First Time Hearing Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) REACTION
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- First Time Hearing Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) REACTION
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This song was so much part of the 80’s, it literally takes my breath away. I’d give anything for one more day in the 80’s. If you missed it, I’m sorry for you.
Me too...If only for a day I would love to go back to that amazing decade!
There's never been any other decade quite like it. I was in my 20's, during the 80's, and I remember it as being one long, wild, non-stop party of a decade.
@@Tessmage_Tessera I was too. I graduated from HS in 82, so I was a young adult in the 80’s. There has never been any time like it. Hope, change, movement and so much fun. I lived very close to Los Angeles so I was lucky enough to see so many people and groups live. I’m grateful I was there for it.
Me too. I graduated from high school in 85. I wish I could go back.
@@Tessmage_Tessera I turned 20 in 1980.....The mid to late 70's were great...And the early to mid 80's were great...Seemed to start going downhill towards the end of the 80's........
The anthem of every high school dance in 1986. Breakfast club was one of the first movies letting people know it’s okay to be yourself. A special place in my heart.
It was totally a movie aimed at GenX'ers in their late teens. All of the displacement and social angst that many of them were feeling in the mid-80's. A movie of its time.
One of the best coming of age films of all time!
This was an epic song and it defines what it was like growing up in the eighties. The song still gives me goose bumps 35 years later.
I could imagine stuff like this playing on MTV back then.
@@twilightgarrison3671 And on every car radio in America.
@@Tessmage_Tessera Canada too!
I was born in 1993 and I love this song
This is one of the best Songs of the 80's decade.
A+ with no Question!
S.
By giving this song a 'B', you just bought yourself a month of Saturday detentions with Vice Principal 'Dick' Vernon.
Before or after he raids Barry Manilow’s closet?
@@williamswiniuch7527 Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns.
@@Weyland_Yutani_Corp young man have you finished your paper?!
@@williamswiniuch7527 Eat. My. Shorts.
@@Weyland_Yutani_Corp are you done? Lol I can do this all day
The Breakfast Club was one of those movies that defined a generation partly because of how accurate it was. High school in the 1980s was EXACTLY like that and we all knew people EXACTLY like the characters in the film. So it resonated with everyone who grew up in that decade. It's a very nostalgic song and movie for me.
I wasn’t in high school until 1989, but I still really felt The Breakfast Club vibes. Same with 16 Candles, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Uncle Buck, and Career Opportunities. Huge John Hughes fan.
@@taoist32 yes yes YES!!!!
Ditto!! So awesome
So very true, knew ppl like that in school and maybe I was one of those characters as well.
No such thing in the UK as high school, it was and still is, comprehensive or secondary most are now academy's none of which had detentions on Saturday. I found it one of the most boring films of the decade but there were probably others that were worse
When Simple Minds play this song live, the crowd have been known to sing the song after it ends for minutes. It is an absolutely epic anthem.
I mean they have been voted as one of the absolute best live acts ever, so y'know.
They all go off for a costume change in the middle , with us all as the crowd just singing LA, LA, LA, LA ..
Simple Minds are a very successful Scottish rock band - definitely deserves an ‘A’ !
Those of us who are older remember when it originally came out. I have always liked the song. For me, any discussion of Breakfast Club is just an addendum to this song's history. This song was very "80's" in the "80's".
Tears For Fears either Shout or Everybody Wants to Rule the World.
Head Over Heels is another great one!
Don't forget the original mad world
@@josephdolman Yep...the best
OHHH YESS!!!
Both
They have a most awesome song called Alive and kicking.
Breakfast Club is a must watch!
Yes! Alive and Kicking is awesome.
I agree.
Haven't heard that one in ages! Love that song👍
+1 on Alive & Kicking - amazing track
They should do a version of Yes Sir, I Can Boogie. Mon Scotland!!
They come from just along the street from me in Glasgow Scotland. As somebody else said, lead singer Jim Kerr is a hugely talented writer. "Alive & Kicking" was one of the best songs of the Eighties.
I agree. . . Older brother had the 45 for Alive and Kicking . . . Almost wore the groove on the record out
Sanctify Yourself too!
I have always loved this song!
Totally agree about Alive and Kicking.
