Ahoy Don’t You Gifs – Part Two
“Will you recognise me / call my name / or walk on by?” – Don’t You (Forget About Me), Simple Minds By special request…
Tag: don’t you (forget about me)
Ahoy Don’t You Gifs – Part One
Jim Kerr – Don’t You (Forget About Me) – live at Ahoy, 1985. By special request…
Advert in Smash Hits magazine for London (and wider UK) Cinema release of The Breakfast Club, June, 1985.
“I’ll be alone dancing you know it be me”? Whaaaa? Surely that’s a typo and SHOULD be “baby” a right? Lol. Also…isn’t it “it’s my FEELING we’ll win in the end”?! Ooh, first typo now corrected…baby. Also you REALLY needed to print the “laaaa la la la la” bits. Lol. That’s Jim’s contribution…along with the “hey hey hey…
Simple Minds mentioned in the US Top 5 countdown. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Simple Minds Thought Psychedelic Furs Should Record ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’
OK. Once and for all – from the horses mouth – KEITH FORSEY DID NOT WRITE DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) FOR BILLY IDOL (OR ANYONE ELSE!). Jim’s confirmed it. Billy has confirmed it. Can we stop this false information now, please?!! Simple Minds Thought Psychedelic Furs Should Record ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’
America – please remember – when you are watching the BMA’s tonight, that Simple Minds have approximately 200 other unique songs (that they actually wrote!) in their canon. If you love them for Don’t You (Forget About Me), please spare the time to listen to some of their other music. You may just like that…
(via Musician Jim Kerr of Simple Minds rehearses onstage during the 2015…) (Source: https://www.gettyimages.com/)
7-inch Vinyl Hoard – Part 2
Part two of Simple Minds 7″ single hoard. Ooh, I do love that Kaleidoscope flexi-disc. It’s sssooo flimsy! Probably TOTALLY unplayable, but it looks wonderful! :-))
Billy Idol did not reject DYFAM – It was never offered to him!
I saw this on Tumblr – and I had to correct this erroneous urban legend. wraparoundcurl: This morning I went to breakfast with my mom and bro before they left town. So I’m spacing out and the table across from us, this guy is telling his friends (incorrect) trivia about The Breakfast Club. At one…
Read full post “Billy Idol did not reject DYFAM – It was never offered to him!” »