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Nick and Sue. This edition is brought to you

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in association with the Steel Union for men's

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gifts, presents and problem -solving men's accessories.

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More from them in a bit. Welcome back to the

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Chatterbox Redux podcast and today our special

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guest is Kim Sims. This is Nick and Sue with

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Chatterbox giving you all you need to know about

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musical entertainment. Oh, yeah! Chatterbox!

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now on Chatterbox. We're just lucky enough to

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welcome Kim Sims. Kim, welcome to Chatterbox.

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How are you? Wonderful Chatterbox. How are you?

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Great, thank you. Great to meet you at last.

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And you as well. I've got to tell you, Kim, at

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the time you were having your big hits and you

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broke here in the UK, I was a nightclub DJ. Who

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were you? You can imagine. I was playing your

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stuff big time and watching people punch to it

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and everything else. I actually saw it firsthand

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of how it was. Yes. Thank you so much. I really,

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really appreciate that. Thank you so much. Great

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day. So I remember how exciting it was. Yeah,

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it was incredible. Yeah, and it was exciting

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for me. And, you know, not really living over

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here, I didn't get to experience the real hype

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of the song. But once I was brought over, and

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I was able to see how the crowds were massive

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and how they were loving it. It just meant so

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much to me back then. It really did. It still

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does, actually. great well of course let's look

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at it because your chart positions i know you

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do well in the us dance charts and you did in

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recent years actually but let's look at the the

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main charts let's look at the uk singles charts

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against the billboard and uh as you know yourself

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too blind to see it number five uh take my advice

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13 a little bit more top 30 hit we gotta love

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the small hip and then we're all hits in the

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uk yeah and you know yet two blinds it just made

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the top 40 on the billboard you made it big time

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here we loved you and i could see it in the clubs

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how how they were bopping away to you now and

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also in the scandinavian countries sweden denmark

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norway all those loved you as well so yes that

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did it what what basically happened i guess we're

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talking about two blinds at first i guess that

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was obviously uh in the US first, maybe, before

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it got released here, probably. Yes. How did

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you find out? I mean, what was it like when you

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found out, oh, it's entered the top 40 in the

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UK and then it got higher than the Billboard

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and then top 20, top 10. How did it feel at the

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time? What was it like? I tell you, you know,

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once it... I found out it was bubbling under,

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you know, when they released it on the white

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label on ID Records. You know, it was just a

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small track as far as I was concerned. You know

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what I mean? And I tell you, Nicholas, it was

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more of a when they started to show me where

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the chart positionings were and that all of the

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foreign countries were listening to it and loving

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it, it still didn't really resonate with me.

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I still was like, well, because you know, for

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me, I wanted everything to show up at home, but

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it seemed like everything was showing up across

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the waters, you know? And so the one, I can tell

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you the one thing that really I think is when

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it really hit me was when I was at home in Chicago,

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and my kids who were small then, we were in the

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car driving, and one of the power stations, B96,

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started playing it, and I'm driving, and I literally

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had to pull over, cry, because there I was on

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our power station in my city, you know what I

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mean? And so it was very exciting, but I think...

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It really hit me when they told me, Kim, you've

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got to go overseas because they're really loving

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your song in the UK. I've never been to Scandinavia

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or any of those places up to this point. I still

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haven't. So I fly in and the record label, of

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course, was Adco East West, East West here for

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the UK. I think the real hit for me was when

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I was on top of the pops and people were recognizing

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me on the street. I think that's when it just

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kind of hit me like, whoa, she got a record here.

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She's got a hit record, you know. So it was a

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wonderful feeling. And even till now, I've been

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in places just recently and they actually the

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song has just popped up. And I said, somebody's

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following me because there's no way this song

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should be popping up. And I just walk in here,

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you know. So, yeah, it's been a great experience

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and it was wonderful back then. You've got to

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tell me Kim, at the time when you popped over

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here, when you first popped over to do the top

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of the pops and do your appearances and stuff

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and the clumps and whatever, did you, when you

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were in the street, it might have sounded really

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daft question, but I've got to ask this, it was

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all about the recognition to start with, that

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those beautiful hats and the image you had in

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the videos, is that how you presented yourself

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in the street? Was that Kim Sims as a person

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anyway? Yes, it was. Yes, that's how I looked.

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It wasn't like, it wasn't created. It was just

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how I came to the scene, you know? And I think

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the hat became a staple with me and people figured

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that, you know, I should always have the hat.

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And I got recognized more with the hat on than

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off. great you know what i mean yeah yeah yeah

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he did look good in the video he just thank you

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in the videos the videos sorry that's right that's

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right no it it became synonymous with me and

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as i've matured if you will have um i've gotten

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to a point where i don't necessarily want to

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do the hat because it i love wearing it I wear

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a hat all the time, but for me on stage now,

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I just kind of wanted to, I want to evolve a

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little bit more. So now it's come, now it's more

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of the, of the hair pieces and just a different

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look, just from the mature side, if you will.

