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We were like £300,000 in debt at that point, you know, in 1980
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Simple Minds: Everything is Possible

We were like £300,000 in debtat that point, you know, in 1980

We were like £300,000 in debt
at that point, you know, in 1980

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We were like £300,000 in debt at that point, you know, in 1980.
Duration
7 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:57
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
Greenwich Entertainment

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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.
# I'm back on black - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:20
# I'm back on black
I mean, arguably the socialist Bible. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
I mean, arguably the socialist Bible.
Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
Gunter Grass, The Tin Drum,
Of course, I write the words for Simple Minds, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
Of course, I write the words for Simple Minds,
Any time we toured, in one hand, he'd be carrying this guitar, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:13
Any time we toured, in one hand, he'd be carrying this ...
We looked for bands that were unknown, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
We looked for bands that were unknown,
And then we tried to put the Virgin magic to it - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
And then we tried to put the Virgin magic to it
And, yeah, Simple Minds just fitted that perfectly, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
And, yeah, Simple Minds just fitted that perfectly,
I mean, just, it was like new beginnings. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:05
I mean, just, it was like new beginnings.
Well, the first thing I ever heard from Simple Minds - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
Well, the first thing I ever heard from Simple Minds
And then, funnily enough, a few weeks later, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:09
And then, funnily enough, a few weeks later,
"Would you like to work with them?" - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
"Would you like to work with them?"
I mean, Steve was the prog rock, ultimate space-hippy-type thing. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:08
I mean, Steve was the prog rock, ultimate space-hippy-type t...
Didn't seem at all connected. - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
Didn't seem at all connected.
HE LAUGHS - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:05
HE LAUGHS
We found ourselves in the studio - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:06
We found ourselves in the studio
A producer's meant to come in and focus you on, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:13
A producer's meant to come in and focus you on,
"But I tell you what, we've got this other idea." - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
"But I tell you what, we've got this other idea.&q...
We basically had too much material, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:07
We basically had too much material,
If it had been a CD, it would've been just one album, - Simple Minds: Everything is Possible 00:17
If it had been a CD, it would've been just one album,