Simple Minds - Belfast Child (Live)

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Music video by Simple Minds performing Belfast Child (Live). Digital Remaster (P) 2003 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Virgin Records Ltd

[@billybutlin3717]

2024. I'm 78 and just getting acquainted with this band. How the hell did I miss them? Superb.

[@mbeenz]

😊 Had A Chance to see Them At The Palace in Hollywood Back In The 80s!!!!! It Was STELLAR! Im 67 Her In 2024 June

[@TheBoondj]

One off the best bands What the acieved in the studio they could do it live

[@AUDIONOIR100]

An amazing reminder of two things.: The genius in music back then......... and the lack of it today!

[@thembadube9589]

Well said. The cacophony that is touted as "music" these days makes me count my blessings that I grew up when Bob Marley, Paul Simon, Neil Diamond were at their best. Sting was great too, with The Police and when they, as a unit, called it a day. These days I see no creativity -- not in the rendition and not in the lyrics.

[@retrosound72]

One of my favorit songs from the last 80s

[@mikesmuseum]

This band was so ahead of its time. And this song broke all the barriers. Timeless and Magnificent. So many bands come and go because they don't have what it takes. But Simple Minds will be played decades from now.

[@pfander63]

This song is so beautyful.......i am happy that i was born in the 70ths and see all those concerts in the 80ths and 90ths....the best time ever.....!!!

[@seramer8752]

You Lucky Bastard! ;)

[@nelvonnore3053]

Jealous as hell😶‍🌫️ Was born in 85 and was 11 when Bowie had his best live performance (1. Outside album)… Missed out not only Simple Minds but It kicks to smarts to realize I was alive but missed it.. I would have even settled for the Hours album tour. Talk about feeling ignorant and foolish..

[@nelvonnore3053]

I was never more impressed by a live performance than when I saw Danny Elfman, Bowie or Simple Minds. Jim Kerr doesn’t have the passion/charisma etc that he did back in the day. So although he is alive, sigh.. Bowie was better live but obviously can’t see that. Danny Elfman is 75, so, better get some tickets ; )

[@mbeenz]

That Makes 2 of Us! My Good Friend! Was Born in 1957! Have Seen SOME BRILLIANT ARTIST,!! And SO THANKFUL,!!🤪😆😬👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️

[@mbeenz]

Had A Chance to see Them At The Palace in Hollywood Back In The 80s!!!!! It Was STELLAR! Im 67 Here In 2024 June

[@robwebb6383]

I was at this gig, and it was one of the best nights of my life.

[@mbeenz]

YOU LUCKY DEVIL!!!!!🤪🤪🤪🤪👍👍😆😆😆🎼🎼🎼

[@achimriess6726]

I always get goosebumps when I hear this song. Uuuuuuuuuh ...

[@thembadube9589]

Same here.

[@chefjack33]

Mel Gaynor, one of the most underrated drummers of all time!

[@DonVideoGuy007]

IIRC, this performance in Wembley Stadium was in either June or July of 1989. Mel Gaynor quit the band (but he came back a couple of times later, of course) at the end of that summer.

[@yohwankim4116]

Song from the Heavens, who’s listening in April 2020

[@cliffnyland6656]

Yohwan Kim The best music I’ve ever heard UU

[@cliffnyland6656]

Going to see them in Liverpool this year

[@TeamTrumpUSA]

Still listening, August 2020, from Coastal South Carolina Simple Minds Forever

[@vesnavekamarjanovic4172]

me too

[@demetherios571]

Grew up with this music. I was a teenager then. Still listening in 2020

[@BIGNOIDS]

They were probably the best live band around at this time of their career.

[@stuartesson2405]

Absolutely brilliant 👏

[@romainobarray3379]

Saw Motley Crue live this year and just saw one of the last live videos from SM. Jim Kerr has all my respect. Probably the best vocalist out there. Most of the others either cash in worldwide tours when they can not even sing their songs anymore. No respect from their fans really. Going to see SM in Dublin in March 2024. I am looking forward to that.

[@momoalami2790]

I am Belgian with Celtic Roots ! Love this song ! Goose bumps ! Marleen from Belgium

[@mozart4733]

I get goosebumps when i listen too!

