So
what happens when you take a wonderful seaside resort such as Grado (it’s
nestled in between Trieste and Venice in northern Italy), you throw in a
splendid mid-summer evening with over 30 degrees, you add to the setting some great cold beer,
lots of beautiful women (and men too) and also delicious Italian gelato, you finally shake up the entire concoction
and you then you sprinkle it all with a great little concert by one of the all-time
beloved Scottish bands, Simple Minds? A deadly
cocktail of exceptional fun, that’s what you get!
Yes,
Jim Kerr and his lads—fellow band members Charlie Burchill and drummer Mel
Gaynor (all in great shape at 53 years old and counting) who have been together
now since 1977—hit the small stage in Grado and played 90 minutes in front of
close to 1,000 loyal fans. Their
repertoire was close to 20 songs and included some of their all-time greatest
hits, such as “Sanctify”, “Don’t You Forget About Me” (from the soundtrack of
the 1985 film, “Breakfast Club”.
Unquestionably, that song is the band’s most famous one), “Waterfront”
(indeed an appropriate song seeing that the stage was 20 meters from the
beach!), “Ghost Dancing”, “Someone Somewhere In Summertime” and to top it all
off another great Simple Minds tune, “Alive And Kicking”!
To
see them in Grado you can’t help but thinking back at their great performance on July 13th, 1985 at
the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia during that memorable “Live Aid” event when in
front of a totally packed stadium they played “Ghost Dancing” and “Don’t You
Forget About Me”! And with a splendid setting
such as the one in Grado, who on earth wants to stay home and watch tv?
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