Jim Kerr "Open to Questions" TV program 1986 - Part 1 of 2.

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds on the TV program "Open to Questions" in 1986. Part 1 of 2. An interview style program.

[@RC3Dflownwithpassion]

Wise words, sounds like his head and heart have been in the right place exactly where his music has been.

[@cannonfodder6654]

word

[@jane-scotsflower72]

some kind of cute he was in this interview, i love his scottish accent 💕 I love Simple Minds 🥰

[@lisadavie5819]

He was handsome in the 90s as he matured..this was late 80s..i prefered his shorthair and waistcoats denims and cowboy boots style he had in 1990s..and his little highkicks he'd do on stage etc. Amazing band and Jim Kerr was a amazing front man and entertainer. x

[@ZauberinNini]

I love his scottish accent

[@koello]

me too! ❤

[@xfactorcritic]

Nina Bella He now seems to talk English with an Italian accent!

[@msshortbread1]

spent too much time away from his homeland I think

[@lisadavie5819]

He's from a council scheme in Glasgow called Tory-Glen..Boy done good.. I love Simple Mind's and seen them live back in 2002-03 when I was about 22-23 years old and they didn't disappoint..I'm from a town called East-kilbride just outside of Glasgow Scotland. x💙🙏

[@pameladiamond9603]

@@lisadavie5819 My favourite band and have been since I discovered music in the early 80's. Seen them countless times and met Jim back in 1990 when he lived in South Queensferry. He was lovely. I'm from just outside Dundee.😀

[@laralengel2214]

02:43 onward: tremendous statement about music as a means to articulate dreams of universal pace, universal love, and universal freedom.

[@gabriellamangano7127]

Love this man ❤

[@joannegeoghegan3006]

I love the young audience reaction of gasped surprise when asked about wealth and Jim denies being rich. I don't think he answered that right and maybe felt nervous. Well done to the young people in the audience for being so honest.

[@brendae3821]

So handsome 😍

[@Bricameron]

I wonder where those kids are now and what this experience had on them.

[@solrosenberg9924]

What glorious hair

[@Hot80s]

the years when john taylor, jim kerr & don johnson all had mullets

[@spurv]

What happened in the late 80's? It all went wrong. Many of the people that were cool as *uc* just a few years earlier, suddenly went all pastel, mullet, and disposable garbage music. I'm looking at you Simple Minds, Eurythmics, New Order, OMD etc.

[@FoobsTon]

And Charlie Nicholas.

[@davidrose1847]

And Bono and Mike Peters and Stuart Adamson

[@thankyou2532]

just before this video started did that woman asked jim kerr if simple minds ticket prices too expensive

[@ekspresija101]

sounds and looks like that actress in Breaking the waves.

[@HerAeolianHarp]

He does!

[@raquelkelly3079]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@paulwilkinson2241]

Go jim ,

[@spurv]

Rick Astley with a cat on his head.

[@EduardoRodrigues-ce4dh]

spurv 😂😂😂😂

[@cannonfodder6654]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that made me laugh so much cheers for that

[@FoobsTon]

£8 for a ticket. Latest tour has pegged them at £135 direct! Still, i suppose the albums are free now.

[@guyincognito1560]

Only way they make money now and the venues can charge quite a bit not to mention skilled road crews are very expensive. Pirating flipped the industry on its side.

[@iancrombie8862]

This is where Kerr is turning into Bono..they peaked in 1983..end of!!!

[@EddieG1888]

This is really funny, considering the amount U2 stole from Simple Minds.

[@saggle6488]

Because of the new gold dream cover as well as sparkle in the rain cover and the song sanctify yourself , we all thought at the time that simple minds were Christians .

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

Music that originated in Christian cathedrals mixed with electric guitar and other good sounds.

[@brucetindal7399]

They are Catholics

[@dirkbogarde44]

They were moaning about prices then, they'd have heart attacks if they saw what the Minds are charging these days.

[@lisadavie5819]

I seen them live back in 2002-03 when I was about 22-23 years ago and tickets were £28..which is crazy cheap considering how great a band they're.. I seen Don Henley live over here in Glasgow Scotland about 5yrs ago and paid nearly £90 for one ticket. x

[@scottbrandon6244]

I saw Simple Minds for $25 back in 1985. Today's prices are well over $100.