[@LunaTrimming]

Shoutout to Mel Gaynor - underrated and fantastic drummer!

[@anka9679]

that's right !

[@massimilianoizzi9324]

Top Mel TOP TOP TOP

[@cirleymatias1291]

Demais

[@iainchesterman5474]

He is the best ever 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@MarquesJo71]

South Londoner

[@Alienkiwi730]

Charlie Burchill is fantastic

[@svjat3441]

So unique. One note, and you know it's Charlie.

[@rachaelsara9434]

It's an incredible song written with true meanings, bloody powerful and still is

[@superalber1970]

THIS JULY 20TH IN SAN SEBASTIAN IN THE ZURRIOLA BEACH FREE IN THE JAZZ FESTIVAL OF SAN SEBASTIAN, A BIG AND SPECIAL DAY FOR THIS CITY AND FOR ME QUE VIVAN LOS SIMPLE MINDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@DIANA-rv7zn]

I love this Genial Song and Singer!👍💜 The Drummer Woooow!!

[@ricknesar1627]

The Simple Minds "Rattle N Hum"

[@darrengrimmer8541]

So lucky I got to see this tour at the old Wembley.. Watching this again in 2021.. great memories and what a live performance of a great song.. Personally this was my favourite line up of the band.. How about getting this lot back together.. just one last time..

[@temphold1]

Just...just....just...sheer emotion. What a fucking band. If it doesn't get you THERE, pump your chest, then your heartless. Masters of their game.

[@grahamehowett1455]

English through & through however a wonderful song for my celt brethren - I adore you my Belfast Child

[@philhaywood68]

simple minds greatest tour

[@johnmcphee6098]

This is more than music its art

[@vitobellato4487]

Mel Gaynor,e assolutamente uno dei migliori batteristi al mondo ❤❤❤❤❤!!!!

[@daphnechili6774]

Life gets better when I hear songs like this wow youhooooo!

[@januszdurolek7594]

Das beste song Simple Minds .

[@thembadube9589]

The drummer takes no prisoners.

[@laghi72]

18/7/2022 Arena di Verona. Once again..

[@andreaphoenix1828]

born in Belfast, love this song

[@rebeccataylor8683]

renends

[@rocktrail2]

Andrea Phoenix 7; G ;21

[@NakedPigeon]

Born in Nijmegen, but love the song also

[@magdapieszczynska4089]

Born in Poland and love this song too

[@stephendarcy9803]

Born in Liverpool & love this song too.

[@klistiranikrupije1724]

Still makes me goosebumps. Big ones.

[@pauld2440]

Went to my first Simple Minds concert in Glasgow in 1985, have been to too many to remember in between a dream coming true in seeing them in Verona in 2022, lucky enough to have met Jim and he said to come to Verona. A great man and an awesome band, true visionaries and a class act.

[@maurobianchini9866]

September 1989, Verona. Io c'ero

[@matthewashton7636]

And at 7.25 the man goes yer A crashing beat and the translike reworked melody from the 1900's begin Strings, drums, guitars, piano, bass - on one knows what it is like unless you are there. Rooted to the floor but dancing in fear that you miss something. Senses energized. Jimmy Page? Jimmy Hendrix? No it's Charlie Burchill with the most rock-star unlike rockstar guitar solo. It could go on and on like endless heaven People in their own little world have their eyes shut, next to them others magnetised by the music sucking in every moment with eyes wide open. Simple Minds are a paradox of everything paradoxical As Micks keyboards come in (8.45) this is the point I have seen grown men cry to the power of music. So come back Billy. The REAL emotion starts now. And the girls are crying and Mel's off beat drum is sends you wild. Then it gets epic as the man sings Flesh and Blood. 10.06 it happens. Brian Clough said it only takes a second to score a goal. In one second a note on the keyboard changes you, others hear it and feel it the same with echoes of another off a drum beat, the endless Burchill and Germano rhythmn. Standing in front of the stage it is like a thunderbolt from a beautiful explosion of sound. The streets are cold, tearts run down yet another German's face in the summer sun. And your fathers calling. The man sings you into the end of the trance. Everything good and bad in your life is now lost. You are gone. The streets ARE empty, Its like an alien abduction with everyone knowing they are leaving the planet without a care for their world. And then its over - until the next concert. My life started when I heard Love Song at the age of 10. Eight years later life didnt stop in 89 for music, travel and exploration - life started - it opened doors and sewed seeds for the future. Life listening to the radio is nothing compared to being there, getting lost in a strange city for the purpose of getting lost in music.

