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The Alarm▸Simple Minds Two moves

The way we wentEvery way we tried to make it longerThe way we didn'tA producer, not a player

Mike Peters in Big Country with Derek Forbes, then Simple Minds.

We tried to extend it: Forbes to MacColl to The Smiths to Johnny Marr, and Forbes to MacColl to The Pogues to Strummer, and even Lillywhite, who produced almost all of them.

We even avoided the fact that Forbes was once in The Alarm!

The way we went

Mike PetersThe Alarm to Big Countryvocals, The Journey, 2013
Derek ForbesBig Country to Simple Mindsbass, The Journey, 2013, and New Gold Dream, 1982

Every way we tried to make it longer

Derek ForbesSimple Minds to Kirsty MacCollbass, "A New England", 1985
Kirsty MacCollto The Smithsbacking vocals, "Ask", 1986
MorrisseyThe Smithssinger
Johnny MarrThe Smiths, and back to MacCollguitar; guests on Kite, 1989
Kirsty MacCollto The Poguesthe duet, "Fairytale of New York", 1987
Joe StrummerThe Pogues to The Clashproducer, Hell's Ditch, 1990; on tour, 1991
Steve LillywhiteproducerThe Crossing, 1983; Sparkle in the Rain, 1984; Kite, 1989; Vauxhall and I, 1994

The way we didn't

Derek ForbesThe Alarm to Simple Mindsguest bass with The Alarm, 2009

On this trip we learnedThat the music scene in the 1980s was based on collaborations and people joining and leaving bands all the time.

We didn't take the easy path.