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But yeah, the hat has always been my thing. Well,

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I can tell you now. uh kim i understand the mature

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thing we're born in the same decade with a similar

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age and i understand what you mean you know what

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i mean good good good good so you get the way

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i presented myself in a club in in the ninth

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early 90s uh and the way i do uh a chat show

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like this now two different things i'll get yes

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it's different isn't it yeah i'm maturing yeah

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that's it yes yes i don't do that Right, and

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I think we're still in there, if you will. We're

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still in there as those 90s kids, but you just

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evolve a little bit more, and I think that's

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where I am at this point in my life. And another

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thing, doing what I do as well, it's great chatting

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to people like you and then sharing what... Artists

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like you are doing now music what you're planning

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to do Because that opens a whole big thing up

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because the mortgages are paid the children are

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grown -up left home They're now looking after

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the grandchildren and and the whole that all

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the grandchildren are appearing at least Yes,

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of course. The thing is once that mortgage is

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paid because they've just had 30 something years

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to pay the mortgages off their claim And of course

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they have got money to spend they can buy CDs

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they can download they can go and see you live

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if you're doing stuff like that So the whole

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great thing is we turned it around and you and

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I are here. You were doing it as singing your

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songs back then. I was playing your songs. I'm

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now playing your songs in a different way, but

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the audience is still there. I dare say people

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in my club in the West Country are probably still

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listening to my shows today. I have no doubt.

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So the whole point is they've now got money to

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spend. They can see you live. They can buy your

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CDs. They can pay to download your songs. We're

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doing it again. We're just doing it right. Yeah,

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the audience is there Yes, exactly exactly and

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now I'm reaching a new demographic and I think

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you know the Young well the people in our age

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group and now like you said now We've got kids

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and grandkids and that kind of thing, but it's

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a new demographic, but they're still listening

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Do you know what I mean? That's been that's been

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the the best part for me that you know, they're

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the i've had people walk up to me since i've

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been here in the uk and i've done a few gigs

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and and they brought their children with them

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and they you know they're like my mom my mom

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and dad used to play your song and so it's it's

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definitely come full circle for sure i still

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feel that sound i mean you followed Too blind

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to see it. You did very well here. You followed

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it. We'll take my advice and then it'll be in

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the score. Those three, I mean, I did play later

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stuff of yours in the clubs as well. But the

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whole point is exciting sound. It's still an

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exciting sound. And I think they bring their

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children along. And I still think because there's

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a bit of dance around these days. Yes, it is.

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It is clever again. It is. I think it's quite

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clever. And I don't think those kids are coming

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along now that, you know, their children, the

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ones we were. I don't think they're coming along

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now and they're bored. I think they're going

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to be quite excited by it. I think so. I think

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you're right. I think you're right. After all,

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I mean, you'll be the same. As I said, we're

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both born in the same decade. The point is we

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were listening to our parents' records. So in

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my mum's case, it was stuff from the 60s and

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the late 50s. Yes. So you're listening to the

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same and that was exciting. And I'm sure when

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they're bringing the kids along, the kids already

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know who you are because they've listened to

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it. Yes, that's right. That's right. You don't

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have to be salted, we know who you are, it's

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great. Yes, yes and it's a good feeling, it is.

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So who took the decision to release Take My Advice

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and a little bit more? Was that your decision

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or was it the record companies? Is that going

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to move? It was the record. It was the record

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company. Yeah. You know what, Nicholas, at the

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beginning, you know, I did a whole album, of

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course, but my choice, take my advice, would

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have been the follow up. But my third choice

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would have been Keep on Walking. And when I wrote

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Keep on Walking, I wrote that in mind of me singing

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it and having that be my follow up. the people

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that I was dealing with at the time, and then

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also the record label, they pretty much took

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control of everything. And then when C .C. Penniston

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came along and said he wanted to do Keep On Walkin',

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I found that out when I heard it on the radio.

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So I had no idea that they were gonna. Yeah,

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so it was kind of like a slap in the face, but

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it all worked out because I still get the residuals

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from that, so it's all good. But that would have

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been my choice. cool now um that's okay and like

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i say you called it in the mid mid 90s still

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had some dance hits and things like that and

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but let's take it up to more recent times kim

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because um i just had a great little dance hit

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in the usa uh turn it up it was right up there

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with your top selling singles over there yeah

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dance jobs 2017 i think turn it up it was that's

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right a friend of mine uh wrote that and his

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name was Thomas Arambula. And he kept saying

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to me, Kim, you need to get back into it. I had

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kind of gotten sort of... Missed with the whole

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industry, you know the ups and the downs and

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so I kind of was like, yeah I don't want to and

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people kept coming back to me saying Kim You

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need to rerelease to blind you and I always thought

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no, you know if it ain't broke Don't fix it leave

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it alone. So I wanted to move into other avenues

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with songs But when he brought that one to me,

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I was like, yeah This is good and I like the

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people that that remixed it and made it happen

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So yeah, that was a good song for me turned up

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was definitely a good one. Mm -hmm am i right

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in thinking that was on the back of an album

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or an album come out at much the same time was

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this or did i just imagine that yeah yeah that

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was just a single cool okay i imagine yeah i

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thought i had more from you about that time or

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maybe maybe her talk of it or well you know what

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there were there were songs because i was throwing

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my voice on different songs for different people

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so I can't even tell you the names of some of

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them, but anyway, it was kind of like I was just

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giving myself away at that point. But then when

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Turn It Up came out, that's when I got serious

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again about recording music that, you know, I

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would hope would last a lifetime, you know? Nick

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and Sue. We're taking a quick break to talk about

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CBUKRDUX. Right, let's bring this up. Now, when

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:07.259
did you actually move to the UK? Was it back

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:10.879
in the day? Successful? Or when did you come

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:13.860
here permanently? Well, here's the thing. Too

00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:18.259
blind to see it is 35 years old this year. And

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:21.080
so yeah, can you believe it? Listen, hey, we

00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.480
were both 10 and 11 when it came out anyway.

