Saturday, July 14, 2012

Book of Brilliant Things - Simple Minds

Every Simple Minds album up to and including Once Upon a Time (didn't follow them after that) is different.  Sparkle in the Rain, from (1984), was a transition to their shimmering danceable pop of New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 and their harder but inferior Once Upon a Time material, which launched them to worldwide fame (following Don't You (Forget About Me), which was not on any of their album and which they did not like and was not written by them.
This is a great song.  Very simple chord progression, driven by rhythm and keyboard figures and the vocal.

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