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Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

The inspirational story of how a group of working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow dared to dream. Those kids became Simple Minds, the most iconic and influential Scottish band in history.

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Joss Crowley

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documentary, music

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Greenwich Entertainment

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ARCHIVE REPORTER: This is Glasgow,
city of a million souls. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

ARCHIVE REPORTER: This is Glasgow, city of a million souls.

The grey anvil of Scotland - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

The grey anvil of Scotland

For too long,
daily life has been a fight - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

For too long, daily life has been a fight

CHILDREN SING - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

JIM KERR: Post-war party,
if you like, of full employment, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

JIM KERR: Post-war party, if you like, of full employment,

REPORTER: Unemployment
is nothing new to this borough, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

REPORTER: Unemployment is nothing new to this borough,

WOMAN: Go to the local Job Centre, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

WOMAN: Go to the local Job Centre,

If you grew up
in working-class Glasgow, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

If you grew up in working-class Glasgow,

So it was scary,
but at the same time, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

So it was scary, but at the same time,

MURIEL GRAY:
In the '60s and the '70s in Glasgow, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

MURIEL GRAY: In the '60s and the '70s in Glasgow,

I can't think of a better,
a more sort of productive place - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

I can't think of a better, a more sort of productive pl...

Here are the best band in
the entire history of the universe, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Here are the best band in the entire history of the universe...

SONG: 'Alive and Kicking' - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

SONG: 'Alive and Kicking'

JIMMY IOVINE: Success is the minimum
of what you'll accept. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

JIMMY IOVINE: Success is the minimum of what you'll acc...

SHARLEEN SPITERI:
I really think Simple Minds - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

SHARLEEN SPITERI: I really think Simple Minds

SONG: 'Don't You
(Forget About Me)' - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

SONG: 'Don't You (Forget About Me)'

# Don't you... # - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

# Don't you... #

SHARLEEN:
They were one of the biggest bands - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

SHARLEEN: They were one of the biggest bands

BILLY SLOAN:
It was quite a bold step - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

BILLY SLOAN: It was quite a bold step

We had to consider
things going down, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

We had to consider things going down,

It's amazing coming into this place
because... - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

It's amazing coming into this place because...

Where we are in Govanhill, Glasgow, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Where we are in Govanhill, Glasgow,

And it was right next to
the public baths, as well, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And it was right next to the public baths, as well,

HE CHUCKLES - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

"If you educate yourself,
you won't be a slave. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

"If you educate yourself, you won't be a slave.

"You've got all this information
coming from people - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

"You've got all this information coming from peopl...

My mum had heard about
these new tower blocks - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

My mum had heard about these new tower blocks

I remember it was about 1967,
I think it was, we moved. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

I remember it was about 1967, I think it was, we moved.

And funny enough, I think Jim moved
just about the same time, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And funny enough, I think Jim moved just about the same time...

Well, from the minute we went
into the flat on the 11th floor, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Well, from the minute we went into the flat on the 11th floo...

It was a two-bedroom, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

It was a two-bedroom,

And Joe, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

His mum and dad had split up,
and his dad was looking after him, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

His mum and dad had split up, and his dad was looking after ...

That was taken in Govanhill,
Carfin Street, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

That was taken in Govanhill, Carfin Street,

When we moved in that night, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

When we moved in that night,

And we slept in a double bed,
you know, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And we slept in a double bed, you know,

HE CHUCKLES - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Jim lived in a high-rise block, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Jim lived in a high-rise block,

The very first day moving in,
at the bottom of the block, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

The very first day moving in, at the bottom of the block,

..little kid called Charlie,
Charlie Bubble. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

..little kid called Charlie, Charlie Bubble.

Even then, Jim stood out. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Even then, Jim stood out.

This quality that he had,
I don't know what it is. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

This quality that he had, I don't know what it is.

Charlie was kind of
a bit of the oracle. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Charlie was kind of a bit of the oracle.

He had the most interesting records
because he had elder brothers - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

He had the most interesting records because he had elder bro...