00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:30.039
So, you know, what happened for me was I wanted

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:34.600
to, it just was like an overnight thought. Armada

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:38.519
Music came into my DMs and this is exactly why

00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:41.460
I'm here. They came into my DMs and asked me

00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:44.220
if I was interested in redoing the vocals for

00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:47.220
Too Blind to see it. Well, I had let all these

00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:49.460
years go by and there was bitterness and there

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:51.779
was anger and then there was, I don't want to

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:54.639
be bothered. And then in that particular moment

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:57.240
and knowing that the song was about to turn 35

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:59.759
years old, something came over me and I felt

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:02.519
like I had more control of the situation and

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.960
I could make the decision as to whether I wanted

00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:07.880
to put my vocals back on it. So I just decided

00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.420
that since they came knocking, I opened the door

00:17:11.420 --> 00:17:17.119
and we actually redid to blind last year and

00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:21.230
they put it out. on Armada Music and it just

00:17:21.230 --> 00:17:26.069
came out in July again and it hit the top number

00:17:26.069 --> 00:17:28.509
one spots on track stores all the way across

00:17:28.509 --> 00:17:35.250
the board. So it's reimagined and it's kicking

00:17:35.250 --> 00:17:38.130
again. Excuse me, I look crazy, but I just came

00:17:38.130 --> 00:17:44.369
in and so give me a second. So anyway, I just

00:17:44.369 --> 00:17:48.230
decided that it was okay it was time and I could

00:17:48.230 --> 00:17:51.519
I could do it again and by it being 35 years

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.720
i said well you know what since it's out over

00:17:53.720 --> 00:17:56.200
here since it's a label that's over here why

00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.960
not come over and see if i can make it you know

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:03.559
recharge it again so i moved here in february

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.079
and i was only going to stay for six months february

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:07.960
this year and i was only going to stay for six

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:11.299
months but because the song is gaining traction

00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:15.279
and i've met wonderful people and you know i'm

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:18.569
i just feel like i'm in the right place and the

00:18:18.569 --> 00:18:21.230
timing is now. So that's why I'm here. Sure.

00:18:21.430 --> 00:18:24.269
Well, you're now going to go on to 230 more stations

00:18:24.269 --> 00:18:26.470
in one go. There we go. That's what I'm talking

00:18:26.470 --> 00:18:29.809
about. And I thank you for that. Thank you so

00:18:29.809 --> 00:18:32.690
much, Nicholas. You only want a couple like me,

00:18:32.869 --> 00:18:35.769
two, three like me. Listen, you know what? Here's

00:18:35.769 --> 00:18:39.269
the thing. The other day, it was played on, I

00:18:39.269 --> 00:18:44.009
want to say, Mark Knight. He played it and so

00:18:44.009 --> 00:18:46.369
I know that's a national station. So it's getting

00:18:46.369 --> 00:18:48.630
some it's getting some love and all the DJs are

00:18:48.630 --> 00:18:52.829
loving it So, you know to me the timing was everything

00:18:52.829 --> 00:18:57.210
and so for me now I my plans are to stay here

00:18:57.210 --> 00:19:00.910
in the UK I'm looking to get you know more PAs

00:19:00.910 --> 00:19:03.089
I came over a little bit late to get into most

00:19:03.089 --> 00:19:05.589
of the festivals this year, but I'm working on

00:19:05.589 --> 00:19:08.130
next year So hopefully hopefully things will

00:19:08.130 --> 00:19:11.930
take off Yeah. When I was talking about the follow

00:19:11.930 --> 00:19:14.230
-ups back in the 90s, I was going to turn it

00:19:14.230 --> 00:19:16.049
on its head, basically bring it to the present

00:19:16.049 --> 00:19:18.410
day and say, what about the stuff you're doing

00:19:18.410 --> 00:19:21.549
now? What about your new stuff? Now, I'm assuming

00:19:21.549 --> 00:19:23.950
you've got total control on whatever you want

00:19:23.950 --> 00:19:26.509
to do. Everything. That's exactly right. And

00:19:26.509 --> 00:19:30.170
I have met some wonderful producers, some wonderful