Yes, Alive and Kicking is awesome, and I have always loved Waterfront, Up on the Catwalk, and All the Things she Said
The national anthem of the 80's if you ask me.
The Breakfast Club is a Timeless Classic Must See movie!!! The movie is about a group of kids who have saturday detention and are stuck in a room together for the day. They are from different social groups,in school, and find out that they are different but yet have so much in common. The song will make more sense to you once you see the movie. It's a HUGE CLASSIC!! I think everyone can relate to this movie.
Your got it
Timeless? This movie is extremely dated. No teacher could get away with the BS that guys does and parents would never stand for Saturday detention today either. Certain themes in it could be considered timeless but as a whole it has not aged well.
@@BoosterGold52 I think that you're misunderstanding timeless in this context. Gone With the WInd or Uncle Tom's Cabin are both timeless classics yet both hold very dated themes. Dune and Foundation are also literary timeless classics. As far as movies we need only look at Star Wars 1977, American Graffiti, An Officer and a Gentleman, Top Gun and many other works from that era and earlier.
What makes works like these timeless is that they are so good or so well received by the people that changes in society doesn't affect them.
in these times of Trump anti-immigrant times it is important to note that a lot of beautiful memories in the USA are due to immigrants. Simple Minds that sung this song have 23+ albums from Glasgow Scotland
Cannot believe that anyone hasn’t seen the Breakfast Club. It is a must watch. More shocking than all the music that you’ve never heard.
I've seen it, I only thought that the music would be different when they danced inside and on the tables
Nope I haven't but I know songs before they're in movies
I’m shook!! Never saw the breakfast club!?!?!
@@kevinc6916 nope, I'm a Silence of the lambs kinda girl lol. I'm shook is that I'm shocked?
Ok white folks
Simple Minds from my home country Scotland what an absolute Scottish Classic these guys are absolute legends.
Fun Fact: The " la la la la's" at the end of the song is due to the fact that Simple Minds had not finished the lyrics to the song when they had to present and sing the song for studio execs before the recording. The "la la la la" was to fill in for words until lyrics were complete. Execs told the group not to change a thing. What a good call!
Also, the song wasn't actually written by the band. It was written by Keith Forsey for the film and turned down by other people. The la la la las and the Hey hey hey bit at the beginning were added by Simole Minds.
@@littlejimmyboro "Simole Minds"!😂
That’s a fun fact I didn’t know!
@@littlejimmyboroyeah it was written for Billy Idol but he turned it down
The Breakfast Club in the movie was actually Sat morning detention at school, all these kids coming together from different backgrounds.
Richard Vernon: You're not fooling anyone, Bender. The next screw that falls out will be you.
John Bender: Eat my shorts.
Richard Vernon: What was that?
John Bender: Eat... My... Shorts.
Richard Vernon: You just bought yourself another Saturday.
John Bender: Ooh, I'm crushed.
Richard Vernon: You just bought one more.
John Bender: Well I'm free the Saturday after that. Beyond that, I'm going to have to check my calendar.
Richard Vernon: Good, cause it's going to be filled. We'll keep going. You want another one? Just say the word say it. Instead of going to prison you'll come here. Are you through?
John Bender: No.
Richard Vernon: I'm doing society a favor.
John Bender: So?
Richard Vernon: That's another one right now! I've got you for the rest of your natural born life if you don't watch your step. You want another one?
John Bender: Yes.
Richard Vernon: You got it! You got another one right there! That's another one pal!
Claire Standish: Cut it out!
Richard Vernon: You through?
John Bender: Not even close bud!
Richard Vernon: Good! You got one more right there!
John Bender: You really think I give a shit?
Richard Vernon: Another! You through?
John Bender: How many is that?
Brian Johnson: That's seven including when we first came in and you asked Mr. Vernon whether Barry Manilow knew that he raided his closet.
Richard Vernon: Now it's eight. You stay out of this.
Brian Johnson: Excuse me sir, it's seven.
@@MikeKilo1969
Richard Vernon: Shut up, Pee-Wee.
Every high school student should be required to watch 'The Breakfast Club' movie. Perhaps it would instill a little empathy and compassion into them. Perhaps it would eliminate bullying
Or parents could just... you know, parent better perhaps?
