In the last post on Bomb the Bass’ song “Winter in July” I stumbled upon Tim Simenon and checking the English version of Wikipedia about I found various songs I have liked for years, not knowing that there was Simenon behind as well. Not as the performing artist, but as the producer.
So far, I did not really think about the importance and the influence of the person producing a song, but Simenon’s work proved it. I just make a list with songs that somehow inspired me … I think it is a similar attitude or impact of the sound that got to me and to many other listeners I guess.
So here we go … a short list of songs I like and – as I now know – have been produced by Tim Simenon …
Neneh Cherry – “Manchild” (1988/89)
Seal – “Krazy” (1991)
The “Krazy” remix by Tim Simenon and Trevor Horn on the CD single of “Crazy”
Björk – “Play Dead” (remix, 1993)
(I could’nt find the Simenon version on YouTube,
but this live version sounds quite close to it … and live is even better, I guess 
)
Sinead O’Connor – “You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart” (1994)
Gavin Friday & Bono – “In the Name of the Father” (1994)
(I have no idea, whether there is an official video,
but since it was not a single there wouldn’t be one, I guess)
Gavin Friday – “You, me and World War III” (1995)
Depeche Mode – “Barrel of a Gun” & “It’s No Good” (1996)
(there are almost no official videos anymore on YouTube, so I just found some parts of the songs and a video-with-live-version that is quite good, too … and here we go, the official version with the Simenon mix of “It’s No Good” is still on YouTube)