00:19:30.170 --> 00:19:34.069
DJs. I'm actually doing a couple of songs with

00:19:34.069 --> 00:19:37.210
a DJ producer by the name of Curtis Zack and

00:19:37.210 --> 00:19:40.490
we're going to be laying some tracks down. I

00:19:40.490 --> 00:19:44.250
laid a track with a young producer DJ by the

00:19:44.250 --> 00:19:48.470
name of Gaz Leland and he wanted to redo a song

00:19:48.470 --> 00:19:51.799
that was out. Gosh, I think about 15 years ago

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:55.079
called Fade, F -A -D -E. And I think a young

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:57.859
lady by the name of Kim Lee sang it. Anyway,

00:19:58.259 --> 00:20:00.339
so we did that. So yeah, I'm looking at doing

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:02.940
new music. And now that this AI thing has come

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:06.460
about, I've been writing a lot more. My juices

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:09.799
are flowing. So I'm writing songs and I'm going

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:12.319
to put out. what I want to put out now do you

00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.920
know what I mean and make it all about me and

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:17.380
having complete control and that's that's what's

00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:20.099
most important and Armada has kind of allowed

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:22.460
me to let people know that I'm still here do

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:24.539
you know basically almost as though you haven't

00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:27.059
been away but in reality yeah we see that big

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:29.819
dance track again and I mean Kim Simpson's never

00:20:29.819 --> 00:20:32.910
really gone but You're here doing your own stuff.

00:20:33.250 --> 00:20:35.470
I mean, I'd love to have seen how it would have

00:20:35.470 --> 00:20:38.750
worked out in 92 if the third release had been

00:20:38.750 --> 00:20:42.109
the one you wanted to do and maybe you got in

00:20:42.109 --> 00:20:45.750
there before, you know, the CC version would

00:20:45.750 --> 00:20:48.470
come out. You know, and I think about that, too.

00:20:48.890 --> 00:20:51.990
I think about that, too. And I think had, you

00:20:51.990 --> 00:20:54.609
know, hindsight is 20 -20 if you think about

00:20:54.609 --> 00:20:57.960
it. You know, I think. The way I look at things

00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:01.420
now, I look at it like the universe just wasn't

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:05.619
aligning at that time and in that place. But

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:08.880
now, still being able to sing, still having my

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:13.180
voice, still being able to attract a crowd and

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:15.079
that kind of thing, I think it's just the way

00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:18.359
things were meant to be. And now having complete

00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:23.000
control makes me feel more driven to try even

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:25.440
harder, if that makes sense. Yeah, I mean, the

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:27.500
other thing, of course, is you've got an established

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:30.180
name. Anybody who was... That's right. Exactly.

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:34.779
And it's not like you've got to send in, you

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:37.259
haven't got to send demos to producers because

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:39.400
they know you haven't got to do it. Thank goodness.

00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:41.779
No. That's right. And I and that's a blessing.

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:43.960
And you're right. And I I'm glad you said that

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:47.240
because I do still have people coming to me.

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:49.220
Kim, would you would you mind doing this song?

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:52.460
Can you put some vocals on this? So that is that's

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:54.680
the positive part of it. And now if I could just

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:58.779
get the the promoters and the clubs to join in,

00:21:58.839 --> 00:22:02.779
then I think she'll be a happy camper. I think

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:05.519
so too. Now let's talk about your new, you mentioned

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:08.680
some AI. Now AI is something in my opinion, now

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:11.779
people back in the 90s they were panicking, in

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:14.220
the 80s they were panicking about drum machines

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:17.359
and things. There's no drummers are not out of

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:19.259
work at the moment and they're not going to be

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:25.950
home soon. AI is something that should be I think

00:22:25.950 --> 00:22:28.009
it's a magnificent thing. It doesn't replace

00:22:28.009 --> 00:22:30.890
singers. It doesn't replace anything. I think

00:22:30.890 --> 00:22:33.970
it's an incredible thing. I think it really can

00:22:33.970 --> 00:22:35.890
be used quite critically. It's not going to replace

00:22:35.890 --> 00:22:37.410
you as a singer, of course it's not. No, no,

00:22:37.410 --> 00:22:41.130
no. And that's the thing. I'm using it more so

00:22:41.130 --> 00:22:46.170
to create a track. I have tons of songs in my

00:22:46.170 --> 00:22:50.549
head, you know what I mean? And so what I'm enjoying

00:22:50.549 --> 00:22:53.569
about it is being able to set it up where I can

00:22:53.569 --> 00:22:57.099
put my lyrics, and then kind of decide the way

00:22:57.099 --> 00:23:00.799
I want the track to go and then pow, within seconds

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.839
there you have a song, you know what I mean?

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:05.839
And I can take that into the studio because you

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:08.880
still, to me there's nothing like live vocals,

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.440
there's nothing like a live singer. You can have

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:15.180
AI on, excuse me, you can have AI on all the

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:17.259
charts, all the Billboard charts, but can't nobody

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:20.859
show, none of the AIs can show up at a PA and

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:22.900
sing a song, do you know what I mean? And I think

00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:26.339
that that's what That's where the singers, I

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:28.220
don't think we necessarily have to be worried

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:31.319
about that because I think people want to see

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:34.839
the live performers. But for me, it helps me

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:38.140
to create. So it gives me a creative space. Yeah,

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:41.000
for sure. It's an incredible thing and I work

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:43.660
with it with making jingles and adverts and things.