@@wazza1085 You can't be everywhere with your kids at all times. If you tried, then your kids would accuse you of invading their lives. Sooner or later, you need to grow up and stop blaming mommy and daddy for all of your own shortcomings and mistakes.
When I was in grade 7 we were made to watch it. And then do an assignment on what we learned. It was 1996. 😂
Simple Minds performing this song at Live Aid 1985 is just magical! A must see moment.
OMG!!! As a Scottish lass this band is epic!!! You need to hear more Simple Minds like Alive and Kicking, Mandela... which they wrote for the party on the release of Nelson Mandela, The Belfast Child, Waterfront and Let there be love. Love my wee Scottish band Simple Minds who after 40 + yrs are still going 😁
Amber's right. Watch the movie and then the song fits perfectly.
One of the best bands of the 80’s. Their album New Gold Dream is brilliant from start to finish.
This song is so strongly ingrained in my childhood I can't really 'rate' it as a piece of music anymore. The bass bridge, the snares dropping in... the keyboards, his voice. Even the intro. It short circuits my music appreciation channels and just goes directly to the basics of my existence... (granted there are several songs from the 80's that are like this to me.)
Preach it!
Very well said, sir! I couldn't have said it any better about this song!
Amber gets right into the music, and she also , remembers ,every word. And never forgets anything, regarding names and songs . She closes her eyes and concentrates.💯%.
Every teen should see The Breakfast Club while in High School. It's a rite of passage.
LOL sorry bruh...no its not. For a specific demographic only. Not every teen can relate to those teens and their environment and community.
@@dunbarf2413 Yeah, they were a bunch of low life degenerates. Best part was when the teacher threatened to punch the smart a**ed kid. :)
@@colinglen4505 Spotted the 40 year old virgin
@@dunbarf2413 Yes they can if not then they were boring af
If you're white and suburban. Look,I am class of '87 and as white as can be, but let's recognize that our experience is not exactly universal.
Lady, you have great Gen-X parents…Your man married up!
One of Scotland's finest bands they were massive in the 80's and early 90's with a string of hits with this being their most famous.
This song and movie were the like the anthem of a generation of kids in the 1980’s. Wow. Every time I hear it, it still gives me chills.
The Breakfast Club was about the teen experience, and high school especially.
It was about the labels we wore in high school and the groups we associated ourselves with.
Often times it seemed however, these labels were kind of thrown into us, and once they were there we were pretty much stuck with them.
As a result of this- for good or bad, they tended to become a self fulfilling prophecy in the way that we felt we needed to conform to these labels….
Jock, Preppy, Geek, Stoner, Skater, Rich kid, Poor kid, Mean Girl, Bad Boy, Good Girl, Good Boy, Slut, Man whore, etc.
In the Breakfast Club,
A bunch of high school teens were in all day detention together from many different of these different groups with their associated labels.
What happened was at first they didn’t like each other because they felt like they had to abide by some unwritten “social contract” stating they must dislike opposing groups; at least in my analysis and interpretation, anyway.
As the day went on, they found out that they weren’t so different after all, and that many of the labels they wore around identifying their characters really weren’t true to who they were.
Life circumstances seemed to have attached these to them, and only with each other- seemingly opposite people they never thought they would even be hanging out with; they were able to finally take off the “masks” they had been wearing all this time and realize their true selves.
This was a coming of age movie that defined a generation, where everyone just wanted to fit in, to feel like they belonged, and to do this- altered themselves in a way that was often contrary to who they wanted to be or become.
The song by Simple Minds was a perfect addition, cementing it in the hearts and minds of everyone who grew up in the 80s- and now!
Whenever we a part of something- doesn’t matter what it is:
If we spent a lot of work on something with someone or a group of people and bonded in the process- deep down we all want to know that we touched those people and that time enough that they will remember us. That our time was not wasted, and that we said or did something to make a difference in their lives too.
Rob, you're going to regret that "B." This song is easily in the Top 10 most representative and best-known 80s songs, and has been used in dozens of TV shows, movies, and commercials over the years.
And no teen should be allowed to hit their 18th birthday without seeing at least these three John Hughes movies: 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
I think seeing the movie would with the vibe of the song, and bring it to an A
You expressed that perfectly!
