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Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

It's quite a bold step to potentially maybe sabotageyour career by writing a song which,...

It's quite a bold step to potentially maybe sabotage
your career by writing a song which, you know, dealt with such
a thorny topic because, you know, you were seeing it
everyday in the papers

Full Transcript

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It's quite a bold step
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to potentially maybe sabotage your career by writing a song which,
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you know, dealt with such a thorny topic because, you know,
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you were seeing it everyday in the papers.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:21
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.
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,
So when you've got a camera in front of you, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:14
So when you've got a camera in front of you,
We didn't sit around a board and say, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
We didn't sit around a board and say,
Belfast Child was definitely a pretty moody song. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
Belfast Child was definitely a pretty moody song.
If you were prepared to give it a minute or so, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
If you were prepared to give it a minute or so,
Some places in the world, they won't give you that kind of time. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:05
Some places in the world, they won't give you that kind...
You have to hit them from the first ten seconds, you know. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
You have to hit them from the first ten seconds, you know.
You can't be overt, erm, in America, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
You can't be overt, erm, in America,
And lock everyone out. "Fuck 'em," you know? So... - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
And lock everyone out. "Fuck 'em," you know? ...
Jim wagging a finger - - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:12
Jim wagging a finger -
We kind of knew we weren't gonna get radio - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:13
We kind of knew we weren't gonna get radio
It's hard to keep a country like America on the boil. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
It's hard to keep a country like America on the boil.
Having hit singles was never the intention of Simple Minds. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Having hit singles was never the intention of Simple Minds.
Making great music was the intention of Simple Minds. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Making great music was the intention of Simple Minds.
# This is your land Take it in your... # - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:12
# This is your land Take it in your... #
And sometimes, success, you know, they don't go hand-in-hand. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
And sometimes, success, you know, they don't go hand-in...
Like commercial success and a good record - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Like commercial success and a good record
Street Fighting Years' highlights, I think, are obvious. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:05
Street Fighting Years' highlights, I think, are obvious...
But it was protracted, it was drawn out, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:14
But it was protracted, it was drawn out,