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:46.200
Of course it still has my voice on, of course

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:49.259
it still has singing on, but it's the creativity

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:51.039
part of it as well and it's a great thing because

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:54.180
I know what it wants to sound like. I still add

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:56.039
instruments and I still do this and I still do

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-x. This is Nick and Sue with Cheddar Box, giving

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you all you need to know about musical entertainment.

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:21.819
Cheddar Box, Cheddar Box, Cheddar Box, Cheddar

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:25.380
Box, Cheddar Box. As I say, the drum machines

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:27.200
back in the 80s, it was going to be the end,

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:30.859
wasn't it? Nah. That's right. All these bands

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.940
do have a drummer when they come live. They don't

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.900
have a drum machine at the back. it's not going

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:37.240
to change that's right that's right no not at

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:40.839
all no no i agree that's right so let's talk

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.220
about new material i mean you're talking festivals

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:47.099
you're talking about pa's and things and you

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.440
know you're talking about being here you know

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:52.400
basically this time next year now yes um what

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:54.579
can we expect from you is there an album on the

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:57.240
way we're expecting brand new singles what can

00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:00.619
we be expecting from from kim in the next six

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:03.690
months to a year Well, I tell you what, good

00:27:03.690 --> 00:27:07.049
question. And I've got an answer. I have. Yeah,

00:27:07.049 --> 00:27:11.009
I have. I have over 40 songs that I have literally

00:27:11.009 --> 00:27:15.890
in my in my little goodie bag. And so I'm actually

00:27:15.890 --> 00:27:18.450
I've got a couple, as I said, I'm working with

00:27:18.450 --> 00:27:21.349
a couple of DJs and producers, but I've written

00:27:21.349 --> 00:27:25.130
a few songs that I know that I'm going to be

00:27:25.130 --> 00:27:28.069
be released. And so I would say definitely. you

00:27:28.069 --> 00:27:30.349
know an ep for sure i don't know if it'll be

00:27:30.349 --> 00:27:33.589
a full album it just depends because i'm i would

00:27:33.589 --> 00:27:36.430
love to be able to put it out on my own you know

00:27:36.430 --> 00:27:39.349
just do what everyone is doing now which is just

00:27:39.349 --> 00:27:41.750
kind of doing their own thing but you know in

00:27:41.750 --> 00:27:43.950
this in this day and time too you still need

00:27:43.950 --> 00:27:47.430
a machine behind you you know so i'm hoping that

00:27:47.430 --> 00:27:51.609
i i would say a good six songs that i will definitely

00:27:51.609 --> 00:27:55.140
have ready to go before the before the new year

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:58.700
for sure yeah yeah we would need another chat

00:27:58.700 --> 00:28:01.759
and we talk about absolutely when it comes out

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:03.880
so to make sure you drop me an email or we keep

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.619
in touch or whatever one way or another but do

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:08.079
drop me that email we'll get you on and remember

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.839
because it's a nice platform we have and the

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:12.400
podcast and we can we talk about your four or

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:14.579
six tracks on the ep or whatever it is you do

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:16.859
and tell me the story behind each one and we're

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:19.480
playing them all Absolutely, I would love that.

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.900
Thank you so much. I definitely will do that

00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:24.440
because I've got some really, really good stuff

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:28.400
and I have people listening to it and they're

00:28:28.400 --> 00:28:31.299
honest. They're not going to just tell me, no,

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:34.319
Kim, yeah, yeah, that's great. I'm in a really

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:36.380
good head space when it comes to writing and

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:42.299
being creative right now. I should say this is

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:46.160
a good time for me in that I really and truly

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:50.880
am enjoying writing and rediscovering Kim Sims

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:56.200
at a more mature age, but still staying. Keeping

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:58.599
my ear close to the to the ground because I know

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:01.200
the new the newbies out here They want you know,

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:03.220
you got to keep up with everything and everybody.

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:05.680
So yeah, I've got some good stuff going So we

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:07.660
definitely have to get back together so that

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:10.500
we can talk about that for sure Listen, you and

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:12.259
I aren't doing too bad because at the end of

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:14.119
the day we catch up with technology We can do

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:16.519
we can do DC meeting things. We're doing all

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:21.599
right That's true, you know, hey I have some

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.960
kerfuffles every now and then and I'm still trying

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:26.640
to catch up because you give me You give me a

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:28.680
pen and paper and I'm happy. All of this other

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:31.099
technology gets on my nerve, but I work it out.

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:36.019
This is quite incredible. If I have a problem

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:38.240
with the technology, and this is good advice

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:40.619
for you, actually. I've got the Gemini AI thing,

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:43.099
you know, the Google Gemini thing. And if I've

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:45.160
got a problem with the computer or the studio

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:47.700
or the Zoom or anything or any of the software,

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.980
I just tap in what the problem is or a screenshot

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:52.630
of it and it tells me how to sort it out. Isn't

00:29:52.630 --> 00:29:54.890
that something? Did you ever think we would get

00:29:54.890 --> 00:29:59.509
to this place? I didn't either. No. It sort you

00:29:59.509 --> 00:30:02.170
out in minutes. That would take me days or weeks.

