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And the whole thing was basically built on Jim's commitment
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Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

And the whole thing was basicallybuilt on Jim's commitment

And the whole thing was basically
built on Jim's commitment

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And the whole thing was basically built on Jim's commitment.
Duration
6 seconds
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23
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:02
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Greenwich Entertainment

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Movie Summary

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.
Just something felt right about, you know, the whole thing. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Just something felt right about, you know, the whole thing.
And we were kind of just getting to that age where you start to think, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:11
And we were kind of just getting to that age where you start...
It took us five minutes. Jim said to me, "What do you think?" - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:15
It took us five minutes. Jim said to me, "What do you t...
But it was British investment that propped up the apartheid regime. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
But it was British investment that propped up the apartheid ...
The size of the Wembley concert, the TV audience - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:21
The size of the Wembley concert, the TV audience
By the time we got to Once Upon A Time, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:19
By the time we got to Once Upon A Time,
And so what we needed to do was hitch our wagon... - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
And so what we needed to do was hitch our wagon...
..to people that really, in the previous years, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
..to people that really, in the previous years,
I had some kind of a meeting with Jim, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
I had some kind of a meeting with Jim,
"Why don't you do a folk song, adapt a folk song?" - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:13
"Why don't you do a folk song, adapt a folk song?&...
Because they started messing with that, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Because they started messing with that,
One day, just... Jim phoned me after that, out of the blue, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
One day, just... Jim phoned me after that, out of the blue,
"You should come and have a listen to it." - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:31
"You should come and have a listen to it."
Maybe I threw myself into the bigger themes. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Maybe I threw myself into the bigger themes.
The title alone, of course, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:18
The title alone, of course,
This Is Your Land - - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
This Is Your Land -
Writing about this place, it was, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:10
Writing about this place, it was,
It's quite a bold step - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:13
It's quite a bold step
And a lot of people would say, "Well, the last thing I want to hear - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
And a lot of people would say, "Well, the last thing I ...
The band had become even bigger, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
The band had become even bigger,