tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post7198881454063248858..comments2024-03-28T19:22:55.532+00:00Comments on Unthought of, though, somehow: Simple KidThe Swedehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-12095775830153902022012-09-15T20:14:19.974+01:002012-09-15T20:14:19.974+01:00I can appreciate that it's a bit of a Marmite ...I can appreciate that it's a bit of a Marmite tune, but I find it curiously moving. Mrs S isn't convinced!<br /><br />Thanks for tuning in all.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-84980645315935870212012-09-13T09:41:37.525+01:002012-09-13T09:41:37.525+01:00Yes Flycasual introduced me to him, it was excella...Yes Flycasual introduced me to him, it was excellant stuff....I had forgotton all about him...nice reminder Old Pa's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367815328789444775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-33394827860190198862012-09-13T07:45:20.455+01:002012-09-13T07:45:20.455+01:00I'm embarrassed to say I've never heard of...I'm embarrassed to say I've never heard of him. Can I blame it on encroaching senility? I like this rather a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-81517110640922589852012-09-12T22:37:30.809+01:002012-09-12T22:37:30.809+01:00Yup, whatever happened to him...I remember the alb...Yup, whatever happened to him...I remember the album with Drugs and Average Man, really good original stuff and dubbed the Irish Beck?! This is peculiar but good..love my funked up electronica..flycasualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216911927644223730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-52485583290763836192012-09-12T10:08:35.970+01:002012-09-12T10:08:35.970+01:00I never did get to see him live and it sounds, fro...I never did get to see him live and it sounds, from your description C, as though I really missed out. Not sure if he's actually retired or just retired the name Simple Kid, time will tell I suppose.The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7522017207239490912.post-70366047721200019512012-09-12T09:52:41.331+01:002012-09-12T09:52:41.331+01:00Oh I remember seeing Simple Kid on Jools Holland a...Oh I remember seeing Simple Kid on Jools Holland and was so impressed by his one-man-band approach and sharp, witty lyrics ('Average Man') Then saw him live soon after (supporting Joseph Arthur) and really enjoyed his refreshing and almost naive, natural approach - a real one-off. I think he was one of those performers though where you only get the full effect from seeing him, it doesn't work so much just aurally for me. It was the whole package: this small, young Irishman with his charming stage presence, his rough edges not smoothed out, and the way he put it all the sounds together himself (he had some kind of mixing desk/screen set up on stage) that did it for me. By its very nature I guess that sort of thing just can't last. Good on him for doing it at all - and thanks for reminding me of him!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.com