If subby had only managed to work in All The Things She Said he'd have gotten all three of their hits into that headline.

What, the royalties from the soundtrack of The Breakfast Club not enough?

Submitter must be Ameri Ameree Ameri Ameree American...

Weird, I pulled out some of their sheet music this past weekend and played an acoustic version of "Alive and Kicking". It actually sounds pretty kick ass acoustic.

How about that.... I forgot about them.

Crap! Didn't read the headline closely enough.

I love Simple Minds. What's so stupid about a reunion?

stpauler: Weird, I pulled out some of their sheet music this past weekend and played an acoustic version of "Alive and Kicking". It actually sounds pretty kick ass acoustic.

Try some of the Big Country stuff while you're at it - my best friend worked out an amazing version of "Chance."

They'd better have sanctified themselves, otherwise I don't care if they promised us a miracle.

Gulper Eel: They'd better have sanctified themselves, otherwise I don't care if they promised us a miracle.

eeh eh



yeah, I listened to that a lot when I was young

Saw them in New Orleans in the mid-80's. Good show. What's the worst that could happen? Hopefully, for everyone involved, if it sucks they'll just put it on the shelf and walk away instead of putting it out anyway -- until that happens, I'm holding off on the "Stupid" tag. Wonder how Jim Kerr's voice is? That's a pretty important jumping off point.

So maybe I'm a bit fuzzy on math here, but 2008-27 = 1981. Article says band split in '91. Is this the new math I've heard about?
Would love to see them. Alive and Kicking is one of the greatest songs of the '80's.

rcain: What, the royalties from the soundtrack of The Breakfast Club not enough?


They didn't write it, so I guess not.

Their hits, Alive and Kicking, Don't You Forget About Me, All the Things She Said, Sanctify Yourself. Plus they had a bunch more hits in the UK and elsewhere.

Also they're a pretty good band, their drummer in particular is really good. So how exactly would it be stupid they're going to make another album?

GungFu: They didn't write it, so I guess not.

which a lot of people don't know. Also they didn't really want to record Don't You Forget About Me, their label kinda told them to do it. Got it recorded in like three and a half hours.

I like everything they did BEFORE they got really famous with their "hits."

I agree viccellini -empires and dance - none of that US top 40 crap,

/I want you here now Chelsea girl