00:30:02.190 --> 00:30:06.059
I know. I know and I'm still bad at it I have

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:08.420
everybody else still working things out for me

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:10.519
because I'm you know I don't know if it's if

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:13.700
if it's that I'm afraid of it or if it's just

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:16.279
like too much to think about I'm not quite sure

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:21.059
but anyway um I'm slowly slowly I'm slowly kicking

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:24.140
and and scratching it but heading in that direction

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:25.920
because there's nothing else you can do about

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.880
it you know I mean no but do remember if it goes

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:31.500
wrong the Gemini just tap it in what the problem

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:33.740
is or whatever assistant you use but I found

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:36.700
it. That's right. And it's minutes. And it doesn't

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:39.279
work out your screenshot again. Oh, you got the

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.980
old whatnot. And they sort it out. That's my

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.980
problem. That's right. But you click that you

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:45.099
go down there and you do that and you do that

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:47.640
and you're in. Wow. That's right. That's right.

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:50.539
And it is it's amazing. And it does. It makes

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.740
studio time. When I was in the studio a couple

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:55.250
of weeks ago. I can remember back when I was

00:30:55.250 --> 00:30:57.329
recording Too Blind to see it, you know, reel

00:30:57.329 --> 00:31:00.750
to reel. Think about that. You know what I mean?

00:31:00.750 --> 00:31:04.730
And then also the, you know, having to the pitching

00:31:04.730 --> 00:31:07.569
and all that stuff. Nowadays, when I went in

00:31:07.569 --> 00:31:10.089
a couple of weeks ago, literally we were in there

00:31:10.089 --> 00:31:13.329
for two, maybe two hours with Too Blind, that

00:31:13.329 --> 00:31:15.930
whole album. It took months. You know what I

00:31:15.930 --> 00:31:19.029
mean? And so it's that's what's what's so nice

00:31:19.029 --> 00:31:21.390
about it is that. But I tell you what I miss

00:31:21.390 --> 00:31:25.640
is I like a I like an orchestra. I want to hear

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:28.339
real music. You can tell the difference between

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:33.920
AI and a live musician. You can hear the difference.

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:40.160
And I miss that as far as the AI situation, but

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:42.700
getting in the studio and being able to just

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:46.000
put your vocals down and hear a real guitar,

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:49.859
hear a real Fender, it's big. It makes a difference.

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:54.289
It really does. it is and also when you hear

00:31:54.289 --> 00:31:57.569
a radio show that might be produced and you can

00:31:57.569 --> 00:31:59.730
tell if it's done properly or you can tell somebody

00:31:59.730 --> 00:32:03.109
narrating perhaps or somebody that does a crime

00:32:03.109 --> 00:32:06.529
channel on YouTube and AI voice, I know it sounds

00:32:06.529 --> 00:32:09.509
a bit artificial, but let's say if I was doing

00:32:09.509 --> 00:32:12.430
narration or an advert or whatever I'm doing,

00:32:12.950 --> 00:32:16.970
I take a deep breath to say a sentence and breathe,

00:32:17.009 --> 00:32:23.809
you can hear it as well, you know, yeah. It's

00:32:23.809 --> 00:32:28.230
too perfect otherwise. It is it is and it it

00:32:28.230 --> 00:32:31.740
takes it takes for me. it takes away from the

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:34.539
you know just from the realness of it and you

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:37.700
can you know there can be inflections in a song

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:41.380
and you know the AI can make it sound like dynamic

00:32:41.380 --> 00:32:43.779
and wonderful but there's just nothing like like

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:47.099
you said taking a breath or hearing the hearing

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:50.160
your voice do something different because it's

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:52.720
coming from you as opposed to having it be so

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:55.460
perfect you know nothing nothing should sound

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:57.940
that perfect you need to hear hear the breathing

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:59.640
and you need that that's That's where you get

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:02.680
the live sound from, you know, so. Absolutely.

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:07.000
Don't you just love it with being live, like

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.579
you do your PAs and stuff? Oh, my goodness. Let

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:12.599
me tell you. Yeah. Oh, Nicholas, it's like being

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:16.000
on stage is that's that's like my heaven. You

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:18.380
know, you get up there and you see the crowds

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:21.940
reaction and it feeds my soul. I tell people

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:24.519
when I go out, I'm always nervous. I'm always

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:26.579
nervous. People say, you don't act like it. But

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:30.289
I am because. You know, those first few few notes

00:33:30.289 --> 00:33:32.390
that come out of your mouth will let you kind

00:33:32.390 --> 00:33:35.509
of let you know that you got it or you don't.

00:33:35.710 --> 00:33:37.769
And so what I'd normally do is I always pray

00:33:37.769 --> 00:33:40.609
before I go on. But also I hit those first few

00:33:40.609 --> 00:33:43.190
notes. And if I if I see someone in the crowd

00:33:43.190 --> 00:33:45.829
or if I hear people go, well, then I know I'm

00:33:45.829 --> 00:33:48.430
good. You know what I mean? So that's that's

00:33:48.430 --> 00:33:50.609
what you need. You need to be fed, you know,

00:33:50.609 --> 00:33:52.470
and that's when you give your best performance.

