Week Eighty-Two: Simple Minds - "All the Things She Said" - Once Upon a Time

So, it is definitely jacket weather in my fine city of Dallas, TX, and one of the fancy get-ups that I tend to wear during this time of year is this rose-colored velour number with my super-awesomely-rare Simple Minds patch prominently displayed on the back!!! Therefore, Week Eighty-Two is going to be dedicated to Simple Minds...

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There are probably about half-a-dozen or so songs that can give me goose bumps when I listen to them... no matter how many time I listen to them... and there is one specific part within this song that absolutely moves me this condition.

In the YouTube clip that I have included today for this video, the anticipation starts to build around 1:51, and the full-on goose bump effect kicks in at around 2:09 and continues through about 2:30.

The liner notes for the compilation album, Glittering Prize 81/92, refer to this song as having melodic twists, but the passion in Jim Kerr's voice, juxtaposed against the beauty of Robin Clark's voice, is so moving in the above-referenced portion of the song that I almost get a little emotionally overwhelmed! I know, I know... I'm a bit of a softie underneath this tough, intimidating exterior... but keep it a secret, okay??? :-D

Don't you look back on a big lost world

Crying out tomorrow

Don't you look down like the heroes say

Come tell me all about it

Take me to the streets where the bonfires burn

Take me in your arms and I'll fade away

When I hear you say what you got to say

Anywhere you go, you know I'll still be waiting

All the things she said, she said

Little darling close your eyes, there'll be no compromising

Of all the things she said, she said

Throw me to the street where the heartbeats beating

"Beating all around me"

To the peaceful revolution

And the perfect wave, surround me

Tell me 'bout the ocean moving in slow motion

I see it glitter in the sun

Then it's freezing in the moonlight

Never look back, never look back, never look away

If freedom comes and goes, you know I'll still be waiting

All the things she said, she said

You've fought the fight so long, no surrender to temptation

Of all the things she said, she said

Stars will fall out for you

Luck will surrender

I'm calling out to you

Oh to be near you in the first morning light

I'd be with you, I dream about you

If I could leave here, I would leave here tonight

I'd be with you, I'd stay with you tonight

Tonight

Anywhere you go, you know I'll still be waiting

Of all the things she said, she said

When I look into your eyes, I see a new day rising

Of all the things she said, she said

Through the eyes of love, and to never know what hate is

Of all the things she said, she said

She said, this is our time, she said, this is our place

This is the space my heart wants to be

Little darling close your eyes, there'll be no compromising

All the things she said, she said