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The long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds' founder members and lifelong collaborators, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill
Our Secrets Are The Same is the joint memoir by Simple Minds' founder members, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill. It not only reveals the inner workings of one of the most innovative and successful British bands of the past half-century, but the deeply personal tale of an extraordinary and enduring friendship.
Jim and Charlie first met at the age of eight, when their families moved to the same housing estate in Toryglen, south Glasgow. More than fifty years later, they live on the same street in Taormina, Sicily. In the decades between, their lives have been uniquely and intimately entwined. Their remarkable story traces the arc of working-class aspiration, social change, chemical awakenings, cultural infiltration, unwavering drive and thrilling creative fusion.
Exploring key songs, places, years and events in the Simple Minds story, and told in the distinct voices of both men, Our Secrets Are The Same traces the subtle calibrations of a bond which has survived stratospheric highs and humbling lows, marriages and divorces, fatherhood, fickle fame, inter-band tensions and tumultuous power dynamics, and the occasional explosive bust up.
During it all, and through the numerous occasions when their private and professional lives have been thrown into flux, Jim and Charlie have always known they have one thing they could rely on unconditionally: each other. Whether back-packing around Europe, anxiously waiting to perform at Live Aid, or dealing with the loss of beloved family members, their constantly evolving friendship has been tested time and again and never found wanting.
It is a connection grounded in shared experiences and a set of values and codes so deeply ingrained they don't need to be spoken. Our Secrets Are The Same is the story of two rock stars, but also of two sons, brothers, partners and parents who have never forgotten where they come from. Two men who have remained deeply bonded to their roots and each other, while fulfilling a teenage dream to form a world class live band and take their music around the globe.
Fascinating, evocative and candidly told, Our Secrets Are The Same is an unforgettable memoir that captures a unique journey through life and music, and a friendship like no other.
