As soon as a real life person was referenced, the bubble had burst…never to be unburst. Nothing they did really referred to the real world (ignoring Konstantinople and Chelsea Girl…okay) that the rest of us occupied and that was the appeal. Until that point, they operated in the abstract – Theme for Great Cities was exactly that, not London Calling. And the mix has to leave plenty of room for this snare there can't be too much guitar. He said that the acoustic stuff didnt fit his style, hence the reason he was not on the album and tour. I felt this was compounded by the pursuit of the American market through the awful likes of Don’t You Forget About Me and allowing producers/writers to influence their vision (Keith Forsey, I think…) Key to this was the inclusion of actual piano sounds as opposed to the wonderfully abstract keyboard sounds of their previous albums…Īnyway, having dwelt on this matter too long and too often, I have come up with the notion that it was on the track Up On the Catwalk at the precise moment that Jim mentions Nastassja Kinski, presumably in an understandable attempt to register on her radar, that Simple Minds lost it, for it never to return again. Even Simple Minds' drummer, Mel Gaynor, played on a few tracks. There was an interview he did a few months back online somewhere, where he was asked about the future, his solo stuff etc. They’re not my favourite band by any stretch and for years, like a poster on the other thread, I thought it was as simple as getting rid of the genius-of-bass Derek Forbes. “Over the years I have given more thought to exactly when Simple Minds lost it than any other band. Find out Mel Gaynornet worth 2020, salary 2020 detail bellow. Mel Gaynor is a Drummer, zodiac sign: Gemini. This is copied from a thread I started here some time ago called When They Lost it and Why… Mel Gaynor was born on in England (61 years old).

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