I found out that Jim was born the same month and day as me July 9th Jim was born 1959 I was born in 1971

[@karelschut]

Simple Minds a non pretentious band both feet on the ground and also sympatic

[@mikekaraoke]

Well same bass note for most of the song, Not all of it though

[@mantriccaravan8228]

The Scottish what the English will never be free souls.....Love the Simple Minds and their music very heartfelt and honest!

[@lawrencelubbers2316]

Glesga rules🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@TS50ER]

I would have put $1,000 on the fact that Level 42 wrote this song; heck I am still not 100% convinced that they didn't.

[@Ndlanding]

I see your name is "Tosser". Most appropriate.

[@TS50ER]

@@Ndlanding go fcuk yourself pendejo

[@kimdawcatgirl]

Mark doesn't even play bass that way. He's a slapper like Nick Beggs.

[@Dressagevids]

U2 Light

[@josephgodfrey8468]

Glaswegian, with subtitles...!

[@MultiArrie]

Great subtitles in Dutch.

[@markyncole]

Sounds like Roadhouse Blues by The Doors

[@jordanfreytag893]

Please do Wind of Change by Scorpions

[@JM-kn7nr]

Has Jim Kerr been getting elocution lessons from Dutch Steve McClaren? 😂

[@rubytuesday2913]

Let me see your hands.......😂

[@drey8]

I saw them twice on the 89 Street Fighting Years tour and his stock phrase was "everything ooookaaaayy.....?"

[@vincentmcnabb939]

Bhoys 🍀

[@dionjacobs7477]

Somehow Jim thinks that hè is the simpleminds hè alone is nothing ..... its the whole band that makes this sound.

[@ticnatz]

I know music very well. I know Simple Minds pretty well. I've never heard of this song. How is that possible?

[@cathyanderton1583]

I don't know!

[@kooskansloos4834]

You know Simple Minds very well and you don't know this song? Amazing.

[@hemke67]

You obviouslydont know simple minds very well

[@sweetassugar69]

Yeah you know this band like I know astral physics ....GTFOH

[@ticnatz]

@@sweetassugar69 GFYS....

[@whatscookin8269]

Renfrew ferry .

[@rabit818]

Terence Trent D’arby Easter egg

[@markm668]

Someone told me Jim has a twin brother called Wan?

[@cd78]

Mark McGee lol

[@whoknew2273]

Also another brother Fuc lol

[@deefazhion]

the bass line is a heart beat tone mind control hypnotizing frequency. still as a christian in a million years I'm going to step on up to the water front. Carry on in Christ Jesus name!.

[@thankyou2532]

after putting a cross on their 81-82-83-84 album jim kerr seems to like buddhism the most and on good news he sing he gives me that jesus save me stare

[@periurban]

The only U2 song that U2 didn't write.

[@SaintMartins]

Anyone else turn on the English subtitles the moment that 1st guy began speaking?

[@gingercat777]

I left Scotland in the 80's...it was pretty fucked.....thanks Margaret.

[@moow950]

And it will be fucked again thanx to Boris Johnson