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Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

We didn't sit around a boardand say, "Let's havea heavy political album." It just turned...

We didn't sit around a board
and say, "Let's have
a heavy political album." It just turned out that way

Full Transcript

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We didn't sit around a board and say,
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"Let's have a heavy political album."
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It just turned out that way.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:59
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.
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,
The new heroes were coming over the hills - - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
The new heroes were coming over the hills -
# So let it all come Let it all come down... # - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:16
# So let it all come Let it all come down... #
There was no big fall out, there was no sort of accusations of dishonesty - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
There was no big fall out, there was no sort of accusations ...
But our philosophy diverged, you know, we had... we'd changed. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
But our philosophy diverged, you know, we had... we'd c...