Not John Hughes but "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" belongs in that group as well.
@@ronniebeavers9222 I thought about including a few others - including Hughes' Weird Science as well as Fast Times and Clueless - but I wanted to keep the "minimum list" short. Still, I like how you think.
@@delrayflom8887 Yes, it has a very different weight at the conclusion of the movie. Similarly, its use in Futurama also had some weight. This is one of those songs that ALWAYS gets turned up whenever it comes on.
Hey!!!!! “ THE BREAKFAST CLUB”. It’s a must. Everyone learns a life lesson from it!!! Love you guys!!
Jim Kerr is a legend. A total one off. Love Simple Minds.
I saw the Breakfast Club when it came out. I graduated from high school in 1972 and noticed that it wasn't any different in the movie as it was when I was in school. There have been cliques or social circles forever. We had the jocks, the cheerleaders, the nerds, the stoners, and others. I was able to know people from each of these groups and discovered that we all had one thing in common. Just trying to survive high school while trying to fit in somewhere.
"They don't have breakfast, I can tell you that."
But there is lunch. Claire is sitting on it. (See the movie, my guy, if you want that to make sense)
Potato chip sandwich sprinkled with Pixy Stix! Yum yum
PB&J with the crusts cut off?
I expected more from a varsity letterman
@@HandleTakenlol Dandruff as snow, gross yet resourceful.
This is one of the songs that defined the 80's. If I had a time machine....the greatest decade ever.
The single greatest thing ever to come out of Scotland. they were untouchable at the time.
This song is superb..i had to listen to it about 3 or 4 times before i realized all the different instruments that just had subtle appearances in here..and Jim's "La la la la's" at the end is just sublime!
I’m with you Amber, “Don’t You” is one of my favorite songs and “The Breakfast Club” is a one of my favorite movies. I recommend it!!! You guys rock!💖
Favorite 80's movie list: -The Breakfast Club -Pretty in Pink -16 Candles -Ferris Bueller's Day Off -Weird Science -The Lost Boys -The Outsiders (Great Book!) -Just One of the Guys -Back to the Future 1, 2 & 3 -Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure -Mannequin -Adventures in Babysitting -Splash!
Wow, perfect list
Less than Zero
Those are every Gen-Xer’s favs…
And St. Elmos Fire.
Yes! This list is the bomb! Loved all of those movies.
My wife and I saw Simple Minds at Wembley Arena in the 80's and was blown away. Incredibly loud, we couldn't hear for several hours!!!!!
The ‘80’s sound is strong with this one. Really takes me back. Smooth vocals.
The song is synonymous with the movie.
What is the movie about?
"Dear Mr. Vernon,
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us weite an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us...
is a brain... ...
and an athlete... .
and a basket case...
a princess...
and a criminal...
Does that answer your question?
Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club"
Ugh my gosh I get goosebumps in the memories. This film is a golden classic, and so was this song for what it really meant as well for all generations of schools kids. I miss my generation of 80's, there will never be anything like it.
(Opening scene)
"And these children that you spit on,
as they try to change the world,
are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware of what
they're going through."
- David Bowie
HELL YEAH!!!
Strange, one of the most overrated films ever for me lol not as bad as Top Gun though
Classic!
The movie 'Breakfeast Club' is basically about a group of high school kids who have to serve detention on a Saturday. These kids are from different high school social classes. Some are jocks, nerds, popular, outcasts. Nothing in common on the surface. After being together for a few hours they develop a connection (friendship) to each other after learning about each others personal lives. At the end they part as unlikely friends. Someone who you would socialize and acknowledge as a friend during normal school hours or functions. Great movie. I watched this movie nearly in real time when it was released back in the 80's when I was in high school.
The song makes more sense when you've seen the movie.
@@cassandracampbell3424 it's like it was written specifically for this movie. It wasn't but the timing was perfect.
Uncool for giving away key parts. Let Ja decide with Amber.
@@moonpie4763 The movie is 36 years old and iconic. If you haven't seen it by now that's sad. Get over it. For us that 'lived it' it's part of our childhood or high school years. No spoilers for a 36 year old iconic movie. Spoilers would be if I mentioned anything about their personal stories or experiences. Basic premise of movie isn't spoiler.