00:33:52.470 --> 00:33:55.789
I think when you lose when you lose that nervous

00:33:55.789 --> 00:33:58.210
feeling and when you lose you go out there too

00:33:58.210 --> 00:34:01.029
confident I think you lose something in translation

00:34:01.029 --> 00:34:04.210
and I don't ever want to lose anything in translation

00:34:04.210 --> 00:34:07.210
I want people to know that you know I'm human

00:34:07.210 --> 00:34:08.949
and yeah I'm a little nervous but we're gonna

00:34:08.949 --> 00:34:12.269
make this thing happen you know so yeah I mean

00:34:12.269 --> 00:34:14.369
I know this is recorded but live radio we do

00:34:14.369 --> 00:34:17.389
a lot of great live radio yeah it's the same

00:34:17.389 --> 00:34:20.489
but if you if you if you if you mess up You just

00:34:20.489 --> 00:34:22.889
got to get yourself out of it. You do. That's

00:34:22.889 --> 00:34:24.949
kind of a thrill of it though, isn't it? It is.

00:34:25.050 --> 00:34:27.750
It is. And again, you know. You are going to

00:34:27.750 --> 00:34:29.090
get yourself out of it as well. Of course you

00:34:29.090 --> 00:34:33.250
are. You are. And see, that shows your professionalism

00:34:33.250 --> 00:34:37.610
too. I mean, I can remember being on stage and,

00:34:37.789 --> 00:34:39.590
you know, of course the DJ was handling the DAT.

00:34:39.650 --> 00:34:42.789
Do you remember the DAT? Yes, very well. So the

00:34:42.789 --> 00:34:44.989
DJ, right? So the DJ would handle the DAT. And

00:34:44.989 --> 00:34:47.110
I remember being here in the UK. I can't remember

00:34:47.110 --> 00:34:51.719
what club. But back some years ago. They started

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:57.139
it and it was off. Something was wrong. I try

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:59.079
not to get frustrated and I definitely don't

00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.760
want the audience to know that there's a mistake

00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:04.579
being made. So I can remember just stopping and

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:07.380
saying, hey, hold on a second, Mr. DJ, I'm going

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:10.010
to need you to rewind that form. Because these

00:35:10.010 --> 00:35:12.429
people didn't come all this way to have this

00:35:12.429 --> 00:35:14.449
thing mess up, you know It's the way you do things

00:35:14.449 --> 00:35:16.469
and you you give it back to the crowd and say

00:35:16.469 --> 00:35:19.130
hey look I apologize But let me start over and

00:35:19.130 --> 00:35:20.769
let me give it to you the way I want you to have

00:35:20.769 --> 00:35:23.889
it and people respect that they see that You

00:35:23.889 --> 00:35:25.730
know, there was a little issue in the beginning

00:35:25.730 --> 00:35:28.489
You talk to the DJ like they're human just like

00:35:28.489 --> 00:35:30.750
you are and everybody makes mistakes, you know

00:35:30.750 --> 00:35:33.849
So that's kind of the way that I've always recovered

00:35:33.849 --> 00:35:38.349
and luckily I haven't had too many hiccups but

00:35:38.349 --> 00:35:40.269
you know there have been times and you just keep

00:35:40.269 --> 00:35:42.349
you follow through and you make it beautiful

00:35:42.349 --> 00:35:45.610
and at the end everybody's you know happy yeah

00:35:45.610 --> 00:35:49.130
and also these days where we do our programs

00:35:49.130 --> 00:35:51.789
from home even on the national radio we do right

00:35:51.789 --> 00:35:55.250
the biggest biggest scare thing isn't so much

00:35:55.250 --> 00:35:57.389
are you going to mess your show up right what

00:35:57.389 --> 00:35:58.909
are you going to do stutter and mispronounce

00:35:58.909 --> 00:36:01.110
the song or something exactly it's if you can

00:36:01.110 --> 00:36:03.510
connect if the stream doesn't connect it's the

00:36:03.510 --> 00:36:06.849
technologies That's right. That's right. And

00:36:06.849 --> 00:36:08.750
I tell you something else. Somebody was asking

00:36:08.750 --> 00:36:12.889
me the other day, I did a podcast and we were

00:36:12.889 --> 00:36:15.730
talking about what what the difference was for

00:36:15.730 --> 00:36:19.150
me when I being on stage now as opposed to the

00:36:19.150 --> 00:36:23.150
90s. And the big difference is Hello cell phones

00:36:23.150 --> 00:36:26.769
and see the cell phones and people can get you

00:36:26.769 --> 00:36:29.389
and and i've gone and i've listened back to certain

00:36:29.389 --> 00:36:32.469
things that i've sang and I and you know That's

00:36:32.469 --> 00:36:34.670
when that's when you hear the real truth when

00:36:34.670 --> 00:36:37.050
you see somebody who has recorded something and

00:36:37.050 --> 00:36:40.230
then you get to To hear it back. That's that's

00:36:40.230 --> 00:36:42.809
the deepest part for me. I think that's But I

00:36:42.809 --> 00:36:45.750
like it. I like that people can take me home

00:36:45.750 --> 00:36:48.489
with them now, you know what I mean? And listen

00:36:48.489 --> 00:36:51.309
to it. And if I hear some things that I need

00:36:51.309 --> 00:36:54.409
to change, I like being able to see what someone's

00:36:54.409 --> 00:36:57.130
recorded so that I can say, oh, good job, or,

00:36:57.130 --> 00:37:00.429
you know, I'll change this or that. So I like

00:37:00.429 --> 00:37:02.369
the fact that I don't have a problem with people

00:37:02.369 --> 00:37:05.130
recording me or anything like that. Not at all.

