Band FELT They Didn’t EARN Mega-Stardom When COVER SONG Hit #1…So They DISOWNED IT—Professor of Rock скачать в хорошем качестве

Band FELT They Didn’t EARN Mega-Stardom When COVER SONG Hit #1…So They DISOWNED IT—Professor of Rock

No way in hell was Jim Kerr and Simple Minds going to record today’s featured song… (a future #1 hit from an iconic 80s’ film.) Don’t You (Forget About Me) for the movie The Breakfast Club. They wanted nothing to do with it. They didn’t care if it was a lock. It was band policy… they only recorded songs they wrote themselves. End of story. In fact, they turned down this track six times. Finally, the songwriters Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff, desperate for them to sing it, had the movie’s director, John Hughes arrange a private screening… Simple Minds consented to watch The Breakfast Club and after that, they recorded the track. Turns out they rocked it. But stubborn as ever, they disowned it when it went Top 10 around the world. Come on, would these guys ever like this song? You know the rest of us sure did. Stick around for a great story NEXT on the Professor of Rock. Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni GET ZENNI Glasses HERE: https://imp.i279709.net/vn5gLd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Keith Novak, Yvonne Fus, John Corsale, Auqaman 7801, Jeffrey Thorn, Junal Garnett, Farah Khemili, and Samuel Cohen ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store Van Halen OU812 Vinyl Album https://amzn.to/3tLsII2 The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store -http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out Patron Benefits http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #classicrock #80smusic #vinylstory #simpleminds Hey music junkies, Professor of Rock, always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time., if you remember THAT YEARLY landmark decision of which character from pop culture you would be for Halloween You’ll dig this channel of musical nostalgia. Make sure to subscribe below right now. and click the notification bell so you know when our newest interviews and videos drop. Also, We also have a Patreon you'll want to check out. There you’ll find an additional catalog of exclusive content and you can even become an honorary producer to help us curate this music history. So it’s time for another edition of our series The New Standards. This show takes an in-depth look into songs that transcend genre, decade, and fads - songs that are monumental touchstones in our culture and society. On previous episodes we have covered Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley, Careless Whisper by Wham!, and Take On Me by A-ha. Oh man, for today’s installment, we’ve got a GREAT one. This song was absolutely massive back in the day and has only gotten bigger in the years since. It’s Simple Minds with Don’t You (Forget About Me) from the soundtrack of the 1985 pop culture classic, The Breakfast Club. So Simple Minds is the all-time biggest-selling band coming out of Scotland… but despite a rich discography spanning 40-plus years, this band just does not get the recognition they deserve. I mean, they’ve been recording material consistently since 1978, have released 19 studio albums, scored 24 UK Top 40 hits, and garnered massive international acclaim along the way… But except for Don’t You (Forget About Me) and their 1985 album Once Upon A Time, they remain one of the most underappreciated bands in the US…. In fact, before their #1 soundtrack hit, Simple Minds didn’t have one charting single on the Billboard Hot 100. And only a handful have followed since then. Don’t You (Forget About Me) of course propelled them to rightful superstar status in the States, even if their career was already 6 albums into the making. Generally speaking, American audiences had a lot of catching up to do at this point. There was a wealth of Simple Minds’ standout tracks just waiting to be discovered in the rest of their catalog. Ironically, many die-hard Simple Minds fans resented the band’s commercial success, as is so often the case.