[@thembadube9589]

And the guitarist transcends reality. Great sound.

[@ewanp]

From gigging in the Mars Bar club in Glasgow, I saw them play in Dundee, just after Chelsea Girl. Then met them in St Andrews Uni. Always knew they were going to be big! Understatement.

[@patriziadicara4279]

Attuale più che mai oggi. "I bambini torneranno a cantare" anche sta volta. Noi vinceremo contro le tenebre e torneremo a cantare. 🙏❤️☀️

[@mattadams5345]

This is..and always has been an amazing song. Bought it as soon as it came out in 1989.

[@colingreenfield8487]

One of the greatest Videos , Simple minds at their Best, if your a Celt it the hairs on your body stand up, Great rock music

[@Meldforever]

I'm not a Celt... I'm English .... they have a large following down here too..

[@1vesuvia]

I am Celt. Co. Cork.

[@iainchesterman5474]

I have Tickets for Verona this year , I have waited 30 years for this 😊😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@happytrucker7286]

@@iainchesterman5474 wishing you a great summer Iain.

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Im not even Irish! And this song gives me chills! Just so beautiful i feel connected to Ireland 🇮🇪 💕 ❤ 👌😢👍

[@U2HL]

Love the intro of"Soul crying out"😍"Belfast Child",beau-ti-ful song...great video, amazing performance,best line up!see you 20/04/'21 in Antwerp,Belgium guys!❤❤🎵🎶🎤🎸🎹🥁🎻🔝

[@wish21100]

╔══╗ ♫ Listen to ║██║ ♫ The Rhythm ║██ ♫ Listen to the beat ╚══╝

[@svjat3441]

This is so good! The whole record is an absolute masterpiece. So out-of-the-box, so brave, so creative... And it was the time where you always got something extra (special live versions) from the great bands, when you heard them live. Nowadays, 90% of the bands invest a lot of time and money to make it sound exactly like the record.

[@massimilianoizzi9324]

Great times magic music

[@theksosik1292]

Great clip, great music, great band! SIMPLE MINDS!

[@rubytuesdayfromlondontown5468]

One of my favourite songs of all time. Haunting, provocative and brilliant.

[@Vanjasper]

Such passion. Everything that's missing in "music" today!

[@Harvey077]

Just WOW! nothing else to say.

[@robbyreal]

So glad this band existed! thanks Simple Minds.

[@bigc7326]

They still exist???

[@plasqar]

magic

[@Mike_Bacon_O.B.E.]

Attended this tour at Cardiff Arms Park in 1989. My first SM concert and have seen them about 40 times now😁

[@lostinsweden5039]

Top of their fucking game! Best band in the world at that moment.

[@richardumfreville6914]

No doubt about that

[@stephendrake4383]

So come back Billy, won't you come on home? (so powerful)

[@momoalami2790]

One of the best songs ever ! Marleen from Belgium

[@johnny9000]

🇧🇪✌🏻🔥

[@vesnavekamarjanovic4172]

Ilove you all Simple Minds

[@matteocarta3853]

Best line up ever

[@MegaHorrordoll]

I have see Them Live, I was 15 Years old. I was so impressed from this Band .💙🧡 It was the "Streetfighting Years Tour" .

[@vibekemidlander3312]

🥰🥰🥰love this ...allways did..Best band ever and much underated

[@birchward]

A GREAT CELT BAND / MUSIC !

[@birchward]

they ve been /are touring europe at the moment !

[@cristiancrestale8825]

What a beauty.....music and images....great memories!!!

[@Theinformation8073]

Lads looks at the peaceproms video on 8 irish potato kids,it will blow you away. Children all over ireland did a covers of this song.