00:37:05.449 --> 00:37:08.190
Well, basically, I owe you an apology. I said

00:37:08.190 --> 00:37:11.309
about 20 minutes. It's been half hour. Look at

00:37:11.309 --> 00:37:13.389
that. It's such a great chat. It's such great

00:37:13.389 --> 00:37:16.429
memories because the experiences, although we've

00:37:16.429 --> 00:37:17.909
been on the side of the club, you've been doing

00:37:17.909 --> 00:37:20.989
your PAs. I was the DJ side and now I'm the radio

00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:25.489
side. It's still very similar memories. It's

00:37:25.489 --> 00:37:28.369
great. It's been fascinating, Kim. Thank you

00:37:28.369 --> 00:37:30.809
so much. Before I let you go, let's tell our

00:37:30.809 --> 00:37:33.769
listeners about your social media, what social

00:37:33.769 --> 00:37:35.630
media have, where they can find. you and stuff

00:37:35.630 --> 00:37:39.570
oh great yes well i'm on instagram and that's

00:37:39.570 --> 00:37:43.550
kim underscore sims official and that's kym so

00:37:43.550 --> 00:37:47.130
that's instagram um and then on tiktok it's the

00:37:47.130 --> 00:37:50.730
same thing well yeah behind the diva door on

00:37:50.730 --> 00:37:55.389
instagram and on on uh on tiktok it's kim sims

00:37:55.389 --> 00:38:00.570
official on facebook it's kim sims um And I know

00:38:00.570 --> 00:38:03.690
I have a link tree, but I want to say that's

00:38:03.690 --> 00:38:06.489
Kim Sims official as well. So everything is pretty,

00:38:06.849 --> 00:38:09.909
pretty simple. And I have, I'm actually working

00:38:09.909 --> 00:38:13.610
on a landing page and so people will be able

00:38:13.610 --> 00:38:16.190
to go out there and find where I'll be performing

00:38:16.190 --> 00:38:18.730
and that kind of thing. But if you have any promoters

00:38:18.730 --> 00:38:21.670
out there listening that are interested in booking

00:38:21.670 --> 00:38:25.250
me, I'm here indefinitely and I'm living in Harrogate

00:38:25.250 --> 00:38:29.369
right now and looking to gig and just bring back

00:38:29.369 --> 00:38:32.469
the Kim Sims experience and also the new song,

00:38:32.650 --> 00:38:35.829
the new reimagined version, which is out on Armada

00:38:35.829 --> 00:38:40.130
and Paul Ridney and Richard Earnshaw are the

00:38:40.130 --> 00:38:43.309
producers and remixes on it. It's a great, it's

00:38:43.309 --> 00:38:45.949
a great remix of too blind to see it. And it

00:38:45.949 --> 00:38:48.989
still keeps the quality and the feeling of the

00:38:48.989 --> 00:38:52.030
nineties, but it just brings it up to a 20, 26

00:38:52.030 --> 00:38:54.530
level. And of course your classic stuff can be

00:38:54.530 --> 00:38:57.090
found on YouTube as well. Yes, absolutely. On

00:38:57.090 --> 00:39:01.500
YouTube, on what gosh I can't even think oh it's

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:04.360
on every platform I mean I've actually I've never

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:07.179
put in put any of it up there but I see it everywhere

00:39:07.179 --> 00:39:10.559
so yeah they can go to any of the um of the uh

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:12.719
platforms in there or the streaming platforms

00:39:12.719 --> 00:39:15.159
and they're they're all out there absolutely

00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:18.000
and I can see yeah Spotify you're on Apple Music

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:21.880
yes yeah so you're easily found to download the

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:26.059
new Yes, yes, please tell them to go out there

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:28.840
and grab it because it's really, really, it's

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:31.559
a great reimagined version and I'm really proud

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:34.460
of it. I'm in control of it this time so that

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:37.099
makes it even better. My vocals are more lush

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:40.599
and I don't sound like a chipmunk and yeah, it's

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:43.579
good, it's good. Really good. Kim, it's been

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:45.460
amazing and I know the listeners are going to

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:47.719
love it. Listen, great meeting you at last and

00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:49.619
thank you so much for your time and we'll do

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:52.460
it again of course. Yes, okay and thank you so

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:54.280
much. I really appreciate you. Have a wonderful

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:56.099
rest of your weekend and it's been great talking

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:58.199
with you. And you Kim, thank you so much. Bye

00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:17.150
now. Okay, bye for now. You've been listening

00:40:17.150 --> 00:40:19.650
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