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new gold dream (81,82,83,84)


composers
Words And Music: Simple Minds


publisher
© EMI Music Publishing


background
The song was first called Festival Riff and developed during writing sessions at Fife in 1982. Parts were similar to The Velvet Underground's What Goes On and Kraftwerk's Autobahn.

"We nailed New Gold Dream right away. Derek was playing this really fast pumping bass and it meant nothing, and just before that I'd been doing this guitar riff thing and it meant nothing either. Then by accident we put the two together and Jim went off his nut, he went 'Yeeees! Fucking brilliant' Then we just went for it right away." - Charlie.

"It was like a festival - we pictured it as being something like Kraftwerk, motorway music. Up in Fife, once we got a cassette version of it, we recorded it onto the audio channel of a video cassette of Jean-Michel Jarre in China, and it was great watching him do his concerts in China with Festival Riff coming out." - Pete Walsh.

When it came to recording the song, Mike Ogletree and Mel Gaynor recorded their drum parts simultaneously at four o'clock in the morning.

The final song lasted ten minutes. Pete Walsh edited it down to produce the extended mix and album mix. More of the orginal track can be heard on the DVD-Audio version of the album.

The dates were added at the last moment. "After an album obsessed by fear we'd made an album looking to the future. In spire of everything. That explains the years to come. Also, 1984 was taboo. New Gold Dream went against that. It said: let's hear the news, good or bad" - Jim.

"For many, the New Gold Dream album remains our finest work. The song and the album certainly mark the point where artistically, everything fell into place" - Jim




lyrics
New gold dream,
She is the one in front of me, the siren and the ecstasy.
New gold dream,
Crashing beats and fantasy, setting sun in front of me.

New gold dream,
And the world goes hot,
And the cities take,
And the beat goes crashing,
All along the way.

She is your friend until the ocean breaks.

And when you dream, dream in the dream with me,
And when you dream, dream in the dream with me.
81 - 82 - 83 - 84.
81 - 82 - 83 - 84.

New gold dream,
Sun is set in front of me, worldwide on the widest screen.
New gold dream,
Burning bridge and ecstasy, crashing beats and fantasy.
Dream in the dream with me.

And the world goes hot,
And the cities take,
And the beat goes crashing,
All along the way.

She is your only friend until the ocean breaks.

And when you dream, dream in the dream with me,
And when we dream, dream in the dream with me,
81 - 82 - 83 - 84.
81 - 82 - 83 - 84.

New gold dream,
The siren and the ecstasy, she's the one in front of me.
New gold dream...



discography
Edit (4:46)
Producer: Pete Walsh
Arrangement: Pete Walsh
Engineer: Pete Walsh

New Gold Dream Italian 7" single New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) US Promo LP New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) US Limited Edition LP New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) US CD New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) US Longbox CD

Album Version (5:38)
Producer: Pete Walsh
Arrangement: Pete Walsh
Engineer: Pete Walsh

New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) LP New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) MC New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Canadian Limited Edition LP New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Yugoslavian LP New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) CD New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) LP (Virgin Budget Reissue) New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) MC (Virgin Budget Reissue) New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Remaster Promo CD New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Remaster Limited Edition CD New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Remaster CD Early Gold Promo CD Early Gold CD New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) SACD Early Gold US Promo CD

German 12" Remix (6:52)
Producer: Pete Walsh
Arrangement: Pete Walsh
Engineer: Pete Walsh

New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) German CD New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) Italian 12" single I Travel German 12" single The Platinum Collection CD

Live Version (12th, 13th Aug 86) (5:31)
Recorded: Le Zenith, Paris, France
Producer: Bruce Lampcov
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig
Head Engineer: Steve Riddle
Additional mixing: Callum Malcolm and Tom Cadley

Live And Rare CD

Live Version (5th Jan 85) (12:32)
Recorded: Barrowlands, Glasgow, UK
Mastered by: Simon Heyworth
Silver Box Promo CDR #2 Silver Box

DVD-Audio Extended Mix (6:07)
Producer: Pete Walsh
DVD-Audio Producer: Ronald Prent

New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) DVD-Audio

Live Version (3:54)
Recorded: Black And White Tour 2006
Mixed By Jez Coad

Simple Minds Live Volume One




videography
Live Version (20th Nov 1982) (5:16)
Recorded: Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, UK
Live Engineer: Pete Walsh


Seen The Lights - A Visual History Promo DVD Seen The Lights - A Visual History DVD Seen The Lights - Live In Verona Promo DVD Seen The Lights - Live In Verona DVD




downloads
Live Version (16th Feb 06) (5:08)
Recorded: Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
Recording Engineer: Patrick Demoustier
Mixed By Jez Coad, Charlie Burchill and Andy Gillespie

Black And White Live Bundle #4




live history
Sons And Fascination Tour: 1982
New Gold Tour: 1982-1983
The Floating World Tour: 2002
Alive And Kicking Tour: 2003
Festival Tour: 2004
Intimate Tour: 2005
Black And White Tour: 2006
Australian Tour: 2007