Simple Minds - Live - Up On The Catwalk - 3Arena - Dublin - November 29th 2015

Always love this track live by the band - never seems to lose its appeal.

[rebelswynn]

Mel's drumming never fades. He still got it goin' on.

[redfishradical]

His voice STILL kills this song!! In fact...I may like it a bit better now.. Damn, way to go boys!! On of my all time fave-rave tunes of ANY genre!

[OtherMike]

This is my all time favorite Simple Minds song.

[rmzidann]

Wow, this is a great live version. 32 years after the original was released.

[mrmarshmadness]

Amazing performance! There's so much joy in Jim's performance. And the rhythm section of Ged Grimes and the ageless Mel Gaynor is blowing the doors off of this track. Thanks for posting this!

[ericgelders]

This song makes me feel sooo good, I feel like being a better person. It still has this punchiness that really grabs you. With all this musical experience on stage, it doesn't get better than this.

[cabinnette]

One of THE most amazing gig - SM doing Sparkle in the Rain @ The SFX in 1984, incredible...

[demonweber]

This is awesome! Jim still has his moves, and his voice! Sounds great!!!

[paulbennett]

Gosh, just how good is this, when they are live it is on par with recorded tracks, Catherine looking stunning...

[scottbrandon]

Charlie and Jim haven't changed much in 40 years. And they're still good as a live band.

[escaton]

zoom in on Mel ! they cannot do this track without him now, no matter how good Cherisse is

[krazystu]

Mel Gaynor, My favourite drummer, of all time.. No doubt. You're the man.. SK

[alross]

Best scottish rock band and one of the bext stadium bands ever deffo in the top 5 used to sit next to jim at the celtic nice guy very humble

[jennisue]

James Kerr you are as amazing as ever!

[patrickryan]

One of their best songs - wonderful music - Scottish Celtic brothers are loved in Ireland.

[mikeoittinen]

The awesome and sudden climax to this song 🎵 is multiple times. Geniuses, saw them in Konocti Harbor, CA on Clear Lake. Such a relatively remote area to get to, that few people were at the show and then the band hung out with us near a dock, and signed their autographs on my friends motor oil bottle with a Sharpie marker. My friend didn't have any paper, sort of, and a fascination with cars and SM being fast, fun, music. Lol, true story.

[nsbdnow]

I totally remember walking into a record store (way pre-CDs) and seeing "Sparkle in the Rain" just released. I was the only one I knew who really liked Simple Minds (or really even knew who they were), having been into them since "Themes for Great Cities" was released in the US. And yeah... this song!

[marimokun]

So new wave to me :D 80s were awesome xD

[Andrew_M_Ward]

Back in 1985, I ambushed several "greatest guitar solo" debates with the studio version of this song ...
It is one of the great 16-beat solo breaks in pop music / Not flashy and not a showcase of guitar prowess but it is perfect for the song - perfect

[berniparker]

Des simples d esprit...qui savaient composer comme des génies