@@Malcontent- No! No disrespect intended at all! Another commentator listed the whole ending of the movie in its entirety! This was my world too, the comment about Saturday morning detention was real!
I have seen and own it and looked for Molly Ringwold’s boots for years! My comment to Jay was intended as happy rapport! Back off Jack!
That drummer!!! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Best Scottish band, and a fantastic live band. Been a fan since early 80s. Have seen them many times, including 2 months ago in their home city, brilliant evening 🏴🏴🏴
When I hear the first 3 notes of this song *ALL* my 80s memories come flooding back! LOVE IT!!😍💞💞
Simple minds has a HUGE catalog of albums, not so famous in the United States outside of...
Don't you forget about me, but throughout the world they are HUGE as a band.
This is surely one of the Top 10 songs of the 80’s decade. This song was iconic. Simple Minds played this at the Billboard Music Awards a few years back and every celebrity was on their feet singing or dancing to this while they were performing
thankyou simple minds. for everything.
Growing up and being in high-school in the 1980's was like in the movie and this song fit perfectly. I love this song and everytime I hear it the song throws me back to that moment in time. The jocks, the preppies, the headbangers and the Nerds. They were all there. Each click found out that they are the same in so many ways. Great movie too. The breakfast club was coined for those who had to spend their Saturdays in detention for what ever trouble they caused in school.
Remembering: Driving my old Volkswagen with three friends from Hannover to West-Berlin in June 1989 to see the Simple Minds at the „Waldbühne“ Venue. We have to cross the German Democratic Republic for 130 km. Great Concert and five month later the GDR was history.
Wow, Thanks for sharing history and cool car for a road-trip BTW.
Saw them in Scotland on New Year’s Eve
Cool😎
Simple Minds, Scottish, British Band.
This is an ICONIC 80s Classic 💯
Instant classic from the Breakfast Club! You should definitely see the movie! It's about a group of teens from different social circles who are stuck in weekend detention, and how they make it through the day while realizing they all have problems...
Yes, definitely watch The Breakfast Club!!!
Aka "White Kids With Problems" 😂 They all suffer from "affluenza", too affluent and spoiled to cope.
@@ckobo84 Looking back 25 years later, this is pretty accurate. But at the time, it was a revelation. Nobody was addressing the issues of those times quite like the subversive way BC did.
@@ckobo84 you're full of it
@@ckobo84
They weren’t all affluent.
The Poetry of Simple Minds is Heart Felt. They Sing about Life itself in so many ways, it all means so much 🙏
This song IS Gen X vibes. Like 80s movies and music in general, but this song specifically above and beyond any others, especially when Bender throws up his fist at the end. Such a great song.
All 80's no better time to be alive for real music-Period!
This right here is my FAVORITE SONG EVER.
the Movie Breakfast Club meant so much to me as a Teen it literally got me through so much as a confused teenager🙏👊✌️
Simple minds didn’t even want to do this song, they didn’t write it and didn’t love it. It turned out to be one of the best songs of the 80s. Someone,somewhere in summertime is a great song that represents their true sound.
LOVE THAT SONG!!!
You are so right!!
Hmm... I raise you Waterfront and Alive & Kicking lol
I wonder if they love it now they really had a gold mine with this song I'll bet their tune changed when they saw how everyone identified with this song.
Its 1985 and I'm spending my summer on the beaches of the Greek island, Paros with a fresh group of friends from France. Every morning we'd roll-out of our sleeping bags on the edge of the sand and finish sleeping in the gentle waves. Volleyball and swimming till dinner on a cliffside cafe with just caught fish then to the charming village bar to get legless. This song became our anthem and we'd hop up on the tables for a bar-wide group sing and while the bartender sprayed us with the soda gun, we'd cry while gazing into each others eyes promising as we went back to our lives across the continents "Don't you forget about me" Thanks to this song, I never have and I never will.
