Throwback Thursday now, and here’s a pre-New Gold Dream Simple Minds song. If this doesn’t make you want to hoof it down to the nearest discotheque, well, hey, sorry…?
A little more conventional-sounding electric guitar this time, and, of course, the irresistible trademark bass line this group has always delivered. Climax comes around the 3:50 mark with the guitar squawking in the space between the words, and then, after that, the bass tickling its way infectiously into the next gap.
For snickers & giggles, here’s the very 1980s music video that accompanied the release of the single.
Again, the visuals are a time capsule, stuck in the 20th-century, a cringe artifact perhaps. But the music undeniably still feels pretty good some 40 yrs. later.
BestLine Racing Society Recap:
Colonial (Opening Day!), DelPark and, of course, Saratoga (also Opening Day!) on this afternoon’s docket.
In the opener on Opening Day at New Kent, Va., there was one first-timer in there, but probably it did not dissuade you from bagging #5 Watch This Birdie (.177 Win Prob / 4.65-1 Fair Odds / 6.91-1 Premium Odds) at $18-even. Completing your winning $63.60 exacta was #4 Blessing the Flag (.299 / 2.34 / 3.01); the premium price on that combos (comboa!) was $55.41. Then in Race 3 there, there was another lone firster in the mix, but hopefully that did not again dissuade you from seeking quarter in #2 Girls House (.591 / 0.69 / 1.03) at $4.60.
In Race 4 at Stanton, Del., #5 Liking It Twisted (.374 / 1.67 / 2.21) turned into the winner’s circle at $7-even.
BestLine Racing Society Nightcap:
The ever-exciting Evangeline Downs now.
Strongshots
Race 5
#4 Bouldering (.419 / 1.39 / 1.86)
Race 8
#11 A. P. Style (.316 / 2.16 / 2.80)
Longshots
Race 2
#8 Zaici (.245 / 3.08 / 3.90)
#5 Bordeaux Red (.206 / 3.85 / 5.80)
#2 Pitale (.193 / 4.18 / 6.25)
#6 Golduster (.178 / 4.62 / 6.87)
Race 3
#3 Bleep Bleep (.512 / 0.95 / 1.34)
