LIVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT VIRGIN (2CD) NEAPOLIS VIRGIN GOOD NEWS FROM THE NEXT WORLD VIRGIN STREET FIGHTING YEARS VIRGIN Kerr and co arose from a post-punk landscape where minimalism and lack were sovereign; when burgeoning fan appeal required them to present this as arena specta...
LIVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHT
VIRGIN (2CD)
NEAPOLIS
VIRGIN
GOOD NEWS FROM THE NEXT WORLD
VIRGIN
STREET FIGHTING YEARS
VIRGIN
Kerr and co arose from a post-punk landscape where minimalism and lack were sovereign; when burgeoning fan appeal required them to present this as arena spectacle, simply reverbing and over-amping the jangly guitars destroyed the crude charm of a track like “Promised You A Miracle”. And by this time, Simple Minds had been found out; that early, gawky simplicity had given way to congenial dullness.