[@lisadavie5819]

@@scottbrandon6244 I seen them in Glasgow Scotland in 2002-03 when I was 22 and the ticket prices then were £27...27.50p I'm positive.. 27 pounds & 50 pence. The gig was absolutely amazing. Totally fantastic, Jim is a real performer & entertainer and the best 30 quid ever spent. I seen Don Henley live over here in Glasgow Scotland about 5yrs ago now and it was nearly £90..that was amazing too but just shows how much things have increased.. Simple minds even back in 02-03 could've charged over double or triple what they did and still sell out. x

[@xyzxyz-hi8lp]

I am from Canada. In 1980 I was hitch hiking around the UK. I saw the. Live in a small club in Newcastle. I still have the £3.75 ticket stub.

[@marisasisto1072]

💕♥️💕😘

[@pmimagery1295]

Elitism! Jim has nailed it!! That's the problem! Elitism!!!!😍🥰🤣

[@zanapasecnik8360]

Yeah, to me he seems to look like a little bit angry or agressive...It just feels in the way that he is talking, he used to be so shy, so cute in 82-83, so simple in a good way of this word. And here he kinda looks a little bit unpleasant for me, like he is above everyone...Well, maybe the first real fame hit him...But I can recognize Jim here....Like an another person...

[@spurv]

You might be right. 1986 ... I think this was the time they probably struggled the most, and began to realize they've taken the wrong path. Just 4 years earlier they were the leaders ... 4 years later they were just the followers. I mean ... just look at the hair, for christs sake. On MTV Jim Kerr stood on a mountain top with bagpibes. Give me a break.

[@glenndouglas8822]

I thought the audience were twats to be honest.

[@namph72]

@@glenndouglas8822 Totally agree I know this is just the first part I've not watched the second part yet but nothing about asking Jim what his musical influences were or what his favourite Simple Minds song or album was

[@eliaol4231]

@@spurv what did they struggle with?

[@guyincognito1560]

@@spurv You think Jim thought that up? They were in the MUSIC business and believe you me, many have made much much much worse compromises. They signed with Virgin in debt because their fans were mostly working class, looking for ways round buying music so they could go to the gigs in a time where the $ was made from sales of singles and records, touring promoted the records and the margins were razor thin. They were making music that, when I stand back and think about it was so ahead of its time, especially for 5 boys in their early 20's and the records just weren't selling. When you sign with a label and ur in debt, you'll agree to some things you work out in your mind won't be too bad, "We have creative control but we agree to such and such appearances...yeah we'll be lipsyncing but that's the way of it, at least we have creative control." It's a business where the artists rarely call the shots at the time, especially when ur in debt. At least they didn't sell their souls like many others.....stay tuned for that one. Going to shake the earth.

[@kristinatur]

rrrhich...cute accent

[@davidmoody890]

is it just me or does Jim sound incredibly angry, arrogant, rude and aggressive in this interview?!?!

[@msshortbread1]

hanging around with chrissie Hynde has rubbed off

[@Jamesp1972]

defensive, at least, pretty sharp questions though, you don't get that these days!

[@caveman385]

He's right! Eliteist pish! All this talk of....ohhh you sold out! That statement has always be an anathema to me! Always progress be bigger better and more succesful but don't forget where you are from

[@frankford1115]

It’s just you yes.

[@banjojobby]

Yip, he sure is.

[@thankyou2532]

help me find the link for part 2 please

[@cannonfodder6654]

hit play part 2 when video finishes

[@SvenSvenson1]

Joanne Handley who asked a question is gorgeous, where is she now ?

[@langdale55]

I’m over here. Just gutting the fish!

[@playlist9980]

@@langdale55 I bet you've put on some timber, hen.

[@nickpearce9441]

They went commercial because they wanted to make some money.

