IT'S FRIDAY, I'M IN LOVE....WITH GREAT SCOTTISH SINGLES (6)

My very dear friend Jacques the Kipper cannot abide Simple Minds. They've always been one of those bands that get that sort of reaction from otherwise fair-minded folk. Even back in the days before they went massive and all stadium-rock wanky on us.Me?? I loved them to bits back in the early 80s. I even forgave them some of the early pomp-rock because the video for Waterfront was shot on location in Glasgow and gave the city a real boost at a time when many had written us off as being in termin...

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