This song is higher than an A+ hahaha ... this song strikes a cord in every one who grew up in the 80's... I mean for me listenting to this.. so many emotions were triggered it was so amazingly awesome lololol.... oh 80's.. God bless the 80's such a beautiful era
The Breakfast Club is about a diverse group of teenagers who endure a Saturday of in-school detention together. The young actors in the movie went on to become legendary 80’s stars and this movie was their epic launch into fame. As educators, you would find the character studies in the movie familiar and yet still interesting. Let us know if you ever watch it. It has some truly hilarious and classic lines.
I’m so grateful that I was born in the 70s so that I grew up through the 80s❤what a decade to be alive….I miss those days so much😢
ONE OF THE BEST HITS IN THE 80S
Of any era
I was born in 1970, i was a kid in the 70´s, a teenager in the 80`s and a young man in the 90´s... You can´t top that.
A "B"?!? Ok. He just doesn't get the emotional connection that comes with watching The Breakfast Club, one of the best ensemble casts ever.
You absolutely can't hear this song without thinking of the Breakfast Club...one of my favorite movies ever!! Y'all need to do a John Hughes series cause all those movies were great!!
Quintessential 80's. I remember dancing to this at the Palace Cabaret in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Damn, I wish I was still in my early 20's!!
That bridge is world conquering. It's my favorite part of the song. I love the song. It was huge in 1985. those synthesizers were amazing.
The Breakfast Club is one of my favourite movies. The song was made for the movie. Great movie song.
This is the ring tone for my husband......
Amazing
You can tell this was originally written for Billy Idol since it has that Billy Idol vibe but he turned it down so they offered it to Simple Minds who totally killed it.
No computers. No smart phone. No internet. Just a pay phone. Really take me back to the 80’s for that life again. I was only in high school when this song came out and I highly recommend the Breakfast Club movie.
Simple Minds is a great band. Other tracks definitely worth checking: Glittering Prize, Up On The Catwalk, Someone Somewhere ( In Summertime ), Promised You A Miracle, Waterfront, White Hot Day, All The Things She Said, Alive And Kicking, Sanctify Yourself, Belfast Child
I also liked "See The Lights".
Agree, Alive and Kicking'..
Plus, SIMPLE MINDS, INFORMATION SOCIETY...80'S were the best 👌
Ugh. I was a teenager when it came out and Simple Minds was one of my favorite bands. To hear it's a "classic" makes me feel ready to call the nursing home, lol!
I think I was in my 20s. How do you think I feel?
The movie in simplest terms: 5 high school kids find out they are more than their labels after spending an entire Saturday in detention together. At the end, we hope they'll acknowledge each other in the halls on Monday. ("...or will you walk away?")
This song really goes with the movie. It’s all the kids from detention bonded so much during the day. But like they say, come Monday they’ll all just “walk on by.”
This was a real big hit on MTV in the early 80s when all they played was music videos and the breakfast club made it a bigger hit!
Memories ! Here's an idea ---- how about 'one hit wonder' Wednesday. Great tunes ! There will be a lot of suggestions on these great hits.
There's also gonna be a lot of disagreement, because the definition of "hit" can be nebulous. A lot of bands that end up on one-hit wonder playlists actually had multiple hits. "Take On Me" was a-ha's biggest hit, and people remember them as being a OHW, but they also had two hit singles in North America, and they had many huge hits in Norway. Tears for Fears have 3 different songs that end up on OHW playlists.
"Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners is one of the few OHW that isn't disputed, start there.
That is a great idea!
Fun trivia: this song was written with Billy Idol in mind. Years later he finally covered it for a nostalgia project.
Before Madonna was a solo artist, she was a drummer for a band called The Breakfast Club.
An interesting idea, but people's definition of whether an artist or band is a one hit wonder is going to vary in a lot of cases. I would guess that there are quite a few acts that achieved huge success in some parts of the world, and very little in others
Amber, I'm with you, this is a fantastic song. I was a huge Simple Minds fan but this was before there were alternative radio stations and the first time I heard this song on the local pop station in my car I almost ran off the road, I was so surprised. They went on to have quite a run of top 40 hits, but this one will always be a favorite.
Saw them live in Sydney I think 1986. Great concert
I’m a John Hughes girl!! Funniest thing about this song is Hughes needed the song & it wasn’t ready that last part was supposed to be another verse!! ❤️
This brings back so many memories!!