But really, the thing was that,
once he had a guitar - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

But really, the thing was that, once he had a guitar

..and apart from
just being a great guy, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

..and apart from just being a great guy,

My mum,
she got me a guitar by smoking, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

My mum, she got me a guitar by smoking,

And I was terrible, of course, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And I was terrible, of course,

Charlie was, you know, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Charlie was, you know,

We kind of, you know,
had this loose idea - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

We kind of, you know, had this loose idea

But at that point, Jim really wasn't
kind of the singer. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

But at that point, Jim really wasn't kind of the singer...

I just wanted to hang around - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

I just wanted to hang around

And they would play, and I would
sort of stand in the corner and... - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And they would play, and I would sort of stand in the corner...

And then, one night, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And then, one night,

ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYS - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYS

It was a bit of a glam-rock band,
or our idea of a glam-rock band. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

It was a bit of a glam-rock band, or our idea of a glam-rock...

Four-year-old's birthday party, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Four-year-old's birthday party,

The kids just started crying
as soon as they heard this, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

The kids just started crying as soon as they heard this,

I think we got about 15 minutes,
and the... - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

I think we got about 15 minutes, and the...

They asked me there, they said, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

They asked me there, they said,

That's old stuff
from the '60s and '70s, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

That's old stuff from the '60s and '70s,

You couldnae afford that, Charlie.
THEY LAUGH - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

You couldnae afford that, Charlie. THEY LAUGH

My mum and dad knew
I was very passionate about this, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

My mum and dad knew I was very passionate about this,

That's really
what the prospects were - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

That's really what the prospects were

You had the labouring jobs,
or you had the trades, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

You had the labouring jobs, or you had the trades,

So I think to be a creative artist
of any kind - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

So I think to be a creative artist of any kind

# There's a Starman - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

# There's a Starman

# There's a Starman
Waiting in the sky... # - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

# There's a Starman Waiting in the sky... #

That generation
of working-class kids, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

That generation of working-class kids,

Jim and I started, like, you know,
we were talking about movies, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Jim and I started, like, you know, we were talking about mov...

There's a great theatre here,
the Citizens Theatre, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

There's a great theatre here, the Citizens Theatre,

We never understood
half the plays we saw, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

We never understood half the plays we saw,

Yeah, these working-class kids
in Glasgow, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Yeah, these working-class kids in Glasgow,

Some people, their world ends
at the bottom of the street. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Some people, their world ends at the bottom of the street.

For me and Charlie,
about the age of 14, 15, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

For me and Charlie, about the age of 14, 15,

We were reading, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

We were reading,

In those days, you know,
you didn't have the money, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

In those days, you know, you didn't have the money,

The travelling certainly opened up
and broadened the horizons for us. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

The travelling certainly opened up and broadened the horizon...

You know, there was a genre of bands
like Kraftwerk - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

You know, there was a genre of bands like Kraftwerk

It was just so colourful,
and, you know, the electronics. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

It was just so colourful, and, you know, the electronics.

And there was something going on
in Europe, you know, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And there was something going on in Europe, you know,

And then suddenly, out of nowhere - - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And then suddenly, out of nowhere -

MUSIC: 'New Rose'
by The Damned - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

MUSIC: 'New Rose' by The Damned

So it's not an accident that you get
the Ramones out of New York, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

So it's not an accident that you get the Ramones out of...

It's a kind of demand for a future
where there was none. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

It's a kind of demand for a future where there was none...

Nothing was offered to
our generation, nothing whatsoever. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

Nothing was offered to our generation, nothing whatsoever.

# I've got a new rose
I've got it good... # - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

# I've got a new rose I've got it good... #

I mean, I remember
the first few bands that I saw, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

I mean, I remember the first few bands that I saw,

MUSIC: 'Saints & Sinners'
by Johnny & The Self Abusers - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

MUSIC: 'Saints & Sinners' by Johnny & The ...

When we talk about
Johnny & The Self Abusers, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

When we talk about Johnny & The Self Abusers,

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The inspirational story of how a group of working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow dared to dream. Those kids became Simple Minds, the most iconic and influential Scottish band in history.

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Director: Joss Crowley

Writer: Joss Crowley

Production: Greenwich Entertainment

Genre: documentary, music

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

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BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Dec 2023

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