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SOTD #136
Today’s song is Belfast Child by Simple Minds
When my love said to me
Meet me down by the gallow tree
For its sad news I bring
About this old town and all that its offering
Some say troubles abound
Some day soon theyre gonna pull the old town down
One day well return here,
When the belfast child sings again
Brothers sisters where are you now
As I look for you right through the crowd
All my life here Ive spent
With my faith in God the church and the government
But theres sadness abound
Some day soon theyre gonna pull the old town down
One day well return here,
When the belfast child sings again
When the belfast child sings again
Back in 1988 there was a big concert at Wembley for Nelson Mandela’s 70th Birthday. He was still in prison then, and it was a political-pressure sort of a gig. Simple Minds wrote the song Mandela Day for the occasion, and Belfast Child was the far superior B-side. To my mind, even with songs like Don’t You Forget About Me in their back catalogue, this is still the best song Jim Kerr and co ever produced.
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