[@guyincognito1560]

Respectfully disagree if you'll bear with me. Most will agree they found their "sound" on NGD where they were being accused of sounding too much like their influences like Magazine, Kraftwerk. Fair enough. What happened after SAF/SFC? Brian's departure as the cycle was not for him. Enter Mel after Mike demonstrated some issues in the studio. Bruce asked him to give it a go, pretty organic to me. He brings a different style and a crash they've not heard. They also were noticing the NGD material wasn't capturing the festival audiences they found themselves in front of and Jim, God Bless him was trying very hard to fill the space. Here was a band that was putting on amazing shows but not selling albums which is a problem since it is a business when all is said and done. They were clocked to work with Alex Sadkin but scheduling issues opened the door for Lillywhite who was known for capturing a live band sound. When you hear the excellent demos for SITR you could see that things were changing in the band, not writing songs around the bass riffs and that movie soundtrack sound with added vocals and Lillywhite cracked it open, helping them to sound more like a band than what NGD had. It's what they wanted, they were well aware of impending criticisms of drafting off of NGD, maybe it's fair to say they avoided it too much? I love SITR BTW, many others did as well as it hit #1. Not all popular music is bad. Forsey and Hughes wanted them and they refused but Forsey won them over, that was a great thing. DYFAM is a good song and they made it better. I don't think it was a contrived move to sell records, the pressures were there admittedly but they had Alive and Kicking, Ghostdancing brewing in their labs already. They were listening to U2, Springsteen, Mellencamp and hearing the big sound that appealed to them and got the album they wanted. They were always putting out what they were taking in, those great Big Country albums, War, Psychedelic Furs, Bowie.....why try and still sound "like Germans"? Look at the circles Jim found himself in when he married Chrissie, they were pretty much activists talking about world events, just natural for those things to be on Jim's mind. I for one am happy they got to be heard by so many more people, I thought it was tragic that those early albums didn't sell. At least they got another look. They were too good not to be heard and they had a great run. What happened happened and they're still finding there's a passion and I'm over the moon about it.

[@pameladiamond9603]

@@guyincognito1560 Brilliantly said. They are going down a storm on this recent tour. Sounding brilliant and Jim still got the moves. It really annoys me when people call them sell outs after Don't you. Times were changing and like Jim once said for those that rave about the early albums nobody bought them!

[@guyincognito1560]

@@pameladiamond9603 Thank you for the kind words. Been a fan since 82, watched them closely and I love that they stand by OUAT they way they do. "It's the album we wanted." I loved the sound of the John Mellencamp, Bowie, Pretenders albums of the time. I love OUAT, it holds up so well today cos it just sounds amazing. I love Direction of the Heart, it was always Jim and Charlie then who wanted to make the records with them. As much as I would have given for the 5 who made NGD-DYFAM (yes, sacking Derek was a mistake and Mel spoke to the inability to stick together) to have stuck it out, they've had a run most musicians can only dream about. I got to talk with Jim and Charlie some during the Walk Between Worlds tour and it was like talking to two brothers. Their enthusiasm for what they were doing really won me over. Apologies for the opus, just passionate about the subject. Best.

[@duantorruellas716]

In touch with reality , and not on the band wagon .

[@christopherharper1972]

he has a point @ 7:30....

[@pacmanindy]

no

[@christopherharper1972]

yes

[@markeitaknight4064]

Boy. Video ¹1😮

[@markeitaknight4064]

😂😂

[@gabrielmcnelis]

Jim’s talking some amount of pish here.. just blame the haircut

[@01chittock]

Some really narrow minded people here.........! Well kids.

[@suehollar2578]

👌

[@daleparfitt7243]

Mullet

[@roboboy9787]

Don't think he had a clue about a lot of the subjects he talked about.

[@playlist9980]

That0s what you get for putting pop singers on a pedestal.

[@katoness]

He sure does talk a lot of pony!

[@charleskennedy1712]

Weird questions!!!

[@siriusblack4671]

Hahahaha, se parece a Luisito Comunica :v

[@meredithhopkins1411]

Who is this BLANK to tell people what is what when HE didn't even have the mind to RAISE HIS OWN KIDS!!!!?

[@toptonychick]

How do you know this? Please explain.

[@guyincognito1560]

@@toptonychick Might be referring to the separations after divorce, not sure what you do there when the kids are young. He probably wanted what he thought was best which meant Chrissie and Patsy having the wee ones with them. He has great relationships with his kids from what I understand. Need to walk in someone's shoes before passing a judgment like that IMO.

[@shavedeyeball]

Jim Kerr mullet