[@barbarahallowell2613]

❤ easily one of the better snag/renditions of She Moves through The Fair. It's such an old song and melody, but they did make ot their own. Respect. 😊❤😊

[@SuperKino10]

Gänsehaut pur ! Einfach toll...!

[@matejkudlac]

Beautiful! Love the intro from Soul Crying Out :-)

[@paulboyle5659]

Mel always been brilliant...hope your well brother..

[@scottp394]

I am Australian with Irish connection song with memory of my ancestors move to Australia from Ireland

[@tomislavsmolic442]

🎸💖🎹 From Croatia Adriatic coast city Šibenik 🙏

[@cooolachristian]

Dammit i was born in the wrong decade! Whos listening in january 2021

[@robertograziano8031]

Sorry guys, the start of the video is not Belfast Child; it is from Soul Crying Out, one of the most overlooked songs by Simple Minds. But Belfast Child is really stunning!! However, Belfast Child is the Simple Minds' version of the ancient, gaelic tune from Ireland "She moved through the fair" (which is absolutely brilliant, especially when played with Middle-Ages instruments, as in the case of Loreena McKennitt, or sung by wonderful voices like Sinead O'Connor). Jarkaruus M: unfortunately, you're quite right!!

[@hannahdyson5603]

Soul crying out is appropriate because I am sure victims/ and their families of " the troubles " would want to ensure no other family goes through what they went though

[@raffaeledemeo]

Live in Verona , 1989

[@makaras]

Incredible

[@brentonwarncken1095]

Totally love this song, the instrumentals bring sadness but beautiful to listen to.. ❤️

[@smiley50ish]

yep goosebumps everytime

[@jean-lucvanmelo8475]

Un groupe mythique comme il n' y en excitera plus, tout ma jeunesse, toute ma colère, ils avaient tout pour me plaire, je ne les oublierai jamais! don't forget Belgium, which opened its arms to you from the start! please :(

[@davidmccallum5947]

Simple minds Belfast child live

[@davidmccallum5947]

Everyone publico

[@simonhewstone1689]

the best ever

[@raucmusicimages]

The best Musical Production of this Band ..! Eloquent Video.

[@anthonyaylmer1704]

Beautiful Ireland

[@eeriereallyeerie877]

Anthony Aylmer Scotland*

[@robbiehakstor806]

And Ireland loves Palestine.🙏🙏👌

[@johanjohan7076]

I love this one

[@daleparfitt7243]

Best Rock folk synth pop band ever on God's earth okay. Fin

[@mariaaparecidapereirasilva8955]

Quando eu falo que vivi o melhor do Rock, estou me referindo à isso: Simple Minds arrasando e ao vivo. Espetacular!!!

[@jesiel1970]

Verdade época Boa não consigo pra de houvir

[@stefanoperazini4450]

This song is magic ...remember my life GREEN

[@paulspi3941]

love it

[@hansbrinkman9137]

Mother mary loves us and we love u22

[@johnrobertson8263]

superb

[@davopen]

epic!

[@emcash7042]

These guys are amazing 💛💛💛

[@speedwell0560]

Great performance but tell you what, that Tambourine steals the show!

[@isylium1110]

00:36 ❤ Simple Minds Love :) and 2022 too 🤗

[@isylium1110]

you are a legend Simple Minds :)

[@johntaaffe2315]

Great song based on an old Irish Air.

[@stefanobrentegani7100]

Verona 1989, I was there, and I live there ! (the first parto of the video is taken in Verona)

[@sixtenrostrom3678]

Stefano Brentegani not the pther part?

[@antoniobeneditoapolinario3693]

também acho mágico essa música

[@rudolfduics8198]

Perfect...Freedom ...

[@Kelly-just-kelly]

it don't get no better than that

[@Richard22176]

Awesome and non-surpassable.

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

still gets me...

[@aaronwilliamson8604]

This is my troubles song , love this band !

[@simonburns1055]

The Band!

[@nowhere3753]

If I had a Time Machine, that's the kind of show i'll watch

[@Pastorius23]

Incredible performance.

[@user-wn8rm6rb2i]

Epic!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dougguitarblues]

linda musica

[@GAD4321B]

amazing !!!