🎵 SIMPLE MINDS "Don't You (Forget About Me)" REACTION

Every decade has a song or two that strongly identifies that decade. This is definitely the song of the '80s!

This song is an anthem to us 80s kids. Anyone who was someone back then, saw The Breakfast Club multiple times. One of THE most celebrated movies of the 80s by teens and young adults in the mid 80s. it's a triumphant feel good song that any of us can perfectly see to this day the "loser" of the club finally getting the girl and thrusting his fist in the air under the field goal post on the football field as the credits roll - and this song blaring away. So wonderfully done. Most of John Hughes (RIP) films back then gave us those moments, but is the among the most cherished moments of them all, and this song reminds us of that amazing feel good moment of the movie. This movie was not just something to watch - it was a right of passage for us. There are very few songs as or more captivating in nostalgia to us 80s peeps than this song. As for the movie - it's still relevant today - featuring an eclectic group of teens each with an archetypal trope of their role in the school (jock, rebel, prom queen, spaz-freak, nerd), and how they are forced to spend a day together on a weekend in detention. Heartfelt, funny, philosophical, and celebratory.

Love watching Lex’s reactions to these songs, her unbridled joy jumps from the screen. My wife and I met at 15 and in those days neither family had a house phone, so wrote to each other.....51 years later we are approaching our 49th wedding anniversary. She still has all those letters and they will be handed down to our daughter. Stay safe guys and much love from Australia.

Probably one of the most nostalgic songs for me and those that grew up in the 80s. Fond memories, teen angst, high school, and The Breakfast Club.

It's the end credit song from the movie The Breakfast Club (1985), one of the best 80's classics and my favourite teenage movie ever and it's as relevant today, as it was back then! 👌🏼🥰 Definitely check it out, if you haven't seen it yet! ✌🏼

This song as much a part of "The Breakfast Club" as the Script itself. It is about kids who have almost nothing in common, who would normally not be friends, being forced into school detention with each other, where they all must learn from each other. By the end of detention they become "friends for a day", but at the end of the movie, the question remains.... once they are back among their friends and social cliques, will they still be friends the next day at school? "Will you walk on by, or will you call my name?" is literally the question the song asks... the next day they see each other in the hallways of their school. In a way, this movie was revisited in the from of "Jumanji, Welcome to the Jungle" a couple years ago. "Welcome to the Jungle" basically took everything from the breakfast club but placed it in a fantasy/magical video game setting. The wider question is this. Once you become friends with someone not in your peer group, will you acknowledge your new friends in the presence of your current/old friends. Or will you walk away and pretend not to know them? Peer pressure can force you to do some dumb things. "The Breakfast Club"... Great life lesson.

The drumming is masterful, one of my favorite 80s tunes.

80's pop music was very experimental, it strayed from the common musical structure and played around with new instruments such as Synthesizers. This was part of 'the second British wave' around '82 when we were flooded with obscure British bands, the genre was mostly called 'New Wave' almost a Punk/Pop. The term 'Rock' applies to so many forms and sub-genres... according to radio stations even Rap is considered 'Rock', so especially when dealing with 80's music, don't even bother with labels. 80's music is an Iceberg and you guys have about enough ice to fill a glass so far. There is soooo much to see still. Makes me think of Pinhead from Hellraiser saying 'we have such wonders to show you'...

I think it was first In “The Breakfast Club” … the classic 80s coming of age film

The song is about the movie, where very different students who have nothing in common spend a day together in detention and bond, becoming friends and realizing things about each other they never knew or considered. The lyrics are asking will we still be friends when the next school day begins or will we revert to our clicks and ignore each other as though we don't exist, despite the bond and friendship we've realized. It's a fantastic movie, funny and fun yet with a deep message that every generation experiences.

This song WAS high school. People of that generation can't hear this and not be taken right back to that time. It's one of the songs that makes you FEEL16 again every time you hear it. It's a time machine, man.

For me this about my friend Ray. An older gay bartender at a punk club I worked at in the late 80's. He was a wonderful human being. The absolute nicest human. He died of AID'S in 89. He was loved by many. This was the first song played at the club after his funeral. Still makes me cry.

This was the main theme song for The Breakfast Club (1985). An iconic, generational movie for Gen Xers. Simple Minds are an excellent 80's new wave band. You may want to try Alive and Kicking or Promised You a Miracle next. ✌

I’m 68 and still love this song and The Breakfast Club. We had several movie nights, over the years, with our kids and extended family. It really teaches about cliques, stereotyping, and the social hierarchy of society. The message is still relevant.

You got it! This was '80s, late '80s. I was a young child at the time. Generation X anthem. It was on a popular movie, Breakfast Club. Watch the musical video later! Simple Minds were good, reminded me of U2, Inxs, The Church, etc. Is this rock? Yes. It's New Wave, post-punk, alternative, dance rock. 🕺 Yall hear the synths, good drums, light guitars and bouncy bass guitars? It's there. Lol. "Alive and Kicking" is another good one from this band.

Most bands in the 80s had guitarists and bassists that plugged their instruments into synthesizers for reverb, frigger effects as well as experimenting with new electronic sounds especially in a lot of the New Wave hits on the radio that was popular at the time.

🎶Don't you forget about me…🎶 This song is iconic in "The Breakfast Club" (1985) 🎥🤘

The only movie I remember with this song is called The Breakfast Club. It played at the very end of the movie. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out 👍

One of the great New Wave bands, definitely. My favourite Simple Minds song is "New Gold Dream '81, '82, '83, '84". It has a heavy, driving beat that makes you want to Move.

This song is in literally one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE MOVIES! I grew up in the 80s so I grew up with the Brat Pack. I love the entire group and all of the movies they were in at the time.