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Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

My mum had heard aboutthese new tower blocks in this place, Toryglen,a couple of miles up...

My mum had heard about
these new tower blocks in this place, Toryglen,
a couple of miles up the road, and it felt like the modern world,
I guess

Full Transcript

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My mum had heard about these new tower blocks
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in this place, Toryglen, a couple of miles up the road,
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and it felt like the modern world, I guess.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:29
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.
I remember it was about 1967, I think it was, we moved. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
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 00:11
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 00:08
Well, from the minute we went into the flat on the 11th floo...
It was a two-bedroom, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:12
It was a two-bedroom,
And Joe, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
And Joe,
His mum and dad had split up, and his dad was looking after him, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:19
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 00:07
That was taken in Govanhill, Carfin Street,
When we moved in that night, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:11
When we moved in that night,
And we slept in a double bed, you know, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
And we slept in a double bed, you know,
HE CHUCKLES - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
HE CHUCKLES
Jim lived in a high-rise block, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Jim lived in a high-rise block,
The very first day moving in, at the bottom of the block, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:14
The very first day moving in, at the bottom of the block,
..little kid called Charlie, Charlie Bubble. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
..little kid called Charlie, Charlie Bubble.
Even then, Jim stood out. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:05
Even then, Jim stood out.
This quality that he had, I don't know what it is. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:05
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 00:06
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 00:11
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 00:09
But really, the thing was that, once he had a guitar
..and apart from just being a great guy, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
..and apart from just being a great guy,
My mum, she got me a guitar by smoking, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:13
My mum, she got me a guitar by smoking,