Perhaps THE most quintessential song representing the late 80's (of that genre of rock). A great song in itself, but skyrocketed to popularity of course being the main theme song on the soundtrack for The Breakfast Club -- which is is almost a 'documentary' as much as a movie for showing for life as a teenager in the 80s.
The Electric Light Orchestra/“Mr. Blue Sky” will blow y’all’s minds.
Don't mess with the bull, you'll get the horns. The lead singer was married to Chrissy Hynes of the Pretenders another band to check out.
Chrissy Hynes ? should be Chrissy Hynde.
Jim Kerr the lead singer was also married to patsy kensit who started when she was a kid in adverts.she's mainly a TV,film actress see absolute beginners with David Bowie she was also in a band eighth wonder.
Alive and Kicking.
I second this motion.
Simple Minds are Scotland's national treasure. This song is one of the ones that most impressed me upon first hearing it.
Breakfast Club stars several members of the “Brat Pack” and is a quintessential 80’s movie. Simple Minds is considered a “New Wave” rock group along the lines of groups like Flock of Seagulls, and Simply Red
You guys are going to need to watch a few more Simple Minds videos. They did alot of great songs in the 80s. Also Tears for Fears did great stuff as well. Their most famous is Everybody wants to rule the world.
Check out Pet Shop Boys 'West End Girls".
Eurythmics had a bunch of great ones. I love the 'Would I Lie to You'
Add in Sniff 'n the Tears "Driver's Seat"
Never seen the movie but heard the song many times. They sound similar to an Australian group called INXS which I suggest you have a look at. They are excellent. And Michael Hutchence is very nice to look at lol
INXS is a great choice. They remind me more of Stones. More of a bluesy rock vibe.
RIP Michael 😢
@@ca8944 Awful bloody waste :(
@@stormy8207 Blame Paula Yates for that, she was Bob Geldof's gf but she dumped him for Michael Hutchens and drove him to suicide. She is nothing but a man wrecker.
Yes... RIP Michael.... Beautiful man to look at😢😢
This video is genius. It has the band as adults and they're in a room of child things. This is them reminiscing the past and also talking about what's going on in their lives as well presently (the past now). This video and song can be interpreted in so many ways. The breakfast club brought out this song in a different way to another interpretation as well about life and how things always change. Absolutely genius song. Love it!
This Bands songs traveled with me for all my life like a good friend many of us never had.
The Simple Minds.. Before this song they recorded New Gold Dream, an album that is an 80's classic. The titlesong, promised you a miracle, glittering prize are absolute bangers.
The connection with the movie is key. If you watch the movie and love it, then that love transfers to the song because the two are so interconnected with their vibe.
Agreed. I feel like the movie and the song go so well together that if you don't have that connection, you can overlook the song. The people who have the connection to the song, were introduced to it in the movie.
The connection Jordan made with the song being about a girl and a relationship is shallow when you think about the potential connection the characters in the movie made, romantic or otherwise. They now have the choice to change the course of their lives or to "walk on by." I'm not saying the song can't be enjoyed sans movie, but that's where you form a deep connection with the song. The happiness and nostalgia that Amber had listening to the song, that comes from the movie. ♥️
I agree.. Its a bit like Ghostbusters, Take my breath away (Topgun) and My heart will go on (titanic). The movie adds context to the song.
Funny how Amber is so into it and Jay is clueless even though he loves the song. Love you guys!
This song was used on an Argos Christmas commercial featuring Nandi Bushell on drums!
Breakfast Club is an awesome movie a bunch of kids stuck in detention yet each of them fits into a stereotypical click from high school, all coming together and breaking through those stereotype society structures to realize they're all human. Definitely check it out, and this song actually does tie in well to the movie at the end.
Without watching the iconic movie The Breakfast Club nobody can truly understand how meaningful this song is. Watch it and I dare anyone not to love it.
This band was huge in the eighties they had many great songs, This was one of their bigger hits.
This song is basically imprinted in minds of anyone who was a teenager in the mid 80s. It was the gateway for many of us into the brilliant back catalogue of Simple Minds. My favourites are New Gold Dream and Theme for Great Cities. The bass player Derek Forbes is just awesome.